COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10172, 23 February 1911, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE

Messrs iDaJgety • and • Company,: Limited, report having held their first sale under the auspices of the Auctioneers' Association in the new Solway yards. Entries came to hand in. numbers which taxed the yards to their utmost, ' but' it is anticipated that* within a fortnight's time the conttiractors : will have completed the erection, when we feel .sure* that | ample accommodation, will be available for all entries that come forward, and the consensus of opinion is that the yards are up-to-date in all details. There was a large gathering of buyers from all parts of the Wairarapa, and competition for all wethers and good ewes' was fairly keen, and prices, realised must be considered satisfactory to vendors, being somewhat in advance of late ruling rates. We quote as follows: —Woolly lambs, 7s 6d, 8s to Ids 3d; shorn lambs, to Bs. Id; 2400 th wethers, 10s lid; two-tooth ewes/*los 7d to 13s 3d; 4tboth ewes to 14s 3d; full-mouth ewes, 6s 6d to 10s. Cattle.— The bidding for cattle opened well, but in several cr.ee failed to reach vendors ideas of value. Fat bullocks, £6 2s 6d, £8 year steers, £6; 2syr steers, £5 ss;2 off steers, £4 to £4 ss;/ empty cows, £4 2s; 18-month steers, 55s tp 58s; yearling steers, £2 "Is; mixW' calves, 25s;'heifer calves, 355.

I Messrs Abraham and Williams, I Ltd., report on the opening sale at Solway yards yesterday as follows: The total entry of the Associated firms .must- have" "exceeded 20,000 sheep and 1000 head of cattle.-Our ' entry / consisted of ten thousand sheep and over five hundred 1 cattle. The yards were taxed to .their utmost capacity, and although the general expressed .opinion was. that the yards were too large, yesterday proved that this idea was quite er- ! roneous, as several lines arriving late were unable to be drafted. The quality of, the cattle throughout was good. A large entry of well-grown bullocks in forward condition' was submitted, which met with a ready sale at prices considerably in excess of vendors' anticipations on the whole. The Brancepeth beef was greatly admired, comprising fifty well-bred property-finished, bullocks, which, after keen competition, £9 10s to £lO lis. Several very good station lines of sheep were offered, including a particularly attractive line of over 600 fat wethers owned by Mr John Strang, of Glenside Station, which made the satisfactory price of 16s 3d to 16s Hid. The usual cull lines offering at this j time of the year, were prominent, '■ but the bulk of. them sold at satis- ] factory prices to the vendors, and practically the whole of our entry changed hands at auction. The attendance' was exceptionally large, including many buyers from a distance, and the sale may be up as most satisfactory. Mr Hugh Morrison's ewes from Awatoitoi made lis 4d, Mr John Strang's ewes 10s 3d to lis, Mr R~. Riddiford'sOwrui syr ewes 10s to lis 4d ! , culls 5s to 8s 6d. Messrs A. and W.' Cameron, -of Te Ore, yarded a good line of 650 odd ewes, which sold at 13s (to 13s 4d. A particularly good lot of 2-tooth ewes on behalf of Mr D. McGregor made 17s. Quotations: —Fat bullocks, £9 10s to £lO llsjiat'heifers, £6 7s 6d; fat cows, £4 15s to -£5; bullocks, £6,, £6 ss, £6 10s, £6'lis, £6 15s, £7, £7 ss, up to £7 13s, according to condition and quality. Two-year steers, £4 10s to £5 6s for-an extira good lot. Fat wethers, prime, 16s 3d to 16s lid; others, 14s 9d; fat ewes, 12s lid to 13s 6d; 4-tooth wethers, lis 4d to 12s 6d; 2-tooth wethers, 9s to lis 3d; 4 and syr ewes, according to quality, lis 4d; others, 7s 6d to 8s 3d; crocks, 3s 6d tp ss; 2-tooth ewe 3, 13s to 14s Id; culls, 8s 9d to 10s 9d; cull 2 and 4-tooth ewes, 12s 4d; shorn lambs, good, 6s 6d -to 7s lOd.