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STEVENS .AND GORTON'S STOCK •"■;-■ R&POBT. • We hare held three eUck sales this -week; -a small sale at WoodTille' on the 3rd, at Palmerston on ike sth, and at on th^ 6th. We were not able to quit the well-bred heifers at Woodyille,, but sold some odd lots and the sheep yarded. : At'Pahnerston the late frosts ,had told so. much upon the grass that the bidding for cattle was dull. We managed, however, to sell most of the pens, and the same with the sheep. At Sanaon there were-not many head of cattle yarded, ibat the 'largest number of sheep we have ever-had there, being, over 2,000, and as they were a ' particularly . good olass the bidding for thorn was spirited, and resulted man excellent sale. We quote : — Woodvaie.— Milkers, £4 2/6 ; -18- mo. heifers, 80/-; 3-yr heifers, £3; ewes in iamb, T S/-' ' Palmerston.-rPat bullocks, £6 10/- ; ■&t cows, £4;.^84 2/6, aid £4 5/- ; 3 to s^-yr steers, £4 4/- to £5 ; 2-yr steers, £S; 2J-yr steers, £3 7/6 ;. milkers, r-3 16/- to £3 18/6.; yearlings (mixed); 29/6 to £2,; ? eyres inteiiab,' 6/3 to 9/6 ; ?-tooth wethers. 6/3. ;; Sanson. — Milicerß; £5; mixed weaners, Qif- to 26/- ; yr" steers, 29/- ; yr. heifers, j(good)i 33/- ; fat cows, £3 18/6 ; fat iarethers, 10/6; forward wethers, 9/3 to ; hoggets, 6/9 to 7/10 ; mixed lambs, 4/7 ; trap colt, £10; Viraught-Horses, £16. Bullei August 7, 188.6,
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 25, 10 August 1886, Page 3
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232Commercial News Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 25, 10 August 1886, Page 3
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