STOCK SALES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 130, 11 February 1909, Page 2

STOCK SALES.

The Farmers' Auctioneering Company report as follows: —\V e held our first sheep fair of the- season at Ohaupo last Wednesday, ar.d have to report one of the most successful sales we have yet he::;. 71:-: re was 2 large attendance from a" r-srts of the Auck- ] land province, ar.d buyers feeingplentij ful bidding was bnsk from start to j finish. The sheer, penned were a good j lot, lambs Sr. ; articular he:ng of good quality, well ewewn and in forward condition and: they mot with Keen competition, as did also any 2. 4 and 6tooth ewes. Twenty thousand ewe hundred and -lily sh- cn wore reared, mado up of l].:h:2 ewts. 1;j jambs, and 2872. wcth'-iv . V.'v quote: Fat shoe]), wethers. I-A-' : ; to 4s Id: cwe-s Jzs 12s: lambs. 12s to two tooth ■ wos 14s 2d to 17s (?ri; small sheen I-5 AA to IKs 6d; four and six tooth ewes 14s 2d to 17s; fresh fuli mouthed cv,\-s, b s Id to 12s 9d; aged ewes fi.s Id to f<s 6d : culls, 2s 2d to ls 7d: wooiiv iambs, fat and forward. 9s to lis 3d: less condition 7s to 8s hd: others, is 7d to 6s 3d; shorn lames vs 2d to ?s lOd; two tooth wethers I ,i s lod to 12s 6d; four tooth wethers b:-s. About 350 rams of all classes -. ere yarded, and 160 were sold. Two tooth Southdown from Government farm sold from 2£gs. to 4?gs. : two tto-th Leicestcrs from same place 2:;s. to : from other clients : English Leicesters --srs. to 43g5.; two tooth Flomneos. Siss. to 4gs.: two and four tor tit Shropshire? btgs. to 2.igs.: two tooth Abtcolns. 3|gs. to sgs. ; agod rants front 2s 6d to lis.