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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12188, 8 June 1907, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

NAXCIAXUI STOCK RKPORT

J. 11. XIXOX AND CO.

Mobvs. J. U. Nixon ami Co. report as under : - . , , , AYe held our usual foitnig'htly stock sale at Wanffanui on sth instant, when we were favoured with a full yarding ot both sheep and cattle. Sh<sep sold readily at current prices the whoel of the yarding being disposed of before the close of the sale. Biddinfi for cattle was dull, thoui>h \\f succeeded in quittintf most of the lines passed in after the sale. \\e quote :: — • „ Cattle—Fat cows £5, forward cows 4.3 lls to £3 12s 6tl, forward steers £5 16s, 2 to 21-year steers £2 18s 6d to £3 6s, 3-year steers £4 7s 6d, mixed yearlings 21s to 255, empty heifers ipoor) 27s to ;VJs, others £2 4s to £2 7s, heifers in olf £l 17s Cd to £3, cows in calf (poor) £2 2-, 6d to £2 7s, store cows £1 5s to L-2 lGs. , r Sheep. —Fat ewes 15s to 17s 3d, forward ewes 10s sd to 14s, wether lambs .ss Gd to 12s 3d, 2-tooth wethers 1%.,3 d, others 10s to 13s, 3 and 4-year ewPs in lamb 15s id to 16s, 4 and 6-tooth ditto K>s 9d, f.m .ewes in lamb 10s 2d to 12s sd, cull ditto 8s to 10s. Pi«s.— Porkers 25s to 27s 6d, light ditto 16s to 17s.