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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11759, 13 April 1888, Page 2

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F R. JACKSON AND 00.'8 • - * STOCK BEPOBT. .'. - ,'. ' Wednesday, April 11. Sheep hare improTed in yalut since our last report, and onr yards have been' well filled with sheep, of good quality on the . -whole. - We.iold all that oame forward, at ' prices in favour of -vendors. At Palmerston a grand line of well-bred ewes from, the Wairarapa elicited keen competition. At St Hill- alreet yesterday nearly every lot was lold at the auction. A splendid lot of tfanier . wethers,, which came to hand in capital . . order, were well competed for* Mr 3. Hail's eweiwere ncucb. admired, and made 9b lfld each. ; In cattle little or nothing is doing. ..We have had ' better inquiry for steers. ■ We diipoied of almost 300 head at Waverley onHenday, at low prices. . Pigs are at full . ,ralu«». W« told all Mr Hait's horaei yes* terday at. fail prices considering the low s rates ruling of late. We quote ; — . , Oaitlb— Wayerley— 2i year old steers, £2. 155 ; 18 month old steers, 36s ; cows aid oaWes, 30s to S4s ; yearlings, 21s ; fat ..' opw«> £8 1O». St Hill-Btreet— Fat cows, £8 6s to £3 7s 6d ; old oowt, 21* ; miloh , cows, £2 to £7 ; and heifers, 235. •■;.. Saup— Palmerston— Breedidg ewes, 4s 9d to 7s 8d; wethers, 8s ; lambs, 6s Bd. -; Warerley — Good forward wethers, -9s 6d_ : ,!< qthers; Bs.3d ; ewes, 3s lOd to 6s » lambs in wool, 6s 9a. Wanganai— Napier wether?, '. Ss 3d| other Jlnes, 7s 9d; ewes, 8t to, 9s •lMffu]! mouth -ewes'; 8a; shorn lambs, 4s 6dj o»e apeoial lot of Mr Bbbertson's wether lambs, shorn, bringing 6s 7d. sr Pica— Sfc Hill-street— targe pigs, 25s to ' '36s'eaeh ; good porke'S, 18s to 20s ; stores, :.. 3 65-to.7j. ----- ■ s .iHoaBßa— Draught animals, £6 to £12 ; . unbroken two year olde, £8 to £10; hacks, ' -i:iUifar-£Sy screws and weeds, 26s to 45s< ;- 1 • tbtTLTBY-p-Fdwli, 2s 6d to 3s ; ducks, : 3s :fto(Bi'6d the couple. . ';' ''''". -