The Stock Market

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8192, 18 May 1906, Page 3

The Stock Market

Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Palmerston sale on Thursday as follows : —Wo liad a tair ejifcry of sheep, and a good demand lor all classes. A number of outside buyers were present. Forward wethers made 17s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 16s 2d, ewe lambs 12s, wether lambs 10s lid to lis Id, mixed lambs 10s Id, f.m. ewes in lamb lis Bd. The advertised entry of cattle did not come forward, 300 steers _ and bullocks being detained on the road, and they will be offered next week. Bidding for all classes of cattle was brisk, bullocks especially selling well; 3 and 4 year bullocks made £5 2s to £5 7s; 3 year bullocks £4 13s, 2 year steers £3 4s, fat cows i; 3 13s, weaners 8s to 13s, small weaners 5s 6d, forward cows £2 10s, dairy cows £4. During the week we sold Mr D. Thomas's dairy herd of 30 cows to Mr S. R. Lancaster at a satisfactory figure, Abraham and Williams, Limited, report on their Masterton stock sale as follows:—We submitted a yarding of over 13,000 sheep of all classes, and notwithstanding the unfavourable weather we quitted over 12,000 of the number offered. Bidding at auction was somewhat irregular, but all classes of good quality found ready sale immediately on being passed in. Buyers from all outside districts were present, and of the number of sheep sold nearly half were 'purchased for other parts. Mr W. Perry's sheep were eagerly competed for, the various lots easily topping the market for this season—his 2-tooth ewes being bought by a Waikato client, the balance being knocked down to purchasers from Manawatu and Eangitikei. The bulk of the yarding of lambs was purchased by a Wanganui buyer, and the best wethers by a client from Waverley. A good yarding of cattle met with better competition than at late sales, and the whole yarding, with the exception of 2 small pens, changed hands at satisfactory prices. We quote :— On account of Mr Wm. Perry—Fat ewes 18s 4d, 2th ewes in lamb 21s 9d, 4 and 6th ewes in lamb 24s 6d, f m ewes in lamb 225. On account of other vendors—Fat ewes 13s 2d to 15s, forward empty ewes lis 9d to 12s lOd, store ewes 63 to 10s Id, ewes in lamb 16s Id, 15s 7d, 15s 6d, 15s, 14s 3d, 14s, 13s lid down to 12s, for good to medium lots (poorer sorts) 8s to 10s 4d, cull ewes 3s 7d to 6s, lambs best woolly 13s, others woolly 10s to lis Bd, best shorn lis lid, others shorn 8s 6d to 10s 7d, poorer sorts 5s to 7s Bd, culls 3s to 3s 9d, best wethers 16s lOd, others 15s to 15s 7d, cull 2ths 8s lid. Cattle—Forward bullocks £5 19s to £6 ss, 3yr steers £4 to £4 14s, youn? steers 30s to £2 Is, fat cows £4 to £4 8s t 6d, empty 2yr heifers 36s to £2 10s, a heifers in calf £2 10s to £3 Ss 6d. Mr 1 Perry's entry sold as follows Fat cows £ £5 ss, young cows and heifers in caif £4 ,2 2s, 2yr heifers in calf £3 19s, 18mos d empty heifers £2 Bs. r