Stock Report.

Manawatu Herald, 24 December 1892, Page 2

Stock Report.

Polls, Dec. 21. Messrs Gorton & Son report as follows : — -» t both oar stock sales at Hunt erville on 17>h and Sao son yesterday a great d^al more stock cam » forward than were advertised. We had only 4 head of cattle advertised f>r San son and several pens w -re occupied, t the high price* ruling for cattle now such neglect to advertise rnns the risk of loss in iates to the ven dors. As it so happens cattle sold well at both sale* and beef ma n tained their present prices. We sold al the bvf at FTuntPrvlle ex cepting one pen and nearly all at Sanson oir quotations are : '"attlb Hnnterville. Bullocks £4 12 * to £5 ss ; yr and 18mths steers, £8 8s ; 18mths to 2yr mixpd, £8 10< ; yearlings £2 10s to £2 10s 6d ; weancrs, mixed, £2 2s 6<l ; cows in calf £4 to £4 4s 6d ; milkers, £5 10s to £6 18s 6d Sandon — Sprin?in? heifers, £4 s<\. r 18mth steers, £2 15s to £2 19s 6d ; weaners, mixed, 84s to £2 8a 6d ; yr steers, £2 12^ 6.1 ; vr heifers, £2 11 ; cows, f-8 2^ 6d to £3 18s 6d ; milkers, £4 Us tf> £5 10*. [ Shkxp - Hunterville. ; I Ewps anH lambs, 11s 6d to 16=!; two-t^oth mixer], 1 4s lOd ; woolly , wethers, 14s 6d ; shorn ewes, 5s 5d to 8s Bd. Sangon— Fat shorn ewes,

10s to 103 61; forward, 9s 6d ; ewes with lambs, all counted, 6* 9d to 6s lid; two-tooth ewvs, 11s 3d to 12s 4d ; rams, the line, 26s 6d each. Mr E. S Abraham reports under Thursday's date :— I had large entries of cattle to d iy, and a good attendance of buyers Demand fov cattle was good throughout, and recent rates wore fully maintained. Sheep weie som ? hat dull of sale, j .it I succeeded in quitting the whole of the stock offered. The following prices were realised : — Fat bullocks, £7 to £7 Is 6d ; fat cows, £5 10s to £ 6 ; forward bullocks, £5 12s to £6 2s ; 2£ to Syr steers, £4 14s to £5 ; 2 and 2£yr steers, £8 16s 6d to £4 103 6d ; yearling and 18mths steers £2 15s to £8 ; cows and calves, £5 3s 6d ; empty cows, £3 17s 6d ; empty heifers, £4 8s Gd ; heifers in calf, £4 103 to £5 10s ; dairy cows,? £4 10s to £6 10s ; 18raths heifers; £2 11s 6d to £3 11 ; weaners, 86s ; bulls, £8 to £5. Fat ewes 11s Bd, forward wethers lls 6d. 2-tooth wethers 10s to 10s 4, 2-tooth ewes lls 4d to 12s 9d, 4-tooth ewes 12s, 4 tooth Romney ewes 13s 6d, ewes and lambs (all counted) 8s 6d to 6s, ewes with lambs given in lls to 18s, lambs Bs. Weaner Dies 6s.