Wool, Stock, and Produce Markets.

Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 1, 3 July 1899, Page 2

Wool, Stock, and Produce Markets.

THE STOCK MARKET

Mr Chas. Carr reports on his recent stock sales at Kimbolton and Feilding and Messrs Lowes and Jcrvis' draught horses as followß : —

Kimbolton sale, Wednesday, 29th June. — An average winter yarding of both cattle and sheep came forward Although bidding at the sale was slack, nearly everything was quitted after the auction.

Feilding sale, Friday, 30th June.— A large number ot both cattle aud sheep came forward. The class of sheep was very good, consisting principally of good wethers, which were all sold. All the stock was cleared, with the exception of two pens of sheep Young cattle sold very well Com pared with recent sales, sheep realised better values.

At Messrs Lowes and Jarvis' clear ing sale of sawmill plant and draught horses the latter, numbering five, averaged £24 15s.

Prices : — Kimbolton — Dairy cows, springing, L 3 15s, L 4 15s, L 5 Bs, L 5 lis ; fat cows, L 3 ls, L 3 10s, L 3 12---6 d ; forward bullocks, L 4 17s 6d ; 2yr steers, L 2 12s 6d ; wethers, 10s 6d, lis 6d, 12s, 14s j ewes in lamb, 7s sd, 8s 3d, 8s 6d j fat ewes, 10a, lis 3d ; empty ewes, 9s ; lambs, 5s 4d. Feilding — Heifers in calf, L 3, L 3 10s, L 3 18s, L 4 10s ; yearling heifers, 30s, 32s 6d * 18-months heifers, 38s 6d; bullocks, L 4, L 5 10s, L 6 ; year ling steers, 30s 6d ; 2yr steers, L 2 12s 6d, L 3 2s 6d ; fat cows, L 3 10s, L 4 ; fat ewes, lis, 8a 6d, 9s 3d, 9s 6d, 10s 3d ; wethers, 8s 4d, 10s, 10s sd, 10s 9d, 12s, 12s 2d, 12s 6d, 13s; empty ewes, 5s lld, 7s ; lambi, 7s 9d, 8a 3d, 8s 8d ; ewes in lamb, 8s 6d, 8s 9d, 9s 9d, lis Id.