COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7973, 26 February 1906, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

MASTEKTON HO3SE SALE.

"eearg D" '--'■- and Co,, Ltd., heicU l'or«e sbl ° at the MastottOO on Saturday, when about 100 horses were submitted, including several tracks from Palmerston and Woodville. Though there was a large attendance, bidding was not spirited, and only about 30 horses changed hands. Good draughts sold from £ll 10a to £45, pair draught geldings £7O, pair unbroken brake horses £4O 10a, medium draughts £l7 10s to £2l, guod cob hack £l6, good hack ponies £ll to £l2 15s, medium £4 15s to £B, horse, dray and harness £4O.

STOCK REPORT.

Mr VV. Rose, Dannevirke, reports* —During the past fortnight I have held the following sales:— Monday 12tb, Woodville—Only » small yarding qamo forward, tat every line was sold under the "hammer at ruling prices. ;!;.!'"" Saturday 17th, Dannevirke horse sale—Entries exceeded the adver-, tised number. Heavy dtaugbts were in. great demand, and sold readily under the hammer from £4O to £SO, Medium and light draughts from £25 to £35. Harness horses £lO to £2O. Hacks from £4 and upwards. Monday 19th, Norsewood stock gale—l bad a first-class sale. All the advertised lines came forward, and with the exception of weaners nearly every line changed hands, at prices rather in favour of vendors. Friday 23rd, Dannevirke stock sa Je,—a very heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. Bidding at no time of the sale was spirited, nevertheless the majority of lines were eventuallyquitted. 1 quote as follows: Sheep—On account of the Mangatoro Estate: Four-year-old ewes 14s, 2-tooth ewes 12s, English Leicester rams £1 to £1 6s. On account I ot Messrs Oowper and Knight: f.f.m. ewes 12s 3d and 12s sd. On account of. Mr M. Tansey: Four and 6tooth breeding ewes 16s 3d, 4-year-old ewes 13s lid. On account of Mr Hailburton: Six-tooth Lincoln rams £2 and £2 2s 6d. On account of Mr Leighton: f.m. ewes 9s. On account of D. Barry: Lincoln rams £2 6s. On aocount of various vendors: Old ewes 5s 6d to 9a 9d. Cattle—Fat bullocks £6, fat cows £4 12s 6d, 2 to steers £3, 3-year-old steers £4 ss, 18 month Steers £2 6s, dry cows £2. Weaners were hard to quit; they sold from 12s upwards.

HORSE SALh) REPORT.

Messrs Abraham and Williams., Ltd., report as follows: A large catalogue of horses was brought under the hammer at our horse sale on the 24th inst. Bidding, witn the exception of the best draught horses, was dull in the extreme, and it was a hard matter to do business. We, however, quitted abou\ half of the number of horses offered. Prices are aa follow:—A good pair of plough horses, £9O; draught geldings, £35 to £46; draught mares, £3O to £39 10s; pair of unbroken draught fillies, 55gns.; trap horses, £8 10s to £ls*; hacks, £5 to £8 15s; crocks, 15s to £3.

DALGETY AND CO

Messrs Dalgety and Company report having held the following auc-tion-sales of stock during the week ended 24th inst:—« Greytown:—Large entry of sheep; 2-tooth ewes 13s to 13s 6d, fat and forward wethers 14s 3d, forward owes and lambs 10s 2d, forward ewes 12s 4d. Show Grounds, Masterton—Fat stock: Large entry, aud all sold under the hammer. Pat wethers 15s 6d to 17s, fat ewes 15a to 15s 3d, fat cows £4 ll)s. Clearing Sale, Lougbush— On account Tully Bros, 9,000 sheep and 200 head of cattle were yarded. There was a large attendance of buyers, and a complete clearance was affected. Prices were as follow: —4-tooth to f.m. 12s 7d to 14,s 3d, 6-tootb ewes 15s sd, small 2-tooth ewes 12s, 2-tooth wethers 12s 7d, shorn store lambs 8s to 8s 2d, culls 5s Id. The dernaud for cattle was dull. Aged cows and calves 50a to 62a 6d, dry young cows £3 17s 6;J, three-year-old steers £3 17s 6d. Clearing Sale, Upper Mutt Yards on account of O. H. Cottle, The followiug prices were realised: Fat oows £4 5s to £5 store cows £3 to £3 15s, springing heifers up to £3 10a yearling to 15-month-old steers 3Cs to .465, yearling to 15-ruonth-old heifer's 39s to 425, calves IGsGdto 17s. Sheep: 4 and 6-tooth ewes IGa to 17s 4d, old owes 6a 2d, to lis 10d. 2 and 4-tooth wethbrs 12s to 13s, fat lambs lis 3d to 12s, fat wethers 14s Gd to 15s, store lambs 93, cull lambs 4s Id, rams from 15s to a guinea. Three-year-old filly, unbroken, £l2 10a. THE HOME MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cablegrams from their London office, dated the 21st inßfcai.it: Frozen meat: Market firm, but not muoh demand. Butter: Slightly better demand, without quotable change in values. The quality of many brands is not equal to usual standard, accounting for prices realised. Total imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the week, ending the 17th_instaat t

amounted to 94.000 cwt, as compared with 95,000 cwt, tor the corresponding period of last year. More deman d for unsalted than salted. VTooi: Market very firm; prospects for ensuig sales are very good, fair private inquiries. Since our last telegram prices for tallow in general are unchanged. WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALE, Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reporl on their Palmerston North monthly sale, as follows:—We offered a oataglogue of 25 bales and 100 bags of wool, 1,300 skins and 700 hides. Good clean wool sold at good value, seedy being dull of sale except at very low prices. Skins fully maintained the high prices. otnined at Wist sale, buyers Oeing' very keeu to get all classes offered. Hides showed a decline in sympathy with prices in other markets, nevertheless our catalogue sold at very good values. We quote:—Wool: OrosMbred 8d to lambs 9d to 'iUaSmU Met* ** "??'s£ wool 6(1 to B%d, » d . looks 3d to 4Kd. Sk,ns: Oroflfifcfc.9 full wool B%d to ?a, half bred 93, dead to 7%d, dead fcaUrbred woolly B%d, pelts short wools to pelts bare 7%d, pelts woolly at per piece 4a sd, 4s 7d, 5s 9d to 5s 2d; pelt short wool 3s 7d, 3s lid, and to 4s 3d; pelts salted Is lid, to 3a 7d. Hide: Ox, extra heavy, 325; ox, medium, 25s to 275; light, 21s 6d to 24 Gd; cows, extra, noavy, 80s; heavy, 22s 6d to 245; light tu medium, 15s to 19s to 21s 6d* bull, 20s to 25s to 27s 6d; calves, sound, 2s 9d to 5s 2d; calves out and damaged, la Id to 2s sd. Ttollow, etc.: In,' casks 19s 3d to 20a 3d per cwt tins 18s r per cwt, horshehair Is 7d cer lb, -,