Commercial.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 229, 19 November 1894, Page 3

Commercial.

Messrs Abraham and Williams report: , At Palmerston on the 17th sheep fame | forward in less than advertised numbers — | the entry being practically confined to I hoggets in their wool. Bidding was some- , vvliat brisker, hot prices remain without alteration. A fairly numerous entry of cattle. Young cattle elicited keen compe- ' 1 tition and made full rate-, quality coil- j tide red. Tile odor rnado for steers and j grown bullocks was full in accord with ; market price, but failed to produce bind- ! J ness. Beef showed no reduction. Young pigs sold freely in favor of the vendor, i I Sheep—Medium hoggets, (I* Id; others i 7s 7d to 7s ltd ; ewes, mi "d ages, H« lod. I Cattle Fat bullock- , light weights, £fi 17s to £ti pis tid ; yearling steers, .£‘2 7 .; winner mixed -V' . It Is to 17s fid; springing heifers, £7 IBs; choice Ayrshire cow in full profit £lO. We m- r pigs, 10s to 1 Is tid ; well-bred breeding sows, 00s. Messrs Cow s ami loins report at their fortn..;iitly -toel. sain on Wcdrn day m : tries forward were eousideraldy in t cess of advertised li all elf -.e« of • to- '. 1 - tig ! rapreo til d, and with the exception tiioito i lot of fat wethers aud a few dry eons all ' lines changed ban If. The following are tbe] | wethers, 10m ; smith Ini ewes, Is 9d ; fat lamb , 7s ; dry *<•/**. . . .Ur.- , -ts »w\ vming wethi n 6 *1: woolly b >ggete, B 21; woolly u a A l , ai »<l wethers, ID Id; shorn vw'i-i ii*l I;*»jiL •. 'l. t attic Light beef steers, Jfcs ID: cows, X* ft h to .l> 10s ; two to two and a half .year steers, 60s to 74m ; store heifer*, 60s; yearlings, 40s : i calves 15-to -s ; dairy cons Lest, .CO 10m ; medium, it : ngud, 30s to 40s. Horeoft lii.-u/iiis, best, AzO; inferior and haeks, uu.sakabfo.