Stevens and Gorton's Report.
In spito of the severest weather wu have h..d at any of our sales for some time past our yard* were fairly tilled today at Feilding with a first-rate lot ot' cuttle ami some vary good sheep, aud the at tendance considering the wttatber was good. Several pens of cattle wer* sold but the big bullocks were passed iv, aud all the sheep were sold under the hammer excepting one pen. We quote the following rates :— Cattle.— 3 to 4-yr steers, £4 12s 6d ; 3-y.r stuers, £4 2s 6d ; 2£-yr steers, £2 18s 6d ; fat cows aud heifers, £3 to £3 11s j'coivs, £2 ; 18-month steers, £2 Is. Sheep. — Ifiwes m lamb, 6s 10J ; mixed sheep, 7s ; fat awes, 7s 6J. Pig«.— Medium sized, 19s ; small, 6s Bd.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 147, 27 May 1885, Page 2
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132Stevens and Gorton's Report. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 147, 27 May 1885, Page 2
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