Stock Markets

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 87, 12 January 1893, Page 2

Stock Markets

♦ Messrs Ooi ton and Sou report on thoir stock sale on tho Oth instant as follows : — Wo hold a yery successful salo of stock at Huutet ville on Saturday. The bidding opened a little dull at first, but became moro spirited as tho salo weut on, and we wore ablo at and after tho sale to quit all the cattlo excoptmg ono or two cows, aud all tlio sheep. Our quotations aro — Cattle.— Fat bullocks, small, £6 7s Gd ; beef mixed, £0 7s 6d ; forward bullocks. £0 Hs; 3 year steers, i.'4 Ios; heifers with calyos, £4 12s 6d ; IStnocith heifers, £'3 ; yearling and IS- mon ths mixed, £3 ; milkers, £5 os. Sheep. — Wethers, lis Id to lis 6d; 4-tooth ewes, 12s 3d; woolly lambs, small, os lOd ; fat mixed sheen, lOs ld ; full mouth lincoln rams, 27s 6d ; full mouth owes, os Bd. Bulls, January 10. Messrs Gorton and Son report : — Full entries of sheep aud the uumber of cattle advertised came forward at our Bulls salo to-day. We quoto. — Cattle— Fat bullocks, £G 12s ; mixed beef, £6 ; store bullocks, £0 4s; 2-year stoers, £3 10s ; 2-year heifers, £3; 18-mouths mixed, £3 ;. yearlings, mixed, £2 to £2 ls. Sheep. — Forward wethers, 10s lld; 2tooth wethers, 10s 9d ; 2-tooth owes, Lincoln, 13s ; Romnov, 13s ; fat shoep, 10s IOd; full-mouthed owes, 7s ld ; lambs in wool. 7s 9d. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Oo report on their Wanganui sale as fol* lows : — Cattle. — Steers, £*3 os ; tl,ree«yoar«old steers, £1 Its to £5 ; fat cows (small), £4 lis to £0 ls ; store cows, £3 7s (3d ; heifers, t'*2 17s; milch cows, £1 lOs to £7 ; weaners, 'iOs to 30s. Sheep.— Fat wethers, 12s 3d to 12s 9d ; fat ewes, ]0s to lis 7d ; store wethers, lis to lis 8d; 2.tooth wether**, U*" Od to lOs Id ; store ewes. Bs. Pigs. — Large pius, up to 30s ; porkers, 12s to ltis; stores. Gs Gd to 12s Gd ; small piss .J,* to Ss. Poultry. — --Fowls, 2s to 3s; ducks, 2s Gd to is; turkeys, 7s to lOs Gd tho couple.