SECOND EDITION LATE COMMERCIAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17061, 20 September 1929, Page 8

SECOND EDITION LATE COMMERCIAL

PRICES AT MATAWHEBO A SLACK SALE Prices were generally easier at today's stock s.-di- lii'ld under tlie auspie.es ol' the I’nverry Hay Stockbrokers ’ Associution at; the Ala la-w-hero yard c . 'l'hei'O was ;i good attendance of (lie public. STORE SHEEP. There was an entry oil .UHKI store sheep. The market was generally slack, ewes with Jamlis lining much easier, and selling up to £l. Ss. Hoggets sold at recent rates, a small lot making £1 5s (id. Empty ewes realised Ms Id and 15s .'ld. Prices: — Ewes: .'IT fairly -good, with .‘lll good lamlis £1 -Is '.Hi; 07 lair ewes and 63 young Jambs .Cl 3s si! ; 35 good mouthed ewes and •">■> good lambs £1 Ss; 21 good ewes and CL lambs £1 7s. Empty ewes: 28 ewes, fair order, some iti lamlis,- 14s Id: 26 ewes, fairly forward£lss dd; II do. ,14s lid. Hoggets: 250 short wool, wethers, fairly good size and condition ([>) £t Si's; 1)5 with wool, size, and condition £1 5s lid; !>7 short wool, fresh condition, fair size (p) £1 2s; . .Hi* short wool, medium size and condition 14s lid; Hil short wool, fairly good size and condition (p) £1 Is; 21(1 good size, fairly good condition, woolly (p) £1 .‘ls Id; 502 short wool, well-grown anil in good condition £1 2s ,10d. EAT SHEEP. The entry totalled 122. Competition was poor, ewes making £1 2s to £1 5s 7d, and wethers £1 6s 6d. Secondgrade ewes made 18s to 19s. Prices: 45 ewes (p). £1 2s; 7 do., £1 3d; 1 do., £1 3s 3d; 1 wether (p), £1 6s 6d; 17 ewes, £1 5s 7d; 10 do., £1 os 8d: 8 hoggets, choice (p), £1 6d; 2 wethers, £1 6s 6d; 8 ewes, £1 4s 9d; 8 do., £1 5s 3d. Second-grade: 2 ewes, 19s; 11 do., 18s. FAT CATTLE. One Jersey-cross cow, £6 10s; 1 roan cow, £8 7 6d. PICS. There was a large entry of pigs, hut prices were considerably lower than those realised last week. Part of the entry sold as follows : 6 good Taimvorthcross slips Ip), 16s; 3 good small stores, 19s; 3 do. (p), 14s; 3 do. (p), 14s; 3 do. (p), 15s; 2 half-sized stores (pi, 28s 6d; 4 good small Tainwortli stores, 17s; 5 pedigree Berkshire weaners, good, 17s: 5 do., a little smaller, 16s; 3 good-conditioned small stores, 17s 6d; 6 small good-conditioned weaners, 9s. SALE OF BULLS On behalf of Mr. A. If. Wallis Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., offered 23 bulls, which sold as follows : Lot- 1 (p), 30gns; lot 2, (p), SOgns.; lot 3, W. Brown, 35gns.; lot 4, Mr. Richmond, 31gns.; lot 5 (])), 30gjis.; lot 6, S. Gray, 32gns.; lot 7, J. Williams, 32gns.; lot 8 (p), 30gns.; lot 9 (p), ,30gns.; lot 10, Mrs. Harrington, Signs.; lot 11, W. Barron, 33gns.; lot 12 (p), 30gns.; lot 13, Richmond, Signs.; lot 14 (p), 30gns.; lot 15 (p), ,30gns.; lot .16 (p), SOgris.; lot 17, \Y. Barron, 33gns.; lot 18 (p), 30gns.; lot 19 (p), 30gns. ; lot 20, Waipare station, Signs.; lot 21 (p), 30gns. ; lot 22, R. D. Hyinock, 44gns.; lot 23 (p), 30gns. ; lot 24, L. 'Fitzgerald. Signs. .Most of the passed in lots were sold afterwards. Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., offered one Zwear-ohl Hereford bill! on account of Messrs. Wade Bros., Wliarckopae, which was sold at 45gns., to Shaw's estate. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., offered, on account of Mr. G. Holdsworth, Hereford bulls as follow. No. 1 lot, (p) 25 gns.; No. 2 lot, G. Witters,27gns. ; No. 3 lot, 0. Olding, 38gns.; No. 4 lot, O. Witters, 21gns. ; No. 5 lot, C. Olding, 47gns.; No. 6 lot, W. Barron, Signs.; No. 7 lot, Ik 0. Miller, 27gns.; No. 8 lot, L. Mclntosh, 40gns. Dalgety and do. have received the following cable message from London, dated 19th irist. : —‘‘Butter: 1 he market is firm. Quotations: Danish, 192 sto 194 s per cut; N.Z. finest. 176 s to 180 s: Australian finest, unsalted 172 s to 178 s, salted 1705.t0 1745; Australian g.a.q. J64s to 168 s. Cheese: The market is firm. Quotations: New Zealand cheese, white 92s to 935, Moved 93s to 94s : Canadian, white 92s to 945, colored 92s to 945, c.i.f. 93s to 945.”