Wellington Stock and Wool Markets.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 110, 6 November 1895, Page 2

Wellington Stock and Wool Markets.

A. G. Tame and Co. report for the -week ending 31st October :— Fat sheep. —Prices for best sheep are pretty firm, and will keep so as long as the London market remains as it is. Prime wethers are saleable at 9s 6d to 10s 6d, medium 5s to 9s; fat ewes, 8s to 0s; store wethers are now offering in fairly good numbers, one line of 500 shorn hoggets and 4 and 6-tooth wethers bringing 7s. Shorn hoggets, 7s for best; 6s for medium. Fat cattle—Beef, unchanged, 15s per 1001 b; store cattle decidedly easier ; weaners, 18s to 22s 6d ; yearlings, well-bred, 85s to 88s 6d ; 2-year steers, 60s to 70s ; Bto 4-year steers, fresh, £4 10s. Pigs, unchanged, demand not very brisk, and prices decidedly easy—weaners, 6s to 7s 6d ; porkers, 18s to 22s 6d ; baconers, 85s to 40s. Horses— At the weekly sale in onr yards on Saturday last we had a good entry, good attendance, good horses, and a good sale. Included in the entry we had some rattling good sorts from Taranaki, which nearly all found purchasers. We may say of the sale on Saturday that we nearly sold the whole of our entry. The Taranaki horses are light draughts, and van sorts sold, from £14 to £20, heavy draught passed at £22.- We sold horses from Manawatu and other parts from £15 10s to .£l9, all light and medium draughts. Nexi Saturday we will offer a number of good draught and express horses from Wanganui. Wool is now coming slowly in for local sale, and for the first of the series on December 6th. Sheep skins all well competed for at our regular weekly sales, best butchers' skins 6s, dry skins well-woolled 5d to 6d per lb, £ and $ wooled 4d to 4|d, and great competition.