THE MARKETS.
MASTER’iON STOCK SALE Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: A medium entry of sheep and a line of steens were submitted to a good attendance of buyers. There was a keen demand throughout the sale, with prices on a par with recent sales. Following is the range of prices: Cull ewe Jambs, 15s 2d to Ils 3d; cull wether lambs, 12s 5d to 10s; good “oolly wether lambs, 21s 9d; do ewe lambs, 235; fat and forward' wethers, 27s 3d to 28s 6d; f.m. ewes, 18s; 11-ycar Here-
ford steers, £6 13s. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-oper-ative,Distributing Co., Ltd., report on their Masterton sale as follows: We offered only a small yarding of sheep and cattle to a good attendance and hid a total clearance at the following prices: 50 fat ewes, 21s 6d; 81 shorn wether lambs, 18s 6d; 17 2j-yea.r and SJ-yoar Hereford steers, £8 13s; 15 bullocks, coloured, £8 10s; 13 2<J-year steers, coloured, £6 15s; 3 S.H. steers, £8 15s; 2 weaner Jersey heifers £2, The Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association Ltd., report: We offered a. fairly good entry of all classes of lambs and a few small pens of wethers. Lambs again met with a ready market, white faces selling on. about a par with last sale. All sorts of black faced lambs brought exceptional prices. We disposed of our entry of about 1400 head under the. hammer as follows: 136 b.f. lambs, 21» 3d; 46 do, 20s lOd; 75 w.f. woolly wether lambs, 19s 11; 55 do, account B. Duffy, 19s Id; 22 woolly ewe lambs, 20s fid; 13 Shorty w.f. wether lambs, 19s fid; 320 w.f. shorn wether lambs, account B. Duffy, 17s 3d; 91 do, 17#; 85 medium do, 13s 4d; 64 do, 13s; ”98 w.f. wether lambs, account Annedale, 14s 4d; 22 b.f. lambs, 16s 6d; 67 do, 15s; 7 small do, 8s 3d; 2 fat lambs, 25s 3d; 43 2-th wethers, 26s 3d; 42 do, 23s 4<l; 2 do, 25s 6d; 20 b.f. 2ths, 25s 4d; 5 fat ewes, 17s Cd; 2 S.D. rams, 3gm>.
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Wairarapa Age, 5 April 1928, Page 7
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345THE MARKETS. Wairarapa Age, 5 April 1928, Page 7
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