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METAL MARKEi. London, Feb. 13. Copper:—l3B 5/- to £l3-1 o -■ Tin.—£2oo .. b. Xiead. —iOO. iU -. Speiter.—-£36 io £53. silver.— 3c WANGANUI RAM FAIR. U-anganui, I’eii. 13. At the Wanganui itam_ Fair to-day there was a keen demand for all classes ol rams. .Lincolns and Romneys sold particularly we.t. 'Luo lugnest price realised tor Lincoln studs was 122gns., tins being paid tor a nybourne ram, this breeder s entry averaging £ai*. Kams bred by G. V. Pearce, Al.i'., made up to bogus., \V. Rayner up to. Aligns., Romney Hocks from ogns. to id.jgns. Southdowns and Leicesters also sold well. Yi AIFUKURAU STOCK SALE. At the Wrsipukurau saleyards yesterday a tew eat tie and a y aiding or aoout 20.1X10 sneep was ottered to a large attendance. nidaing tor good siieep was spirited but tne poorer classes were hard to quit. Good lat and forward wethers made 33/-, 2-rooth wethers up to 32/3. 5-y ear-oid ewes to i>U, i>, tooth ewes (goodJ 3d/- to 38/-, -I and 6tootii store w enters 32/-, good lat cows £l5 to £1.7.
Hie various brokers report as follows :— Alurray, Roberts aud Co.. Ltd. —0 tat cows £l5, 6 at £l6, 6 at £l4 16, 3 at £3 11/-, 2 at £l/, 7 fat cows £l4, 2 forward steers £l6, 392 u-year-oia ewes 28, -; ... Williams and Kettle, Ltd. —633 sound-mouth ewes 30/-. -3 mixed 2tootns 21/6, 76 wethers 29/-, 186 mixed lambs 14'9, 99 4-tooth wetnors (black face) 2i/-, 94 black laced 4-tooth ewes 2< ~--. 231 5-year ewes 29/3, 3 vveaners £3, 1 heifer £3. -X.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. —300 2,4, 6 and 8-tootli ewes 30.'-, 206 2,4, 6 and 8-tootn ewes 29;-, 203 4 and 5-year ewes 23/11, 33 cull ewes 14/3, 2 lat wethers 35/9. H.B. f armers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd.—l fat tow £l3, 1 2)-year steer £l2 5/-, 1 18-month steer £6, 1 18-mont-h' heller £6 16/6, 23 18-month heifers £B, 100 lat wethers 37/6, 121 fat ewes 35/7, 10 fat ewes 29/3, 4 wethers 15'6, 66 4 and 5-year ewes 27/-. De Pelichet, McLeod and C 0.—168 fat wethers 38/6. 582 4-tooth wethers 32/6, 427 4-tooth wethers 24/-, 1059 2-tooth wethers 32/3, 330 6-tooth ewes 36/3, 477 at 38/3, 507 wethers 35/8, 34/ 2, 4 and 6-tooth ewes 38/6, 119 at 38/-. 605 ewes 28/6, 75 lambs 15/9. Hoadley. Son and Stewart, Ltd. report as follows on their Waipukurau sa.e held yesterday (Tuesday). Ave offered a good yarding of sheep, but vendors’ reserves not being realised, the majority of the yarding was passed in. We report the following sales: 1< < 2-tooth weds 32/6, 36 store ewes 22/-. .84 rape lambs 20/3, 147 shorn wether lambs 15/6.
OTAMAURI STOCK SALE. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report holding an opening sa.e at Otamatlri yesterday, when there was a large entry of sheep . and a fair attendance of buyers. Following are the sales: —98 s.m. ewes 27./-, 69 s.m. ewes 25/-, 60 lambs 20/10, 9 Romney rams £2 2/-, 49 ewes 27/-, 25 5-year Romney rams £1 1/-, 4 fat cows £l3 5/-, 9 2 and 4tooth .Romney rams £1 1/-. TE MATA STOCK SALE. Mr. J. A. Miller reports holding bis opening stock sale at the Te Mata saleyards yesterday (Tuesday), when there was a very large yarding of sheep, viz., 2757 and a medium entry of cattle. There was a good attendance of buyers and keen competition for all lots, the condition of the stock being excellent Fat ewas from Tauroa made 37/2 and the JKaponga ewes, which were, in splendid condition, made 34/9. Sales as follows: —50 fat ewes at 37/2, 49 at 36/-, 43 wethers 36/-, 6 halfbred weds. 24/9, 150 s.m. ewes at 30/10, 444 at 34/9, 213 s.m. ewes at 30/-, 160 2-tooth weds, at 29'9. 107 s.m. ew«s 28/10, 131 at 27/8. 133 lanTbs at 15/9, 36 culls 10/-. 223 at 17/-, 66 ewes at 30/1, 68 at 25/7, 64 at 22/11, 214 lambs at 19/I,'-5 Southdown rams at 2gns., 1 cow at £ll 10/-. 1 at £l2. 1 heifer £< 5.'-, 5 weaners at £3 3/-.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 354, 14 February 1917, Page 7
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