COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 May 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

CLEARING SALE., J Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on Mr H. Percy's clearing sale, held in 'Mr Corringe's yards, Fernxidge, as follows: Only a limited number of buyers were present, but taking into comsideration that it is the off season of the year for dairy sales, prices realised must be considered highly satisfactory. The cows, which were in low condition, sold at from £6 to £7 15s, the herd of 28 head averaging £6 7s 6d. Mixed weaners realised 2os, bull £3, yearling, draught colt £l4 10s, 2-year draught 'filly £l9, spring dray £l2 10s, implements and sundries sold at clearing sales rates. On; account, of other vendors we yarded and sold mixed sex weaners to 255, fat and forward cows to £4 17s 6d, forward cows to £4, 2-tooth wethers 12s 6d.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE.

The New 1- Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report: At Solvvay yesterday we submitted a good entry of sheep and a fair one of cattle to a good attendance of buyers. (Competition with the exception, of forward lambs was rather dull. However, we managed to quit the bulk of our yarding. -Forward lambs made from 9s to lis 7d* backward do to 7s 6d, 2-tooths (mixed sexes) 12s 2d to 12s 3d, foward empty ewes to 9s lOd, cull do to 4s 6d, aged ewes in lamb 6s 9d, steer calves 21s, heifer calves 335, forward empty cows £3 10s to £5, 18-mos steers, £3 to £3 6s.

JOHNSONYILLE STOCK SALE

•Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Jehnsonville sale as follows: A good yarding of prime bullocks came forward and a heavy on a of shesp which, sold at la-t'e rates; prime heavy bullocks £ll 12s 6d to £l2, prime do. £ll' to £ll 5s 6d, lighter do. £lO 15s, light do. £9 5s to £9 12s 6d, prime heavywethers 19s sd, plain So 16s 6d to 17s, prime heavy ewes 16s to 16s 6d, prime do 15s. 6d, prime lambs 12s Sd to 13s 6d, lighter do. lis 9d to 12s.

PAHIATUA STOCK SALE

Messrs Abraham and .William®,. Ltd., report as follows: We offered an extra heavy yarding of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle. The demand for sheep was slightly easier, and prices were consequently just a. trifle lower. However, we cleared the bulk of the yarding, only a few pens being turned out unsold. Cattle sold at lat<? rates. Quotations: 2-th wetli2rs 14s to 14s 9d, small do. lis 6d, young ewes (small) 10s to lis 6d .good sound ewes in lamb 9s to 10s 6d, others 7s to 8s 6d, good conditioned empty cows 9s 6d to 10s 4d, store do. 7s 3d to 7s lOd, fat do. 14s 9d t woolly lambs 9s 6d to lOd Bd. <WI do. 4s lid to 6s lOd, good shorn lambs as 3d to 9s, medium do., 6s 6d to 7s 9d, small do. 3s to 5s 3d. good dairy cow £9, heifers in calf £4 15s, store cows 345, to £2 4s, weaners 265, 33s to £2 Is for good porta, bulls to