COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 28 November 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

WAIPOUA STOCK SALE. Messrs James Macintosh and Co. report having hold their usual weekly salo in their Masterton (Waipoun) saleyards on Wednesday, November 27th, when they offered a very small yarding of sheep, but a good entry of cattle, which met with onjy fair competition, but practically tho whole yarding was sold at the following rates: 4-yr steers t'6 9s, 3-vr steers £5 to £5 os, 2-yr steers £4 7s 6d, store cows £3 19s, yearling heifers £3 -5s to £'3 10s, store ewes to 8s Id, fat ewes 14s 6d.

PA HI ATU A STOCK SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and ReducI ed report having held their weekly sale in the Mangahao yards, Pahiatua, on Tuesday, when they offered a medium entry of cattle to a small attendance of buyers. No doubt due to the very wet day, prices were somewhat easier. Consequently a large number of cattle wero passed out unsold. The following are .some of the prices realised: Empty heifers £3 9s to £4 10s, heifers at drop £o 10s to £7 2s 6d, dairy cows at profit £7, heifers with calf at foot £3 17s Gel, yearling steers £2 12s, hulls £3 to £4.

WOOL AND SKIN SALES. Messrs Daigety and Co report on yesterday's wool, skin and hide sale as .follows: We presented our catalogue to a small attendance of buyers, but prices wero satisfactory, and wo cleared our consignment. Prices ranged : Wood—X-bred "M to 9.3, d, dead 3jd to Bid. crutehings 3}d to 6d. Skins, Ist X-bred to Sid, 2nd X-bred to 7id, hoggetvs dead Is 3d each to 53d per lb, pelts to 4.] d. Hides, cows (good) to 7hd, steers 6;] d to 7jjd, calves 113 d. Tallow, 24s 3d per cwt.

The New Zealand Loan ant! Merc-nn. ile Agency Co., Ltd., and Reduced

report as follows: We held our usual periodical sale to-day before the ordinary buyers, and wo made a clearance of tho catalogue at satisfactory pricey. Hides were well competed for at an advance on late rates. Wo quote: Wool, X-bred fleece fid to Did dead

[Bd to Ski, pieces (i?i bags) to 6d, [ crutehings od to 6:sd. Skins, X-bred t 7d to Bd. -J-wools 5-} d to fUd,' J-wools to 5Ad, dead Old 'to 6-Jd, dead and broken to sid. (N'o green skins offering.) Hides, Ox no offering, con' Cgd to 7jid, green hides 7d to 7Jd, yearlings fij'd to calfskins 10c\ to 12& d. Tallow, in tins 24s 3d .per ewt. Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report: We held our sale of wool, skins and hides to-day, when we offered a catalogue of about 30 bales and 100 bags wool, 3400 sheepskins, 400 hides, and a quantity of horsehair, rabbitskins, and tallow. There was a smaller attendance of buyers than usual, but competition was keen for all lots at full market rates. We quote: Wool, fleece, bale lots 9yd, !bag 'lots Bd' ; dead "3d to SJd, crutehings 5d to 63d, pieces <Hd to 6d, locks 33d to 4;} cl, lambs Bjd. Skeepskins, fine X-bred B:'d, best X-bred 8d to B|d, 2nd Xbred 6kl to Bd, dead 5d to wools 5Jd to 7d, i-wools 3jd. to s£d,

green skins 5s 9d to 6s. Hides, ox 6Jd to 7id. cow best 6|d to 7§d, slippy iHd to 6'd. Calfskins, best lid to 12 Ad, cut and slippy 7gd to B|d.

Horsehair, Is 8-Jd. Rabbitskins, best Is 6d, medium Is lid, inferior 6d. Tallow, casks 26s 6d, tins 23s 6d to 24s 3d, rough fat 14s 6d. The W.F.C.A. held their usual monthly sale of wool, skins and hides yesterday, 27th inst. Although there was not a big attendance of buyers, the prices realised were well up to ruling market rates. ' A large catalogue was offered, comprising 2200 sheepskins, 20 bales and -TO bags- of wool, 4 r.wfc rabbitskins, fi bags horsehair. 70 tins >and 2 casks of tallow, 100 hides and 400 calfskins, prices ranging as follows: Sheepskins, Ist X-bred Sid, Ist hogget 7;id, dead 61d, hoggets dead 6£d, -J--wools 6d, lambs otd. Wool, fleece 9d to lOcl, de-ad pieces to fijd, crutehings Gel, locks 4£d. Rabbitskins Is 3sd. Horsehair Is B£d. Tallow 2253 d, 24s 3d, 26s 6d per cwt. Hides, cow (sound) 7£d, yearling (sound) 83d, ox (sound) 7-J-d, horschides 6s 6d each, calfskins Is 0»d per lb.