Commercial.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3177, 11 April 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

Messrs Lowes and lorns report at their Stock Salo on Wednesday ths entries were in pxco3s of the advertisement, some 11,000 sheep, 50 rams, 100 head cattlo, 30 pigs and 20 horses comprising the list, In sheep, wethers maintained previous rates, but all hrceding ewes showed a fall fully Is per head, In cattle, beef and forward cattle sold well, but light stores and female oattle wero hard to quit; the bulk of all entries were quitted. The following aro rates obtained Heavy fat wethers, 10s; medium, 0.to 9s 6d; stores, 8s; fat ewes, 7s; forward, 6s; breeding, ewes, good. Gs 6d; medium, 5s 6d;old and culls, 4s 9d to 2s 9d; lambs, good, 5s 6d; medium, 4 Gd; culls, 2sto3i. Earns —Lincoln, 30s; Ronmey Marsh, 15s to 20s. Bi-ef, LI 10s; bullocks and cows, 62-i Gd; forward bullocks, 70s; stores, 50hj cows, 25s to 30s; yearlings, 255; calves, 133. Horses L2 to L 5. Figs, small, Is to h Gil; porkers, 17s, Messrs Freeman R, Jackson and Go's Johnsonville stook report The bullocks yarded yesterday were of a very uneven character, much inferior to last week's entries, The cows penned wero of a good quality. Tho total quantity of beef seems in excess of requirements, a large proportion of the trade having filled up recently with private purchases of good beefj at low rates, (Sheep were in fewer numbers, the wethers being only medium lot. The ewes were unfit for the butohers, and were not sold. A large entry of pigs camo forward; many of them were baconers of a good class. Stores and porkers were lower value, but a good demand existed for bac.in pigs, and those i penned sold readily. Ox beef, 12s the lOOlbs; cows, 10s; bullocks from £4 to £4l7s 6d; cows, £3 |ss to £3 10?, Sheep-Wethers, 10s Od; pigs,larg wellfed baconors, £1 14s to £2 7s large porkers, 20s to 265; others. 15s to 19s; stores', 7s6d to 12s 9d; small Sorts, #8 od,