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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8741, 15 February 1907, Page 2

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Hide Market.

Per Press Association.— Copyright. e Melbourne, February 17. y There is good competition for hides. • r The market is steady and unchanged, | Stock Reports- | j Messrs Abraham & Wiliams report j on their monthly Taihape sale, held on j } Wednesday, when a full yarding ol ' both sheep and cattle were dealt with, j ( Prices were on a par with in other centres. Young sheep were in • demand, but old ewes were hard to , quit. Good lambs 9s 8d to 10s 6d, otherf Bs, ewes (4 and 6 tooths and f.f.m.) 16s 2d, culls os fid to 6s fid, i 2 tooth Eomney rams 3 s 3d to 4s 4d. j Fat bullocks £6 16s, fat cows £3 /«. | £4 ss, £4 los, forward cows £3 Bs, 2 * j year steers £4, 18 months £3 Ms, yearlings (small) 38s, wcaners 13s to 118 s, 18 month heifers 35s to £2. Mes e rs Dalgety & Co., in conjunction with Gorton & Son, held a clearing sale in Feildmg on account of Mr L. bhort, who has sold part of one of his properties, also on account of the same vendor his annual sale of surplus stock from all his flocks and herds. It was a fine yarding of sheep and cattle, being a record for Feildmg on account of one man. The quality was good m sheep, especially ewes, the demand for which was very disappointing considering the ( quality of the stock offered. The j cattle were also good, the Ilcrefords being a very fine lot right through. Prices realised for these were also not | np to expectation. Quotations .e at | and forward bullocks £0 7s Gd, £6 10s, £G 12s fid, and £C 19s fid; 3 year steers £4 19s ; 2 years, £3 14s fid, £3 7s fid and £4 7s Os; yearlings, £3 3s 1 and £3 ICs fid; 2 year heifers £3 11s ; ■ yearlings, £1 15s ; Hereford breeding ' COWS, £3 10s; empty cows, £3 os and jt-2 i-? s • forward, £5 15s and £4 ha ; I dairy heifers. £3 Gs fid; halfbred Jerf scy heifers, £3 10s ; cull cows, - s » , purebred Hereford bulls, £3 2s ; Jersey bulls, 20s and 255. ’ Messrs Abraham & Williams report: our annual sheep fair on Tnursday we yarded 17,500 of all classes. One line of 1800 good Lincoln ewes bred by Mr Pharazyn did not come > forward in time, and will be offered next week, and another line of 800 bred by Mr J. E. Gear, of To Horo, also failed to come forward, and these we ' have for private sale. There was a lai-trc attendance and competition in J most cases was good, especially for any straight lines of young ewes, the highest price for 4 tooth ewes being 18s fid, - , tooths 17s fid. Aged ewes did not reach the prices in some cases expected > by vendors, but on the whole we had a successful sale, and sold over 13,000 sh“ep 10,000 ot which were sold under the hammer. Quotations— 2 tooth ewes los Id to 17s fid, small do 12s fad to 13s fid, 4 tooths 18s fid, 4, 6 and f.f.m. 15s Gd to IGs 9d, good sound mouths i 11s to 13s, aged 9s 4d to 10s fid, culls 4s lid to 7s, good lambs 9s to 9s fid, r medium 6s fid to 8s 7d, culls 3s 3d to i 5s lid, 2 tooth wethers 14s to I^^-