Wanganul Stock Quotations.
MR FREEMAN R JACKSON'S FORT NIGHTLY STOOK REPORT.
«•'•■■■; ' Wanganui, Wednesday. The sale at Waverley was well attended for this season of the year, and with the exception of two pens of sheep all the stock were sold at or: after ; the auction. The yards tp-f 1 ay were qu-te full of useful cattle and sheep, the bulk of the former being young cattle. The. bidding was spirited throughout, resulting m » good sale;; ' Steers aiuL-cows were mostly indefnarid." One pen of young heifers were turned out unsold: : A large number of Napier ewes found purchasers at the quotations. The horse sale on Saturday passed off very well, a large : number of animals changing hands'. ' Gattle.--Fatcows; £3- 17s 6d ; milcli cows, £i 10s ;2-yr -old heifers and steers, £2 6s; w^aners, 22s 6d. At -St. Hillstreet: fat cows, £4 ss ; breeding cows, £2 13s to L 2 15s ; 3^yr-old steers^ £5 ; 2-yrrolds, £4 ; yearling steers, £2 to £2 ;2s ; heifers, £1 17s ; yearling heifers, £1 r- Sheep*-— Wethers, 10s to'lls^ldyj-ewes m lamb, 10s 6d; cuUs, 3s 6d to 4s. At St. Hill-street : Napier ewes m lamb, 10s 6d-to-lls; local ewes, 10s to Us lOdV wethers, 10s to. 10s lid. . Pigs rtile'd at about last sale .rates.- 1 - Bacon pips, 30s ; porkers, 19s to 235. Horses.-r^Unbrokenh'ght animals, from 10s t« 60s "each ; hacks, £5 to ;£ll lO3 ; no draught horses offered.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 48, 24 July 1885, Page 2
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231Wanganul Stock Quotations. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 48, 24 July 1885, Page 2
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