MR FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY STOCK REPORT.

Manawatu Herald, 31 January 1879, Page 2

MR FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY STOCK REPORT.

Wednesday, January 29, 1879. The continued dry weather and consequently the shortness of grass, has had the eiFdct of reducing prices of a'.l descriptions of stock. Ihtf'f.ll is ii:ost noticeable in sheep, they have redded in vuluc very n-ueh. A large number were entered for the sale to cky and failed to fin.l j.urehitsers even at low rate?, a number of pc 8 being turned out unsold. '1 he eat tlo wero in large nnmberd. Prices nil through tlio sole rul'd •in favour of Iho buyers Iho imported stock from Canterbury showed a good deal of breeding. The bid ling not being up to ihe importer/ expectation a number had to , be withdrawn. Horses were of medium quality, and sold fairly »t the quotation The Wallabi lift for L.yHelton last evening with a cargo of fat stock, which, in the interest of tho exporter nnd the district, it U to bo hoped will turn out satisfactory. Cattle— At Ilawera 139 were sold. Prices were — Vowa a.id calv^ a of good quality, £7 15s ; medium, £6 10» ; steers 2-year old, £> ss; yea<liug?, £3 l'.'s. At the H ll ill Street Yards 280 were penned. Fut bullocks, £9 7s Cd to £11 L's 6d ; store cattle mixed sexes and a<:e^, £-j ss; 18-moiitlis old, £1 ss; 2-i ear olds £i 17s 6d. Imported cattle— Ore cow and bull calf to MiBaldwin for £10 ; ono to Messrs Owen aud LethbrWge £3^ ; two to Mr l'olson,£22 and £17; and ten heifers to Missrs Owen and Lethbiidgc, £17 eai.li ; seven licad at £7 each and o yearlings tt £5) lCs each. Tho bulls were all puss (.1 in. beef was at about 20s the.lOOlbs. Sheep.— 2,l6s came forward, and 1.200 were bold. Ewes and luinbs, s* ; lambs, 4s Od ; inferior lunib?, 2h9d ; old ewes, 3} ; fut wethers, 83 3d ; fat ewes, 7s 6J to Bs. Pigs. — A few geed stores, 21s 6d } suckers, iis GJ. Horses— Hairk3, £8 to £14 10s. Exports— 30 cattle, 250 sheep.