Commercial.

Manawatu Herald, 24 February 1894, Page 3

Commercial.

~* . Abraham & Williams' Stock Report . ...■ ■ - ' ■' Paring the week we havo held sales at Awahuri,- Levin, and Palmerston. The formar yards were well filled with useful ■heap »nd cattle in limited numbers. Sh«ep were in moderate demand, and the bulk quitted at quotations. Most of the OftUle ahanged hands. On Wednesday at Levin sheep oame forward in full number, Suitable sorts were well competed for, and ewes; were the only class that failed to find porohasers, A few small lots of cattle completed the sale. Yesterday at Palme?ston there was a full muster of sheep. ThVsale dragged a good deal, but ultimately the bulk was sold. Cattle in mo4era.te numbers were well competed .for at father lower rates than recent quotations. QuotationsCattle— Fat cows, £5; fat bullocks, £6 as. „ Sheep— Fat ewes, 8s 6d ; forward ewes, 6s fid to 69 4d ; crock?, Is 7'l ; shorn lambs, , 33 4d to 4a. 4 Levin— Springiug heifers, £4 Is ; 18---month steers, £2 4s 6d. Shorn lambs, 3s 9d ; those in their wool, 4s lid to 5s 2d ; forward ewes, 5» lOd ; Mr Eebbell's Romney ewes, raised ages, .7s 3d ; store ewes, 4s. Palmerston. — Fat bullocks, £6; forward steers, £4 17s; fat heifers, £4 13s 6d ; miloh cows, £5 2s Gd to £t> ; others, £4 to £4 15b ; Jersey bull, £5 ss ; yearlipgt, 30s to 325 ; weanei'3, 235; 18-month steers, £2 93 ; 2£-year steers, £3 8s fid ; 4 vi»E steew, £4 7s ; store cows, £3 3s , 18---tilbnth heifers, £2 fls. Sheep— Mn Rowe's tfbnVriety ewes,. 11s lid ; 2-tooth ewes, fttnaH to medium. 7s 5d to 7s 9d ; 4-tootb and f in. Bomneys, 8s t>d ; store ewes, 5s ; ftfUewes, 7a ; aged ewes Is 4d to Is 9d; • IftKth wethers, 7s to 83 3d ;'4- tooth do., .^. BsWf; WhoNHMittHf 3*4*W33'lod; those