LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1090, 31 March 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

(f M t s , S n s 'Ti l, , alEety and C0..-Ltd.. report:-. itr°v Ur nf Pall ??, rst<>n , wle ywtcrday a fair enfry .of cattle-and-a small yarding of sheep, were all sold, with the exception of two small pods p£ cattle.- Komncv rams made to 25s.;;smali wether lambs to'4s. 6d • tofejs running with bull, £3 lCs.to £3 lis. 6d.; weaner heifers, 195.; small yearrug: steers, to 325.; empty cows, £3.25. 6d. to £3 15?.; forward cows, £4 to £4 75.: fat and forward heifers. £4 9s. to £4 12s. 6d.; light fat cows and heifers. £5 to £5 10g ■ cows in calf. £5 17s. 6d., £6 to £6 15s. The New Zealand Loan and irercantilc Agency Co., Ltd. (Palmerston North *£?£$ re ' ,or ' a s J follow s:-At Palmerston jeoterday we had a moderate cntrv of E' ™ a a. small yardim: of cattle. Sheep sold at late rates, and a (rood inquiry existed for cattle. We hadfa cood clearance at the following rates'-Sheep: LaU lambs, 33. 3d.; mcflmm lambs. 6s. 7d to is. 3d.; forward lambs, Bs. 4d.; aced ewes. 4s. ad. to ss. Id:: store ewes. 7s. 3d.forward ewes. 9s. 6d.; 2-tooth wethers. IZs ■ Bomney rams. 2 to 2J guineas. Cattle" Weaners, small. 2js.: weaner heifers, mod' 335.; 15-months.steers, £2 95.; forward cows £4 95.; spnnEinir cows, £6. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., re-port:-At Palmerston North yesterday, a Good demand existed for al! classes of cattle, a clearance being effected- at the undermentioned quotations:—With the exception of one good lot of 200 lambs, which realised Bs. 6d., no first-class lines of sheen were offered, the entry consisting of inferior owes, for which the demand wa3 l>P»t<!d. Quotations :-Fat cons. £5"18s. to £6 Is. id.; liKht fat cows, £4.105. to £5 9s ■ forward cows, |J 15s. to £4 i s , fd .. le : months halfbred Jersey heifers in calf £4 55.; 13-months shorthorn dairy heifers in calf, £o 10s.; small weanprs, 10s. to 155.; 2J> and 3-year bullocks. .£5 16s. 6d. : good lambs" Bs.-6d.; 6-tooth to 4-year ewes in lamb. 10s! to 10s. 6d.;- ci'.U lambs, 43.