STEVENS & GORTON'S REPORT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 300, 21 November 1883, Page 2

STEVENS & GORTON'S REPORT.

Messrs Sji^vens .«fc_,.Qoi ton report, as follows :-j-r V : $7\ Jj. . j I<l \ At our .sale^iel^ljat; Palmerston ! on the 13t^inst^jJbh,e^e..r^eTg?220 head of cattle,; and. 65Q,.fh,eep! yar/d.ejl ; a150: 35 horse^. heavy draji jihts, and hacks.: of ' |iuyers^.was,,l^rge, and ; -for jstore sheep the 3 Lbj4'<siig" was hrjsfe. ; nearly ev^r^ I "lot : 'beip.g knocked;; -.down .under ihe" ' hammer. - £ee,f (light heights), £Q *(2s 6cl j;'^v>!aj-!dl4sst«q:B, ; £4 ills; 6^ 2^ year, old ( ;Bteerß,' £3 Bs-'l 6d 'to £Zrl 9s ■•-'• 'coward- calyes,:£^. ssito. £$] female*' 'Icattl's'oitall descriptions; are. aftnost iin-' ■"saleable!^rrriSheep, i frdrii* 9H.to iOB./^d,;..,yedder hoggetsoin wopri"' 9s K '6d 'jlp^l'Oa, (S&^Hprseife Heavy-draughtfil-froniv i £2s ; light, from $18, to £J2 ; hacks aud scrubbers, from- £3 to^ltll,; : wih** j s At our J a.pnua ; V<Bftl? of Messrs Fraser and Dahy-mple'ststqckitiJbelcl at Bulls on the loth inst.,. there rVvere 270 headjof cattle and lQs2:.sh'eep yarde-1. Tlie beef was of i'ajr quality, and the stdre bullocks were-t-WeU grown and m forward condifciGnu Mx Dalryraple's fat vodders wereAbfj^Jyj&yiprime quality. The attendance,©! buyers was large, n . and the usual monotony was varied by !T<rafS?**s^fe-d^^ ; store- bullocks ana* the pure bred 2-year-' old bulls, and-with the exception of two ger^a ;^f^emaler|Cattle^ tjje^wlicle.^eYe dofd at the fcilowimfprices: Beef, frcjm j£6,ito l » l %pks,^ 6d [Tat cows, good equality,, £5- 0 15s !to^ £6*l stbrVcowsj r £"2"2s 1 ti x %2 '7s 6.1^ milch cows in'calft'no demand; ioah< 2-yea£old- bull byiiEKet^ 22'ndduke of. Derrimut" fell— to- the bid of Sir* : Dai rympl©3ati3o^fjguineas] amkthei red bull "by the same -same sire was knocked >.down.:'to Mv ,JAGv.. Wilson at 21 guineas;. j. Both of: the bulls were brjed by Mr Fraser. The yearling bulls, ijiwere hob,? m difciiandvbm^itao jjfrfnhg for immediate Stsea^Sheep : Mr Dairy rnple's weddeia-sold at 12s and ijlr, .Fuuder's- at.; 108;krrTorses.< Ilraughts colts' audi fillics : «iromiia£lo to £18; . bucks, from £7-to £12. The thorough-' bred mare- -Laiireia^Ktsied m at £0 guineas^ sn.d5 n .d ji'lgipg f r<jn ) the superior "class l"qt stooic. sojd by. Messrs. FrascY 0 ' arid Dairy mple at this and former aunu-. al sales we anticipate that those \ia' : the futuvg.wilj.be lepkedibrward to [by. persons^ cleVirous *of procuring beefy., .cattje, and ; horses , ,qf the best desjerip' 'tipn.\.' : . . : .... n >y v . A" |~ «• : '"^'our AwahiVri "sale the niunber of cattle yarcfeclj^lessr "than -iisual, tjitt' ' ihose entered "solo! at the' fpjlowW prices : Beef, £7 : 155,: r l§ mpnti^teeirsA yearlii^S^cl;^ milch cows, no demand^ ~stoie cojws , from £1,;15s to, je^S^r-rjSheep, thferc : ' ; weieabouf .'lOtiQ to ' u tKe vVry w6t weather there weijojiot : many sheep buyers present, tiesifles wh.ich "the pnees asked w,eye tgp.rp^rkeV' values, rppnsVquent ;^',^ Jhere was'no ijibt-* Mih^' : ''worthy '' of J^p£e/' We purpose Heading our ne^t annual Wijolsalejon -•^Otfi^eceinJt|ejJat Willis,, an^jiidgirig frorn ui, the very good prices Jrgaljbell' by* us last season we expect considerable j entries for this sale. . >..... _