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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 6 March 1878, Page 2

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y^ASGkAsvi, Pe.bro^ary 28, Mr Foreman E. JACKBON reports— The sales liavei ' been well attended during th.a foyfcnigfyt, and satisfactory prices, obtained fop, the yendOTS. The yards' at Waverley were exceedingly well filled with good useful stock. At the. yarclp, torday, the pens were nearly all jelled, and everything sold undeip the hammer. A large number of harges found buyers at jyery good figurpsBeef was of 'good quality, arid made" about 20s the lOOlbs,' ' ' ; CAT3fjiß!,— ;At Waverley, 224 head came forward. Fat' bullocks made £8; steers, £6 10s ; cows and calres, £7 ss ; eigfchtejm- , months-old mixed steers, £4 7s 6d*J yearlings, dS3. ' At the yards, to-day, 80 head were, yarded. Fat cpws, £7 to £7 12s 6d ; cows, £5 15s i steera, tv?o,-year-old, £o 2s (H ; calves, £2. Sheep. — At Waverley, 1,831 were penned. Fjafc.ewjesj up tol2s ; breeding ewes, 6s 3ji. to Bs. 'At St. HilX-street, 1,135 we're, entered and sold. Fat wethers, "9s 9d"to : 10s j breeding ewes, 6s to 7s 3d 5 Jold- ewes, 3s ; lambs, 4s 6d^ ' ipioßSES. —^Dyaught unbrote^i animals made from £15 to £23 ; good hacks, un to £i4jlishidifcto,£ft;ss'to, ; e7 / . ' • Harph 1. Hi? G. A. HtTBIiET reports the Wanganui ■ grain and produce" market as follows :. — " O^.TS,arein good demand and aieTetchipg outside!, prices". ' Tfte." new; season's yield is "good, so that there is a probability of a little alteration inj prices. For inferior to best Canterbury' oats, the supply being very limited and no large stocks being hejjdv the retail price is about 4s 3d to 4s 6d. ' * Wheat. — Several parcels have been taken up by. Lapal miller^ at 4s 9d, biijb there Kave been Ylo' export' orders as yet," the prices, being far too, high. ' " ' >l B ablet. — The new. crop, has not yejj been put ir^the marke£. ' 1 TFtocii has preceded iji price, and. is now quoted at £15 m sacks. Oatmeal maintains former prices. ' E^ißy.PEpjitoE ' is exceedingly dull- of sale % 4 few parcels^ of cheese, "however, : have been placed "for present requirement*. • HAM^anrl, bacon nominal. Q-BASS SeedSj — Eye is just coming m and ; promises^to^be a good, satnple. Cocksfoot has.a^ery small local demand. ' ' Bulls, Marph 1, Messrs. Stevens and G-obton report having held) at'their yards, on tlie 28th ult., , one of (he largest and most successful, sales of stock that has yet taken place m the disfcrjet. Over 5,00PJ sheep., and about 250 head of cattle were offered and disposed of at the following rates -.—Lincoln sheep — On account of J,. W,-. Gpwer, E,sq. ; Purebredk rams, £8 10 to £22 ;. 15-16 Mi bred rams, £3" ss" to £7'lbs; f bred 2-tooth ey^es, £1 Is, On account of S f Q> Wilson, j Esq. — Pure-bred imported rams, £8 lOa jto £17 10s; pure-bred colonial 2-topth ; rams, £12 lo £25 ; pure-bre^ colonial, 6.tooth rams, £^18 to £2& 10s.' Lambsj 2s. 9dtb 4? 9d j.ewes, 5s 9d to,9s 9d-j wethers, <$£ to 8s 3d.; "rams, ios.3d. i " Catte.—^ Bullocks, £5, 17« 6d to,£B 12s 6fl; heifters, £5 to t £7.; cows, £5 5s to,£6 « 12s t sd,j, two-year old",' mixed, £4 tp £4 125. Qdj; mixed ages, and. sexes, £.3 12s 9d to £0. 'Atjoelanjd, Mjvch I. BnmET reports— Adelaide' flour, £17-;. . Dunedin, £13 ; Christchurch, j§l3 ;.oampu, '£i 4'; bran," £s'. 10s j poijardj £,5 10s ; oatmeal, £20 ; oats, 4» 4'd.; maize, 69 ;. potatoes, £3. 155; bacon and hams, m clpth, 8d ; qhe.ese, 6d bukter, "Bd. "Chbistoh^jbch, March. /L TJlie.w.heat market is unsettled/owing ta, competition between Ipcal millers and buy- . ers for the Auckland market. Prices have, been fqreed; up, fr^pm. 4s 8d ( to 4s 9d. to-, farmery or equal ip 5s r.o,b! Flour, Kpwr 1 eyer, has not responded, sopae.. millers offer T ing to ship at £12 f.0.b., at which rate large, ■parcels haye ehanged- hands, with other contracts^ pending. Oajs, npniinnlly 4i 3d to I .4e 6di— aelnianflifo^* export limited; barley," 4s 9d to, ss. for malting, and 3s. 6d.to 4&. for feed,; h^ms ans; bacon/ 8d ; rye grass, 7«6d. '