STOCK MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Issue 7403, 19 September 1902, Page 3

STOCK MARKET.

Messrs Abraham and Williams report us follows;—

At Colyton tho advertised entri' of stock came forward and met with a good demand. Fat ewes made 13s 4fl; light fat ewes, lls; good hoggets, 8s 6d to 10s; medium hoggfts, 5s !)d to 7s Id; yearling heifers. j£2 7s to £3 ; heiters in calf, M; weaners, £2 7s

At Pulmerston on Thursday a full yardiiig of cattle enmc forward Ihe attendance was fair and we made a good clearance, although the drmand for rteeiv was not equnl to r< cent sales The diraiind for springing heifers on.l i mpty heifers wns keen, our- particularly nice lino of springing heifers Felling from £0 10s to £7 Gs; a line of good forward bullocks nvide £8 8s; 4-year bullocks, £7 ; 3 and 3J-\ ear bullocks. JtG'l-sGd; 2-year si.ti>, 0 to £5 -U: lw-montbs steers, ~~3 18s; yearling steers, £2 15s 1o £'i ; weanrrs, 30-^ to £.'■ Oh; sm.ill wcaners. 22s Oil to 27s ; year liii(i. £3 ss; yearling «nd 18 months heifers, jCB 12s (id ; good forward cows, i's ; liybt,fat heifers, £o lls; springing eo«s, X's 10s to £7 Only smali entry <'f sheep c meforwird consisting mostly of hoggets, for which there was litc'q <lem nd. B-iyora tion c idently «re hinging luck until the shorn sheep begin to cmue in. One line of £ t nnd forwird wethers made l-l-'-i 7d; cws and l»mlia, 14s 9d; f rward ewes wethers, 10s.

The New Zmilund Linn and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, report as follows oil their Piilinerston saie :—

We yarded iin average entry of both sheep and cattle and although the bulk of the entry changed hands it was prmeiimlly in favour of the purchasers. Thero was n decline in the yalues of young c.-ittle and -vrethers were also a little easier. With, warmer weulker there should be a sharp rise nil round, the majority being "still short ot good grass.

We quote : — Sheep.—Hogget?, Cs <ld, 7s, 9.< lOd; 4-th wethers. IDs lOd ; fat wethers (light), 13s 3d to V?,i 7d. '

Cuttle.—■\yeaner!<, 2Gs (id to 31s 6d; yi-iirlinj; lieifers. £2 to £2 lls ; yearling steers, £2 7s ; 15-moß.stei-rs, £-212<6dt0 £2 lift ; store, cows, £2 10s to X 3 lot' •, fat cosvs (liijlit). £7 to £7 lGs.