COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1646, 27 February 1886, Page 2

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Stevens aod Gorton 1 * Report. Bulls. Thursday. . Since lour last report, we have th« . the pleasure of reporting three successful sales — at Awahuri, on 16th ; at Marton, on 23rd ; and at Feilding, on 2oth. The bidding at all these sales . was much more spirited, and we sold more stores under the hammer than has been the case for some time past, showing, that...., ■ 'rec*eht'riße in" prices may be considered of a firmer stand. ■ We sold everything at Awahuri, ex-cepttwo-head-bf cattle, the -700 -sheepbeing all sold. under the hammer, jjfe sold everything at Martbn, excepting |l2 bullotks, the 650 sheep' all being sold under the hammer. At Feilding we sold all the cattle, , excepting a pen of fat cows aiyj a milker, and 2,000 sheep, only passing in a pen of 80 wethers arid 50 ewes. We quote the following rates : — iAwalrari. — Fat bullocks, £6 2s 6d ; 3-yr steers, £4 6s ; cows with calves, £2 15s to £& 5s ; fat cows,-.£3 15s; yearling steers, 34s* 6d ;> weaners (mixed), §<$»; p, 2to 4 tcoth wethers, ,6s c lOd ; old ewes, ' 4s 9d ; lambs 1 in'wool,' 4s lOd to s^ld ; lambs (shorn), 3s 6d ; store pigs 7s 6d. . . Marton.— Milkers, ,43 to £4 lOs; 18-montha to 2-yr : steers, £2 10s; .year steers, 33s 6d; yearlings and 18-months/ ,* mixed, 30s ; mixed ; sheep 7s; breeding ewes, 6s 3d to 7s' 6d; old ewes, 5s 3d. .-; .* Feilding:— Forward bullocks,, £s 12s -, 6d ; three-year buUocks,, £4:178,^; „ ' two-year steers, ss ; fat cows, £3 iSs;' :'« , , 2-year heifers, £2 3s 6d ; old cows £l'i6s ' 6d ; fat sheep, 8s ; ewes, 5s lOd to 7S ; ; half-bred ewes, 3s 9d to 4s sd; lambs in wool; 5s to ; 6s ; lambs' (sliorfi); 4^ ' 3d t» '' 5s 4d ; culled lambs,; 2s 8d ; Bomney; rams; £2 2s ; Lincohis, £1 Is to £2 .2s"; pigs, 8s to 8s Bd. . . ' i •"-•»■'•• ■■■• >M'