COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8541, 23 March 1908, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

THE STOCK MARKETS

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: —There was a full yarding of sheep at Levin, of which wo sold 2400 under the hammer, only one line of lambs being passed. Prices ruled as follows : —Fat ewes (prime quality) 14s 9d, mixed ewes and wethers 12s 3d, two-tooth wethers 10s Id to lis 7d, two-tooth ewes (sirfall) 8s lOd, breeding ewes 8s 6d to lis 3d, cull ewe* 3s 6d to 6s 2d, woolly lambs 7s 4d to 8s Id, shorn 4s to 5s 6d, good 7s 2d to 7s lid, two-and-a-half-year Hereford steers £3 10s, three-year steers £4 15s, aged cows to £1. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: —At Feilding we had an extra yarding of sheep. Very few cattle put in an appearance. There was a good demand for young breeding ewes and good lambs. Old-aged ewes were hard to quit. There was a fair attendance, and wo quitted nearly the whole of our entry. Quotations: —Fat wethers 15s lid, ewes 13s to 14s 3d, two-tooth wethers 10s to 12s 4d, small two-tooth ewes 9s to 10s Bd, 'soundmouth ewes 5s 8d to 9s, cull ewes Is 7d to 2s 6d, good rape wether lambs 8s 6d, medium mixed lambs 6s to 6s 6d, cull lambs 2s 3d to 3s 7d, forward steers £4 7s 6d, forward bullocks £6. forward cows £4 Is, two-year empty heifers £2 12s 6d, low-conditioned store cows 14s 6d to 16s 6d, cows and calves £5 10s. .»*WM»»IIIII.«|III1M«^—»!!■ I < !■■ ■■■ I Illy MllW—^>