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DUNEDIN OATS. Dunf.din, February 4.—The market continues stead*, and doubtless owing 10 so few coming to hand buyers have to pay about equal to late rates when purchasing. A slightly better feeling was exhibited at the auction sales on Monday. Compe tition was m re spirited, «specially for best feed and milling sorts, and vvhix - medium feed . sold fairly well they hardly had the same attention. Best b iglst feed and milling was Is 6J<l to Is 6d ; extra piimo weight fetched id mote; medium to good, is ■».}<! to Is Bid ; inferior to medium, Is 3id to Is Id, ex store, sacks extra.
HAW ERA AND MANAIA The Egmont Farmers' Union, Limited, report: —Saturday, the 31st January, saw us again busily engaged with our popular monthly horse fair, held in the Union-street yards, Hawera. Considering the state of the weather and the dull season of the year, there were a go. d number of entries, which were offered for auction before a fair number of buyers. Serviceable hacks were in good demand, and sold readily at prices from £3 IBs 6d and upwards. We held the usual fortnightly sale at our Manaia Yards last Wednesday. The attendance was small, but bidding was very brisk for the different pens of cattle and sheep yarded, though supplies of stock were not large. We quote prices as under: —Forward 3-year-old bullocks, £3 6s to £3 113s 6d; 21-year-old steers, 14s 6d to £3; IS months to 2-year-old steers, £1 18s to £2 8s; empty cows, £2 8s to £2 10s Cd; heifers, 2-year-old, £1 16s"6d to £2. Sheep: Lambs, 7s 2d; ewes (full month), 6s 9d. The annual ram and ewe fair, held on Thursday last, the sth instant, at our Glover Hoad yards, Hawera, was a decided success, despite the fact of the Wanganui Show, and Measr . Nolan, Tonks, and Co.'s usual stock sale being held the same day. The attendance of buyers was large, and price-, as a rule, reached the expectations of the .sellers. The collection of rams was acknowledged to be one of the best, if not the best, ever .seen in any saleyard north of Wanganni on this coast. At the close of the day the following were found to be ithe average prices for rams R. B. Hamilton, 2 ' rams, £3 12s yd; A. A. Fan [ham, 22 rams, £3 9s 6d; J. Shields, 17 rams, £2 8s; W. ' Pearce, 8 rams, £2; J. L. Perry, 7 rams, £1 17s Cd ; Messrs. Wilkie Brothers, 14 rains, Ewes brought from 7s 9d to 15s ; hoggets, 9s 7d ; lambs, is lid to 83 lOd.
JOHNSON VILLE. Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co.'.s Stock Report (by telegraph, Wednesday).—Fat cattle, rather below requirements, were well competed lor, and choice steers firm at 14s the 1001b. there was a fair muster of fat sheep, but chiefly ewi-s, which made equal to late rates. . Pigs were abundant, of good quality, and throughout sold freely.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8488, 12 February 1891, Page 4
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