COMMERCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLL, Issue 13305, 14 February 1914, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on their stock sale held at Matawhero yards on . Wednesday , February 11th,, as follows:— The attendance r wa? about the average, and the yarding small for this time of year. . There was keen Competition for all classes of sheep, breeding ewes being, , particularly sought after, and' Mjchirig big 'prices. Lambs were m better tietaand ,ttian v last salt, and sold at satisTactdry Tales: Fat sheep: We only yarded two pens of light-weight ewes, Iwhicht realised 12s ■ 3d. Fast cattle There! was very litfle offering. : Lightweight cows made £5 15s. , Pigs: The demand was, slack. ' Porkers sold -at 20s. Store slieep. We yarded and sold 1983. Woolly lambs well grown and .m good condition 10s 3<], smaller sorts as 3d to 8s ld. ; Shorn Jninlis good sorts 9s 3d to 9s Sd, do. small 4s 6d to 6s 2d. Four, six, and eight-tooth breeding ewes 14s' 2-toola ewes (small) Ms, 2-tooth wethers fair sorts 13s M, forward ewes 10s 3d, 6-tooth to f.m. cW,erf \^tn low condition di id; Store cattle. Only 46 head were yarded and iff sold. 1 . Competition was poor, there; being practically no demand Empty cows £3, yeartl'nsr to 18 months' steers £3 IBs_6d. The ; next said wU| be held on Woftnesday, teth; owing to the Waerengra-a-hika fete being Held on TUursday, the usual sale day 1 / ' •