STOCK MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3124, 26 February 1909, Page 7

STOCK MARKET.

By Telegraph—Special to Wairarapa Age). PALMERSTON *}., February 25. MeEsrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows on their Palmerston North sale to-day :—The yards were well filled with both sheep and cattle. The sheep entry consisted principally of aged ewes, for which the demand was not keen, and several lots were passed. Young ewes sold readily. Cattle were not as keen of demand as late sales, owing no doubt to the dry weather. Quotations:—Two-tooth ewes, lis to 13s 3d; 4 and 6-tooth ewes, 12s 6d to 13s; 4 and 5-year ewes, 8s Gd to 10s 3d,; aged ewes, 4s 2d to 6s 7d; small, 2-tooth ewes, 8s; woolly lambs, 9s 9d to 10s; shorn lambs, 7s 7d; 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 10s sd; 3 and 4-year bullocks, £5 3a 6d; fat cows, £3 5s 5d to £4 7s 6d; springing cows, £3 12s 6d; store cows, £2 16s to £3; 2-year steers, £2 lis to £2 18s; cows and calves, £2 6ds. to £2 7s 6d; wethers, 8s 6d to 10s; Jbulls, £1 15s to £4 10s. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: One of the most satisTactcry and successful stcck sales that we have conducted in the Maryborough yarc's for some months wjs held yesterday, when we submitted a yarding of 2,238 sheep and 40 head of cattle. Buyers were prpsent in large numbers, and bidding right through was good, and we succeeded in effecting a complete clearance under the hammer of all lines submitted, with the exception of a small lot of lambs and a pen of wethers. Quality of stcck offered was much above the average, this especially feeing the case in regard to ewes. The ewes that we offered on account of Messrs M. and J. McLeod, Whakepuni, were an exceptionally good lot, and most satisfactory prices were obtained for the sheep sold on account of these clients. Wethers were in good demand, and one line of 500 good conditioned, well-grown 2-tooths made lis 6d. Some of the principal s&les were as follows:—On account of Messrs M. and J. McLeod, Whakepuni.— 181 2-tooth ewes 15s, 100 four-year-old ewes 15s 9d, 120 five-year-old ewes 14s sd; 130 sm. ewes 14s. On account of other clie: ts.— 500 two-tooth wethers (well grown forward sheep) lis 6d, 407 good store two-tooth wether 3 lis Id, two-tooth ewes (smal) lis 3d, medium 4 and 5-year ewes from 10s 2d to 12s. Very few lrambs came forward, the lines offered being inferior. Bidding for cattle was not quite so spirited, but almost every line changed hand?.