THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11477, 4 March 1918, Page 6

THE MARKETS.

STOCK REPORT. Dalgety and 00., Ltd., report : "We held'onr annual Sheep Fair at Palmerston North on February 38th. We yarded about 8000 sheep, and there being a small attendance of buyers bidding was not very keen throughout, but most of the lines offered changed hands at satisfactory prices to vendors. Quotations: —2th ewes small 20s to 2Gs, 3 and 4th ewes small 255, 4 and oyr ewes 17s to 30s Gd, cull ewes 4s to 4s (Id 2th wethers 24s lOd to v 2Gs, forward 4th wethers 32s 3d, rape;lambs 14s to Its 9d, small lambs 7s Id, 2th Romney rams 2gs. 'Dalgety and Co." Ltd., report—; We held our usual stock sale at Wanganui. Wo submitted a very big yarding of sheep to a good attendance of buyers. Competition Wfis fairly brisk, and with the exception of a few pens the whole of the yarding changed hands. Prices for breeding ewes, with the exception of special lines, showed a slight drop on lute sales., 2th wethers were keenly competed for and sold in vendor’s favour. Lambs_ were also in good demand and' showed a slight rise on late rates. We quote:—2th ewes 30s, 4th ewes 30s to 33s Gd, 4 and syr ewes 22s Id to 25s 4d, cull ewes (is to lls . Bd, 2th wethers 20s 9d to 32s 4d, small mixed ago wethers 22s 4d, medium shorn iambs Its, cull lambs Gs 2d to 0s Bd. Dalgety and 00. report having |a very good yarding of sheep at their Huntervillo"sale on Tuesday the 20th inst., all of which met with a ready sale. Small lambs, 8s Id, 0s Gd, Gs 2d, 0s Od, mixed lambs 12 s‘.)d to 13s Gd, small 2tb wethers 2Gs 2d, 5-yr ewes 23s 9d to 24s 2d, mixed aged ewes 17s 4d, 15s lOd. Ids Gd, best mixed lambs 10s 3d, cull ewes Gs lOd to 7s Bd, 2th ewes 20s 3d, 28s, 30s. A line of 3G3 4 and 5 yr. ewes on account Mr G. B. Baldwin realised 31s 3d and 28G mixed lambs on account- Mr A. E. Judge brought 19s 3d. e

Loan and Mercantile [report:— At Palmerston North on Thursday we held our annual Ewe Pair, when between 8000 and 0000 were yarded. A large proportion of the entry w r as comprised' of low conditioned and aged ewes which wore not in demand, and made relatively low prices. Any good ewes sold well. Quotations: —Good 2th ewes 2,’s to 28s 9d, 4 and Syr - ewes 25s Sd, aged ewes IBs to ISs 3d, 2th wethers small 25s Id, fat and forward lamhs 37s Od, small mixed lamhs 8s Od to 11s, S.E. rams £2 2s, 2th Romney rams £8 Bs, 2th Lincoln rams £8 3s. Loan and Merchantile report;—At Rongotea on Wednesday we had a fair yarding of stock. The attendance was not large hut competition was fairly good and the hulk of the entry was sold at late rates. Fair mixed lambs 12s ]Od, forward owes 20s, small 2ths 17s, aged store cows £2 10s, £3 10s, £5 12s, fair store cows £(!, £0 ss, £0 11s, £7, €7 13s, forward cows £7 15s, £8 U)s, £8 15s, £9, £9 10s, fat cows £9 17a, £lO 7s (id, £lO 10s, £ll, £l2 105,£14 ss, 18month heifers £4 10s, £5 10s, 18mouth steers £g 10s, small weaners 7s Od, 10s Od, 15s, 20s, Jersey wreauer heifers 355, fair mixed weaners £2 os. At Feilding on Friday a heavy yarding came forward, the bulk of the entry heing'quitted at very satisfactory prices. Fair lambs i-ls Bd, 4 and 5-yoar ewes 25s to 275, 4th ewes 355, 2th ewes 20s Od, small weaners 22s 0d to 30s, fair weaners £2 4s to £3 2s, good weaner steer# £4 13s to £5 Is, yearling heifers £4 (is, store cows £4 iOs to £5 2s.

Abraham and Williams, report: —At the Palmerston Korth Sheep fair on the 28th ultimo, wo had a good entry of sheep of mostly medium quality. There was a clearance at good demand for ail classes and we had practically a total clearance at prices which wore in favour of the vendors. Aged forward ewes brought 24s 2d, f.m. Romney ewes 28s lOd, 4 and syr ewes 28s 2d to 28s fid, f.m. ewes 19s Id to 22s (Id, medium 2th ewes 27s 3d to 29s 2d, shorn lambs las (id, small woolly lambs 11s 3d, small shorn lambs 10s 4cl to 1 Is, cull lambs (is to 8s 9a, pure bred Romney 2th ewes 4 gainers, 2th Romney rams, medium quality 5 to (i guineas. At j.'eildlng On the Ist inst we had a heavy yarding of sheep and a moderate entry of cattle. The sheep included a largo proportion of aged and inferior ewes. Good breeding ewe?, wethers and young sheep sold well and practically all linos changed hands. There was a fair enquiry for cat'tle,most of which were disposed of. 4th store wethers brought 84s, 2fch wethers 28s (5d to 29s Gd, cull ditto 15s 9d, 4 and 6th bush wethers 29s Id, 4yr breeding ewes,, good 29s to 3ls Gd, f.m. Lincoln cross ewes 27s 9d, fm. ewes 18s to 23s Gd, shorn store lambs, medium 10s to 13s 4d, small store lambs fs Gd to 9s 4d, medium Romney rams to o guineas, Southdown rams 1% to 3 guineas, aged Lincoln rams, potters £1 Gs, 3 and 4yr steers £l4 10s, fat cows £ll 15s to £l3 ss, forward cows £0 10s to £lO 10s, fresh conditioned cows £8 5s to £8 13s, smrll empty cows and heifers £5 Is to £7 10a, cull 15 mouth steers £6 Gs to £6 10s, mixed wosnors, medium £3 2s Gd to £3 16s, small and inferior ditto £L3a to 365.