Gorton & Son's Stock Report.

Manawatu Herald, 28 February 1895, Page 3

Gorton & Son's Stock Report.

* Bulls, 28ifl Feb. Oar stock sales daring the last week were aiCampbeilfcown, Hunterville and Folding. At Campbell. town the yards were well filled, but * the sale was (doU excepting for IE young aaitto. -MfiuttterviHeen'ries of sheep were large. The bidding tras d«Her than usual. At Feilding however, yesterday have to (report a pleasant Grange." It was purely a abeep fa "w: rOvgr 9,000 sheep were, j^eMaaotw MoO were sold, 1

chiefly under the hammer. Hhe briskness of the sale may be judged from the fact there were 25 vendors, 28 purchasers* and we sold 94 pens of sheep Irrespective of the rattis. The prices, though very low as compared with last year, were a good deal in advance of recent rates for old sheep. Mr Downes topped the sale With his 2 tooth Lincoln ewes at 9s, but similar sheep last year brought 12s lOd. Our quotations ares-

Cattle— Oampbelltown i weaners, Mb to 28s 6d ; calvee, £1 6s to £1 2s 6d ; fair cows, £8 17s 6d ; milkers, £5 to £5 17s ; $-bred Holstein bull calves, £2 to £2 2s 6d. Sheep— Campbelltowo : Lambs, Is to 2s 3d ; ewes, 2s 6d. Hunterville: Lambs, Is to 3s 9d; 4 and 8-tooth ewes, 5s 6d ; mixed 2-tooth, 6s 6d; 2«tooth Lincoln rams, £1. Feilding: 2«tooth Lincoln ewes, 5s Id to 9s ; 2~tooth Romney ewes, 8s; 2-tooth wethers, 6s 3d; good f.f.m. ewes, 4s to 6s Id ; fair ewes 2s 3d to 8s; old ewes, Is 6d ; woolly lambs,. 2s to 4s Id ; shorn, Is 6d to 3s r *3_d ; 2-tooth Romney rams, 21s ; aged rams, all classes, 7s to 15s 6d.

We held our annual sheep fair at Feilding yesterday, when over 9,000 were yarded, the majority of which were quitted under the hammer. The sale was very successful considering the times, there being a marked improvement all round, the bidding at times being fairly spirited. Old ewes and weedy lambs are still difficult of sale. Mr D. Downes* 2-tooth ewes again topped the market at 9s. The following are our quotations for yesterday's sale : — Best 2-tooth Lincoln ewes from 7s 3d to 9.-? ; medium, 4s 6d to ss; 2-tooth Romney ewes, 8s ; breeding ewes, 4s to ss ; Romney ewes, 6s Id ; old ewes, Is 6d to 2§ 6d ; good quality woolly lambs, 3s lid to 4s Id ; medium ditto, 3s 3d ; shorn lambs, Is 6d to 2s lid ; rams, os to £1 Is.