STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8409, 25 April 1907, Page 3

STOCK MARKET.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua stock sale held on Tuesday as follows : We again had a good yarding of sheep. A good entry in lambs met with keen competition, and we had no difficulty in quitting the catalogue at prices in excess of those ruling at late sales. The enquiry for wethers was animated, all en- . tries in this;class selling readily under the hammer. In ewes best sorts were well competed for, but old and backward ewes were hard to quit, a total clearance with the exception of one small lot was, however, made. Taken all round the sale was most successful, and we have to report a rise in prices for all classes. In cattle we yarded a total of 514 head embracing all classes. The enquiry was good and we sold the whole yarding with the exception of a few odd lots of cows at satisfactory prices. We quote: —Sheep: Lambs (best woolly) 13s 6d, lambs (best shorn) 12s Id, others (shorn) lis 9d, lis 6d, lis 4d,. lis, down to 10s, medium sorts 7s Id to 9s 4d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 16s 9d, 2-tooth wethers 15s to 16s 7d, best young ewes in lamb 18s 4d to 20s. others 13s to 15s 6d, backward ewes in lamb lis to 12s, e-npty ewes 10s to 13s, according to condition, poorer sorts 7s 5d to 9s 4d, culls 3s lOdto 5s 3d. Cattle: Fat and forward cows £3 2s to £3 13 i, cowfs and calves £2 3s to £3 7s 6 J, a large entry in weaners made from 15s to 25s for good sorts, inferior 7s 6d to, 10?, 18-months steer*. £2 6s to £2 16s, 2fc-year S'Jeers £3 6a to £4 ss, grown bullocks £4 10s to £4 15s. •.£s»s Messrs Dalgety and C 0.,, Ltd, held their fortnightly sale at the Master ton yards, yesterday, when about 3,000 sheep and 300 head of cattle came forward. Only about 100 head of cattle were advertised, and the firm again impresses upon vendors the advisability of notifying them of entries coming forward, so that particulars can be advertised and prospective buyers notified. There was a good demand for sheep, and most Kn6s were disposed of. Cattle were also in request, and the majority of- entries found, .purchasers under the hammer at prices showing an improvement . on last sales. Sound mouth empty ewes sold from 15s to 15s 6d, ewes in lamb 14s 5d to 15s 3d, woolly lambs 12s 6d, good shorn lambs 12s, purebred Romney ewes 41s, fat and forward cows ant! heifers 68s to 88s, store cows from 41s, poor conditioned and aged cows in calf 27s 6:1, ditto cows and calves 295, others from 475, good three year steers 115s, station cows 68s, 2-year steers 595, 2i-year steers (bad colours) 475. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report :—At our stock sale, yesterday, both sheep and cattle were well represented, and all throughout the catalogue, with few exceptions, the quality was yery good and competition was brisk, only the high-reserved pens failing to sell under the hammer, the demand for good lambs, wethers, and empty ewes being unsatisfied. The cattle pens were well filled, and for all good steers, forward empty heifers and strong calves we had spirited bidding, the only class neglected being old cows and backward heifers. In beef the entries were mostly heifers and cows, all selling. Prime fat ewes made 15s to 15s 9d, fat ewes 14s 6d, good for-

ward wethers 17s 3d,£best breeding ewes 15s, others 10s to 13s, small ewes 12s 6d, empty forward ewes 13s 6d to 14s, best lambs lis to lis 6d, best steers A ranged from £5 to £5 10s, 2Jyr steers 70s to 80s, 18 months steers £2 10s, yearlings 23s to 30s, good calves 18s to 20s, springing heifers 60s. Beef: Prime heifers £5 to £5 ss, best cows 70s to 80s.