Wool, Stock, and Produce Marketg.

Feilding Star, Volume XXI, Issue 127, 28 November 1899, Page 2

Wool, Stock, and Produce Marketg.

TELE STOCK MARKET. Messrs Gorton and Son's stock re port : — Last week we held sales at Waituna on Wednesday and Feilding on Friday. At Waituna we held a heavy yard ing of cattle, and sheep were forward in advertised numbers, bidding was brisk, and a total clearance rpsultetl at price 3iv advance of vendors' reserves At Feilding there was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was keen and well maintained throughout. Both cattle and sheep were greatly in excess of advertised entries. The sheep yarded were of good quality save woolly hoggets which were of medium to inferior. The demand for all clisses of sheep was unlimited and all but three p«ns were sold under the hammer. The reserves on those passed in were absolutely prohibitive Though we qniUftd all but a tloz-^n head of cattle, the demand was not quite so kee.n as of late Quotations — Waituna: Grown bul locks, £4 6s to £4 14s 6d ; 3yr steers, £3 12s to £3 Us G:\ : 2yr steers, £2 12-s to £2 12s 6d ; lSintli steers, £2 6s 6s to £2 12s ; yearling steers, £2 to £2 6s 6d ; yearling, heifers, £2 0s 6d ; springing heifers, £3 10s to £3 16s 6d ; forward cows, £3 to £3 lls; dairy cows, £3 10s to £6 3s. 'Sheep — Shorn mixed hoggets, 8s lid;shorn ewes and lambs, 13s. Feilding — Cattle : Forward bullocks !£4 6s 6d to £5 lls ; 2 i-yr tteers, £3 7s to £3 10s ; lSmth steers, £2 8a 6d to £2 15s ; empty 2 to 2£ heifers, £2 7s to £3 Is ; fat cows, Jt4 4s 6d to £4 10s 6d ; springing heifers, £4: to £5 ; springing milkers, £4 10s to £5 17s 6d. Sheep: Woolly wethers, 12s lid, 13s 6d, 13s lOd, 14s, 14s Id, 15s, 15s 4d ; woolly maiden ewes, 12s 2d, 13s lOd, 14s lOd ; woolly forward ewes, 9s 7, 11s 4d, 11s sd, 11s lOd ; woolly mixed hoggets (inferior) 9^, 9s 8d and 3 pens at lls Id; woolly ewes and lambs, 14s lid and 15s 6d ; shorn fat and forward wethers, 10* 6d ; shorn mixed hoggets, 9a Bd. Pigs —Stores, JBs to 203 ; weaners 63 6d to 83 ; sows in pig, 37s 6d to £2 10s. Horses : 5 year old draught shafter, 353. Telegraph. Press Association. Copyright Hawera, November 24 Nolan, Touks and Go's stock report. — At Opunake, on 21st inst , considerably more stock than advertised came forward. All classes of cattle were sought after, resulting in a brisk sale. At Manaia, on 22nd, we had 'a good entry. With the reception of one pen everything was disposed of. The dairy cows sold on account of Mr W. Shearer, junr., were not in the best of condition but brought up to £7. We quote at Opuuake ; 2£ year steers. £3 lls; yearling steers, to £2 4s ; store cows £2 3s to L 2 12 6d ; forward covv3, ±2 10s to £2 16s 6d ; fat cows, L 3 10s to L 4 Is ; 18-months heifers, 39s to 445 ; 2-year quiet heifers, L27sto L 2 12s 6d ; yearlings heifers, 31s to 335. At Manaia, dairy cows, L 4 to L 6; springing heifers, L 3 10s to L 5 ; 2-year quiet heifers, L 2 4s to L 2 10s ; yearling to 18 month heifers (choice line), L 2 10s 6d ; 2 year steers, L 3 to L 3 6s 6d ; 2J to 3 year steers, L 3 10s to L 3 14s ; yearling steers 37s 8d to 455 ; weaners 1 22s to 29s ; calves, j 14s to 18s; bulls, L 5 to L 8; store cows, £2 9s to £2 13s 6d.