LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 668, 19 November 1909, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs;.- Dalgety." and Company .'report':—Afour weekly eals held at. Palmerston. yesterday there was a very, of cattle, and' a fair entry of ehecp. Quotations-.-Sheep: Shorn ,ewes with .'lambs, 6s. 7d., all counted: fat and forward .shorn, owes,.9s. Gd.; shorn wethers, lCs.; fat and, forward wethers, lls. Id.; fat ewea, Ka. Bd.j fat.'wethers', 17s. 2d.: cwo"hoggets, 175.Cattlo: Bulls, £2'12?.. 61 to £4; yearling steers, to £2 55.; two and a. half-year steers, £4 ss. "6d.; three-year', steers, £5; forward bullockn, to i£6; empty cows, £2 7s. to £3■, yearling'heifcra, £2 Bs.;' half bred Holstein yearling heifers, £J <s.; yearling Jersey' heifers, £3 ,175.-' 6d. ■Messrs..Aoraham and ~ Williams' Limited,'report tnat-at Palmereton yesterday a fair entry* of sheep met with keen competition, and-all lots solu readily under the hammer. All classes of cattle also -so!d.,we!!,- and a good clearunco . wa3 cU'ectod. Quotations:—Forward wethers, 165.; mixed hoßgets, Us.; owes and !amb3 (all counted), 10s. 5d.; -owes, with lambs given'in,' 16s. 7d.;' forward" ewcs.i.lO?.; -, cull hoggets', • 7a.9d.; two-tooth shorn ewes, -128.; two-tooth shorn :-wethers,-Us.; shorn forward owes, us.-'W.; throeyear bullocks, £5 6s. 6d.;' yearling ■ steers, • 3Es. od. to £2 Is.; eightcon-months heifers, £2 45.;. three-yx\r empty heifers," £3.55.-6 d.; fat'cows, £4 4a. 6d. to £4 165.;-forward cows, £2'- 10s.' to" £3 17s. 6d.; springing• heifers, £3 10s. to £5 13s.' The Now Zealand Loan arid Mercantile Agency 00.,, Ltd. (Palmerston branch);.-report as follow:—At Eaumai, on Tuesday, a medium entry of cattlo- met with • a -fair demand, 'all'.lines being quitted' at. satisfactory prices. At Palmerston yesterday . we , had a fair entry of -:Bheep, and an :esceptionally' heavy yarding of cattle. Tho bulk,of the entry comprised good :well-grown steers and 'bullocks.'--- Buyers were present in good force, arid we had a very brisk sale, resulting- in almost a-total clearance. . We quote:—Bauraai:-Cattle—TVeaner heifers, 395.:. yearling'steers, £2 lls.;-: empty.-.heifers,' £2 ICa.; mixed yearlings, £2 33. 6d.; two-year steers,* £3; storo cows, £2 18s.'; yearling bulls, £2 7s. 6d.; aged bulls, £3 105..t0 £3 15s. Palmerston , North: Sheep—Ewes and* lambs, 175.,.1 d. to a>3. 6d.; rams, l~3.; Cattle—Small yearlings, 315.; yearling steers, £2 12s. 6d.; store cows, 375. to-£2 10s.; cows and calves, £3 7s. 6d."; fati.cows, £4 10s.; forward cows, £3 10s.; two and-.a half-vear-steers,. £4 7s. 6d. to £4 12s; 6d.: three and fonr-year bullocks, £5 12s. 6d. to £6; .forward bulls, £6 6s. 6d: to £6 Us.: 'three-year bulla (Polled Angus), '.£5 18s.; .S.H.Vcows and calves,' £5.'105.; yearling 'bulls, £2 2s.- 6d. to ;£2 10s.;. two-year bulls," £4; yearling S.H. bulls, £4- 4s. to £5; two-year S.H.' bulls, £6; aged S.H.- bulls, £5- 10s. - : ~- ;••,.-■'. ■ •• -- . ■•-■' '■■■■ ■■