COMMERCIAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 7 February 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

Messrs James Mackintosh and Co. report having held their usual '.sale in their Waipoua, (Master-ton) Sale Yards on Wednesday sth February when they offered a small yarding of cattle and sheep to a good number of buyers and every lot '.sold under the hammer. Quotations areas follows: — Small B.F. Lambs 8s 4d, Short Romney Lambs-8s lOd, Cull Lambs ■ls Id, 2-tooth Ewes a.nd Wethers 12s Id, store ewes 9s 9d, woolly owe .Lambs 8s Bd, Cow and Calf £ 1 .1 Is, Springing Cow £7, 2-year Heifers in calf £4, Empty Cows £4. PAHFATUA STOCK SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows: At our Pahiatua. sale on 4th inst., we offered a fair yarding of sheep and cattle. The demand for all classes of stock was only limited, and a fair amount was passed out unsold. Tho continuation of the strike is no doubt accountable for tho dullness of the market. Quotations: Store ewes 7s (kl, medium short lambs 6s Id, Lincoln tarns £5 ss. springing heifers £6 6s to £6 17s 6d, forward cows £3 9s to £3 19s, young steers £2 12s (kl to £3 16s, yearling heifer,*; £3 2s. PALMERSTON STOCK REPORT. (By Telegraph. — Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., La,st Night. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: At our Palmerston sale, held on Thursday, 6th inst., wo had a small entry of sheep and a.medium one of cattle, which sold at the following prices: Woolly lambs lis, sound mouth ewes lis 9d, 2-year steers £4 3s 6d, 18-month .steers £3 7s 6d, fat and forward: cows £3 12s fxl to £5, stoi-e cows £1 7s 6d to £2 lis, cows and calves £2 6s, weanors 15s to 375, bulls-£2 6s 6d to £5 12s.