STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8403, 18 April 1907, Page 7

STOCK MARKET.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua and Masterton stock sales as follows: — On Tuesday, at Pahiatua, we submitted an average yarding of sheep and a full yarding of cattle. Bidding at auction for sheep was good, and we sold the bulk of the entry under the hammer at prices on a par with late rates. The enquiry for cattle showed an improvement on late sales, and we cleared the catalogues with the exception of a few odd' lots. At Masterton sheep came forward up to advertised numbers. Bidding at auction for the better classes was good, but a large entry of old ewes met with a dull sale, most of the business in this class having to be done privately. Cattle were yarded in fair average numbers, all selling at full rates. We quote: —Pahiatua: Sheep —Fat ewes 14s lOd to 15s Id, forward ewes lis 6d to 12s lid, ewes running with rams 12s to 15s lid, store ewes 8a to 10s, cull owes 5s to 7?, fat wethers 17s 6d, store wethers 15s 2d -to 16s, shorn wether lambs lis Bd, othejrs shorn 9s 8d to lis sd, poor sorts 5s to 7s 7d. Cattle—Mother reared weaners 30s, other wedners 15s to 235, culls 7s to 8s 6d, eighteen months steers £2 to £2 7s 6d, eighteen months (mixed sexes) 30s to 395, forward bullocks £5 15s, fat cows"£3 to £4, store cows £2 5s to £2 12s 6d, cows and calves £3 10s, two year old heifers, best, £2 7s 6d, others 38s to' 425. At Masterton. — Sheep—Fat ewes 13s 9d to 14s lid, best breeding ewes 15s Bd, others 14s, 13s 6d, 13s, 12s lid, 12s 3d -down to lis 6d, two tooth ewes, 16s 7d, store ewes 10s 3d to 12s, poorer sorts 7s to 9s 6d, best lambs 12s 4d, others 10s lOd to lis 2d, cull lambs 5« to 7s 7d, best store wethers 17s, others 15s to 15s lid. Cattle Forward steers £5, 2J year steers, good, £4 8s 6d, fat cows £3 is, to £4 15s, store cows £2 5s to £2 15s, mother reared weaners 265, other weaners 15s to 21s, culls 8s 6d.