STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8351, 7 February 1907, Page 6

STOCK MARKET.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE. Messrs Abi'aham and Williams Ltd., report as follows on their Masterton stock sale held yesterday:— We submitted a full yarding in both sheep and cattle. Bidding at auction for sheep was irregular the best sorts in all classes meeting with a ready sale. A prime line of ewes from Mr John Strang topped the market so far this season, making 15s 2d. Good sound breeding ewes were well competed for as were all lots of sound healthy lambs. Wethers, of which there were a fair yarding, were hard to quit. We succeeded in clearing the whole of the catalogue in sheep, with the exception of one line of wethers and a small lot of lambs. Cattle were dull in the extreme, and it was a difficult matter to get a bid of any sort for most of the lots submitted. A good yarding of pigs met with a ready sale. We quote:—Fat ewes (best) 15s 2d, others 13s 3d to 14s, breeding ewes (mixed ages) 12s 2d, 12s, lis lOd, lis 6d, lis down to 10s, old ewes 5s to 7s, 'ewes and lambs (all counted) 8s and 3s 6d for culls, 2-tooth wethers, ISs 3d to 14s, lambs (woolly medium) 7s 8d to 8s lid, best shorn 8s lid, others 5s 6d to 7s 6d, culls 3s 6d. Cattle: Fat cows £4 to £4 lis, empty 3-year heifers £2 16s to £3 17s 6d, store cows j 30s to £2, 2-year steers £2 14s, weaners 17s. Pigs: Slips 14s 6d, weaners 8s 6d to lis. Owing to our next regular sale date falling on Masterton Show day we will not hold a sale.