STOCK REPORT.

Bush Advocate, Volume XVI, Issue 582, 5 December 1904, Page 5

STOCK REPORT.

Abraham, arid Williams report :f-. Sales for the week oompriseDarinevirke, Shannon, Pahautanui, apd Palmerston, besides clearing sales on account of Messrs A.,Dalziel, of Honterville', and J. Nilssori, Of Colytbn. Fot sheep the demand, continues keen and tbey are in very short supply. Cattle, on the contrary, are; offering, in large numbers arid meet with a very pbbr leception. ; AtPalmeraton we had a full yarding of cattle, including a .large' entry of fat oattle. These were at lower values, whilst stores were practioally unsaleable exoept where vendor* were prepared to reduce their- reserves ■materially. We bad a fair entry of sbeep, wbioh sold iteAy. i At Palmerston.— Ewes and lambs 28s 8d to 296 9d, cull do. 18s Id to 21s * ld ; fat 2-tooths in wool 21s, forward ewes 17s Bd, forward wethers 20s Id, shorn do. (small) 14s, small hoggets lis 7d to 12s B^, ;'fat bullooks47.ss, f %t cows (ligbt) £4 28 6d, dairy cows J65 to £6, heifers in calf £3 to £4 10s, 3-yr bullocks (rough) £4. 135,. 18-mpS -stears £2 14s 6d, 18-mos beifers £2 lbs to £2 15s, cows . and oalves £3 to £3 9s, yearlings JBl 5s 6dto '^riis;- " "■"'■<':■; '"" ' ' :