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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8371, 11 January 1894, Page 2

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Sydney Wool Sales. (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per United Prssß Association.) Stdnby, January 11. At tho wool sales, medium wools remained firm and Deoember price 3 wore all maintained. i Freeman E. Jackon's and Co.'s Wanganui Stock Report. We held a special sale of lambs at Waverley. Tho bidding was especially dull throughout, resulting in all the lambs being turned out unsold. Wo placed some the next day at 5s 6d. Cattle were also at lower values. At Wanganui yesterday we sold all out, excepting one line of ewes and lambs. The prices are quoted below, and these will be maintained for some titube, wo think : — Cattle — At Waverley — Cows and calves, £4 15s ; fat cows, £4 ; stores, £3 15s ; steers, £3 10s. At Bt. Hill-street— Fat bullocks (small), £5 15s to £6 7s; forward bullocks, £5 6s ; good steers, £-1 11s to £4 Us ; 2-year-olds, £3 10s to £3 12s ; young ones. £2 15s ; cows, £3 7a 6d to £4 5. ; heifers, £3 ; yearlings, £2 18s. Sheep— At Wavorley — Hoggets, 7s 8d ; woolley lambs, 5s 6d. At; Wanganui — Fat wethers, 9s lOd to 10s 7d ; ewes, 8s 7d to !)s ; store wethers, 7s 6d to 8s lid ; old owes, 3s 3d to ss ; 4 and O-tooth ewes, 7s 6d ; cnlled Jamba, 3a. Pigs— Baconers, 31s to 60s ; large porkere, 20s 3d to 27s 6d ; good stores, 15s 9d to 17s 3d ; small pigs, 10s to 12s. Poultry—Fowls, 2s 6d and 3s 6d ; ducks, 3s to 3b 6d the couple. ( Horses— Our fair was well attended. I We sold about half of the total number J entered. Draughts, £16 to £20 10b ; good hacks, £10 to £16; light harness horses, £14 to ±16 ; ordinary hacks, £8 to £9 ; unbroken, £7 to #10; inferior horses, £4 11s to *6,