BIG PRICES FOR EWES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 580, 5 February 1929, Page 12

BIG PRICES FOR EWES

BUCKLANDS’ TUAKAU FAIR

15,000 SHEEP YARDED

By

R.W.C.

An uggregate yarding of little short of 15,000 at Alfred Buckland and Sons’ anual sheep fair at Tuakau yesterday met with very keen demand from a big attendance of buyers. A total clearance was made at prices most satisfactory from the sellers’ point of view.

The offering comprised only a verysmall percentage of wethers, the number being considerably less than at Bucklands’ corresponding fair of last year. The tew which were offered, however, were quickly snapped up, the best price for a sizeable line being secured for 341 on account of A. Cobourne, Port Waikato, which made up to 29s 9d. Small pens, lit for the butcher, made more, one pen of nine heavy prime sheep going for 325.

Ewes, mostly fresh full to old, made up about 50 per cent, of the offering. For the most part they were fair sorts of Romney-cross sheep that should rear decent lambs under ordinaryseasonal conditions. Poor sorts of aged ewes made comparatively the best money, competition being keener on these than on higher-priced lines. Special pens containing just a few sheep in each lot made premium prices toward the close, one pen of purebred Border Leicesters on account of L. L. Allen, Onewhero, making £2 10s. Top price of the day for a sizeable line, however, was secured for 440 solidframed four-tooth wethers on account of J. Slater, Pukekawa, the whole line going for 395. This was undoubtedly the best line of the day.

Healthy, strong-constitution cd four and five-year-old ewes, generally, made up to 335, a line of A. Cobourne’s, Port Waikato, making this price. Twotooths made up only a small per eentage of the offering and were mostly submitted in small lots at the end of the ewe catalogue. Strong compact sheep of medium size, on account of A. Cobourne, topped the section for a sizeable line of station two-tooths, making 37 3d. Representative lots sold as follow: —- four and six-tooth ewes, on account of Mrs.' Kinder, Port Waikato, 32s 3d; big-framed, well-condition four and five-year-old ewes, on account of L. W. Keals, Onewhero, made 30s 9d; illnourished, ditto from the same vendor, 225; a small pen of 36 big-framed old ewes carrying a good weight of wool, on account of Martindale Bros., Onewhero, 36s 6d; 691 old and failingmouthed ewes not in the best of condition, 23s 6d; culls from the line. 19s Cd; 260 sound-mouthed ewes, compact, and carrying a fair weight of wool, but rather on the small siejd, on account of E. Dufour, 31 6d; 264 five-year-old ewes, on account of F. W. Rutherford, Wairamarama, . fair, but not showing any special merit, 325. Absolute culls fit for little rftore than dog meat, made 16s 9d; nothing that showed any prospect of carrying a lamb through the winter made much less than 20s. Hoggets met with exceptionally keen competition, buyers 'having difficulty in securing a place round the pens. Apart from the usual demand from sheepmen, dairymen were after small lots to run with the cows, and this had the effect of giving the market additional strength.

Again in this section, smaller lowerpriced sorts were comparatively the dearer buying on the market. Very little went for under 15s, absolute weeds of lambs going at that figure. In sizeable lots, big-framed, healthy, strong-constitutioned shorn lambs made to 23s 3d: similar woolly lambs made slightly more than that figure. Medium-sized healthy lambs made from 19s 6d to 21s 6d.

IN THE MARKET PLACE

PEACHES SELL WELL APRICOTS ALMOST FINISHED Peaches sold well on the City Markets to-day. Bottling peaches are in full season, particularly the Paragon variety. There is a keen inquiry for nectarines, which will soon be past the flush of the season. Apricots aro almost finished. There are plentiful supplies of tomatoes, plums and apples. Bon Cretien pears are arriving on the markets daily. Most of the strawberries offering are of poor quality. The vegetable market is very heavily supplied with inferior potatoes. Clean, well-graded lines are selling well. There are heavy supplies of onions, beans and green peas. Quotations: FRUIT Strawberries: 6cl to lOd. according to quality and condition. Blackberries: 5d to 7d n chip. Cape Gooseberries: 5d to Sd. Apricots: 6s to 12s, according to condition. Peaches: Choice, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; others, 3s Od to 4s. Plums: Sultan. 3s to 5s 6d; Burbanks, Is Gd to 3s; Satsunia, 3s to 4s. Tomatoes: No. 1 firm, Is 3d to Is 9d; ripe, Is. Lemons: Best quality, 14s to 18s; others. 7s to 10s. Oranges: Jaffa repacks, 30s to 35s large Apples: Choice Gravensteins, 6s to 9s; Specials, 10s to 12s; inferior, bs to Is; Astrakhan No. 1 special, Ss to 10s: others, according to size and condition, 5s to 7s; large cookers, 4s to ss; small, 3s to 4s. Nectarines: Special, 7s to 9s; good, 5s to 6s. Grapes: Hothouse, 9d to Is 4d a lb. Bananas: Repacked “A” grade, ripe, 18s to 20s; medium, 8s to 12s; seconds, 6s to Ss. Pears Williams oßn Cretien, bushels, ?Sin and 3in, 6s to 7s; 2iin, 5s to 6s: 2Jin, 4s to 5s FIELD PRODUCE fucumbcrs: 6d to Is a dozen. Vegetable Marrows: Is to 2s a dozen. Rock Melons: Is to 2s 6d each. Cabbage: -On benches, 2s to 4s a dozen. Celery: Is 6d to 2s 6d bundle. Rhubarb: Is to 2s a dozen. Spinach: 9d to Is a dozen. Pumpkins: On benches, Gd to 2s each. Spring Onions: 9d to 2s a bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips: 2d to Is 6d a dozen. Potatoes: 2s to 4s a bag. Onions: 3s to 4s a bag. Kumeras: New season's, 3d to Id a lb. Cabbage: 2s to 7s a sack. Swedes: 2s to 3s Gd a. bag. Pumpkins: 3s to 7s 6d a cwt. Green Peas: 3s to 6s a bag. Beans: 2s to 5s a case. Lettuce: Gd to Is a dozen.

HELENSVILLE SHOW

Results of the weigiit-guossing competition at the recent Helensville Show are as follow; —

Fat Beast (6881b).—W. Austin, 6S7lb O. S. McCathie, 6S7lb, and A. C. Trousdale, 6891 b.

Sheep (1631b)—T. Nicol, 16211,; Jas. Hand, Ibllb; Miss Pilkingrton, 1591 b Fat Rooster (51b 13oz)._J. M. Russell correct weight.

CHICAGO WHEAT

(Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed, 11.15 a.m. CHICAGO, Monday. Wheat.—March. 1 dollar 25 1-S cents a bushel; May, 1 dollar 26 3-8 cents; July, 1 dollar 30J cents.