Stock Market.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 266, 15 May 1896, Page 2

Stock Market.

Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s Wan- I ganui stock report : -At the Wanganui yards yesterday sheep maintained last sale rates. They were well competed for. The bidding for cattle was fairly good. Pigs were better in value. "We cleared out all the stock with the exception of a small pen of cattle. Cattle — Fat cows, £3 15g to i' 4 8s ; small bullock?, .£5 ; empty heifers, L 2 5s to £"3 10s ; store cows, £2 2s ; milch cows L 5 toI'olOs; yearlings, 355. Sheep— Fat wethers, 9s 3d to 9s 9d ; fat ewes, 7s 6d to 8s Od ; empty ewes, 4s 7d to 5s lOd ; 2-tooth ewes, 7s 9d ; others, 5s 7d to 6s Gd. Pigs — Small baconers, 21s to 23s ; large pork, 17s 6d to 19s ; porkers, 12s to 15 6d ; small pigs, 4s 6d. Mr Carr reports :— I held raj' opening stock sale in Apiti on Monday the 11th iust. on the farm of Mr G. F>. Prince who •very kindly gave his yards and paddocks for the sale, and did everything in his power to assist the settlers and myself in making a success. There was a large attendance and the result showed that Apiti is quite able to support a stock sale. It was rather late in the year to look for a big sale ; however 16 pens of sheep besides a number of cattle came forward. Bidding was spirited and I sold all the sheep under the hammer at prices considerably over the reserves. At Birmingham on" the 13 tk inst. although only a few sheep were advertised 18 pens came forward. I sold all the sheep (except one pen of ewes) at improved values, in fact bidding was very spirited for young sheep. At Apiti— Sheep, wethers, 6s lid to 7s 8d ; lambs, 3s Id to 4s lOd ; ewes, aged, 4s to ss. At Birmingham — 18 month cattle, 40s. Sheep — Lambs, culls, 2s Id to 2s 9d ; lambs, good, 4s 4d to 5s Id ; 6-tootb ewes in lamb, 7s ; fat sheep, mixed, 7s 9d to 7s lOd ; old ewes, 3s 4d to 3s 7d. Messrs Abraham and Williams report the following quotations at their Pahiatua (on Tuesday) and Palmerston (yesterday) sales: — At Pahiatua — Sheep: Forward wethers, 8s 3d to 8s 4d ; 2-tooth do., 7s 3d ; culls, 5s 6d to 8s; ewes, empty, 4s 3d to 4s 9d ; do, in lamb, 5s Id to 6s ; 2 tooth mixed, small, 4s lOd ; lambs, shorn, best 5s lOd, others '2s 7d to 4s 6d. Cattle : 2^-years steers, £'6 ss ; 2yr do., £2 15s to £2 18s ; store cows, £2 12s 6d ; cows in calf, £2 7s 6d ; dairy cows at profit, £5 2s 6d to £5 ss ; well-bred weaners, 28s Od ; yearling heifers, 39s to £2 2s. At Palmerston. — Sheep : Fat wethers, 9s lOd ; fat ewes, 7s lOd ; store wethers, 8s to 8s lid ; 2 tooth do., 7s to 7s lOd ; mixed ewes, and wethers, 5s lOd to 7s lOd ; forward ewes, 6s 8d to 7s ; others, 2s 5s to 4s 4d; Lincoln ewes in lamb, 5s 7d to 8s ; 6tooth do., 8s 9d ; Rornney do., 5s 4d to 7s ; others, 4s to 4s 6d ; woolly lambs, good, 6s 9d ; others, 4s to 4s 6d ; shorn do., good, 5s 6d ; others, 2s 7d to 4s 7d. Cattle : Fat cows, j>4 16s ; fat heifer, £4 2s ; fresh conditioned 3yr steers, £1 to £4: 10s ; 2-Jyr steers, £2 17s 6d to £3 6s ; dry cows, £3 to £3 14s ; yearlings and 18-months, 365; weaners, 14a 6d.