COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3329, 22 September 1911, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

MATAWHERO STOCK SALES. HEAVIEST YARDING THIS' SPRING The stock sales bold at the Matawhero yards yesterday were very well attended' in spite of the unpleasantly cold wind and intermittent showers experienced there throughout the day. Those present were in the larger part not disposed to buy to any great extent, and the market in almost every department was characterised by a loosening in the prices. The Yarding. As will be seen from the following table the yarding continues to grow and it is .of interest to note that the yarding for the sale held on August 25th totalled 4,930, while the figures for both September 7th and yesterday are given below : Sept. 7. Yesteray. Fat cattle ‘ ... 3 15

Fat Sheep. There was a good yarding of butcher’s sheep, but operators evidently thought the prices asked for too high, and the majority of the lines submitted passed in at the expiration of the time limit without reaching the reserve. A few pens were disposed of, most of these going to Machell and Russell, and the prices were as follows:—26 fat ewes 12s, 20' fat ewes lie 9d, 40 fat wethers 12s 6d, 8 wethers I2s 9di, 3 wethers 18s, and other lines of wethers passed in at 17s. Store Sheep. The store sheep yarding was again made up largely of hoggets, but the prices offered were disappointing, and quite a number of pens failed to roach the reserve put upon them.. The first pen offered comprised 150(7 hoggets from Mr B. Sheratt’s station, and these failed to sell at auction, but were disposed of privately at 12s to Messrs Barker Bros. Thereafter followed a dull spell and lines passed in as follows : —l6B .at 10s, 402 at 12s, 180 at 11s 6d, IFI at 10s, and 200 at 12s 3d. The sales were as follows: —505 wether hoggets 13s 8d to Mr G. F. Cumming, 182 (mixed) at' 13s to Mr H. M. Bayley, 30 at 12s lOd to Mr G. Witters, 111 at 11s lid to the same buyer, 194 at 11s 4d to Mr H. M. Bayley, 472 at 13s 6d to Mr Gumming, 323 (wethers) at 14s to Mr H. M. Bayley, 446 (wethers) at 13s Id to the same buyer, and 528 at 11s lid to Mr Mulcaster.

Wethers were in better demand than they have been for some little time, .and most of the lines which came under the hammer were sold at satisfactory prices. Only two large pens were passed in,, these being 317 which reachsplendid line of 4-75 4-t-ooths offered on account of Mr J. Burgess were disposed of at 16s 7d to Mr F. Hall, and a smaller pen of 50 was sold toMr L. T. Symes at 17s 6di. who l aLso secured a pen comprising 57 at 17s. Other important sales were as follows: —179 at ‘l 6s to Mr McKenzie, 205 at 13s Id to Mr G. Witters, 78 at 1.4 s Sd to Mr H. M. Bayley, and 103 at 13s 2d.

Ewes with lambs a.t foot were in good demand and maintained their prices well. A considerable number were

yarded' and among the stales wore the following :—47 owes with, 48 lambs at 16b, lOd to Mr P. Hall, 24 ewes with 25 lambs 16s- 10d to the Siam© buyer, 31 ewes with 34 lambs 17s to Mr D. Locker,' 19 ewes with 22 lambs 17s 6d to Mr Atkins, 20 ewes with 20 lambs 12-si Gd to Mr JJ. Witters, 97 ewes with 68 lambs 13s Id, 8 ewes with 16 lambs 13s 7d, and 24 ewes with 24 lambs 11s. Empty ewes sold as follows: —103 at 10s Sd to Mr H. E. Kent, 50 at 10s 5d to tlie same buyer, 155 at 9s. 225 2-tooths at: 14s 9d to Mr H. M. Bayicy, and 76 at 7s Id. Pigs. There was a comparatively large, yarding of pigs, hut the market appeared to be very low, there being a number of pens passed l in. S'ales took place as follows :—6 weaners Bs, 4 pigs 9s Gd, G pigs 19s, 4 pigs 14s, 6 pigs 16s to Mr Preston, 6 pigs at 17s to Weir, 5 at 15s, 5 at 10s. 16 at 15s to Mr Preston, and' 7 weaners 9s Gd. Two purebred Devon boars were offered and reached 2 guineas, but were passed in, the reserve being £2 10s. Fat Cattle. The yarding of fat' cattle was small and the beasts offered were mostly inferior. Only one line of 4 bullocks were sold, the price being £6. Store Cattle. This department was, perhaps, the most satisfactory of the whole sale, bullocks selling as high as £6 19s, fat which price Mr Read secured 1 a pen of 10 prime beasts, and the same buyer secured a pen of 6 bullocks at'£6 10s. Other sales .were as, follows: —29 cows and heifers £4 15s, 45 yearlings £2 15s, 3S cows in calf £6, l£b heifers £sj, 4 steers £4 0s Gd, 7 cows in calf £3 ss, 11 yearling steers £2 15s, 16 heifers £2 16s, 6 empty cows £2 2s Gd, 13 heifers and 2 cows £3, 5 heifers £3 15s, 7 yearling steers £2 11s, 14 heifers £3 ss, 7 cows with 4 calves £4 16s, 32 steers £5 12s, 34 weaners £2 ss, 13 steers £4 Bs, 20 stee re £4 12s Gd, 20 steers £5 15s, 59 cows and 22 cows £4, 11 calves £1 11s, 32 steers £3 ss, 16 heifers £2 15s, 4,pens comprising about SO steers £3 15s, G heifers £3, 39 mixed yearlings, £2 16s, 28 mixed yearlings £2 16s. 32 heifers £5 Is, 27 steers £3 lSs v and 78 steers £4 12s to Mr Drummond. Dairy cows were then offered singly, and! sold from £6 downwards, and the sale terminated about 5 pun. TALLOW SALES AT HOME. (UNITED ?BESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Sept. 20. At the tallow sales 1728 casks were offered, and 37S sold. Mutton, fine, brought 39s Gd ; medium, 35s Gd. Beef, fine, 36s 3d; medium, 33s Gd.

Store cattle 570 1,200 Fat sheep 300 400 Store sheop ... 10,700 12,500 Pigs 17 100 Total ... 11,590 14,115