COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4723, 17 May 1894, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Lowes and lopns tote/'ioß SMSuleßepwL ■ Messrs Lowes and lows report ofl their Bale yesterday, a large attendH auce and a decided improvemeot iiH tlio tone of the sale throughout® Tho entries were much smaller tbniJ at late sales,vraHiie bidding for allfl good lines of sheep wa9 spirited, oldl and inferior being as usual neglected, fl Entries of cattle we also small, but! sold freely at late rates, Pigs we I in demand at good figures. Well quote auction sales as follows:—Fafcl ewes, 8s to 8s 6d; forward ditto, 7s 8d;l forward wethers from 8s 2d to 9sj 1 store 2 tooth wethers 7s 6d to 83 I light mutton 9s 2d; ewes 4s to 5a 3d 1 forwajd ewes 7/8; old ewes 2/4 to 5/4, ! lambs 3s 7d to ss' Id, fat cows £5 5s daily cows and heifers from £5 to I £6 5s pigs "slips" lis to 16s; horses were dull of sale, hacks £4 to £5 ss; old crocks 255;. the old entire Triok6ter was thrown away for £2O, ' Abraham and Williams Stock Safe tM ifilSTx WiSe report at \lieir fowtnightly stock sale at Pahiatua. on I Tuesday; the yards were fairly well Billed ■ with . all classes of both dattle and Bkeep and bidding tliroueWtwas markett by a firmness shewing a slight in.* crease upon previous sales, In t cattle light beef/bullocks made £S ; 10a, young steera/45s to 47s fid, year- • lings 38s, good calves 30a, weanera ■ small 16s, store tows 70s, heifers 655, springing young cows, good,- to £6. i In sheep 3 andf 4 year old ewes. in > lamb 6s 4d, good lambs 4s 64 to 1 4s 7d, mediußqf 2s 9d, culls Is to Is 7d old ewes Is 6d to Is Bd, wethers fat i 9s, stores 6s jM to 7s 6d.