Commercial.

Manawatu Herald, 14 October 1893, Page 3

Commercial.

Gorton So Son's Stock Rktobt

Bulls, October 11. W« held daring the last week, three sales, at San son, Hunterville, and^ Bulls. We had good entries at all the sales, the bidding was not so briilr as at previous sales, but we managed to quit most of the stock, r though the rates, excepting for beef, are i certainly, a . little lower. Our quotations are :*— SANSON. Cat He— Springing heifers, £4 IBs ; 2yr afe'era, £8 4s ; 18 months to 2yr heifers, £8 4s ; mixed yearlings, £2 to £2 Is ; milkers, £5 8s Gd. Sheep — Ewes and lambs, 12s to 13s 0d ; fat and forward ewes, 10s 2d to i 12s<2d; hoggets, various prices 7s 6d to 11b lid. '" '"' ~ HUNTKRVILMi. Cat&^Forward 2yr steers, £i 18s 6d; forward 2yr heifers, £4 Is; 18 «OBbhs steers, £2 Ids; 2syr steem*£B 17s 6d; 2yr steers, £8, lyr to 18 months, £2 2s to £2 15s ; £9 14s 6d to £5 ; to Byr Tjwfers, £8 16s. Sheep— 2 and 4th wethers, 18s 3d; hoggets, 9s 7d ; old ewes with a few lambs and empty, ,6s. ' *'-' BULLS. Cattle.- P»t cows, small, £5 19s "6d; heifers, £4 ss; Syr heifers, £8 15s; cows, £2 10s to £8 10s -"-*»- months heifers, £2 14s ; yearling heifers, 87s ; weaners, 295. She*p— Fat ewes, £2 10s ; hoggets, tarieus prices from 11s Id to 12s 7d ; culled hoggets, 7s Id ; fat wethers hid Ui Bd, paaji«a at Us Gd.