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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10577, 7 March 1912, Page 3

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JOHNSONVILLK STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph—Special to tiro Age.) JOHNSON VILLE. Last Night. Messrs Aljraham and Wiili.uns Ltd., report as follows on their Johnsouvillo stock sale: —A good entry eamo forward of both prime sheep and bullocks, which realised well up to lute Rites. Prime heavy bullocks made £'9 10s to £10; extra prime medium bullocks, £9 to 9 ss; vealers, 17s to 28s; medium wethers, los to los Get: prime ewes, 13s (id to lis 3d; plain owes, lis Gd to 12s 3d; prime lambs, 13s to 13s 2d; lighter, 12s to 12s (3d ; prime shorn, 12s 7d; plain, 9s 2d to lis. LONDON MARKETS. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cable adviico from their London office, under date March sth : —Sheepskins : Sales have been postponed indefinitely. . WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. Messrs Abmhani and Williams, Ltd.,.report as-follows:—The last sale of the season was held on Tuesday, and contrary to expectations, was a Veal I y good sale. Welding was keen, and j prices for all medium wools were on a par with last wiles mtes, with an advance of a farthing on some lots. Lambs wool met with a good demand, although irregular at times. Bright free lots sold at an advance in some cases. Pieces and bellies also com- | mantled good competition. Our c(at- I alogue comprised 437 bales of mostly medihim wools, but we offered a good ' deal of very rough naul heavy-coiidi- i tionod lots. . i

Sonio of our prices were as follows: —EG, 20 bales coarse crossbred, St. Kilda, 11 bales medium crossbred Sd; ])1) over OT, 13 bales log-stained, 7d; Westwood Mo, 6 bales crossbred, lambs, 7 Hunnymede, 4 bales bright lambs, 9|d; 3 bales Lincoln, 7ad; Triangle over LT, 3 bales lambs, 9id; 7 I,' 13 bales crossbred, 7|d; 5 'bales lambs, 83d; To Ohu, 6 bales lambs, 83d.

Mesrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: —The last wool sale of the 1911-12 season was heild on Tuesday, in the Town Hall. We offered a catalogue of 1330 bales out of a total offering of 3748 bales by all brokers. We were showing a good deal of lambs' wool as is usual at tihis time of the year, the remainder of our lots being mostly log-stained, dingy and seedy crossbred. There was a full attendance of home and continental buyers, and bidding was exceptionally brisk and competition keen. The market for medium and inferior erossbreds and lambs' wool was on a par with February salo rates. There was little wool suitable for America available, and the market oirt'hc small quantity offered showed a drop of about a Id. The following comparison of prices ruling, as compared with the March -sale of a year ago and that of last month will bo interesting : —-Merino, March, 1911, 83d—February, 1912, 8d to BJd —'March, 1912. none offering; medium half bred, B|d to 9Jd—9Jd to'lOld—Bjd to 8-ld; Medium crossbred, 7|d to Bfd —B:id to did — 7id to 9d ; inferior and course crossbred, 6£d to 7|d —6Jd to "id—6id to 7idj first lambs, B|d to 9sd—9*d to lOd—9j|d to lOd; second lambs, 7d to Bd—Bd to B£cl —7|-d to 8d ; pieces, 5d to 6>d—6jd to 7id—6sd to -5d to 6£d; stained pieces and locks. 3Jd to 3|d—4d to od—3d to 4d; crutohlngs, 5Jd to 6d — to ssd—sd to s£d; dead, nono offering—7d to 7id —6£ dto 7-id. Some of the highest priced wools in our catalogue were on account' of the following clients: —W.St rode Penny. Sandon, lambs, ,10d; which topped the- market in our catalogue, and crossbred, 9d'; Stanley Parker, Martiniborough, lambs, A. Conway, Cheltenham, lambs, 9Jd; K. MeKenzie, Levin, lambs, did; G. A. Tattle, Aokautere, lambs, 9-£ d, and crossbred B|d ; James Maker, Ohangaiti, lambs 9d;' A. Judd, Tokomaru, lambs, A. G. Collins, Awahuri, lambs 9id, and crossbred B{d. The fleece portion of t!ho wool from Messrs Chapman and Sons, Waiouru station., realised up to 83d, and the first pieces of this clip brought the splendid price of 7Jdr

