The Stock Market.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 97, 21 October 1895, Page 2

The Stock Market.

O Messrs Gorton and Son report :—' Our stock sales during the last ten days have been held at Bulls, Mr Jas. McKelvie's, Hunterville, and Campbelltown. At Bulls full entries came forward of both cattle and sheep, and both classes sold well, the bidding for hoggets being spirited, the highest price being 103 3d. Mr McKenzie's sale was a. great success. A big line of bullocks commanded keen competition, and those and all the other cattle were sold under the hammer. The rams and pigs were then all sold, and the horses followed, of which we sold 27 under the hammer. At Hunterville we were disappointed of the big line of wethers which the vendor was prevented from bringing forward. We sold all the sheep yarded and a few head of cattle. At Campbelltown we had full entries of cattle, small of sheep. The reserves were, in most cases, much too high, and consequently we turned a good many out unsold. Our quotations are as follow ; — Cattle.— At Bulls; 2to 3-years steers, £3 4s to £3 Us ; forward bullocks, £4 5s to £5 ; fat cows, £6 0s \ 19-n?o»ths to 2-years steers, £2 Is to £2 17s ; store cows, £2 7s 6d to £8 0s 6d ; weaners, 27s to 295. J. McKelvie's: Bullocks, £4 14s 6d ; store cows, £2 4s ; cows in calf, £2 lis ; heifers, 18-months to 2years, 83s 6d to 89s 6d. Hunterville : 18-months to 2-years steers, £2 lis; calves, 17s 6d ; Campbelltown : Fat bullocks, £7 ; fat cows, £4 15s to £4 18s ; heifers in calf, £8 ls to £3 10s ; milkers, £4 10s to £5 ; store cows, £2 10s to £3 ; yearlings, 35s 6d; weaners, 17s 6d to 26s 6d. Sheep. — Bulls : Hoggets, several lines, various prices, from 6s 5s to 10s 8d; empty woolly ewes, 7s lld. Hunteryilje: Hoggets, from 5s 6d to 9s 9d; noixed sheep, 5.s 6d. Campbelltown : Hoggets passed at 9s ,6d ; shorn fat ewes so)4 at 7ssd. Pigs.— Bulls: Sows,. Bos 6d to 335; bacon pigs, 255 ; porkers, 12s. j. McKelvie's : Sow, 81s ; porkers, I^B 6d. Campbelltown : Porkers, 13s ; boars, 15s to 355. f