FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY STOCK REPORT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 120, 28 February 1880, Page 2

FREEMAN R. JACKSON'S FORTNIGHTLY STOCK REPORT.

- . * . ~» WAitoANin,; Pebrunry"2s. ' The prices rulins? at-the^alesjxlMying the past fortnight hare, not bee.n so &god a,s tho«e previonslv.? j-The i continued drj weather makes settlers shjof stone Itock ; up to the.prea^ent.the grass is plentiful^ still if the ram does not come soon, we may look for. a scarcity of, fee.a for a short time. At Waverlejj nearly *Sl the cattle ei}'eced niyere tui'ued out unsold, only twtTpens finding purchasers, and at low- values- ; 'At tlie yard^to-day c^CEle.was ?ery difficult to sell t The beef was of the best auality, but the' priced expected by the owners wer» coi?federed too high for the trade, the result being a dragging market throughout. _The bnlki qf the* beef went back, and did also onV'pan of'forwavd bnllocW The,f other cattle found purchasers at the quotations 0*elow" IfqiWtebeef Tery.,pritne, 175,, 6d v ; good 15s. i iFor, siortp the, prices at Waverle.T were rery" goqd,, • and all offered were sold. At tlie yards tp-4»y I, Had a large silp'ply, prices filmg 1 " fully Js a Tiead under these of the.last s4le. * I succeeded m quitting all offered, biu7at,prices very much m 'favor 6f £lie Tjnyers.^^Biga were wefl. competed for, and 'made Extreme rates. The qu6t*tidn -for stock sold are*' as follows : — Cattle —At Waverley 3^50 Head were yarded, and only 5S head were sold— Mixed heifers and steers 10 months old, £2 9i. ; cows and calves, £5. , At the yards day, 141 were offered, 83 -were disposed of ,—^est bullock*, i.cqws, £3.. t0 £5 lOs.'j.fclie latter being a superior lot of*stor«B, 18,- month-old s&W/'£2 10s. £2 7b. 6d. j calves and yearlings, £1 10«/ $SKBP — Aft.Wftwrla.vf'^e were sold— /Jood useful r owe9, 6s to Jls : wethers and *3w»s* W * JAt the street yards to*dayj 2350 were, penned and sold— Fat we'tllore, 6s. to 6s. M, I .fiw^^M. ; store wethers, 48.'6 d. to ss. 6d. j store ewas, 3t. 6d. to 45. ; lambs iq, wgol ( 88. 6d. . . ' L RAks.— Mr. Wilson's pure-bred Lmooln rams met a good sale. The animals «were m very good order, 4 'and showed th 9 breeding j they made from £6 to £10 55. ; othw ramß, £1 10s. to £2 , Hoeses were about as usual. I, sold a fair proportion of those offered, P loa ._p or ters, 14a. to 17»<6d v , A ExroßW.— looo aheep, I^oo piga and 20