MATAWHERO STOCK SALES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12465, 26 May 1911, Page 5

MATAWHERO STOCK SALES.

Yesterday was h big day ' nt the saleyards. The entry, contrary to the usual order n't this time of year, "was very large, and there appeared to be niore sheep offered truth* .there was a demand for, many of the pens -passing m through., the bidding' not reaching the reserve. ' „. . Messrs Common, Shelton- and Co. ,nnd DnJigety and Co. offered store cattle as' usual «t ■a o'clock, there being a very fair entry. The ■ales went as follows: :11 cows £3, 15 heifers £2 lis, 24 steers £3 2h, 3 steers £5 17s, 1 dry cow' £3 IBs, 1 milk cow £3; ■ 1 springer £3 sa, 6' steers £6, 7 cows.; £4 2s 6d, 5 steers £4 13s, 1 steer £3, 12 heifers 675, 10 ditto £3 2s 6d, 14 steers £3 15s, 15 heifers 565, -3 ditto 41s, 1? weaners 435, 14 ditto 57s 1 cow iti calf £2 12s 6d, 65 weaners 425. Pigs: 5 pigs' 13s. At • the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile - Agency Co., Williams aiid Kettle, and Murrnjv Hoberts and Co.'s sale, store sheep were -not finished Until after 3 o'clock, tlte conditions having been dragging. A fine line of 243 wethers from Messrs W. 1). S: Mac-Dounld and Son's station rapped the market with wethers, getting 13s 10df being bought, by' Mr Cum-, ining. . As mentioned yesterday, their 2-tooth ewes, which brought. 14s, and fat bullocks £8, were all top prices. ..'.Wethers were m good deni'nud, and aWther line redche'd > ' 13s 3d, being secured by Mr Coop. The additional sales ' were as follows:— Store sheep: Sixty-fiVe 2, 4 and 6-tooth ewes (m huiib) lis, 11 wethers ljs 9d, 30 cull ewes 2s Id, 257 empty ewfss 5s lid, 243 wethers 13s 10d; 30 wethers 8s; 66 cull empty eilve's 2s 3d, '478 2-tooth wethers' 13s 3d, 409 e.W(»s m lamb 7s, '199 2-tooth wethers 7s 6d,.349 2-topthewes 7s 3d. A line of 763 empty "ewe's passed m at. 8* lOd. The sheep entry totalled 12,000. Store cattle: Fully a thgusnud, head were yarded, the entry just about constituting v record. There was a very fair demand, and most of the pens were disposed of. ■ although it was getting 'quite dark before the sale concluded. The prices obtained were as follows: 30 station cows £3 sh. '43 ditt«> £2 17s, 26 18 month's' heifers £2 ss, 3 bullocks £4 10s, 9 steers £5, 2 steers £3, 3 ditto £2 10s, 3 cows £2 10k, 2 calves £2, 5 empty cows 22s 6d, 10 Weaners £2 r l dairy, "cow £6 -15s, l cow £3, 1 bull 255, 6 steers £4, 3 steers £5 ss. 1 heifer £3, 10 weaners £2 "5-V 2 dry cows £2 2s 6d, 45 steers £5 ss, 44 steers £4 12s 6d, 6 cows §2 10s, 5 steers £3 10s, li heifers £2 16s, calves £2 12s, 5 steers £5, 5 ditto £4 10s 6d, 4 ditto £3 17s 6(1, 4 ditto £3 15s, 21 heifers £2 18s 6d, 15 steers £3 15s, 23 weaners £2 12s, 6 steer and heifer calves £2 12s, 2 cows and calves £2 10s, If, vVeiiner £1 15s. 3 steers £3 15s, 1 cow £4, 1 cow £2 ss, 4 steers £2 8s 6d.