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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 13696, 28 May 1915, Page 5

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_ — '■■ ■-_»■ 'Pi*,s Assn. Hy Telegraph— Copyright." s SYDNEY, May 27. Tin* week's wool sales closed with a strung, active demand for good classes at fully 10 per cent, above March rates. Faultier were hard to place. (Received May 28, 9.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, May 28. Wheat is nominal at 8s l^d, flour £17, oaus nominal 5s 6d, maize 5s to 5s 6d, bran £10 ss, pollard £11 15s, onions £6 10s to £6 16s. MATAWHERO SIOCK SALE. " Yesterday after lunch Messrs Dalgety and Co., Common, Shelton aiid Co. and Ben net and Sherratt sold their store sheep. The s-ale was fairly brisk, and these firms sold nearly all their yardings. Tlie store sheep sales are as-fol-lows : —130 lambs 5s 2d, 43 do. 6s lid, JLJ (.'was 3s. 168 hoggets (good line) 7s od, 6o hoggets (splendid line) 9s 4d, 105 ewes (sound mouth) Bs, 56 ewes (culls) -■s -"td. 120 -lambs 2s 6d, 62 2-tooth ewes lis 4-year ewes m lamb lis, 158 empty 2-tooth ewes 9s Bd, 112 gdod woolly lambs 9s, _U0 woolly hoggets (.splendid line) lis Id, 160 empty ewes ■H-yeaj'ji! lis 4d, 30 : ewes 5s 3d, 67 ewes, (plendid line) 5-years 14s 6d, 20 lambs o.i td. *>0 good, iambs 8s 4d, 32 2-tooth wethers Us 6d, 79 2-tooth ewes 8s 3d, 402 ewes (good line) lis Id, 235 good wethers 14s, 75 2, 4 and 6-tooth ewes 9&, 73 4-yeai* ewes 8s 2d, 59 wethera (good line) 14s 6d, 58 ewes m forward condition lis 9d, 67 ewes m forward .condition lis 6d, 105 ewes (good) 8s; Store Cattle. — Cattle m low condition did not sell readily. The following are the sales:— s steel's £4 ss, 32 18-months steers £2 10s, . 15 heifers £1 -lOs, 16 weaners £1 10s, 26 weaners 255. ' Messrs Williams and Kettle, the I^oau and Mercantile Agency Co., and Murray, Roberts and Co. sold the foflowing cattle : 5> bullocks £5, 10 hajfers £2, 3 heifers and 2 steev weaners lss. l'l steers and 9 heifers (weaners) m fair 'condiiou 255, 2 cows m poor condition 28s, 1 ditto, 275, 2 18-month steers £1, 5 cows m good iondition £4 ls. I'Jxtra prime -fat wethers brought from IS.I to 21s' 3d, prime wethers 15s to 18s 3d, good ewes 12s Id to 16s 3dj prime lambs 10s to 16s 2d, extra prinle 20s. Store sheep: Culls 2s 6d to ss, empty ewes? m low condition 5s 6d to 8s Id, "ewes' in good condition 9s Bd' to 14s 6cl,' lambs m low conidtioh and small ls 9d to ss. wcolly lambtj m fair condition 5s 6d to 8s 4d, lambs m forward condition 9s to lis 4d. One splendid line of woollt- hoggets ..- brought 14s 6d, good 2-tooth wethers from 14s Id to 15s. ———>—_— >v____________