Stevens and Gorton's Report.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1457, 17 September 1885, Page 3

Stevens and Gorton's Report.

Our sale at on the lOfch Jnst> was fairly, fattendeti. arid theyards ;- were fiHed with a lot : of : usefiJ stpclf the : Whole H of whichfoiind purchasers with the exception of a few ihilcli cqvvs. The - ewes m lamb advertised did not come •forward o\ying"t6 difficulties of driving. : At Bulls on the 15th we" yarded about SWO head of cattle and 600 sheep. The attendanc* was smaller than usual though that fict 'did not affect the bidding for the cattle ruost of which sold under the .hammer at rates satisfactory to the vendors. Sheep were dull of sale but we succeeded; m. placing . the Vrhole of those offered with the exception of one pen of hoggets. We quote, as follows : — Cattle.— At Woodville 2-yr steers m low condition, ■■£».■; ;• 18 months' to 2-yr "heiterdiSSs; 24%r heifers, £2 10s; fat heifers, £4; store cows, £2 15s ; milch cows, £4 to £5 7s Cd ; mixed yearlings, 829 6d ; weaners, 255. \ Sheep. — Mixed hoggets, 7s 7d. Cattle.— At fitulls: Forward hullocks, £5 4» to; £6 ; 2-yr steers, £3 10s to £3 flOs to £3 12s 6d; 2-yr heifers, £2 2s Gd ; yearlings, 3pfl to 34s Cd ; store cows, £2 5s to £2"'7s 6d ; forward cows, i? 3 ss. .Sheep.—^Mixed store sheep, lls ; ewes m limb, lls ; mixed ; hbggets, 8s 4d. . iHorß^s.-^TO6rpugh-bred mare Potirp, £10 10» ; young Clydesdale mare, £18.