COMMERCIAL. MR FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY STOCK REPORT.
Wednesla y, Ftbruary -0. Tho aales during ilm fortnight have , passed off fairly, durin-r the •/(>u"ral do- ! j-wssion of the stock marker. Bidding at ; J'nvukin-iiind Xnkuniam 'vjia vciy dull, and i some of thi- sto'A wevo unsold. At. the j yatds to dny I had a lnrgo niteudkiico of I •:«tliers and otl-.ort". The jens wor*.- well tilicd with ii cnyvttil lot of HToek, but pnees wore not np to snll'ng i oxpttctation, consrqiU'Utly smne hud f> ho . turned on). ; ihs»« considtei of imported , cattle,. whi?h wi-re really a first lMt'* lot. I iptvnd off-ivi<? tho u'isol I h«if. rs anJ .j i:o\vs at the Wiiveiloy silt', nnd I believe j they will me- f. tvi;h a <rool tnnrkct, as the I quHlity is really good, lusifers espicially : i oo;.l store* r?i«c v fair sal- , imd sheep were ' w.'ll up at I w-. f{;i itation.t. Sheep yrerv : better worffh, till Kiiijr - old (it- quotations. ; The tnnrket whs coinjilottly glutted wi h ' lioraes. about tighi y In jug enti-rod for the ! sale ;ii Tiniub'-r of iliem wi-ru of gcinihe ' qu-tlity, uud lvj.'l'y yool animals met a fair ' »'ilo, but w^flds nnd screws are almost valueitss. A iinmbur wore parsed in tinrold. ..;' "j Cattle— At Tunilina, 111 head came for- ; ward. Steers, £•) Vh and £•"> \os ; heifer.-", £a 2s 6d ; cows, £4 His to i'o ; fiit cows, i £6 10s ; dahy cows, £0 7s «d ; half bred | bull calves, £10 to £12 10s j fuil-bred bull i calf, £20. At tho yards to day 226 were! •vardea. Fat cows, £6 1/3 6d to £7 10?; I bullocks; £8 17s 6d to £9 1 7s 6d; mixed I stores, £5 is 8d ; yearlings, £3 1 0s ; im- ■ ported catlla, cows, 2at £2U each ; 2 at £IG > each ; others a 1 - £9 to £10 ; heifew, £8 10. | Sheep. — At Nukumaiu, over 2000 were ; poid. Ewes, Cs to ( s Gd ; hoggetts, 5s S)d ; ! fat sheep, 9s 3d ; old rams. 10a At Turn* ! kino, abodt 1)00 were sold. Fat Ewes, 7*; J lambs of inferior qualify. 2s Gd. At the j yards to-day i^oO^nade up the sale, Ewes, ! mixed a/res, ys to 5s 3d, lnmlis os ; fat himbs, \ 7s Gd : fiifc ewes, Gs 9d to 7s; weather?, 7s 6d I irfeiinr fsheep 3s Gd. Horses.— Dull of salo, prices from £10 ' io£l7torreallf goo.l hac!?s ; inferior, £-1 ; t i £7 ; light draught- up to £20. Kxpons.— loo cattle, 500 sheep,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 54, 4 March 1879, Page 2
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410COMMERCIAL. MR FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY STOCK REPORT. Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 54, 4 March 1879, Page 2
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