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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8736, 9 February 1907, Page 2

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Wanganni Wool, Skin and Hide Sales.

Messrs Lcrin & Co. in conjunction with. Messr* Freeman E. Jackson & Co. report: We held our monthly sale yesterday, offering 150 bales, fadges and bags of wool, 1800 skins, 400 hides and calfskins, and a quantity of tallow, etc. There was a fair attendance of i buyers. Prices for hides showed an adrance on last quotations, while wool and sheepskins were somewhat easier. We quote—Wool: Crossbred S.',d to 83d, lambs 8d to 8 : ;d, dead 7id to 7i|-d, crutchingsi:id to s*d, locks and pieces 3|d to 4id. Skins ijFine wools B a v d to Bjd, crossbred 8d to B;' f d, half-wools 7ifd to Bd, dead 7d to 7id, lambs 8d to B.',d. inferior 7djto7id, good pelts 2s 2d to" 2s 6d, salted short wools 2s lOd to 3s, part damp lambs 4s to 4s Gd. salted lambs 3s Cd to 3s Bd, salted-crossbreds 5s to os 6d. Hides : Good ox 6i-d to to GJd, medium old to Od, cut and, slippy sjd to s:';-d, best cow Gd to 6 id, J medium to s:'fd, cut od to si-d. best* calf Cj-d to 7d. medium s;d to Gd, year-1 lings o'jd to Gd, bulls 3Jdto -id, inferior j at lower prices. Tallow: la| casks 24s to 24s Del, in tins 18s to 10s j Gd. Cowtails: Is per do_z. Our next! sale will be held on March 7th. , [

Feiicling Ram Fair,

Messrs Dalgely & Co. report on the j! Feilding Earn Fair., in conjunction | with the other auctioneers us lollops : | A good entry of Eonineys and Lincoins I came forward, most lots selling readily under the hammer. The demand for , Komneys was not so good as antici- j pated, only good animals selling at j satisfactory figures. There was si keen demand for Loth Lincoins and Southdowns. English Leicester* uiul Shropshire sold fairly well, but there were no buyer.* for Border Leicester*, every line being passed in. Quotations— Stud ilonmeys, 10, 12 and lOgs ; Flock Eomneys, 3, 31, 4. i\, o, C>, S andOgs; Flock Lincoln?, ul, sv-, 6,7, and llgs ; Southdowns,'.t, 5,51, 5:,'. G and English Leicester*, 3 and 3igs ; Shropshire*, 1,2, 2i and 3gs. Stock Market. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report having held their usual fortnightly sale at Al'arton on the Bth instant. Entries comprised a good yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle. There was a keen inquiry for lambs of all descriptions, and there was also a very fair inquiry for ewes. Cattle sold well. "With the exception of one small pen of ewes the whole yarding was sold under the hammer. The' following were the prices realised : liape lambs Us (id to lUs Id, wooily lambs Is :3d to (is lOd, fat ewes 12s Scl t-3 13s, full-mouth owes 12s 7d, old ewes Bs, fat cows £-1, store cows £2 to £3. Figs; slips 12s.