MATAWHERO STOCK SALES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10572, 25 January 1906, Page 3

MATAWHERO STOCK SALES.

There wav v good attendance ut the Matuwliero ealeyards to-day, when the joinl stock, sales wuw> held. Selling operation* commenced at 11 o'clock, Sheep: Over 8300 sl»ecp were yarded. The etdc -wits brisk throughout^ competition being keen, especially for ewes and "young stock. As buyors were plentiful, only one or two pens were passed m under the hummer. Prices were satisfactory, and altogether to-day's .<alo allowed an. improvement on the previous two or three sales. A good lino of 1640 4-tooth wotheis brought- 13a 7d, and a choice lot of 737 owes 13s lOd. There was a fair entry of rams, which cold at from 10s for inferior sorts to -2£ guineas for good Shropshire)!. I'ait lamQs "were m good demand, and a very choice lot were knocked down to Air Beavis for 12s Bd. Following were the prices: — Messrs . Dulgety and Co. and Common, Shi-lton and- C0. :' 700 4-tooth wethers lot. Yd, 203 2-tooths (mixed sexes, m poor condition) 9b sd,_ 675 fat wethers Ijight-wciglits) 14ff, 120 full-mouth ewos (iv poor condition) 6s 2d, 114 2 and 4tootu wethers 12s 6d. Messrs Williams and Kettle and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ag«aicy Company : 20 ewes 9s 7d, pen fat ewes 10s, 10 black-faced lambs 8a Id, 337 bUick-faced lombe (good lot) 9<, 195 ewes 10s, 363 4-lopth wethcre 13s 6d, 737 choice lambs 13s , lOd, 6b Southdown lambs 7s 7d, 38 ewes (m poor coudilion) 8k sd, 82 small lambs bs 2d, 20 cull owes 6s, 42 shorn lamU^ 6s 6d, 14 mixed shevp 7s, small pou cull ewea 5s lOd, 88 owes . (dipped) 7s. 129 5 and 6-year-old ewes (dipped) 9s, 97 cwea 8s 6d, 98 do. 8s lOd, 72 do. (cult) 65. 6 d, 116 good lambs 9.< 9d, 110 lambs/(dipped) 9s 3d,, 44 fat ewes lls Id, 80 forward lambs 9s 9d, 20 fat lambs (choice- lot) 12s Bd, 100 2-tooth ewes (dipped) 13s 6d, 392 smaJl lambs 5s 6d, 200 5-yeai--old owe*? 12s 6d, 435 shorn ewes 8s ad, 251 do. (m poor condition^ 5» 4d, 4 ranm 10s, 7 Shropshire rams 2i guineas, 2 o*9. (smaller). IX guineus. . l*iga: A few pigs offered, and . sold ac follows : 7 purkuiß 2Qii, 1 do. 17s, 1 bow 295, 1 bacou pig £2 10».