COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 26 February 1914, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WAIPOUA STOCK SALE

Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., report htiving held their usual weekly sale in their Wajpoua sale yards on Wednesday, February 25th, when they offered a very good yarding of sheep and cattle as advertise ed. There was a. largo attendance of buyers present, and competition being very keen throughout, there was a total clearance at the following prices:—2-th wether.,s 14s 3d, small 2th wethers lQg 6d, 4-th to i'.m. ewof) 12s Gd to 14s 7d, f.lll. ewOs 9s Id to 9s 2d, b.f. woolly lamhs 10s lOd to lis, 2-th ewes and wether 1 13s 4d, 2-th ewes 13s lOd, small shorn lambs 7s to 7s 4d, fat ewes 15s Bd, fat wethers 16s lOd, fat and forward ewes 13s lOd. Three-year Hereford bullocks £7 2s, 3 and 4-year Shorthorn bullocks £7 10s, 2s-year steers £5, 2year steers (small) £3 lis, 20-months steers £4 5«, forward empty cows £4 14 s, store cowa £3 5s to £3 8s Gd, steers £2 12s, fat cows £5, wearier cows and calves £3 16s, yearling calves 15s to 295, bulls £3 17s (id to £4 2s 6d.

.< . SOLWAY stoqk SALE. .• : Me,sprs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report lift-'ving held - their usual weekly salt} at Solway on Wednesday, 25tii inst., when tllSro was a good attendance,..and a large yrirding of stock, which sold well up to current rates at the following prices: 2 and 4th ewes 15s 3d, 2 and 4th wethers "16s to 17s, mixed aged ewes 12s -Id, 14s 3d fid, medium mixed woolly lambs 8s JOfl, cull lumbs; .A® 4d to 5s Bd. Hi O)CK SALE. I The New Zealand Loan and Merj cantile~~Agency Co., Ltd., report: We held '6ilr ; te?ual weekly «ile at Pa-. Jhittfcua'on Tuesday, when we submitted a fair spsing;.of; stock to tlio iisual of buyers. ,■ Competition wa,V, aoody and we are'pleased to re"jWrtfW tfrtsll <3ce- the following rates'.-—Aged ewes 7s 3d, to 10s fatobs-'Ss to" 10s 3d, 18montlia heifers £2 19s, weaner heifers *£l 657 weaner steers £1 14a to,£l lGs, fttore cows £3 10s to £4 Is, 4 fat' o6wifj £6 10s to £6 16s, Lincoln l4 l';fM J fon afecount" Wm. Ilayner, of , g n%. llomney rams t»-4gns;-»SliVopshire ram's do. Soufchdewns do. 53gns. * Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd. s report on their Pahiatua ©ale, held in fthe iAabociation • yards on Tuesday as follows:—We offered & yaMtfrjg of botli sheep and cattle. •Sheep 'tfifeV good: demand, practically Most classes of cat- • tie sold well, lieifers being somewhat fneghteted^''"Quotations: F.M. eweg 6s if)d4fc*#s M, 2-th wethers 16s Id, good ■IBWW 6d -to 9s 4d, medium do. 6s 3d to 7s Gd, smfltf 30." 3s 9d to' 6s, 2-th llomney rains 3 to 4jgns, Shropshire r»ms 1 to l£gns, fat and forward KfoJESSt 12s 6fl, heifers in calf £3 to £4 3a, 18-ihdiitft 'steers £4 4s, oows and i£4 Us- 6d, weaner heifers .weaner steers 27s to 3 a, imxod weavers 24s 6d to 28s fid. . 15 if* ' **/• il - i STOCK SALE. ;i *i»y" ,4 ** —» • ...Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd. report on their Woodville sale held ftMlows:—We had a g-oocl yarding of sheep and cattle. ttifprovedtone in the df' stock, and We ttfi&te &' fei'V satisfactory clearance. •/fWo-tooth wethers 15s £4' 17, 6d to £5 17s, 6s to £3 17s 6d, cows 'to £3 15s, heifers in calf £3 10s', "'good weaners 30s to 33s m ,* <■ ■ ft W'MXDON WOOL SALES. "■? ■ - —• MelCrs Dal&ety and Co., Ltd., Wellington,, have received cabled advice -trom'Wir London office under date 23;>ljnsC, as under The, list of arclosed, and they amount to S.COOO bales. Of this quantity, 9KU)OD bnles have - been forwarded dj're,"!' to lfiaimfaet'.irer'j at Home and ;■!There are 71,000 b^ es ' •• forward !'r:;m old stooksj Jeavitig 141,0°0 Irtl r.vni'.able for *qlo.