Stock Market.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 272, 22 May 1896, Page 2

Stock Market.

Messrs Abraham and: Williams? *©• f port:.- ; ;V-.M- : -i: \ ," A full master of sheep came forward" • at Colyton on Tuesday, prices wdre ? firm throughout and all lots cleared; j ; only a few cattle were p^nned^and 'disV. ; posed of. Yesterday at heavy yarding of sheep was penn^j^ lambs generally lacked quality and were easier in price, all other classes passed off keenly and little of anything went back unsold. Some useful cattle were' yarded. All classes of steers and young cattle of quality sold- well. ' : 'Stor^cowa i\ ?ii dull of sale. -^5- - - :^-- ■.->■■. Colyton— Sheep— Best lambs, 5s Id to ss lid ; others, 2s lOd and4sßd,; culls, . . Is 6d ; store wethers, 6s 3d to 8s 8d ; fat wethers, 9s ; fat ewes; prime, 8s 6d ; empty ewes, 5s ; forward ewes.^esScl. Cattle — Mixed weaners, . 25s;'- 18- 1 months steers, JE2; choice 2-yr steers, A JK2 19s. ; - ■ .-'-'■. ■ Palmerston — Sheep — Fat wethersy r 9s 7d ; forward wethers, 95.2 dto9ssd ;e store wethers, 8s 7d to 9s; empty ewes* 4s 9d to 5s 6d; forward l d0., 465t;6d;, others, 3s to 4s lld ; fat ewes, 8k ; fat ewes and wethers, 9s 3d; ewes in lamb, 6s to 7s 10d ; lambs, 2s lid to 5s ld.f Cattle— Forward bullocks, £5; 8-year^, steers, £8 15s 6d to 4s; 3-year heifers^ r empty, £6; do. in calf , jEB ; milch cpws, ? £2 17s 6d ; well-bred Shorthorn yearlings ±•2 6s;' others, 30s to 335. ■ tc^-^-V Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Cb.'s Wanganui stock^ report :-r^h)Sds^i^ \* good muster of cattle at /Waverley,-> mostly young stock. Cattle^AfeJ^a^fier* ";?- ley: Steers, jE2Js^ .4 weaners, 22s 6d ; milch cows, f 8 to 'Jt's / lls; store cowsVJt'2; fat cows, i-31 14s \^y: to £4 4s ; forward cows, Jt'3 8s fo jE3ss.vAt Wanganui: Cows, £2 to £2 2s; yearlings, 23s to 28s ; weaners, 17s 6d to 20a. , Sheep— At Waverley ; Ewes in lamb, 3s 7d to 6s ; wethers, 6s 4d to 7s 9d. At Wanganui : Mr Sargeant's <? wethers, 8s 6d to 8s 9d ; fat^vJlOw Id j '£? v other wethers, 7s 3d ,to*9s iM : ; aJk* W wethers, 9s 7d to 9s 9d ; fat/ ewes, 7%- > to 9s lid ; forward ewes, 8s 8d to 5s Id ; lambs,* 4s 2d to'4s 6d. Pigs— Baconers; 20s 6d ; large pork, 12s 9d to 19s 6d ; smaller, 6s 6d to 8p 6d; small pigSj 2s 6d to 3s 4d. '■' V : - •■• :>: ; >i • W%'- M^TK : v%'i