MESSRS HALCOMBE AND SHERWILL'S REPORT.
We held a large and brisk sale at our yards yesterday, the late rains, no doubt, giving people confidence in purchasing. We yarded 90 rams, 340 cattle, and 1000 sheep, j The following prices were realized : — \ OATiLß.—ifat cows, £4, £4 12s 6d, and £4 16s 6d j beef (builooks), small, £5 10s j IS^months to 2-year heifers, £1 13s 6d to £2 ; 18^months steers, £2 8s ; 3to 4*year i bullocks, £4 2s 6d, £4 15a, and £4 17s 6A ; , cows with calves at foot, £2 14s to £3 Os 6d ; yearling heifers, 27a $ yearling steers, 34s ; store cow«, 35a to 15s ; 2-hyear steers, £4 ; mixed yearlings, 30a. Shebp. — Lambs in wool, 3s 9d ; Lincoln ewes, 4M»oth to full mouth, 7s 3d ; aged ewea, 4a 5d to 6s lOd ; wether lamba, 4s 7d j fat wethera, 7a 2d to 7s 5d : Mr Saxon's rams, £ guinea to 1 guinea ; Mr Pharazyn'a rams, 1 guinea to 1_ guineas, Mr Ader's rams, 2 guineas to 2£ guineas ; Mr Willis' rama, 1 guinea to 2£ guineas. Contractors' PiiAht.— The contractors' j plant did not, for some unexplained reason , come forward. j Horses.— Horses sold fairly, tolerable ] food hacks making from £7 to £9 10s j uggy ponies, £11 the pair,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11128, 13 February 1886, Page 2
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210MESSRS HALCOMBE AND SHERWILL'S REPORT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11128, 13 February 1886, Page 2
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