COMMERCIAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

At the Poverty Bny 'Stockbrokers' Association stock sales at tho Matawhero yards yesterday the yarding consisted of 13,888 store and fat sheep, and 616 head of cattle. The sales made under the hammer during the day on theso lines embraced 11,757 cheep and .185 head of cattle. Sltoep of all descriptions, excepting rams, were m keen demand. Additional sacs were: —

Store sheep: 104 mixed 2-tooth 13/6. 180 2-tooth wether.s 17/8. 134 2-tooth ewos 17/10, 143 4-tooth ewes 22/2. 54 2-tootli ewes 12/-, 17 mixed 2-tooth 12/3, 17- mixed ages 8/9. 67 2-tooth ewes 13/-, 50 mixed 2-tooth 13/2. 195 2-tooth ewea 15.6, 100 mixed lambs 14/6, 203 4 and 5 year ewes 21/-, 168 4, 6, and 8-tooth ewes 19/-, 1070 2-tooth wethers 22/-, 300 2-tooth wethers 23/1.0, 238 s.m. ewes 17/-, 227 mixed woolly lambs 7/9, 22 old ewes 8/7. 22 mixed' lambs 3/10. 33 old forward ewes 13/-, 524 5-year ewes forward 22/4, 431 2-tooth ewes '19/9, 651 2-tooth ewes 20/7, 180 mixed ewes 17/-, 135 4-tooth wethers 22/-, 58 2-tooth wethers 18/2, 38 mixed, ewes 14/3, 43 mixed 2-tooths 18/7, 46 ewes to 5 years 17/9, 8 old cull ewea 3/-, 50 mixed lambs 6/8, 37 2-tooth ewes 15/6, 178 2-tooth wethers 17/6, 170 2-tooth ewes 15/6, 594 2-tooth wethers 23/-, 72 mixed lambs 10/6, 147 2 and 4-tooth wethere fat and forward 22/3, 38 mixed lambs 3/9, 31 old forward ewes 13/7 6 old cull ewes 8/3. 173 mixed lambs 7/3.

Rams: 5 Border-Leicester 3 guineas, 5 Romney 4£ gns, 10 Romney 4 gns.

Store cattle : 3 yeai*; ing steers, dairy sorts, 15/-, 16 3 year-off bullocks, dairy sorts, £5 ss, 7 cows. Shorthorn cross, forward, empty, £7 ss. 37 2£ year heifers, Polled cross. £9, 35 18-mos. steers, red Polled, £7, 30 4-year cows, Hereford-Shorthorn, m calf. £8 l'ss, 28 4-year cows, Hereford-Shorthorn, £8 13s 6ci, 18 2£-year steers, red Polled, £9 7s 6d, 11 cows and calves dairy sorts, £7.