MR FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY STOCK REPORT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 34, 24 December 1878, Page 2

MR FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY S TOCK REPORT.

Wnngaimi. December 18. Ihere has been very little business done : in etock dining the past foitnii;ht, in a ! measure caused' by the shearing and h;iy» j making. At the yards to-day, u limited i number of stock v.iro offered, and prices , ruled in favor of tho si-Hit.s. Ueef was of j fiiir qim'ity, and met a good s.:lo Sheep ! wf.re dv-U of s:ilo, Homo of tlu; pens being i tin-ned out unsold. Bottlers must not look , for any iinprovcinent in pi ices of fat sheep ; j the present state of the tallow market pro- | eludes any hope of hifrh prices ruling, an I I the outward trade is limited to shipments, to the West Coast. Horses were in large ; numbers to-day, but the abs nee of Southern ! dealers mudo ihe dciinind ve;y dull, and a j heavy sale, v.ith indificorent bidding, was j the result. j Cattle. — 71 head were yarded. Fat bul- j locks brought from £10 to £l I 7s Gd ; stores steers, £7 12s 6d; 2-year-olds £» oa; yearlings, £3 10.«. Sheep.— 4s3 wero penned. Wethers, 9s 6dtoßs9d; mix^d ewes and wethers, 8s; store wethers, 6s 9d to la. Horses. — A large number were entered for the day's sale, but only a few were sold at late quotations. Exports. — 80 head of cattle, and 400 sheep.