COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13856, 12 June 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE

Messrs Wrigiif, Stcphenson and Co.. Ltd., report having offered a good entvv of sheep and a small one of cattle at the Mash-rton, sale yesterday. There Avas a good attendance of buyers, and a considerable advance on late prices was responsible for a total clearance. Quotations: —'.Mixed, ape ewes in lamb, 2fls (id; short wether hoggets to 17s i.d; woolly ewe hoggets, to Iss sd; store ewes to 1V <»d. (.'attic-. —Store cows, £." 10s to t:» ]s; 2U-mouth steers, t(> 2s tid: L'O-iiK>:ith heifers, i'4 i: 2s tid.

The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operativn Association, Ltd., Stock Department, report having held their weekly sale at the Colombo road yards, Masterton, yesterday, when they offered a full yarding of sheep and a small entry of cattle to a large attendance. Bidding at auction on ali classes of sheep "was animated, and we. have to re-port :i, total clearance under the hammer at tho following prices:—Wethers, 2(>s id to 275: fat ewes, 2">s 4d, 25s 7d to :!0s lid for good weights; fat black faces, 22s

• ">d to -'■>> tid; w.f. lambs, ~>s 7d, 6s 7d, 7s Hi ]'■>■< l!il tor gnod-skijineil sheep; 2toulh to f.t'.m. i-wes in lamb, 2Gs (id. Cattle.—Cows in milk, £!>; I^i-month

steers, li'Ui colours, it >'s; dairy cows, ■ hi.' factnrv dates, V, \ 2s f>d.