COMMERCIAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 17 October 1912, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

WAJTOGA SHOOS SALE. Messrs James Macintosh and Co. report having hold their usual weekly sale in tneir waipoua (Mascerton) yards on Wednesday, iOtli October, •when they ciiereit a good yarding m sheep and cattle well above advertised numbers, which met with fair competition and praeticany the whole yarding was sold well up to late rates. They also ottered on account 11. i'Simpson his wnole contracting plant which all sold at very satisfactory prices. Quotations are as follow: 2 and •ith wethers iiSs to LSs Id, woolly hoggets IBs lOd to 17s lOd, medium 12s • to 13s 6d, cull owes and hoggets 8s I 3d, 18-mos steers £3 iUs, 2-yr steers £■l 15s, empty 18-mos and 2-yr lieilers £>> lbs, cull steers and hellers £3 os s[)g heifers £4 5s to £-1 los, cows m c.i.f i.! 12s lid, bay gelding ,L 3 10:s, limi.wi gelding £3(5, grey 'gelding L'SJ in-, may £5 10s, plnngn £(>, harness and sundries up to lui. rates. Our next sale v. - ill be held on Tuesday, 22ud October, owing to the Carterton miou" being held on Wednesday, 3rd inst. The .Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Iteduced, report naving held their weekly sale iu the P.F.A. yards yesterday, •when they ottered a fair yarding oi sheep and a good entry of cattle to a large attendance of farmers ana buyers, all stock offered selling we!) above vendors' expectations, and wc have to report a total clearance with the .except):.n of two pens of cattle, at the following rates: Ewes and lambs 21s Id, mixed hoggets 10s 7ci to 13s 6d, fat ewes 18s Id, dairy cow.-, to £B, dairy heifers' at drop £G "is to £7 17s (id, backward springing J heifers £■■!■ 15s to £6, 2-year empty J heifers to £4 lis, yearling heifer,; £:„ 10s to £3 18s, yearling steers CS 2s (id. to £3 o.s (id, store cows £3 3s u to £4 9s. dairy bulls .£5 to £C> 15s. WOOL SALES. . .Messrs Balgoty and Co., Ltd.. report:—At cur usual monthly wool, skin and hide :;ale to-day, we'ottered 7 bales of wool, 600 sheep skins, N( hides, and a small quantity of tailor,-. There was not.as good a representation of'l)!iyors as usual. Bidding was keen ami spirited, and we quitted our full catalogue at satisfactory prices. We quote: Wool—(Fleece wool) 7d to Bd, mi tellings •%! to old, deal wool G2d. Skins—First crossbred 73d to 81d, 2nd crossbred Ud, seedy crossbred 6dd, crossbred inferior and dead 5-d to Ghl, hog.ietr; 4d to 6Jd, half wools s£d, lambs Gid to 7d. Hides—Cow Ojjd, calf to 10* d, steer 5-J-d to 7sd. yearling Gid to 6|d. Tallow 24s 3d. Our next s"!p.ivi!! 1,-. held on Xovomber 27th. 19i2. Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. and Reduced, held, their usual periodical wool, skin and hide sale to-day before the usual attendance of buyers. Prices were unchanged. Prices obtained wero as follows: Wool—Crossbred 7:\d, dead wool 6Jd, orutchings »3d. Rabbitskins—Bid. Horsehair—l s l*d. Skins—to 73d. Hides—Cowhides to G-Jd, yearlings to 7d, steers to 7 l-3d. ealf to TOfKl. ; lrall to old, ox to GJd, tips ls Gd. Tallow—24s per cwt. - We huld our monthly sales of wool, ckins and hides to-day, when wo submitted a catalogue of 5 bales wool, 20 bags wool, 2900 .sheepskins, 700 hides and ealfsk'ins. and a quantity of horsehair, rabbitskins and tallow. There was a full attendance of buyers and competition was keen at an advance of id per lb on last sa'le rates. We quote: Wool—B*d to O-'d for crossbred, dead 5U to B*d, pieces 4 :i d to ojd. Sheepskins—Fine crossbred BM, best crossbred B|d sec erossbred 7-\d to 73d, seedy crossbred m, lambs Gd to 63d, half wools Vd to 7-kl, quarter wools GJd, dead crossbred Sid. to 6.1 d, dead hoggets 3d to Old. pdts 43d. Hides-Ox 3d to 7d, cow good o.fd to G2d, cow cut and R bppy 33d. Calfskins-Best 10d to ; Hid. Tallow-Casks 26s 9d. tins 20s to 2!s 3d, rough fat 15s. H or s o i,air J— Is ;.d per pound. Mto Is 63-d. Our next sale will be held on November 27th.