STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8489, 18 July 1907, Page 3

STOCK MARKET.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows:—At our fortnightly stock sale at Pahiatua, on Tuesday last, we had a fair average yarding in sheep, the quality of which, with one exception, was good and in consequence we had no difficulty in making a clearance at rates in advance of last sale, particularly in the case of good ewes in lamb, forward wethers and strong hoggets. No cattle were offered. AtMasterton, on Wednesday, r .we submitted a fair catalogue in both sheep and cattle. In sheep the entries were not first-class, consequently we have no big prices to record, although we cleared every line, rates for ewes in lamb and good hoggets being a slight improvement upon those of a fortnight back. The mutton penned was only medium. In cattle we yarded all classes, including some good quality but light beef, which found a ready market. Grown bullocKS did not reach owners' reserve. All young cattle and fresh young cows sold readily, backward heifers and old cows only failing to sell. At Pahiatua, best~young ewes in lamb made £1 2s 6d, 2 tooth ewes in lamb (according to class) 18s to 20s, other ewes lis to 15s, empty ewes lis 6d, forward wethers 17s 6d, best hoggets 14s 6d, At Masjterton, fat ewes and wethers made 18s 7d, fat ewes 16s, breeding ewes 13s to 14s, empty ewes lis, best hoggets 14s sd, others 10s 4d to 12s; Id. Light beef steers £6 3s, tat heifers £4, dairy cows from £3 to £5, dairy heifers £2 10s to £3, empty heifers £1 18s, cows and calves 40s to 50s, yearlings 355, weaners 10s to 12s, bull £2 15s, weaner pigs^Bs. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., held their fortnightly sale at the Masterton yards, yesterday, when there was a good entry of both sheep and cattle. Bidding for sheep, particularly hoggets, was brisk throughout, arid all lines readily found purchasers. A line of 100 3-year bullocks failed to reach the owner's value. The other cattle comprised dairy cows and heifers, all of which changed hands. ] Fat and forward ewes and wethers sold from 18s to 18s Id, good shorn hoggets to 34s lOd, medium to 12s Id, culls 8s Id, woolly hoggets 14s 4d, ewes in lamb 14s lOd, aged 10s 6d, good 3-year springing heifers to £5 17s, 2i-year springing heifers £3 19s €d, good springing cows £5 ss, light .beef heifers £3 16s. |