COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5145, 2 October 1895, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

— t D, CREWE'S WEEKLY UKPOBT. On Tuesday, the Wlh, I hold my usual f«tni[;litlj stack sale at t'abialua. Although the fay was rough, there was a good muster of cuttle with only one snail line of sheep There wns a (air attendance. Bidding for good classes ot dairy stock near calvins or in full profit was brisk, lute calving or'dry cows did not cxeito much competition, and sold at reduced rates. The following prices were realised :-Good dairy cows, springing, Do to i'li 2s 01; cows in milk. £J 2s GJ to £5; late cilvitif?, til to i'li 12s lid; tomouth old steers, 28s; 18-month old steers, good scrls, 325; shorn ewes, lis Id. On Saturday, \\\». 2Slh, I held my usual weekly miscellaneous and produce, sale at the mart, There was a very huge attendiir.ee. Kidding was fairly brisk throughout, every Hue of produce offered being sold under the hammer. The following prices were rcalbed:-I'oMoos, 2s lid to 3s lOd l,crsack; onions, }d to Id per lb; hams, Cd lb; bacon, lid lb. The miscellaneous lines »•• re quitted oi prices satisfactory lo the vendors, under spirited competition. Duijiigthc ,vcck enquiries for produce linve been on the increase, and sales have been effected at last quotations. I have alsi placed privately li lioe o( youug stcera at £2fjs; also a lino of woolly hoggeti atCs ijd I have enquiries for 15 to 18-month old steers, also 'good quiet dairy cows. On Saturday, the oth i.'etober, my next horse sale lakes place at Pahialua. for winch 1 anr 1 now voceivinf!

Mil. F. H. WOOD'S TAKATAHI SALE,

Mr F. 11. Wood had a good attendance ot buyers at tbo Taralshi ssle yards yesterday. Sheep were well represented, more being yarded than badbecu advertised,and moßtly of good quality. Tha ontrioj of cattle were not numerous, only about 120 bead coming forward, mostly dairy stock and calves of inferior quality. There was good competition for shcop, but bidding for cattle was dull.aud a considerable number were passed pi. Several liLcs of both sheep and cattlo were sold privately after the sale by auction. Prices are quoted as under, viz,: - Shcop': Fat wethers, to IDs; do ewes and wethers, 8s fid to 12s; hoggets, kßd to ?s; 2-tooth ewes, |)s (id; ewes (old)' and lambs, ss; shorn welhero.foiword, p3; do fat, 7slod; culled shorn ewes, <M fid, Cattle | Calves, IDs to 30s; yea lings, 40s; heifers, 18months, JBs; heifers, springing, 60s to 87s lid; cows, do, 70b to 120s. Pigs: Woanors, 5s Cd to Os ltd; small porkers, 12s 9d ; breeding sws, 23s to29s,