STOCK SALE.

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 16 February 1927, Page 3

STOCK SALE.

WAIPUKURAU YARDS. The Hawke’s Bay Associated Stock Brokers ’ report having held' their usual weekly stock sale at Waipukurau yesterday, when a big yarding of sheep, of about 15,000 head, mostly 5-year-old ewes, and a small yarding of.cattle, was offered td a very good attendance of buyers. The market opened easier than, the previous week, but hardened before the end of the sale.- The following Was the range of prices: Extra good 2-tooth ewes made up to 28/9; medium, 23/-, ordinary, 21/-; small, 15/ to 19/-; 4-tooth ewes, 18/- to .24/2; 6 and 8-tooth ewes, 18/6 to 21/6; 5year owes, 10/1 to 17/-; fat owes, 14/6 to 15/6; rape lambs, b.f., 14/9 to 18/4; Romney, 15/- to 1.7/9; small and m.s. lambs 5/- to 13/9; 2-tooth' wethers, 18/ to 20/; fat wethers 22/; fat bullocks, £9 6/ to £l2 10/; fat cows, £3 7/6 to £4 15/; cows and calves, £3 15/ to £5 5/; store cows, 13/6 to £2 15/; rants, Romney, llgns to 41gns; Southdown rams, 21 gns to Signs. The H.B. Farmers’ Co-op. Association, Ltd., report sales as follow: —2 fat cows, £3 17/6; 2 do., £3 12/6; 4 do., £4 15/; 3 fat heifers, £4 2/; 91 5-ycar ewes, 14/6; 400 do., 17/; 676 do. 16/6; 96 do., 10/1; 141 do. 13/9; 208 store owes, 6/11; 1/5 do., 9/7; 98 ewe lambs, 15/9; 84 wether lambs, 15/1; 27 m.s.. lambs, 6/; 14 2fat ewes, 14/6; 39 do., 15/6; 25 fat wethers, 22/; 155 2-tooth ewes, 15/1; 100 do;, 20/6; 131 do., 21/; 239 do., 20/5; 213 4-tooth, to 5-ycar ewes, 14/9; 171 4-ycar ewes, 17/4; 94 5-year 'ewes, 12/6; 3 1-shcar Southdown rams, Signs; 4 3-shcar do., Signs; 3 2-shcar, £5 5/.