CARTERTON SALE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 April 1940, Page 9

CARTERTON SALE

AT.L CLASSES OF STOCK SELL WELL. Messrs Wright. Stephenson and Co. Ltd. report as follows: At the Carterton sale yesterday we offered a large yarding of sheep and cattle and pigs to a good attendance of the public. All classes of stock sold well. Sheep were firm at late rales and pigs sold readily with outside competition. Prices for cattle of all classes were on a par with previous sales. Realisations were as follow: — Sheep: Fat lambs, 24s 3d, 18s lOd, 18s 6d: fat b.f. 2ths, 17s 6d; fat wethers. 20s 6d. 22s 9d: fat ewes. 18s, 17s 6d. 14s 9d; fat S.D. ewes, 14s: store wethers. 20s 4d. 18s 7d 16s 6d; b.f. lambs. 18s lOd, 18s 2d. 18s Id. 13s Id; ewe lambs. 18s 6d. 16s 9d, 16s, small 8s; wethers, 18s Id. 15s, 13s lOd. 8s Id. 6s Id; mixed age ewes. 19s. 16s. 13s 2d; 4 and 6th ewes, 245: 6yr ewes 13s 7d. Cattle: Heifers in milk, £6 2s 6d: fat cows, £5 10s £7 15s. £4 19s, £5 2s, £4 ss, £3 15s, £3 10s; store cows. £2 15s. £2 10s. £2, 30s. 20s 15s; heifer calves. 355; potter bulls. £5. £4; Shorthorn steers. £4 10s: 18mos Jersey heifers. £3 12s to £2 17s. Pigs: Weaners, 17s, 16s 6d, 15s 6d. 15s 14s to Us, small, Bs, 7s, ss. 4s 6d to 3s; store pigs, 19s, 18s, 20s, 22s 255; porkers. £2 Ils, 445. 40s 375, 34s 335, 275: baconers £3 17s; choppers, £2 17s, 31s; p.b. Berkshire sows, £4 4s.