FAT SHEEP BRING 40/-

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 135, 24 June 1937, Page 2

FAT SHEEP BRING 40/-

Single Entry Tops Marked for Season VALUES MAINTAINED Last week's liigh-level valiiCs fo# fat , sheep were maintained at Stortford Lodge yesterday whefi 2000 wefe pemied. Ewes . predominated,- there bfexng only a small percentage Of • heavy pfiifiO eorts whieh ifiade to 34/6. Yery i'ew wdthers wero pefined, these being cMefly niCdiuffi-Weighf sorts making 32/*. A Sifigle eiitfy of . fixtra prime* DoWn cross topped the market for the season at 40/*. The hoggets generally were light-er thafi those penned last week, Making to 27/*. Light iinfinished lots were down to 17/6. Realisations wero as unde#:-*— In frOm • Tangoio, 20 mediuni to heavy) well-wciolled;) prime wethers Mad© 32/-. A line of unfinished and light wether© sold at 27/*. Afi efitry Of priiue hefivy ewes, well WoollCd, fiiade 34/6. A line of sififill-gfdWA hdggets, including a few shorn in light order, brought 20/*. The following entry of light hoggets in store condition made 17/*s A line of light fiwes lacking qiiality brought 24/8. On ficCount of Netherton BtatiOfi, a line of Down cross two-tooths) fiiediufn g'rown, showang prime qiiality, brought 25/-. An entry of very light unfinished eweS; showing poor quality, brotight 19/-.* Ofi aceoufit of M# G. D. Bbatson, a liiie of Very pfime heavy ewes carrying good §kifia brdfight 34/*. Afi efitry of 23 MiXOd seX SofithdOwn two-topths^. ifi pfime order^ being a good iine# sold at 26/10. A VOry ' Sirifill-growii line Of liglit hoggets wsg passed at 19/-,-A single extra prime heavy Down CfosS wethers brofighi 40/%