WAIRIO STOCK SALE.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 102, 16 April 1907, Page 5

WAIRIO STOCK SALE.

Wednesday, April 10th. This was the largest and best all round sale held m these yards for many along day. The weather was showery and cold, but this did not diminish the attendance or damp the ardour of those who wanted, sheep. The National Mortgage Co sold three-fourths of the yarding, but all the other well-known stock firms were represented. One of the first lots sold was a line ot nice lambs at 16s 7d. This.po doubt, formed the price ol all other lots of this class for the day, which was apparent by the sale of about 1200 verj medium wether lambs (a dealer's lot) from the Mt. Linton Station, at 12s 6d. During < the early part of the s p le some lines of ewes and wethers were passed m at auction bul sold privately afterwards at close up tc owner's reserves. The following sales were effected at auct ion : —278 4, 6 and 8-tooth ewes 18s Id another large line of 6-tooth ewes 19s 7d, anc similar prices' for smaller lots ; 4-tooth for ward wethers 17s 9d, 17s lid, 2-tooth wethers 15s 3d, and small 2-tooth wethers 13s 3d tc 13s 6d, old fresh condition ewes sold from 8i to 10s 6d, and boilers from 4s 6d to 6s. Rams, young and fresh Border Leicester! or Romneys, were m good demand at twe and three guineas; Bubnsidej Wednesday. Sheep— About 3,800 penned. Althougt the yarding was so large, there were no . many really good sheep forward, the majority being medium wethers and poor-qualitj ewes. In consequence of the large yardinj prices for good wethers declined by ls anc Is 6d. For medium and poor sorts the droj was much lower Quotations : Best wethers from 21s to 23s 6d, extra 24s 9d to 25s 9d good 18s 6d to 20s 6d, medium 133 to 16s 6d best ewes 17s to 18s 6d, extra up to 20s good 14s 6d to 16s, medium 9s to 12s 6s. Lambs— A heavy yarding, about 1,600, th< majority being prime quality, with a few peni of stores. At the beginning of the sale pricei were hardly equal to last weeks rates, bu improved towards the finish. Bests lamb: to 15s, extra to 18s 9d, good 13s to 15s medium 10s Od to 12s, small 7s 6d to 10s. Fat Cafc'.le — A full yarding, principally inferior and unfinished cattle. Prices foi 1 prime were on a par with laßt week's, bu for medium and light there was not a grea demand, and prices were not so good. Bes bullocks L 9 103 to LlO 10s, good L 8 to L 9 1 light L 5 103 to L 7 15s, good heifers L 4 10; to L 6 10s, extra good L 7 15s.

Addington, Wednesday. At the Addington live stock market fo-day there was a large yarding of all classes of stock and a good attendance of buyers. There was no material change m prices, and on the whole last weeks rates were maintained. ' Fat lambs were entered m large numbers, the quality was fairly good. Export buyers operated freely, and prices were firmer than last week's. Freezers 13s to 17s, heavyweights to 20s 2d. Store Sheep— A, large yarding, including more lambs than usual, but no specially good lines of ewes, Two tooth ewes up to 16s 9d, lambs 14s 3d to 15s 4d, half-bred wethers 16s 3d. Fat Sheep— A fairly large yarding. Prime wethers 17s 6d to 22s 3d, lighter 16s 6d to 17s 3d, prime ewes 16s 6d to 19s, medium 13s 6d to 16s 3d, aged and unfinished 10s to 12s 6d. Store Cattle -A very poor yarding and a dull sale. Yearlings Bs, 15 to 18 months LI 2s 6d to LI 15s 6d, 2-yr-old steers L 2 2s 6d to L 2 7s 6d, 2-yr-old heifers L 2 2s, dry cows L 3 to L 3 15s. Fat Cattle — 406 head yarded, whioh is the ,argest number entered m this department or some time. Prices were abou.tthe same as fast week's. Steers Lll ss, cows L 4 153 to LB, equal to 20s to 22s for prime and 25s 6d to 26s 6d.for extra good per 1001 b.

1 — I Gobe, April 9. There was again a large yarding of sheep for the usual stock sale to-day, fully 14,000 of all classes being offered. The attendance was also large, representative buyers being present from all parts of the district. The bulk of the sheep were m dealers' hands, and m a good many cases their ideas of values were slightly above those of buyers ; consequently a good many lots were not sold. Prices for anything but good sheep were easier than at the last sale, but extra quality young ewes and forward wethers sold well up to late sale rates. Aged ewes and lowconditioned full-mouthed ewes were much easier, and lambs were not m great demand. A considerable portion of the entry consisted of Oamaru and Central Otago sheep, but with the exception of one or two lots offered the sale was not finished until nearly dark, and the attendance towards the last was small, and sales were then hard to effect. Fat wethers sold at from Ids 6d to 18s 9d ; fat ewes and wethers, 14s to J 8s ; fat lambs, up to 14s 6d ; two-tooth breeding ewes, from 15s 6d to 20s 6d ; two, four and six-tooth ewes, from 15s to 235 ; six and eipht-tooth lewes, from 15s to 19s for good sorts, and from 12s 6d to 15s for poorer sheep. Full-mouthed ewes sold at from 10s 6d to 14s 6d ; aged ewes from 4s 6d to 10s. The entry of lambs was small. Good forward sorts sold at from lis 6d to 13s, poovo • lines bringing 8s 6d to 10s 6d. Two and four-tooth wethers were m great demand, and sold at from 13s 6d to 17s 3d. The sale throughout was inclined to drag a little, but, taken on the whole, it could be considered up to late sale rates, with the exception of thin breeding ewes.