Stock Markets.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 98, 19 October 1894, Page 2

Stock Markets.

.* Messrs Abraham and Williams report : —At Awahuri, on Tuesday, a moderate entry of cattle came forward and a good muster of sheep. Cattle sold fairly well, but sheep were dull, the bulk of the transactions being done privately. At Palnierston, yesterday, beef equal to requirements met with brisk competition throughout. Dairy cows and heifers were without enquiry; weaners and steers in moderate demand. With the exception of beef, the enquiry of cattle was limited. Sheep were numerous, mostly hoggets. A downward tendency pervaded both fat and stores, though the quality in many cases left nothing to be desired. Second rate sheep suffered relatively the sharpest decline. Awahuri. -Weaners, 88s 6d ; yearling steers, £2 9s ; 2-year do., £8 11s 6d to £3 15s ; 3-year steers, M 15s 6d ; good milch cows, £1 15s ; springing heifers, £5 10s to £5 12s 6d ; forward wethers, 12s 7d ; 4-tooth ewes and lambs, 12s 7d ; medium hoggets, 8s 3d to 8s 7d ; choice hoggets 10s 6d. Palmerston.~Fat bullocks, £7 10s to £H ; lighter weights, £8 6s to £6 16s 6d ; 2^-year steers, £8 15s ; store cows, £8 7s ; weaners, 85s to 41s ; milch cows, £6 ss. Sheep Shorn fat ewes, 9s to 9s 6d ; ewes and lambs, 10s 6d ; aged do., 7s lid ; fat ewes and wethers unshorn, 13s ; small store wethers, 9s lOd ; choice wether hoggets, 10s to 10s 8d ; do, ewes, 10s 8d to 10s 9d ; mixed hoggets, 7s Bd, 7s lid, 8s 6d, 9s 4d, 10s.

Freeman E. Jackson and Co. report on their Wanganui and Warerley stock sales as under :— More stock came forward at Waverley than was advertised. Prices there were unaltered. At Wanganui we had a large entry of good stock and cleared the yards at satisfactory rates, the cattle being well competed for. Store wethers sold readily, but we had some difficulty in placing ewes and lambs. Cattle— At Waverley: Steers, L 3 BsandL3 l£s to L 4 11s; younger steers, L 2 4s to L2 l6s ; cows, L2 los to L 3; yearlings, L 2 6s : heifers, L 3 4s 6d. At Wanganui : Forward bullocks, L 5; good steers, L 8 16s to L 4 11s; two«year. olds, L2 lss to L 8 ss ; cows, L 8 10s ; heifers, L 2 12s 6d ; calves, 15s 6d. Sheep- At Waverley : Fat wethers, 15s Bd. At Wanganui : Fat wethers, 18s } good stores, 12s to 12s 4d ; wether hoggets, 9s lid ; fat ewes, 9s 6d to 10s lOd ; ewes, with lambs, 10s 6d. Pigs— Small baconers, 84s and 87s 6d to 455 ; porkers, 16s 6d to 18s 6d.