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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue II, 3 December 1889, Page 3

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lI3SSRS P. R. JACKSOV AN'I) GO'S JOH.VSONVILL . REPORT. C »tMo carai furwar lia full numbers, th maj >rity neing light weights and fair ci mi. ty, and the iem<»inder prime sorts, .bat »teera declined in value by 17s per head u ; .on iate rate I *. A large ent yof •heap were penned, piiucipally wethers. This o'ass of stock also was at loner values and suffered a shtrp clec'ine of one shilling per head. Most of the entries wee ptsaed in at auction, ami 8»ld »f erwerds a' a blight, advance, with the nsulis aa bef -re men'ioned. JLambfi were equal to tequiremente, and were rather eiaier. P.gs arrived in short supply. There was an exceptional demand for 8 nailer sorts, suitable for farm purposes, the prices for which were in exces* of any* thing of the kind yet offoied at these r" yards. D.B<ppoin menfc was felt bt the no"-arrival of 'he numbers advertised. Cattle— Bullocks, £4 12a 6d to £6 17b 9d ; average, £7 4s, £5 8s 9d, £4 18s 9d, and £4|l2s 6d for tha different cansignments respectively. Sheep — Prime wethers, Us 3tl; good wethers, 10s 3d to 18s 7d; light weights, !)s; prime ewes, 11s 3d; others, 7s lid to 8s 8d : lambs, 5s 6d to 7s Bd. Pig — Baconei's, £2 ; porkers, 19s Od to £1 3s Gd, stores, 14a 3d to 17s 9d : slips, £>B7dtol2s2d. Ox beef, 14s the lOOlbs ; wether mutton. Ud to l£d per 1b ; ewe, ditto, lid per Ib.