COMMERCIAL. Stock Market.

Wanganui Herald, Volume xxxvi, Issue 10590, 12 March 1902, Page 1

COMMERCIAL. Stock Market.

i The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co.,* Limited » report: — • Since last report we have held sale ■ at Rangiwahia, Kimbolton, openiii] . sale at Taihape, and at Feilding. Rangiwahia sale, 24th ult. — The yard ing of both cattle and sheep was larg . compared with other sales. Tho price 1 were good, the dry season not havhij 1 affected the inland bush country to tlt< ■ gamo extent as tho open. i Kimbolton sale, 25th ult.— A far ' muster of all stock came forward. Bid ' ding was slack throughout tbe sale ■ the majority of business was done afte the auction. * Opening sale at Taihape, 4th inst.- - There was a. large, attendance at thi ; sale, and the settlers expressed thei 1 appreciation at having stock sale started. Throughout the district ther are , large numbers of small settlers 1 and regular sales no doubt will be i •' great benefit to them. Both cattle am : sheep came forward in fair number* and we consider the sale, most, satis factory. -' ** Feilding sale, 7th inst.'— The yardin) of all classes of stock was large, an< the welcome general rain which pre vailed throughout the day had the bene ficjal result of slightly hardenini prices. Rangiwahia prices. — Fat ewes, 8s 6d 9b; wethers, 8s to 9s 6d; f.m. ewes 4s Id to 6s 6d; 4- and 6-tooth ewes 9s, 11s; lambs, 2s Id to 5s 6d; 2-tootl ewes, 8s to 8s 8d; 18-months heifers £3 Is to £*;' 18-months steero, £2 10 6d t0,J83 Ss 6d; yearling steers, £2 U £2 10s 6d; weaners, 24s to* 28s; fa cows, £A 10s to £5 ; store cows, £3 U £3A6m; 21-year steers, £i 6s; '3-yeai steers, £S. „ Kimbolton pricss. — Lambs, 5s 3d t( Is Sd; f.m. ewes, 4a 7d, 7s; wethers 7s 9d;'Bs; fat ewes, 8s 6d, 9s 3S; 3 year steers, £* Is to. £4 15»; '{at cows; £A 15s to £6 2s 6d; 2-year steeas.jES I^3 ; springing heifers, £4, 6s to £5 ; heifers in calf, -£■*** 6d, wc»np», 255, 30s, 325. • v ' Taihape. prices. — Weaners, 26s to- 31s ; 21-year steers, £\ 14s 6d ; 18-monta do. JE2 ilfc tax JB3MSs; 2-year steers; £% 17s Gd; fat cows, .£5 -ss; cull ewes, It 7d to ss; woolly lambs,. 6sr3d; fat ewes, 10s; 'mixed 2-tboths, 7s Bd, 7s 6d. Feilding price. — Springing cows, £5 10s to M; fat cow*, £4. to .£5 6s; yearlings, 35s to £2 10s; weaners, 22s to 33».6d; 18-months cattle, £2 10s to £3; heifers, £4 3s; store cows, £3 5s to £3 18s; purebred Shropshire' ewes (2-tooth), l}es; do. rams, 2Jgs to 3gs; store ewes, 3s 6d to 6s 7d; 4-year Lincoln ewes, 8s 9d; . good mixed Romney ewes', 12s; wethers, 8s to 8s 6d; fat ewes, 8s" 2d to 9s; lambs, 2s to ss.