MASTERTON STOCK SALE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10594, 28 March 1912, Page 3

MASTERTON STOCK SALE.

Messrs J. 'Macintosh and Co. report Jiaving held their usual weekly sale in their Waipoua yards yesterday, when they ottered a good yarding of cattle and sheep, well above adverisc;l numbers, which met with good coinpetition, buyers being present from all over the district; consequently there was practically total clearance. | Quotations are as follows: —F.-m. ewes, ; Gs 3d to 7s 3d ; black face lambs, .sina'l, ! 6s Gd; woolly lambs, 7s od; sho-rn j lambs, 7s to 8s 4d; cull liVmbs, 3s; fair | lambs, 6s Id: Cattle: Two off steers, £■") 2s 6d to £■"> Us; 21-montlhs steers, £3 15s to £3 18s ; springing heifers, £5 10s; cows and calves, £3 3s Gd ; store cows, £2 10,-t to £3 7s 6d; fat forward . cows, £4 to £4 ts Gd ; fat forward heifers, £4 9s; empty 18-months heifers, £2'los. ■ ' . | 'Messrs Da'lgety and Co., Ltd., re- J port its follows regarding their Mas-J tertoiv stock sale held in the Sol-way | yards yesterday:—We offered a good j yaiding of all classes of sheep to a. j good attendance of buyers, pricts , throughout being well-maintained. J Good wethers were in part icularly good | demand, A medium entry of eattle | came forward. I'lie speO'r.! Entries v>f- ■ fered on account of Mr H. T. Hume, \ Aohanga, iand the Fernyhurst Instate, I were of exceptional quality and elicited I keen competition. Following is a list of prices realised : Sheep : Medium lambs, Gs lid; good woolly lambs, 9;s Gd; aged owes, Gs 3d to 8s Gd; forward ewes, 9s Gd to 10s Gd; *>ound breeding ewes, 10s lOd to lis sd; 2tooth wethers, 10s 10d to 13s Bd. Cut- j •t-lo: Empty cows, £4 to £1 2s Gd ; light fat cows, £4 17s 6d; cows in calf, £5. On account of H. T. Hume, fat and forward cows, £5 12s to £5 18s; foiward bullocks, £7 10s; on account o<' •Fernyhurst Estate, 2*-year 'good con dition-ed steers, £o 10s to £5 19s; forward bullocks, £7 12s. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency ; Co., Ltd., report: We submitted a heavy yarding in sheep of all classes. The tone of the market was decidedly brighter than that ol' last week, and we are pleased to report a total clearance at the following rates -.—Good sound breeding ewes, 10s Gd to 12s 2d; second-class ewes, Gs to , 8s; culled sorts, 4s to ss; fat and for- • ward ewes, 12s Gd; 2-tooth ewes, according to class, 8s 3d to lis 3d; 2- , too til wethers, small, 10s 9d. In lambs j onlv medium sorts offered, these selling at from Gs to 7s 7d; small, ss. In rams, really good Lincolns made 3gns, 2-tooth Downs, 2}gns, aged sorts, , to -i£ll. ' I