STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8363, 20 February 1907, Page 5

STOCK MARKET.

MASTERTON SHOW STOCK / . SALES. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their sale "of fat stock, held yesterday, as follows: — We offered a large catalogue in all classes, every line meeting with -brisk-' competition. On account of Mr J. Strang we sold ewes at 18s to 19s 4d, wethers 18s 9d to 20s, lambs 16s 6d; J. F. Fenwick, fat ewes 15s 6d to 17s 9d; W. E. C. Tylee, ewes 16s to 19s 6d, wethers 21s; W. Perry, ewes 17s 9d to 18s 9d, wethers 19s Id; J. and H. Holmes, ewes 18s to 18s 9d, wethers 18s 9d; C. J. Bennett, wethers 17s; W. D. Watson, r wethers 18s to 19s 6d; S. R. Lancaster, wethers 19s to £1 os9d;J. Morris, lambs 16s, ewes 17s 6d. Cattle—G. F. Moore, bullocks £8 to £9 Is, cows £5 5s to £7 2s 6d, heifers £5 15s to £6 2s; J. C. McKillop, heifers £5 12s. V. • Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., held a sale of fat stock at the Show Grounds, yesterday, all lines selling under the hammer. Fat ewes, on account of Mr T. Harvey, reached 20s to 20s 3d; on account of Mr G. Allen, 16s 3d. Wethers, on account of Mr M. Kennedy, 17s 9d to 18s 9d; ■; on account of Mr H. Cornford, 18s 3d; on account of Mr H. C. Bertelson, • 18s 6d. Lambs, on account of Mr M. Kennedy, 15s; on account of Mr R. D McKenzie, 13s. The New Zealand Loan and Mer- * cantfle Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows on their sale of show stock exhibits yesterday:—We subvihk mitted fat bullocks, cows, bulls, wethers, ewes, rams, etc., quitting for all vendors with, two exceptions. In bullocks we topped the market for Messrs Williams and Beetham, and wethers for Mr Fenwick, and a ram for Mr H. J. Dagg. The following were the leading lines sold:—Wethers on' account of Mr Fenwick, 275; ewes, same vendor, 19s 7d; wethers on account Williams and Beetham 20s, 19s, 18s 6d, 18s 3d, 17s 9d, and 17s fid,'ewes'lßs 3d and 17s 9d, bullocks £9 and £B, cows £6 5s and £6; ram, on account Mr H. J. Dagg, £7 ; 7s; wethers on account of Mr A. E. Chamberlain, 20s 9d, 20s, 18s; wethers on account of Mr J. Robieson, 20s, and 18s 6d; wethers on acy count' of G. E. Allen, 17s Id. JOHSONVILLE STOCK SALE. By Telegraph—Special to Age. JOHNSONVILLE, February 19. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd;, report on their Johnsonville sale as follows: There was a small entry, mostly prime bullocks, the balance being light plain steers. Beef . made 21s, best bullocks £8 7s 6d to £B, lighter £7 10s to £7 17s 6d, plain £7 2s Gd. There was a fair yarding of sheep. The ewes were : _ only plain, but the wethers were of good quality. Ewes' brought 13s to 14s 2d, wethers 16s, 6d to 17s Id, lambs (plain) lis to lis 4d, (shorn) , culls 4s 2d to 4s 3d.