The Stock Market.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 282, 3 June 1895, Page 2

The Stock Market.

Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co. report : — At Hawera, on 23rd inst., we had a good muster of both cattle and sheep. Prices for the former still remain very low, while sheep showed a slight upward tendency. At Opunake, on 28th inst , the quantity advertised came forward, bub prices not reaching owners' reserves several lots were passed out unsold. At Manaia, on 30th inst. bidding was slack yet we succeeded in disposing of most lines privately. Weaners, 13s to 16s; yearlmg steers, 25s to 30s ; 18-naonth to 2-yr steers, £2 to £2 2s 6d : 2i to 3-yr steers, L3to L 3 7s ; 3-yr fresh" condition bullocks, L 3 18s to L 4 2s ; 18-month to 2-yr heifers, 35s to 37s 6d ; store cows, £2 5s to L2 7s 6d ; 2 to 3-yr heifers, L 2 to L 2 18s ; fat cows, L 4; lambs, 2l 6d to 3s; 2-tooth wethers, 7s lOd to 8s; 2tooth ewes, in lamb, 8s Id ; store ewes, 3s to 5s 6d ; fat ewes, 6s 6d. Abraham and Williams report:— & full yard came forward on Saturday, the horses generally being of a better quality than usual. Business was irregular, bnfc on the whole a fair proportion changed hands. Light draughts, Ll3 to Ll4; hacks, L 6 10s to L9 ; others. L3 2s 6d to L 4 15s ; stylish pony, Ll2 10s. A Wairarapa paper says : — It is gratifying to learn that there is a better en. quiry for sheep in the Masterton district We hear that Messrs Lowea and lorna have placed some large lines privately in both ewes and wethers during the past week at satisfactory prices.