MARKET REPORTS

Wairarapa Age, 27 March 1920, Page 7

MARKET REPORTS

! CARTERTON SALE. Tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., Stock Department, report having held their weekly Carterton sale yesterday, the '26 th inst:—We yarded just on 2000 head of sheep and a good Wding of pigs ■ and almost 200 head Of cattle. Com- ' petition was keen on all classes of stock, especially 2-tooth wethers, woolly w.f. lambs, and / dairy heifers. Pigs were cleared under the hammer. ■ Quotations: — Sheep.—2-tooth wethors ,285,, fat 2I tooth wethers 32s 2d, 2-tooth ewes 26s I to 26s 3d, s.m. ewes 16s, 17s 6d, 18s • to 19s 9d, cull ewes 6s, 7s 3d, 18« 3d I to 20s, shorn w.f. ewe lambs 13s 6d, i 14s to 16s 6d, cull w.f. woolly lambs. j 6s, 7s 7d, 9s 6d, 10s 8d to 10s lOd, S.D. I rams 1-shear 2gns., 2Jgns., 3gns. to 3§ j gns., 1-shear Romney rams 3gns., potter rams 16s to 20s. Cattle.—Springing.heifers £7 15s 9d,

Jersey heifers due spring £ll 12s 6d, fill 17s U, £l2 ss, £l3, £l3 2a 6d, to £l4 17s 6d, Holstein-Jersey heifers due spring £9 10s to £l3, Jersey-Shorthorn heifers due spring £9 10s, £9 17s 6d to , £l2 ss, 2f ryear steers, dairy sorts, good condition, £7 16s to £8 15s, empty cows £6 16s to £7 ss, low-conditioned £4, £4 5s to £4 9" b,.dairy cows due'spring £ll, m.B. calves 245, 30s, 37s to 38s, bulls £3 15s, £4 9s, £5 15s, £7 to £9. Pigs.-rJ?orkers £2 15s, weaners 20s, 22s 6d, 245, 255, 28s. A largo assortment of poultry sold at full market rates. Meßsrf* Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., report having offered a heavy yarding of sheep and a fair entry of* cattle at the Carterton yards on Friday. There was a alrge attendance of buyers, and the bulk of the yarding was sold. Quotations: —Fat and forward wethers 28s to -295, fat lambs 28s 6d, b.f. 2-tooths 22s lOd, forward b.f. lambs to 19s 3d, shorn lambs 15s 6d to 17s, medium b.f. lambs 12s 9d to 15s, cull lambs 6s 7d to 13s, cull ewes lis to 15s 6d. Cattle : Cows in milk £9 to £l4, l*yr heifers £5 15s, Hyr steers £2 7b 6d to £4 4s, vealers £2 14s.

CLEARING SALE. The Nemv Zealand Farmers' Co-op-erative Distributing Co., Ltd., report having held a most successful clearing sale on account of Mr James Taylor, at Martinborough, on Thursday, March 25th. A large attendance of buyers were present from all parts of the district, and competition was extremely keen for all lots offered. The following are the prices recorded : Light draught mares and geldings £4l, £4l 10s, £45 10s to £55 10b, aged draught mare £lB, unbroken half draughts £lO, £l4 10s to £l9, unbroken hack £4 6s, roller £lB 15s, Massey Harris drill £67 10s, disc harrows £2O, reaper and binder £lO, byne harrows £7 10s to £8 ss, metal di-ays £l2, £lB to* £2O, gig and harness £2O. Sundries, harness etc., at full market rates.