PALMERSTON STOCK REPORT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1168, 1 February 1904, Page 6

PALMERSTON STOCK REPORT.

The New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, % Ltd., report' as .follows:-^- - '" ! -■'"' ••'•'

At "Palmerstdn on Thursday ~we had an aversge^yarding of sheep and. cattle, tne latter -consisting > principally of , grow a steers of good -quality, for- which, h'owi ever, a .keen demand did not exist. The sale" generally '.^&s- dull; owing to the continued, .'-spell' of Iplry" "weather. .We were,' hpwever , (j successfuV in placing the bulk 6f the.yafdingi.at.what.may> be. considered satisfactory prices. ? Quotations : — . . Sh'ee.p\— Cull ewes, 6s lid; cull lambs, 3s" iOd; miked JJrtooths, l&r 7d; fat- and forward ewes,- lls. -,-„--. .. • ) Cattle.— Weaners, 22s 6d to 30b; 2-year heifers,; steers, <£4. 4s fid; store.,cowß, • ss> ,to £3 12s 6d ; 3-year steers, 156 ;' buJls^ £i.