STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8478, 4 July 1907, Page 3

STOCK MARKET.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as followsAt Pahiatua sheep came forward in fair average numbers. The quality being good we had no difficulty in making a clearance at rates in advance of previous sales. The yarding in cattle was very light, being chiefly cows and heifers, mearly the whole of this class changing hands at recent rates. At Masterton, on Wednesday, sheep were short of advertised entries. •Good ewes and strong hoggets found a ready market, but poor and weak sorts failed to sell. No fat sheep came forward.. In cattle all classes were represented, and taken all round the yarding was a good one, both as regards number and quality. Nice quality beef, good steers, and strong young cattle moved off freely, but in cows and heifers we had some hard bargaining. At the close of the sale one pen only of cows remained unsold. At Pahiatua, on Tuesday, good 2 tooth ewes in lamb made 225, good sound f.m. ewes 16s 6d, others lis to 13s 6d, medium hoggets lis 2d, .young steers 455, forward heifers 35s to 50s, cows (aged) 18s to 255. At Masterton, on Wednesday, sound ewes in lamb ranged from 13s 6d to 14s 6d. medium ewes lis 6d, best hoggets 13s lid, others 12s 9d and lis sd, light beef cows and heifers £4 10s to £4 15s, forward cows and heifers £2 10s to £2 15s, 3 to 3£ year steers £5 2s to £5 10s, 2 year olds £3 4s to £3 18s, 18 month steers 50s, 18 months -heifers 365, yearlings 25s to 30s, dairy heifers £4, aged cows 20s to 355.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., ■held their fortnightly sale at the Masterton yards, on Wednesday. Owing to the wet weather several advertised entries did not come forward. There was, however, a fair .yarding of both sheep and cattle. Bidding- was brisk, and with one exceptioa all lines -changed hands •under the hammer. Ewes in lamb sold from lis 4d to 14s 7d, forward ewes 14s lid forward xhoggets 12s to 12s lid, forward cows 675. springing cows to £6 14s, springing heifers £5 16s, light porker pigs, 15s.

PAHIATUA STOC K SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as Vol lows on their Pahiatua stock on Tuesday: —At Pahiatua stock came forward in excess of advertised numbers. Good compeition existed for sheep throughout, "and with the exceptiun of one pen all were sold before leaving the yards. A good demand existed for all classes. Ewes in lamb sold well. Cattle made late values. Ewes in lamb 10s to 12s for culls, and up to 18s Id to 22s for good sorts, hoggets (culls) 7s to 14s sd, empty ewes lis, wethers 16s to 18s 6d, store cows 23s to 40s, forward cows £2 5s to £3 ss, cows and calves £2 15s, dairy cows just calved £5 10s.