Stock Market

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 70, 10 December 1891, Page 2

Stock Market

-■ . ■•■■ :..: ■■■ ;■■■. •" ,~* ■ FREEMAN B. JACKSON" & CO.'S STOCK EEPtfBT. \ Johnsonville, December 9r-^ The fat cattle entered were from light , to medium weights, and of good quality . throughout. The bidding at the outset was dull, bat imprpred considerably as ; the sale progressed. The few pens passed in sold afterwards at an adrance. ' The entry was fairly Urge, bat not be--1 yond the requirements of the trade. The ' bulk of the cattle made 19s per lOOlbs, ( occasional pens fully 16s. Sheep, in , moderate supply, were at -unaltered ralues. The same may be said of pigs.' ' Cattle.— Medium bullocks, L 6 to ' L 6 10»; lighter weights, L 5 12s tjd to ! I*s i7s 6J. . ; Sheep. — Fat ewes, Us ; medium ' wethers, 12s 3d j lambs 7s 6d to 8s 3d, Pigs.— Porkers, 14s 3d to 18,8 9d j ] stores, 7s 9d to 13s 3d." .. \ Messrs fjowes a.nd Jorns report a very \ successful sale of Dr Hosking's rtopk'aj Weraiti on Tuesday, Buyers were aU traded from all parts of the provincial district and the bidding for all lines of sheep, except wethers, was brisk throughout. The sheep were all newly shorn. Fat cattle did not realise tho auctioneer's estimate of their value and were consequently sold ;in favour of the bujers. Two-tooth wethera sold for 10/1; two-r tooth ewes, 11/6, these were small in poor condition ; fat wethers/ 11/9 ; fat ewes, 10/11; 4 tooth ewes and lambs, 16/10; six-tooth fresh f ullmouth ewes and lambs, 16/5 to 17/7 ; five-year old ewes and lambs, 15/3 to 17/1. Fat bullocks, £5 14/- to £0 17/6; heifers, £4 7/-; oowS) £4 2/6.