STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8353, 9 February 1907, Page 3

STOCK MARKET.

PALMEKSTON NORTH STOCK SALE. JH Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Palmerston North sale, held on Thursday, as follows :—We had an entry -of over 4,000 sheep. All classes met a good demand, and a clearance was made at atisfactory prices. Cattle were in short supply and prices showed an improvement on recent sales. Quotations :—Twortooth Romney ewes 17s 7d to 18s Id, 12s 6d to 13s 4d, others 9s to lis lid, woolly lambs lis lOd, shorn lambs * 9s 3d to 10s 7d, cull lambs 5s 6d to 7s 4d; two and four-tooth wethers 14s to 14s 9d, fat two-tooth wethers 16s, 18-month steers 38s 6d to 41s, yearling steers 27s 6d to 30s, 18month and two-year heifers 25s 6d to 31s, 2£-year steers £3 4s, good weaners 14s 6d, others 4s to Bs, cows and calves 325, bulls 25s 6d. .. . I MARKET REPORT. Tha following wholesale'prices are quoted locally, February 9th, 1907: Peb Ton. £ s. d. .£ 3 d. Flour, s'ks 11 0 0 Wheatmeal 11 0 0 Pollard 7 0 0 Baled Straw 1 10 0 Chaff— Baled Hay 2 10 0 Best Oaten Barley new 3 5 0 .jfearl 18 0 0 Oaten Straw Onions 10 0 0 chaff, new 110 0 Split Peas 18 0 0 Oatmeal' 14 10 0 Potatoes new 510 0 Bran *5 0 0 Pub Bushei.. Wheat, fowl 3 0 Beans 4 .3 Oats, short .. 2 3 Barley, feed 3 0 Oatslong ..2 3 Blue Peas 4 0 Oats, dun .. 2 3 Partridge Peas 3 6 Maize ..4 0 r 1 / Per lb. Hams .. 8 Bacon 7) Cheese .. 6| W.F-C.A. reportButter— Eggs 13 Dairy 8d