LATE COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 20 March 1913, Page 5

LATE COMMERCIAL.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE. i'he Nov/ Zealand Loan &nd Mercantile Aj-racy, Co.. Ltd., report: We a hiige entry of shoep at SohvaV yesterday, all of which wo cleared as satisfactory prices. There was a good attendance of buyers and bidding was keen ior ail classes. Twotooth wethers made from 10s od to 14s Od, 2-t-ootJi mixed sexets lis Gd, torwara lambs 10s, medium do. 8s 6d, •small do. 6s <xl, fat <v,ves 12s 3d. forward do. 10s 3d, s.ni. breeding ewes 8s 3d to lis., aged do. &]" to - 7s 10d, forward empty oow-> £-1 i;J s 6d Messrs Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report on their Masterton stock sale as follows: We offered an exceptionally heavy yarding of cattle "comprised mostly of grown (Hillocks, and a fair yarding of sheep. A distinct feature of the sqle was the entry of 000 head of cattle on behalf of' Mr John Strang, Glenside, the bu.'k of which were partienlfirh- good quality in splendid_ condition, "buyers being lory complimentary in their remarks as to the quality offered and th; l manner in which they were drafted. Four hundred of this entry was .sold, only two lots Jailing to change hands offers being obtained within as to 10s ofvendor's anticipations; 100' 2s-vear Shorthorn luilloeks. bred at Glenside, in first class condition, makin" £6 10s. Several useful lots of bullocks were offered on behalf of other vendors, Mr Ole Isaks«n'«"selling: 34 at £6 18s, 27 at £5 10s, and Messrs W.veth Bros., Mikimiki, one pen at £6 10s. Sheep sold better than last week, an improved tone being prevalent, and a line of 4 and 6-tooth cull ewes offered on behalf of Mrs H. Holmes making 14s 6d. . Quotations': 130 forward bullocks (Gl?nsicle) £7, 57 p.a. do. (Glenside) £7 os, 100 2j-year steers (Glenside) £6 10s, 31 18-month do. (Glenside) £4 9s, 26 18-month heifers (Glenside) £3 3s. On behalf other vendors,: Forward bullocks £6 18s to £7 Is, others £6 to £6 15s, good conditioned bullocks £5 os to £5 15s, 18-month' steers (a number of bad colours) £2 los. Aged ewes (s.m.) 8s !)d to 10s, 4 and 6-tooth ewes 14s 6d, others 8s to 10s, 2-tooth eAves (fair) lis 6d, culls down to 8s 9d, b.f. lambs (poor condition) 7s 4d. Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd.. report on their Sol way sale as follows: A good yarding of all classes of sheep were offered to- a large attendance of buyers. The all good sorts of breeding, ewes was particularly brisk, 'and-prices realised were in favour iof sellers. Lew conditioned ewes and inferior sheep Avere not in demand. We had a total clearance at the folloAving list of nrices: Best line?, of 4 and 5-year breeding eAves to lis, medium do 7s '9d to 9s 9d, aged do. 5s 8d to 7s, small wethers to lis 3d,, small b.f. lambs to os 2-tooth Romney rams 1 to l:\-gns, Lincoln do. to IJgns, aged do. (potters) os to 9s.

CLEARING SALE

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held a very successful clearing sale at Martinborough of horses on Tuesday qn account of Mr A. H. Brentnall. The attendance -was satisfactory. and every horse offered changed hands under; the hammer. Competition in manv instances was keen esnocially for the vounger horses, and prices realised Avere all through very good. Although all the horses submitted for sale were iust out of hard Avork. Mr Brentnall de-serves credit for bringing his horses before the. public in first-class order. Princmal sales were as follow: Bav mare Svrs £3B. bay geld Byrs £3B, bay geld Byds £32, bay geld oyrs £3O, bay geld 4yrs £33, bay geld. ,9yr-s £27, bay geld Bvrs £3O. bay geld 9yre £3O, biiy mare Byrs £2B, hay'geld 7 yrs £3O, ehst. geld 9,vto £25 10s, bay geld £25, bay geld Bvrs £25. do filly "4yirs £2-5, brown geld aged £22. Metal tip drays £lO 10s to £ls. Harness. horse coA'ers, etc., at full market rates.