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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10646, 30 May 1912, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

JOHNSON VILLE STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph;—' Special to ths Age.) JOHNSONVILLE, Last Night. (Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows: —A good yarding of bullocks and sheep camo forward and sold at late rates; the sheep were of only medium quality. Prime bullocks, .£9 10s to £9 1.65; light, £9 to £9 ss; medium wethers, 16s 6d to 16s lid; medium ewes, 14s 6d to 14s lid ; plain 13s to 13s 6d; prime lambs, 14s 8d; good lambs, 12s to 12s 6d. PALMERSTON STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph—Special to the Age.) PALMERSTON N., Last Night, Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ld., report:—At our Raumai sale on Tuesday last, we offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle to a largo attendance of buyers. Both sheep and oattlo met a keen demand, land we have to .report « total clearance ab prices in favour of vendors. Wo quote: —Ewe lambs, lis; mixed lambs 9s to 9s lid ; cull ewes in,lamb, 9s 3d ; 3-year bullocks, £5 15s; 20-mon.ths steers, £3 to £4 0s 6d; fat beifers, £5 2s; store cows, £2 10s to £3 Is 6d; weaner heifers, 38s; mixed weame.rs, 235; dairy cows, £5 7s 6d £6; springing heifers, £4 5s to £5 17s. 6d ; A lima of particularly nice Jersey-Hol-stein cross spring iheifors realised £7 15s. We (also offered the whole of Mr A. Ihleins "dairy herd of heifers and cowis, which wero a particularly choice lot and sold at prices ranging from £7 to £l4, the whole.'herd averaging £ll lis; 2-yoar springing heifers, on account of the same vendor, made £6 17s 6d, £8 to £8 ss; weaner Jersey 'heifers, £3 9s. A herd of cows offered on account of Mr H. C. .Saudilands averaged £7 7s 6d; and a line of cows offered on account of Mr McDonald averaged £8 10s. PAHIATUA STOCK SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua sale held on Tuesday, as follows:—We offered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle to a good attendance of .buyers. \Stock cjame forward in advance of advertised numbers, and bidding was spirited throughout, prices obtained being well' up to late''rates. Quotations: Wethers (small), 14s to 14s 2d; Empty ewes .in forward condition, 10»-3*.to lls^ld; old..ewes>,in Jamb, 10s 4d to 13s; a good. lino, of 2, A and 6-tooth ewes'-in lamb; 1 ts ;■ good hoggets, 10s to lis;,small hoggets 5s to 6s 3d. Cattle rS&year steers, £o Is; 18-months steers, £2 13s to os; weaners, 27s 6d; store cows, to £3 ts; dairy heifers, in calf, £3 15s to £b. MASTERTON STOCK SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:--We bad a fair entry of sheep and cattle at our weekly sale at Sohvoy yesterday. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was again spirited, nearly all the pens being cleared under the hammer. Fat and forward owes brought from Is 8d to 12s 4d, fair conditioned empty ewes, 9s hi; forward woolly lambs, 9s Id to lis 3cl; 50 weaner steers and heifers on account of Messrs Percy Bros ;2 made £2 Os; springing heifers, to £5.