THE MARKETS.

Wairarapa Age, 11 February 1927, Page 7

THE MARKETS.

MARTINBOROUGH EWE FAIR. I DALGETY & CO., LTD. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their annual ewe fair at the Afar tinborough yards, when they offered about 4000 ewes to a large gathering of farmers. As usual at this fixture, some exceptionally choice lines of ewes came forward and although prices were ■ not up to- last year’s standard, still a total clearance has to be recorded. The • top price for the sale was secured by ' J. McLeod, of Whakapuni, for a very i choice line of 212 2-tooth ewes, which , realised 28/9. Following is the general . range of prices:—Account J. McLeod, 2-too'th ewes 28/9, 4-year ewes 20/-, 5year ewes 18/8; ac. M. McLeod, 2-tooth ' eWes 26/9, 4-year ewes 23/6, 4 and 5- ' year ewes 21/3; ac. R. McLeod, 4 and ’ 5-year ewes 19/-; ac. C. K. McLaren, 4i year ewes 22/-, 5-year ewes 18/6; ac. F. E. Perry, 4-ycar ewes 20/6; ac. F. Deller, 5-year ewes 16/3, 2-tooth ewes ’ 22/4; ac. P. , Broderick, 5-year ewes ’ 15/7, 2-tooth ewes 22/-; ac. Clifton ; Grove Station, 5-year ewes 15/- to 115/10; ac. H. W. Blundell, 10 S.D. rams, . Signs and 2 do. 7£gns. WRIGHT, STEPHENSON & CO., LTD. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report: —The Martinborough Ewe Fair was held yesterday and a full yarding of sheep came forward. This fair is always of special interest, for usually a reliable standard of values for subsequent sales is set, and it is also regarded as one of the leading £ales in the district in the matter of the quality of the ewes offered, and this year’s entry emphasised this fact, *for the whole of the yarding was notably good. There was a large attendance of buyers present, although it was noticeable that no outside buyers were operating. The two-tooth ewes, as usual at this fair, were exceptionally good and elicited keen competition. The demand for older sheep was not so keen, and it was apparent that buyers were not ouF to* pay big prices, but most of the lines changed hands at sound values. We made a total clearance as follows'— Account A. B. Martin, 4 and 5-year ewes, 16/6; ac. V/. J. Martin, 4-year ewes 17/9; ac. W. B. Martin, m.a. ewes 15/-; ac. M. McLeod, m.a. ew.es 15/3; other vendors, 2-tooth ewes 24/6, do. (small) 19/-; 4 and 5-year ewes, 12/- to 16/-.

W.F.C.A., LTD. The W.F.C.A., Ltd., (Stock Department) report on the above fair as follows:—We offered a little over 200* ewes of all ages which comprised some particularly good lines of two and fourtooths from the Messrs. McLeod. The bulk of this offering was practically purebred Romney,, which are probably the best of the breed offered in the Wairarapa. For these lines there was animated competition, prices realise ! as undermentioned, showing the extra quality of the various lots submitted. Apart from the outstanding lots ordinary classes of 4 and 5-year breeding ewes made values comparing more than favourably fat stock prices. We report a. good clearance as under:— Two-tooth ewes, ac. Campbell Smith (small line) 28/6; 150 do., ac. M. McLeod, 27/-; ac, R. McLeod (small line) 22/1; 95 4-tooth do. ac. J. McLeod, 26/6; 221 f.m. ewes ex Te Whaiti Estate, 13/1; 469 do., 11/6; 226 aged ewes ac. McConnell, 11/6; 171 do., 11/5; 150 do., ex H. Adamson 10/-; various small lines, 3/6 to 7/9. The firm wish to draw attention to 15,000 ewes to be sold on Monday next, the 14th inst., at Pahiatua. Cars for prospective buyers leave the office from 8 a.m.

JOHNSONVILLE SALE. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report on their Johnsonville, stock sale as follows: A very good quality yarding of all classes of stock came forward, the beef being particularly good. There was a good attendance of butchers, and..every pen changed hands at prices on a par with last week’s. Quotations: Bullocks, £lO 10s to £l3 7s 6d; wethers, 23s 6d to 255; ewes, 14s 6d to 17s 3d; lambs, 21s to 255; vealers, 35s to £2 10s; runners, £5 10s. TALLOW SALES. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house, dated February 9:— Ta110w.—935 cacks offered; 215 casks sold. Prices unchanged except for inferior, which is 6d per cwt. lower.