Stock Market.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 232, 1 April 1895, Page 2

Stock Market.

v Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co. report : — At Eltham on 25th inst., there was a good muster of cattle. Bidding was slack and sales hard to make. At Hawera on 28th inst., more sheep and cattle came forward than were advertised Competition for tbe former was not spirited, but the latter were keenly com' peted for, and showed a slight upward tendency. We quote— At Eltham— Weaners, 15s to 25s : yearlings, 30s to 32s 6d ; 18-month steers, £2 3s 6d to to £2 5s : store cows, £2 10s to £2 15s ; cows and calves, £3 10s to £3 12s 6d ; 2£-year heifers in calf, £3 to £3 3s. At Hawera — Weaners, 13s to 18s 6d ; yearling steers 36s to 35s ; 15 to 18-month steers, L 2 3s to £2 6s ; 2-yr steers, £2 10s to £2 15s ; 2_- to 3-yr bullocks, £3 12s 6d to M ; 3-vr heifers, springing, L 4 to L 4 15s : store cows, L 2 10s to L 2 17s 6d ; cows and calves, L3Bsto L 3 15s Sheep— Shorn lambs, 4s to 4s 3d ; 2-tooth ewes, 5s 6d to 7s 6d ; mixed hoggets, 5s 9d to 7s ; 2tooth wethers, 6s to 7s ; 4-<tooth wethers, 7s 9d to 8s 7d. Messrs Abraham and Williams report : On Saturday an average number of horses came forward, consisting of hacks of various degrees of quality. Business, although by no means brisk, was sufficient to clear the bulk. Active draughts absent. The hack " Ajax " made Ll2, others, L 4 to L 6 ; trap horses, L 8 10s to LlO ; pony L 3. Gorton and Son's stock report: We held stock sales this week at Marton, Mr Paine's, Cheltenham, and Feilding on Friday. We had an unusual rush of stock at Marton, many not advertised, but, thanks to Mr R. E. Beckett who lent us his yards, we got over the want of room. We sold considerably over 2000 sheep, but had to turn out unsold most of the cattle and a few pens of sheep. At Mr Paine's sale dairy stock sock sold well. From 45 to 50 cows were sold singly under the hammer, and some young stock. At Feilding our entries I were very large, occupying our own yards fully, and many pens in Mr Carr's yards (kindly lent us). We yarded over 500 head of cattle and about 7000 sheep, i The bidding for sheep was decidedly better, a good deal of trade being done under the hammer — for cattle very dull, but the weather was very wet during the sale, which much effected the attendance, many going away. Very little business was done in cattle. We sold close on 6000 sheep. Our quotations are : Cattle ' —Marton : weaners, 28s 6d ; Mr Paine's sale, dairy cows, i? 3 10s to iB 12s; %- bred Jersey yearling heifers, £2 5s to i' 2 18s 6d. Feilding: 2-year steers, £2 7s 6d; 18-months to 2-year mixed, £2 10s ; mixed weaners, and yearlings, 30s ; fat cows, £4; milkers, £4. Sheep— Marton : 2-tooth wethers, 6s 3d to 7s 3d ; 2-tooth ewes, 5s 2d to 5s lOd. Feilding —2-tooth wethers, 6s 5d to 7s 4d; 2tooth ewes, 7s to 7s Id ; lambs, various prices ; shorn, Is 3d to 4s ; woolly, 4s Id ; old ewes, 2s to 3s ; rams, 5s to 21s. Pigs : Marbon— Porkers, 10s ; suckers, ss; Mr Paine's fat pigs, 30s; porkers, lis 6d; supkers, 4s; Feilding porkers, lis 6d to 12s ; suckprs r Ss.