MR. FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY REPORT.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 42, 26 May 1880, Page 2

MR. FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY REPORT.

Wan&antji, May 19. Prices for stocl( rule at about last reported values. I hare held two sales duiunjr the past fortnight. The Waverley sale was dull throughout, most of the stock being sold after the auction The yards were not well filled. At the St. HtJVstreet yards tq-duy, a 1 large number of stock came forward, every pen being ustd. The beef was of the inferior quality, and not m much demand. Fat cattle are so, plentiful thajt the trad* get 'supplied at low" pnc'e3 ' ou.ts.ide. As the' winter, continues, better, rates may be expected. Store - cattle -were m numbers. Nearly all were sold under the hammer. One pen op bullocks were turned o.ut unsold. Prices fo.r young cattle were m fa>our of the. sellers,' and good quality milch cows mad* extreme rates. Of sheep I had % large supply. No really good wethers offered. Ewes sold at the quotation! below, which we*e about the., sami as those of last sale. Horses,' as~ usual. I sold nearly half, the number, that were offered. A number "of buggies were, offered, but ' failed to find purchasers, even at low figures. They aw now on sale privately. Pig«—rnone offered. '-• ' Cattle — 240 h«ad w«re yarded. Fat cows, £5 2s. 6d. to £6 2s. 6d. ; iteers two-y,«ar- ' olds, £2 125." 6d. : yearlirjga, £2 2s. 6d. to, £2 15a. ; cowf, £3 to £4 ss. ; ' milch cowsj £6 10%., «0, £10 55., and" £ll 10a. j three- , yeatjold steers, £5 7s. 6d. ' Slieep.. — 1646 were penned. Best pens mo fie 9s! 9d. ; owes, 65., 7s. 6d., and Bs. 9d j one pen of ewes, m low condition, ss. 6d. Horses.— Ha.ck9, £6 to £10. No draughts offered. , Exports, — 1438 sheep, 3'l pigs,