TO-DAY'S STOCK SALES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10302, 9 March 1905, Page 3

TO-DAY'S STOCK SALES.

The Matawhero saleyards to-day accommodated wlial is certainly the record yarding of sheep they have yet held lliere was a large attendance of buyers. Messrs Dalgety and Co. and Common, bhelton and Co. s s joint yarding totalled 8500 sheep and 150 h«id of cattle. Tht safe .opened very slack, buyers evidently hanging back on account of the heavy yarding, anticipating that prices . woula tall. Dalgety and Company's yarding consisted mainly of old ewes, and "prices were about a shilling easier than at last sales. Shortly after 11.30 the side v nt discontinued, and was resumed again at 1 o doqk. The .sale of cattle was then com meaiced.

Sheep: 230 2-tooth ewes 13s 9d, 193 fat and forward wethers 15s, 230 2-tooth wethers 13s 7d. 166 4-tooth wetliers 15s, 171 4-tooth wethers 14s 9d, 272 fat and forward wet liars 15s 2d, 220 ewes 13s 7d, 392 2-tooth ewes 12s 6d. 347 Shropshire cross lambs 10s 6d, 107 2-tooth, wetliers (in forward condition) 13s 6d, pen of cull ewes .5s 9d, 35 mixed ewes 6s, 150 ewes (good sort and heavy fleece) 12s, 118 2, 4, 6, and 8-tooth mixed ewes. and wethers Bs, 122 fat wethers 16s Id, 138 good,-for-ward ewes 12s 9d, 21 wethers 16s, 300 cull ewes 5s lid, 14 ewes 7s, 13 w-Uiers 14s Id, 2-tooth English Leicester urni I guineas, 8 4-year-old rams (bred by (J b'1,17) li guineas, 11 4-to/»'i jiks (bred by Mr McKen/.ie) 2£ guineas, 7 6-tooth Lincoln rams passed at 1^ guineas, 9 2(.00t1i Lincoln-Leicester reiivs 2 guineas, 20 ewe*, (light) 6s 6d, 168 wetn-TS .14s £d, 392 2-tooth wethers 12.* 6d, 838 forward •we- 14s, 101 ewes 10s, 150 lambs 10s 6d

CatH : 2 yearling heifers 555, 5 okl qows £5, 15 steers £3 15s, 27 young steers and hoifers £1 Bs, 1 cow and caif £5 10s, 1 poll Angus bull £3, 1 Hereford bull £2 10s.

The yards of Messrs Williams and Kettle and the New Zealand Loam and Mer. cantile Agency Company' held 25,000 sheep, besides good entries of cattle and pigs. Possibly owing to the great quantity of stock on offer, buyers were rather slack in bidding. The ' poorness of the turnip, crops may also account for the dullness. Messrs Williams and Kettle inform us that amongst old ewes there was a, decline of from Is to Is 6d. Lambs, however, were in good demand, and one nice lot fetched lls 2d. The following were prices obtained by Messrs Williams and Kettle : —

Shwp : 69 fresh full-mouth ewes 9s 6d, 67 cull ewes (poor lot) ss, 342 lambs 10s, 113 4-tooth wethers (from Tolaga Bay) 1% 9d, 219 5-year-old. ewes 8s lOd, 225:wetber lambs '95, '221 cull ewes Bs, small peai of ewes (poor, sorts) 10s Id, 123 woolly lambs 7 6d, 76 lambs (in poor condition) 6s, 96 4, 6, and.B-tooth eweis 12s, 198 ew% (culls) — r, 306 lambs (good sorts) 11s 2d; 198 5-yfear-old ewes 8s lid, 155 ewes 9s lCd, a good lien of hunbs (shorn) 9s 6d, 942 ewes (good Jot) 14s, 144 lambs 6s 9d, 4 rams 1 guinea, small pen wethers 15s 7d, 28 fat ewes and .12 fat wethers 15s, 40 lambs 8s 2d, 75 fresh, full-mouth Rom-ney-cross ewes 10s 6d, 98 ewes 8s 4d, 72 young ewes 9s 6d, 22 fat ewes 12s 3d, 140 2 i\i\A 4-tooth wethers (good line) 15s, 109 ewes (In low condition) Bs, 229 lambs (small lime) 6s, 181 sound ewes 8s 6d, 108 full-mouth ewes (culls) ss, 120 ewes (me-. diuon lot) 10s 9d, 9 ewes and 13 lambs 7s, 59 fat and forward wethers 15s, 70 small lambs ss, 15 Lincoln rams 2£ guiueos, 132 2-tooth wethei-s 13s 6d, 150 fat ewes — , 76 4 and 6-tooth ewes 8s sd, 139 ewes 9s. 147 ewes (poor lot) ss, 210 lambs 6s Id, 131 2-tooth ewes (good lot) 15s Id, 54 fat ewes 15s 7d, 16 stud ewes (bred by H. N. Watson) lls, 12 fat wethers 15s 7d, 41 ewes (medium fats) 9s 6d.

The Bank of New -Zealand 'received advices by the English mail yesterday of the sales of various clients' wool at the following highly satisfactory prices:— Opou and J.8.W., 22 bales greasy Is Oid. 6 bales slipe Is Oid, 67 bales greasy ll£d, 28 bales greasy lid, 2 bales greasy 10$d, 1 bale greasy lOdi, 2 bales seconds 9£d, 4 bales bellies and) pieces 8d ; H.S.C. and Erota, 3 bales greasy lid, 5 bales fieasy 10£d', 1 bale bellies and pieces id ; Te Ruanui, 24 bales greasy 10M, 2 bales greasv lid, 1 bale bellies 83; R.H.L.C, 29 bales greasy lid, 9 bales greasy' 10d', 5 bales bellies and pieces 7Jci; 1 bale locks 6d ; T., 23 bales greasy ll^d, 4 bales greasy lid, 2 bales bellies andl pieces Bd.