STOCK-REPORT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 25 October 1912, Page 2

STOCK-REPORT.

The Xcw Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Reduced, report: At Himitangi on Monday we had a very heavy entry of cattle,"just on 500 head heing penned. There was a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the district, and very few lines were turned out unsold. Quotations : Sheep: Light fat ewes 17s 3dj ewes and lambs 19s 3d. Cattle: Small yearlings 33s 6d to £2 Is, yearling steer? £2 17s to £3, small yearling heifers'£2 16s 6d to £3 25., yearling heifenj, £319s to £4 3s 6d, Jersey cross yearling heifers £4 7s 6d 2 year heifers £4 5s 6d to £4 14s, store cows £2 10s to £3 Is 4 6d a forward cows. £4 2s 6d to £4 10s 3 light fat cows £4 18s to £5 8s 3 springing cows £5 10s to £7 15s, springing heifers £5 17s (id to £7 10s, bulls £6 os to £7, small bulls £3 to 3 10s. Pigs: Slips 12s to 13s 6d. Tho >«'-ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Reduced, Stratford branch, report as. follows: Chi Tuesday, the 22nd inst., we held our usual fortnightly combined sale in oar Stratford yards, when thero was a yarding of 570 head of mixed cattle and 18 fat sheep. Prices for storo cows are very good at present, as they are keenly enough sought after. We quote prices as follows : Mixed yearlinsrs of poor quality 32s to 52s 6d, yearling steers, Shorth sorts, small framed, made from 50s to 58s, good conditioned cattle realised from 60s to 67s 6d, yearling -Sh->. horn heifers, small but in good condition, made from-58s to 635, JersoyHolstein cross yearling heifers realised from 70s to 100s for nice, well-done farmers' lines, Jersey yearling heifers of good quality brought good prices, making from 90s to 11-is Gd; two-year-old steers 85s to 90s, 2 year old empty heifers. Shortho-rn sorts, made from «3s to 90s, Holstein heifers 89s to lOtts. 3 year old steers 105s to 116s, store cows, low-conditioned, 48s; cows, ordinary sorts; 76s to 89s, forward cows !?2s to 102s. fat cows 120s to lB6s; we, also sold 18 forward ewes at 17^-4-dT"' Wo also held a dairy sale on the same day, heifers coming forward in good numbers. Prices were rather better than on Saturday, and wo quote as follows: Shorthorn heifers close to profit 110s to 177s 6d., heifers rather backward 87s 6d to 120s, Jersey-Hol-stein heifers close to profit 150s to 2UOs, dairy cows close to profit 135s to 2255, cows in low condition and backward brought from 65s to 100s, 2 year heifers, calved, realised from 115s to 1455.