ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS' REPORT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16824, 28 November 1916, Page 4

ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS' REPORT.

Abraham and Williams report as follows :— At Otafci, on the 22nd inst., we had a. fair entry of both sheep and cattle,' practically the whole of which was disposed of at the following .rates'?— Fat woolly hoggets 40s, 4 and'6-teotK' shorn wethers 32s lOd, mixed snorii hoggets 26s 6d to 275, Down cross hoggets (woolly) 335. Fat cows (medium) £12 5s to £13 15s, forward cows £11 16s to £11 18s, store cows £9 8s to £10 17s, store heifers £7 17s to £8 18s 6d, cows and calves £11 16s, 3-year steers (poor) £12 13s 6d, 2-y-3ar steers (low condition) £I.l,,vweaner heifers £2 13s. At Palmerston North, on the 23rd inst., we had _a^jno4g|3a.te yarding of cattle. A few«p^s&£Mneep also came forward. Practicaltf^yery thing: sold, prices 'being on a par with late quotat'ons. F.f.m. ewes and lambs mad© £2 14s 4d, aged ewes and lambs 39s 6d, i '-oncli fat cows £11 18s to £12 6s for-••.-'•<l cows (light) £10 9s to £10 10s, ' w« and calves £8 18s-to £9 9Sj dairy ";? 411 2s 6d to £l^l&rinfe^ig hefC 9 2s 6d to £11; 20monlh steers ■'-: Us to £8 18s, 15-month heifers £7 9s to £8 ? bulls £ 7s to £10 10s. At Feilding, one the 24th inst., 504 sheep and 455 head of oattle were yarded. Prices were slightly easier than at previous sales, but the' bulk of the stock penned was disposed of at f aauction or after. Prices as follows, were obtained:—Fat cows (plain) £13 7s, light fat heifers £10 7s 6d to £10 17s 6d, forward Shorthorn cows and heifers £14 8s 6d, 3-year Herefam cross heifers (low condition) £11, cow* and calves £11, store cows £9 15s to £10 2s, dairy cows £11 15s to £14, 2-yea-r springing heifers (poor £7 7s 6d . to £9 7s 6d, 2-jear empty heifers £9 1 Is, 20-month ditto £8 10s, yearling to 15-month Shorthorn heifers v£7 to £7 17s, yearling heifers (poor) £3 12s, 15----month steers £8 18s, 20-month ditto (coloured) £9, coloured mixed weaners £2 ss.

iSjt-evens and TJrquharb report oar their Feilding Mart sales on Friday, November 24th, as follows: —Poultry: All lines selling well: Hens 5s 6d to 7s pair, cockerels ss, roosters 4s 9d to 6s, chicks Is 9d to 3s 9d, ducks Bs, golv biers 11s 6d each. Pigs: Big entry; good demand. Weaners 10s (small) m 17s, stores 24s to 40s, porkers 425. Harness ma<re £10 10s. Tanks, w;ir« netting, roofing irori-;-harness, sundries, and furniture at fair prices.