COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 43, Issue 134013, 3 December 1917, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

CAETEETQN STOCK SALE

Messrs Dalgety :in.l. Co.. Ltd., Masterton. report having held their usual wi't'klv sale at Carterton on .Friday, when there w.'is tin' usual attendance, anil a fair yard'niu of both sheep and cattle, for which there was keen competition, and ;>r;n-ti<ally a total clearance was made at tho following prices; ---Sheep: Two-tooth wethers "Jos .'ld, litis Cm), -Jiis'l-d to _l's : small .-tooths lils -Id, ■ills [hi to l'-s lid: forward condi tioued ewes litis lod; ewe- with lambs at foot :al| counted) Lis (Id. l:; s !>d to J (is lid. ( attic: Store rows *_7 Ills, weaner steers £'.'> I -"is. weauor heifers liOs. Digs; I'orkers £2 os, slips litis Hid. Messrs Wri.uht, Stephenson and Co.. Ltd., report h;t\in_ held their weekly saie in their Carterton suleyards on l'*rida\. I'liere was a fair yarding of '•otli sheep and .-attic, which uei'e offe'.ed to a very fair at I euda i of buy•r- Sales were "•Ife.-led a! the following, f n-i.-.-s: —- i-'at wethers, _0s (id; fat cue.-.. li 7- lid: li-y.-ar d.rr.s, .(.'!' (is; IS month steers, £7 Is: yearli no; steers, Co l.'.s; forward cows from .*•> 17s (id to 'J 11 ]ss. The W.F.C.A.. Ltd., Stork Department, report ha villi*; held their weekly sale a.t Carterton on Friday, when t hoy suljiiti! ted a Cull yardiiiu oi sheep, cattle and pigs to a 1 fir ire attendance of buy ers IliddiiiLf at aio-tioii was aniinaled. and, with the exception of one or two [ s we have to report- a total clearance, also a very .successful sale. Fol--11) w 111 _■ are the quotations:—-Sheep.— Fat ewes, I'7s ::d to _7s I'd; forward ewes and v ethers, _lis fid; ewes with lamlis a; ford, lilis. Cattle. —liA-year steers, til. lii>: lii-year empty heifers, Ifi its )o £7 Id.-; store cows. .OS, til to £9 lis lid; cows and calves. £7 lL's (hi; hulls. £s lis (id, »: Mils, U!>, VJ Ins. y\t) to .CM. Pigs, oic., of which ihere was a large entry.—Itaconeis, .*".", Ss; li_ht baeoners, .tili Ills to £2 Ins (ill; porkers, £2 7s; slips, lids, lils. L'fis 'id (o liNs (id; »"ounces, lis, las, 17s (id, lUs, l!»s (id to t'l; hoy's pony, £1 I Ms; hens, lis, lis LI to lis each.