Pahiatua Weekly Sale

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 41, 18 February 1937, Page 2

Pahiatua Weekly Sale

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. | Distributing Coy., Ltd., report on their pahiatua weekly sale as follows: —A small yarding of sheep and cattle and a large entry of pigs were offered to a good attendance of local farmers and we report a total clearance of sheep and cattle while pigs with the exception of we&ners were a little hard to quit,, under the hammer. Quotations: — Sheep: Two tooth ewes, 31s 6d; 2-th to 4-year ewes, 275; full mouth ewes, 20s to 22s 4d; ewe lambs, 22s 4d to 27s Id; aged ewes, 14s Id, 16s, 17s 6d to 20s; b.f. lambs, 18s, 18s 6d to 19s; w.f.w., lambs, 16s 9d to 18s. Cattle: Store cows, £2 10s to £3 10s. Pigs: On account W. L. West: P.B. Berkshire sows, 4gns; do. boars, 4gns.; weaner Berkshire sows, l|gns to 2gns; do. boars, 2gns. On account Mrs H. M. Dick: P 3. Tamworth boars, 3gus, 3$ gns. to 4§gns. On account other vendors: Porker pigs, 38s; weaners, 145 6d to 16s.

The report on the weekly sale held on Tuesday when a moderate yarding of sheep came forward and met with fair competition:—B.F. lambs to 19s, cull f.m. ewes, 10s Id, 12s 6d, 13s 9d; small shorn ewe lambs, 21s 6d; small shorn wether lambs, 17s 6d, 15s 9d; good shorn wether lambs, to ,19s; 2-tooth wethers, 25s lOd.