THE STOCK MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6627, 20 February 1900, Page 4

THE STOCK MARKET.

Charles Carr reports as follows : — Apiti sale, Tuesday, 6th inst.—This was one of the best attended and most successful sales I have yet held in Apiti. There was a good yarding of both cattle and sheep, and the quality of stock very good. Nearly every pen was quitted under the fall of the bammer. A line of yearlings, bred by Mr Walter "Watson, reached 65s 6d. Feilding Shaep Fair, Friday, I6fch inst —There was a large yarding of sheep, and the attendance was considerably over the average. A large proportion of the sheep entered were from Hawke's Bay, and did not meet with ready sale, although a large number were quitted after the auction. Local sheep sold well, in fact in advance of recent quotations. Feilding Ram Fair, Wednesday, 14th inst., w»s held in conjunction with Messrs Gorton & Son. A separate report will be published. Apiti prices. Heifers (quiet),- £3 2s, £3 15s, £4 ss; 2 and 3-year steers, £4, £4 4s, £4 12s, £4 15s ; yearlings, £3 5s 6J; store cows, £3 13s ; empty heifers, £3 10s. Lambs, 6s 9d, 7s 4d, 8s ; breeding ewes, 6s 7d, 8s 3d, 8s 6d, 9s 9s 8d; welhers, 9s SJ, 9s 7d, 10s 2d, lis Id ; fat ewes, 7s 6d, 7s lld, Bs. Feildin? prices—Lambs, 7s, 8s; .2tooth ewes, 9s 10d, 10s, 10s 2d, 10s 4d, 13s ; breeding ewes, Bs, 8s 3d, 8s 6d, 8s 9d, 9s sd, 9a Bd, 10a 7d ; a line of 3, 4 and 5-year Lincoln breeding ewes, bred by the Hon. John B-yce. 850 in number, realised lis ; fat ewes, 8s 2d ; cull ewes, 3s, 6s sd, 6s lOd ; wethers, 9s 6d, 9a 7d, 10s lld.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson & Co., WaDganui, report as follows :—We have to report a full yarding of sheep at St. Hill Street and Waverley, and also to record a drop of ls 2d per head on ewes and lambs at both places. Wethers held their own. At St. Hill Street the bulk was cleared, and at Waverley barely half the entry. Cattle were in small supply at both places, Grown bullocks commanded recent prices, but smaller sorts were somewhat easier. Pork and bacon pigs sold rather better, but stores showed no improvement. We quote: — At St. Hill Street-Breeding ewes, good mouths, 7s to 7s 3d ; store wethers, 9s 6d; forward lambs, in wool 6s 6d. At Waverley—Cull woolly lambs, good sorts, 3s 9d ; shorn medium lambs, 4s 8d ; fresh-mouthed ewes, in good condition, 7s to 7s 9d ; aged ewes, 5s 3d; 4 and 6tooth ewes, fair quality, Bs.