WEEKLY BLENHEIM SALE.

Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 243, 15 October 1942, Page 4

WEEKLY BLENHEIM SALE.

BRIGH1' TONE IN EVIDENCE, There was a good yarding, though not quite so large as recent heavy ones, at the weekly Blenheim stock sale held yesterday. There was a good inquiry for all classes of stock and generally speaking a brighter tone was in evidenee with very good prices for best quality offerings. An exceptionally liice pen of wethers from Mr G. Graham, of Fairhall, topped the market at 36s ld. There was good inquiry for a rather smaller yarding of store stock. Detailed quotations are as follows: FAT STOCK PRICES. 6 wethers 33s 4d; 8 wethers 32s ld; l'o hoggets 29s 4d; 8 hoggets 27s lOd; 4 ewes 17s 10d; 4 ewes 24s 4d; 16 v/ethers 24s 4d; 9 ewes 13s ld; 14 ewes 17s ld; 14 wethers 19s 4d; 1 ewe 19° 4d; 15 ewes 19s ld; 10 ewes 17s 10d; 11 v/ethers 26s ld; 12 ewes 14s 4d; 21 ewes 15s lOd; 9 ewes 15s lOd; 4 wethers 36s ld; 10 ewes 21s lOd; 9 ewes 19s 4d; 12 wethers 34s 4d; 12 shorn ev/es 14s lOd; 12 shorn ewes 20s 4d; 11 shorn wethers 23s ld; 9 ewes 25s 7d; 7 wethers 32s ld; 14 v/ethers 33s 4d; 9 wethers 32s 4d; 6 ewes 25s lOd; 24 shorn hoggets 17s ld; 11 wethers 29s lOd; 17 wethers 32s lOd; 11 wethers 31s 4d; 4 ewes 27s 4d; 3 ewes 22s 4d; 5 ewes 22s ld; 5 maiden ewes 31s 4d; 1 wether 32s lOd; 15 ewes 19s 4d; 13 wethers 26 s ld; 9 v/ethers 20s 4d; 11 wethers 25s ld; 12 wethers 24s 7d; 5 wethers 33s 4d; 13 ewes 28s ld; 9 ewes 18s 7d; 14 ewes 26s 4d; 7 ewes 25s ld. STORE STOCK PRICES. Dalgety and Co. report the sale of 19 two-tooth ewes at 16s. Clouston and Pyne report the following saies: 40 shorn hoggets 18s 4d; 11 shorn hoggets 17s 4d; 9 shorn hoggets 14s. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantle Co. report the sale of 4 ewes and 4 lambs at 10s ld all counted. Wright Stephenson and Co. report the sale oi 9 wethers at 8s ld.