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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9003, 16 November 1907, Page 2

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WELLINGTON WOOL SALE

Press Association. Wellington, Nov. 10. l'_ \t the first wool sale of the season JS hold here to-day, there wore ahout u forty buyers Bidding • i, mated and prices were on the ai er auo from Id to I>Al less than at the t. owning rale of last season, in sym- a S with tho decline m London h though good crossbreds realised within a farthing of the best price J realised last November. - Many lots wore passed in, offers not reaching a tno owners’ ideas ofod'iTQG'bales’ 1 The catalogue comprised lOObaio., f and the condition generally ’ftas g Tricos ranged as follows :-super , half-bred, lid to ll&d; medium f half-bred 10d to IOWd | C,i/d to OWd ; super crossbred to l6fl; medium, B>,<d to hKd; inferior 7d to S^d; bellies and pieces 01 to SI/A ; stained pieces and locks 3d t 4(1"; dead, to V/A ; crutcluu n s, 4?4d to Cd. STOCK REPORT. At Palmerston on Thursday a laruo cutrv of cattle came forward uid all classes sold freely Competition was keen, and a clearance wa* made at satisfactory prices. Good prices were also realised tor sheep ami every lot was disposed of. One particularly good Imo of 2 7 owes with lambs at foot, sold on account' of Mr Hudson XJvis £ Nikau Grange, made 0.,s \ (1 - ,° th ®V, 28s 2d, store ewes, and lamb,., a|connted, 30s, wetber hoggets Us del, ■ fat ewes 19s 7d to 235. forward owes iru fn Ids Id. hoggets los ud, cuu hoggets 10s Id, forward_ f 3 and 4 year bullocks £■> lßs Cd, and 3 year bullocks £5, tat cows |4 fn 4?5 2s forward, cows £2 10» to ho (Is, "store cows 22s Cd to 40s, springing cows £3 to £3 is cd ye.wlm„s 28s to 335, cows and oaho* £. 9s to £2 375, heifers m calf £2 . mouths steers £3 10s, ] . Lulls ..Os tu c y —Abraham aud Williams, Ltd. ‘ Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile A-"oiicv Co., Ltd., report as follows --At onr Huuiervilie sale on | To'Ala vwo yarded 50 bean of I cattle, but no -’h: tomvard f j'.,.: . : I h;.S being sold under tho i 5”.,-tip r. Tlio passed in lots were •>YI sold afterwards, a total clearance ' being effected at satisfactory prices. We quote:—Cows aud calves £2 325, springing cows £2 os to -v omntv 2 rear heifers £2 os, xo moiitfis steers £2 16s, 3 year Holstein steers £3 9s Cd, 2 year steers S 3 Bs, Cd, 3 year steers (bad colours) £L Tho New Zealand Loau amt Mci - ' cautile Go. reportAt Feildiug on Friday we Lad a moderate entry ot both sheep and cattle, bheep sold well aud a good aernarrd existed i for catlol fat Stock selling particuiarly well. Sheep: Shorn, cwe o L.s , 2d. inferior ewes with lambs In. od, forward woolly ewes Ifis "L to 18s . Cd, cull hoggets 13s (xl. Mixed voarliugs, poor, 24s (>d to 60s, . 2-year heifers £2 hi, store cows oUs , to 345, forward cows £- ns to —8.,, . cows and calves £2 13s, tat cows £-1 | to £4 19s, 2-vear steers £o lis. at ’ Apiti salo on* Tuesday both sheep and’cattle pens were fairly well - filled. Bidding for all classes ot stock wa.s good aud complete ideal - ante was effected. Pat shorn wethers 183 Cd, mixed woolly hoggets _ .A * 0s lOd, mixed hoggets 18s 2d mixed ages ewes and lambs 32s Bd, ycai- „ ling heifers 255, empty belters £- L 10s dairy lioilors 325, spring heuers £3 "os, £3 15s, £- J !2s Cd, 'stole cows £2 15s, dairy cows £4 30s, £4 I*. £5 2s Gil, mixed yearlings 24s od, 30s, yearling steers £2 2s.