COMMERCIAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10559, 15 February 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

IIAUTOTAIIA SHEEP SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report having conducted .a dispersal sale of the sheep at Hautotara station on Tuesday, in conjunction witlh Messrs (Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd. The 'attendance was a very large and representative one, ibuyers from ■many outside districts being present, particularly from the West Coast. It was undoubtedly a record sale for the Wairarapa, thirty odd thousand sheep ( being submitted on behalf of one ven- ' dor. all of which were carefully drafted and yarded in such a manner that the buyers had no difficulty in picking out the various lines, and seeing exactly whub was offered them. The arrangements throughout were capital, and many complimentary remarks were made to Mr William Harris, who certainly deserves credit for the re- j suit of liis work. Tho sheep were well- j groAvn, and on the whole we-ro in splendid condition., and although buyers j were cautious at tho opening of the sale, they livened up afterwards and ' business at auction was animated. The prices all round were good, with possibly the exception of the lambs, ' which showed signs of having lost their bloom owing to knocking about received in mustering, drafting, etc. : A line of prime heavy fab wethers sold at lis lid, and were purchased !.y a Lower Valley settler, who intends retaining them for tiho nigh prices "offerin" in tiho winter. Other sales wero as^follows:—3l96 2-tootli <nvc\, 13s; 2100 4-tooth ewes, 13s; 200 ditto, 13s 7<l; 1719 6-tooth ewes, 13s lid; o'V- •'. (3-toofh and 4-year ewes, 13.; 10l)d ;

500 ditto, 13s 8d; 900 ditto, 33s fid; ■JS6 cull 2-tooth ewes, 9s lOcl; 113 cull 2-tooth owes, 9s; 400 mill 4-tont.lh ewes, 9s 8d ; 300 cull 6-tooth ewes, I'.s; 1190 fat wethers, 14s lid; 1075 fat and forward wetiliers, 14s 4d; !200 2-tooth wethers, 12s lid; 1&50 2-tooth wethers, 12s 9d; 932 cull 2-tooth wethers, lis; 3172 wether lambs, 6s 6d ; 3404 owe lambs, Gs ; 5000 aged ewes were sold to different purchasers at 7s 7d to 7s 9d; 824 cull lambs, 3s 6d; aged Romnoy, Lincoln, and Leicester rams, I to Hgns. JOHXSOXVILLE STOCK SALE. (T3y Telegraph—Special to the Age.) JOHXSOXVILLE, Last Night, Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonvillo sale as follows:—A good entry of prime bullocks and sheep came forward, and sold readily at late rates. Prime bullocks, £9 10s to £9 17s Gd ; lighter, £9 os to £9 7s fid ; light, £9 2s 6d ; prime A-ealcrs, 30s to 3os ; lighter, 23s to 275; , prime wethers, 16s 4d ; plain, 14s to 14s lOd ; prime heavy ewes, 14s to 14s od ; plain, lis 9d to 12s 3d; medium lambs, Us G(3d to Us 9d. ] _ I WAIPOUA STOCK SALE. Messrs James Macintosh and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale in their Waipoua yards, Masterton, yesterday, when they offered a yarding of 1500 sheep and 100 head of cattle, which met with a very fair sale. There was a good attendance of j buyers, and well over half the entry | was sold. Quotations: —Sheep : 2 and ; 4-tooth. wethers, 13s 6d ; 2-tooth weth- ( ers, 13s; 2, 4 and 6-tooth ewes, 10s 6d; shorn kun<bs, 7s 6d to 8s; woolly lambs, 6s Id to 7s 2d ; full mouth store ewes, 7s 5d to 8s 3d. Cattle: 12month steers and -heifers, £2; 18month steers, £3 10s; calves, to 29?. SOL WAY STOCK SALE. Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as fol- ] lows : W'c 'held our weekly sale a<t Sol- j way, Masterton, yesterday, when we ' offered a good yarding of sheep to the usual attendance of those interested. We made the following sales: —Sheep : 2-tooth wethers, small, 10s; 2-tooth ewes, small, 12s sd; 2-tooth owes, culls, 7s; f.m. ewes, culls, 3s Cd; shorn, lambs, 6s 3d; shorn lambs, culls, Is lid to 3s; woolly lambs, 6s 4d; woolly lambs, small, 4s 3d; 2-shea,r Lincoln rams, 2gns, aged rams, 7s 6d. Cattle: Calves, mixed sexes,'2Bs.