COMMERCIAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10571, 29 February 1912, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

JOHNSOXVILLE STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph—Special to the' Age.) JOHNSON VILLE,. Last Night. Messrs Abraham ...and. Williams, Ltd., report on their Johmsoirvillc sale , as follows: —A good yarding of sheep and cattle came forward, and sold at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks, £9 17s Gd to £lO 10s; lighter, £0 to U 7s Gd; light, £B'to £8 10s; extra prime lieaivy wethers, 18s; good wethers. 16s 6d ; medium, 15s; medium owes, 12s lid to 13s; light 12s to 12s 3d; plain, lis 6d; medium lambs, lis | 9d; plain, lis to lis 3d. HATJTOJARA CATTLE SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams. Ltd , report on the Hautotara cattle sale held this week at the station., ' Martiniborough, in conjunction with Messrs Murray Roberts and Co., Ltd. The cattle were mustered in excess of advertised numbers, a total of exactly sixteen hundred 'being submitted to .auction.,• excluding, of course, all calves .ru wring with the cows. Taken all round, they were well-drafted and in first-class condition:, the public making complimentary remarks on the quality throughout. The attendance was very satisfactory, but not so large as at the sheep sale held a fortnight previous. Buyers were, however, present from all .pants, and a most successful salo has to be recorded. The-, following prices were realised: —151 fat and forward bullocks, £7 15s; 106 •fat cows mid heifers, £5 I2s;6d; 95 2-1-year steers, £5 10s; 212 18-mo.nths steers, £4 ss; 201 2-year heifers, £3; 109 18-months heifers, £2 8s; 360 dry caws, £3 10s; 250 cows and calves, £5 Is; 63 yearling steers and heifers, £2 17s; 35 voting bulls, £2 12s Gd; 6 aged bulls, £3 12s to £4 15s; working bullocks, £5 to £Bss. Young draught horses made from £2O 15s to £2B 10s; j aged draught horses, £l9 to £27;

marcs and foals, £5 10s to £11; 20 unbroken hacks were sold <a;t £5 2s 6d, SALE OF NATIVE LA.NDS.

'Messrs Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., re- ! port haviiipc 'had a successful sale of r Native lands at Pahiatua on Tuesday, on account of the. Jkaroa Native Land Board. Each .section offered was disposed of as Tinder: —Lot 1: 10a. 2r. 29p., £2lO, to Mr G. Harold Smith; Lot 2: 10a. 2r. IGp., £2lO, to Mr G. Harold Smith; Lot 3: lla.. lr. lGp., £220, to Mr G. Harold Smith. Lot 423a. Or. 30p.. £470, to Mr Jas. Sweeney; Lot 5: 23a, 3r. 35p., £450, to Mr. Jas. Sweeney. These- sections are sitaiated close to the Pahiatua. railway station. The leasehold section of 192 acres, unimproved land at Itakanui, was disposed of at an annual rental of 3s 7d per acre. PAHIATUA SHEEP FAIR, j Messrs Abraham and Williams' Ltd., report as follows: —We offered on the 27th inst. an exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep, advertised numbers being exceeded, and over 17,000 came under the hammer. The yarding comprised the annual drafts of clients,'and the quality throughout was well aibovo the average, the bulk > of the sheep being of really good quality, especially the. 4 and 5-year old ewes. A good clearance was made, over 11,000 sheep changing hands, a large number of which went to the Wairnrapa and Manawatu. The attendance was extra large, and bidding under the hammer was keen, from the start, the bulk of tho entry soiling hy auction. Quotations: —Good 4 and ">- \yoar old ewes, 12s to 12s 7d ; medium land o-year ewes, 10s 2d to Us 7d; good sound mouth ewes, 9s to 10s 3d ; others, 7s lid to 8s lid; good mixed aged ewes, 9s 8d to Us 7d: others, 7s 3d to 9s Id ; 2-tooth ewes,' 10s -9d to 12s Sd; 2, '4 and 6-tooth ewes, lis 6d to 12s 6d ; cull 2, 4 and 6-tooth ewes, 9s 4d to 10s Id; onll. ewes, 4s 2d to 5s lOd; 2 and 4-tooth -wethers, Us 4d to 12s Gd; others, 9s 7d to Us Id, woolly lambs, small, 4s 2d to Gs Gd; Lincoln, rams,' 2jd, 4 to SJ-gns; Romney rams, 1, 2 to 3£gns. MASTERTON STOCK SALE. The. New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows on their Mastertou stock sale hold in the Sol way yards yesterday:— We offered a fair average yarding of sheep of all classes, the hulk of the entry being of inferior or culled sorts, and rates obtained were in keeping with the sheep, and fully up to then values. Cattle entries were confined to dry cows and young growing steers, ■both of which met with good enquiry, and sold freely at sound prices. Good sound ewes made Us Gd; aged ewes in good condition, 7s Gd to 9s; culls, 5s to Gs; small wethers, 10s 3d; best woolly lambs,, up to 10s 3d; others, 6s 1 to Gs Gd ; shorn, good, up to 8s; rams: 2-tooth Lin coins, £2 to £3 3s; RomH to 2gns ; Leicesters, £ to 2gns, dry cows, £2 10s to £3 7s Gd; young steers 18-moniths. £3 8s; small calves, 21s. WAIPOUA SALEYARDS. Messrs' James Macintosh and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale yesterday, when they offered a yarding well above advertised numbers, of both, cattle and' sheep. There was a gocd attendance, but bidding was rather slow, especially for lambs. Good ewes and wethers were well com- ■' peted for. Cattle sold well up to sale rates. Quotations : —Fat ewes, to 12s ; fat wethers, to 15s; full mouth ewes, Gs 3d to 9s; 2, 4,6 and S-tocth ewes, Us -Id; cull ewes, 3s 9d; cull lambs, 2s Gd; cows and calves, £4 12s Gd, store caws, £2 los to £3 lis; calves 15s to 31s; bulls, £3 17s Gd to £4; forward store cows, £3 16s to £4 Bs.