MASTEETON STOCK SALE. Messrs James Macintosh and Co. leport having h«k- -Jieir usua.' weekly sale in their Waia.poua yards yesterday, when they offered a yarding will. «ibovo advertised numbers of belli cyit. tla and sheep. There wa«'a good r.tt*n.'»nn> ,i buyers, and bidding w,- ,; fairly brisk, especially for good ewes, wethers and lambs, but poorer sorts weie very dull of sale. In our cattle entry every lot met wit.r. good < •>:> - j.ot.i'on, and «- are pie I ■■• d to-report .»'clearance. Quotations are as f >'- lows:—Sheeu : Fat ewes, It's !>d to lis 2d; fat withers, 12s lOd to i3<;

forward 2-toot.'i owes /ind withers, to lis Id; f m owes, 9s 7d to 13s; shorn lambs, 5s lid to Gs 7d; woolly lambs, 7s 4d to 7s 9d; small woolly lambs, -Is ito Os Id; cull owes, 2s 9d to 3s 8d ; Southdown aims, to 3gns. Cattle: — Store cows, to £4 ; springing heifers, to £4 7s 6d; store heifers, to £2 7s 6d; calves, 20s to 255. The Now Zeakuicl Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report, on their Masterton stock sale held at Sol way yesterday as follows: —"Wo submitted a very heavy catalogue, embracing all classes in sheep, the bulk of the entry being inferior sorts. All good tiheep in ewes, wethers or lambs found a ready market at sound rates, but the culled classes were hard to quit. .However, at the close of the sx'.i: very few went out unsold. In cattle, good ■bullocks found a ready market, as did any good quality in beef. Rough, sorts were neglected. Best breeding cue.; realised 12s; fair conditioned sorts, 10s fid ; medium, 8s to 9s; culls, 3s to ss; 2-tooth wethers, best, lis to. lis 9d; small, 9s to 10s; small 2-tooth ewes, 8s to 9s, best lambs, woolly, 9s; others Bs, (Is; Lincoln rams, 2gns to. 2igns; Romneys, 2gns; Sonthdowns, 2gns to 3gr.s : Leicesters, 10s to -10s; beef cows, j £4 10s to £5 10s; stores, 40s to 60s; | calves, 30s. Messrs Abraham and WilMams, Ltd., report as under:—We had a very heavy yarding of stock, submitting 3500 sheep and 500 head of cattle fo a large attendance, of t'ho public. We I have to report a good sale, every pen being disposed of before the close of [ the sale. We quote as under: —Sheep : 1 F.m. ewes, best, 13s 2d, 13s 3d; others | lis Od tol2s; 2-tooth ewes, 12s 3d to 12s 6d; cull ewes, 4s 6d to 9s 4d ; fat ' ewes, lis 3d to 12s; lambs, 8s 3d to 8s (3d; fat wethers, 12s 9d; 4-tooth very forward wethers, 14s Cxi; cull wethers, 8s lOd. The special entry on behalf , of Mr M. J. McGregor, of Hikorangi,. sold as under: F.m. ewes, Us 6d to 12s; 2->too*h wetihers, 12s. Stud Shropshire sheep, on acoun,t of cMr Peter Cooper, mado 2gn for 4-yefar owes, 5 and 6-year ewes, £gii, 4-tooth ewes, lgn, 2-tooth ewes, 1 )gn; 6-tooth ewes, Ign, ram and ewe lambs, ?gn ; .stud ram, lOgns. Cattle: —Gull cows, 2£s; empty cows, £2 10s to £2 12; forward cows, £3 19s to £4 8s 6d; 18-months steers, £3 Us to £4 ; cows with calves at foot, £4 8s 6d. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report : —An exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep and ia good entry of cattle were offered to a large attendance of buyers. Prices throughout were well maintained, -and wo disposed of the bulk of our yarding at satisfactory prices, llhere wins a keen enquiry for wethers, and prices were slightly in excess of last week's rates. Lambs were' also in better demand, and some good sales were effected. We had a good yarding of cattle, and disposed of, our entry of 400 head at satisfactory prices. In sheep our principal entry comprised breeding ewes and. store owes. Good two-tooth ewes made 14s, s.m. ewes, good quality, 12s 6d; failbreeding ewes, 10s 3d to Is 6d; store owes, 7s 6d to 9s 6d; forward lambs, 9s to 9s sd; medium lambs, 6s 6d to 8s; 2-tooth wethers, forward, 12s to 13s 3d; medium wethers, Us to Us 6d. Cattle: Cows and calves. £o; store cows,, £2 to £3 15s; steers, good colours and conditions, £5 19s; weaner calves, 20s to 265. Working bullocks, £6 10s.