COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 19 December 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

PAHIATUA CATTLE FAIR

Messrs Abraham and -Williams, Ltd.. report on their second arrrnia. cattle fair at Pahifffcua on Iwesda.y, 16th inst., as followsAn exceptionally heavy yardiiig of cattle came forward considerably Hi of advertised riumbera by over 400 head, the "total entry being 1801, ot ■ which number we sold 1450. The attendance was not so large as at the November sale, but buyers from a distance were strongly represented from Hawke's Bay,' Manawatu, Ranptpi and Wairarapa, and a very spirited (&le resulted. The quality was better than anticipated, several pens ot well-grown bullocks being offered, and competition wais keen for anything showing frame and condition. Messrs .Humphries Bros., Akitio, tdpped the market with a pen or o< fresh conditioned 3 and 4-year binlooks of nice quality, the purchaser bein<v Mi- Ernest Short, at £9 Is. Other sales worthy of mention were on account of Messrs J. Moughan, 4-year bullocks, £8 and C. Scales £7 17s; and 3-year stoer.s on l>ehan of Messrs A. Koss £7 12s, T. Hodgina £7 10s, and Mark' Caselberg £7. Bidding was riot so animated Mi' tue younger cattle accommodated in the sheep yards, which were crammed to their utmost capacity, but the bulk of same changed-hands. _ We quotesSteers. —3 and 4-year £6 6s to £7 15s, 3-year best £7 2s to £7 10s, others '£s Is to £6 14s 6d, 2*-year siteers £5 4s td £5 10s, 2-year off £5 4s to £5 7s, 2-year £3 4s to £4 13s, 18-months £4 6s to £4 13s, 15-months £3 16s to £3 19s, yearling £2 10s to £4 Is. ■ Cows.—Store £3 2s 6(1 to £4 6s, forward £4 12s 6d to £4 15s, empty £3 to £5 4si fat £4 12s 6d to £6 16s, crtws and calves £3 10s to £4 12s 6d. Heifers. —3-year empty heifers £3 17s to £4j 2s 6d, 2-vear empty heifers best £3 10s to £4 10s, others £2 7s to £3 9s 6d, 18-months £2 13s to hi 17s 15-moliths £3 16s to £4, yearlift gs £2 12s to £2 Ids, fat heifers £5 12s 6d to £5 17s 6d, weanfers 38s. Bulls—P-A. bulls £5, Jersey bulls £,5, -Hoistein bulls £3 15s to £5 2s 6d.