Wanganui Stock Quotations.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 2

Wanganui Stock Quotations.

-JIB FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORT- :=, NIGHTLY^TQJQE, EEPORT r ;: '•? t--,= - .; : -,:. Wednesday, Jan.6^ ,j. The yards.wero well .filled with firstclass stock to-day j the bidding was brisk and a capital^sale; Ws"'effected at itnproved values. : thfe reason of iiiie cTemand is not farto seek. v ln addition to the continued drain of fat cattle for export and other purposes, the great flush of.gtfass throughout the country, ;with every prospect of gopd feed throughout the season, induces the farmers to invest—which they can. do at. present prices with a fair margin of profit. I am of opiuion store cattle have reached their maximum rate—any r further advance would shut out -the, legitimate chance of profit. I- look forward to an increasing demand for all descriptions of store sheep. • Wethers Will be scarce during the season,; Good lambs will be readily Saleable at full rates, a"nd fat ewer will •be regulated by the ruling price of tallovr and preserved meats. Taking the .Stock <trade_thr6ughoqt the outlook must be considered" satisfactory, and far healthier than, afc the corresponding time last year. . . Cattle.—'Fat c6#s^ 77s 6d arid 88s ; forward store 3-yr-oldbullocks, 108s6d ; 2-yr-old bullqcks, '65s ; forward cows, 64s 6d ; store c6ws,i 47s 6d ; yearlings 33s ; calves, 12, to 22s 6d. Sheep.—Fat awes,.9s 6d ; fat ewes m wool, 13s 8d ; hoggets, 7s 10d to 9s Id ; ewes m lamb, 10s ;6d ; laoibs m wool 5s ; fat laijobs, 6s 3d. 1 Pigs.—None sold. 0 Elorses.--No alterable quotation.