COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4225, 22 September 1892, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Lowes and lorn' Stock Sale deport, Wo had full yards of cattle yesterday, but only 1,100 ■ sheep consisting 1 Mainly of ewes and lamb?, vrhiob soltj

freely, the mutton was dull of sale. Beef, although realising good prices, were not keenly competed for, the reason presumably being the foot that the butchers hud bought considerably from private sources, Tho store cuttle of all olasaea gold well, tho bidding showing a good demand, The prices realised lor ewes and lambs wero 12a 6d for inferior to -15 a7d for good woolled aged ewes with about 100 per cent, of lambs; and lat sheep, lfis Gd, nominal. Fat cows and heifers from LD 10s to LG 16s; small steers, Lb 10s to LG; dairy cows, 75s to L 5 2s Gd; 2}-year-old steors, 90s; 2-year-old do, 60s to 70s; young cows, 05s to 70s; Heifers, (JOa to Gss; yearlings to fifteen months, mixed sexw, 58s; Calves, j)os to 40s; all the abovecattlo Wero_ good sorts but in light store condition; Pigs were almost unsaleable. Two draught entires "King of Salisbury's"and "Napoleon," from k ' tbe Oamaru District, were offered, but failed to find purchasers under (he hammer, Private offers have, however, been received, which we thiuk will v )ead to business. We have quitted some large lines of hoggets privately during the week at the top prices of the season, I