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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 38, 20 February 1878, Page 2

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Wanganw, February 14. ; Mr Feeeman S. Jacksoij reports : — ' CAT^LE.-pAt Ha\i(era, 450 head -v^eve '' yarded.' Best store bullocks, £7 2s 6d ; steers, £4> 10s ; cows, £5 2s 6d to £5 10s ; yearlings, £3. 55w At the yards to t -day — Fat ; bulloets, ' £9, 5s to £9 i7a 6d ;' fafc cows, '£7 3s 6d. t& " £% 5s j> store ste>rs ? £5, 15s j yearlingsj £3 63. " '" Sheep. — At "Kai Iwii 2,567' ewes were : yarded and sold. Prices were, for ordinary tw.o-tooj;h, Us 6d to 15s 9d ; superior ewes, £2 l'ss to' £3 2s 6d j sFoup and six-tooth ewes, 15s 9d to £1 83 ; rama, from £2 103 to £9 15s. Ab the. yards, to-day, fat wethers, small, up to 10s. Mrs Hair's ewes ;were sold, after, the auction, at 203. 1 each. Ordinary ewes made from 3s 6d to, 6s 9d ; lambs, very inferior, 2g 6d ;. a pen' of better quality (shorn), "4%;. a few old rams made from 16s to £•%. Horses. — About the usual, number of ' weeds' came forward^ and were difficult o.f sale j any good horse* 'that offered were well .'competed for, and made, for x good hacks, up ( to £18, i weeds from £3 159 to' £5 ss ,- trap, horses,' £-18. lOa- to. £20.j. light' draught, £27^10?, ' ' Exp6|lT3.-^-4O cattle, 45O.sheep. ' New PiiYMOXtth, February 15. Courtney's' cattle^ sale'" of two-year-old, heifers 'fetched £5103; yearlings, 1 £3; cowa^at calving, £6;l(te to £9^ ss. AugE&A^D, 'Feb'i'uary 15, Buceiak j> reports :— Fat" cattle,' last week's prices barely sustained ; fat sheep, average- supply, at late values 3 lambs, Is lower. .-.■»■■ Oamabtt, February, 15. New grain ia coming'forward very slowly, and- oijdy.afewf deliveries have .been made. Two or" three* sales of small' parcels have been effected; prices' witiiheld. Quotations : — Wheat, '4s ; oats, 3? to 33 4d,- &q\it, f.0.b., £13 to. dgl3; 15s; oati-meal, £17^ pear\ barley, £20 j' pollard, £5 5s ; bran. £3 ss. "■ '■■ l •■•'■■' ' ' ' v^ Timabtt, February 15. . The. cold* d&mp.. w,eather during the week has retarded harvest operations. It is fine to : day, ,*ndj should, it continue., the graiu. will be of excellent quality." "A few transactions h.ave v tak^n pla.ce^^ Sales — "sv*heat, 4s ; oats', Ss. Immediatei^; on delivery gra§s seed^and barley were ing^h - ed for % . '*'*' "^ * LondoSv February 14. - The opening of the. colonial, wool, sales has. been postponed to the 26th February.. -.'""'. " APEiAijißjFebruary'lS. Markets— Wheat, £13 15s : offering freely, " " ' ~ P