LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 16 March 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Th« New Zoaland Lonn and Ifcrcanti Agency Company, Ltd., report for wee ending March 15 as follows :-At Fcildic on Friday we bad a heavy yarding of hot sheep and cattle, despite the mclemci weather. All lines were wsll competed fo and with the exception of two peng < sheep and one small pen of cattle, we di posed of our entry at satisfactory price Wo quote:—Woolly lambs, to 73. Id.; m dium lambs, to 7s. 4d.; raps lambs, 10 5d.; mixed age ewes, Bs. Ud.; 9s. 10d., 9 lid.; mixed age Roniney ewes, 12s. 5d H.L. ewes, 10s. 9d., IDs. lid., 11s. 10d., 1 11s. 6d.; small two-tooth Romney ewes, 12s small B-L. ewes, 10a. 2d.; better ditto, 1 135.; store ewes, 55.; two-tooth wsthoi (small), 12?.; better ditto, Us.; rams, 19 Cattle: Weaner steers, £1 7s. 6d.; bett( ditto, £1 145.; mixed weavers, £1 9s. to .1 9s. 6d.; eighteen-month 6tecrs, £3 16s wean*r heifers, £1 9s. 6d.; yearling heifer £1 tßs.: empty cows. £3 IDs.; JcrEcy he fors, £2 17s. 6d.; UoMein heifers, £3; Jo soy-Holstein heifers, £3 35.; forward cow £3 17s. 6d.; light fat cows, £■> to £4 15s light speyed heifers, £3 163.; fat cowb, i 95.; two-year hoifsrs, £3 155.; forward bu locks, £7; cows, In calf, to £7; bulls, t £3 7s. 6d. At Apiti on Tuesday the New Zealan Loan and Mercantile Agency had a lore entry of sheep and a fair entry of cattl Ewes were neslect'd, but other classes c sheep sold well. Quotations: Rape lamb: Bs. 9d. to 95.; f. and f. rape lambs, 10s medium ewe lambs.-Bs. to Bs. 2d.; mixe medium lambs, 7s. 3d. 7s. 6d., to Bs.; smn lambs, 3' to 4s. 5d.; f.f.m. ewes. Us. 3( to lla. 4d.; s.m. ewes, 7s. 3d., 7s. 7d.. t 9s. 4d.; two-tooth wethers. 125., 12?. 6d. t 135.; yearling steers, £2 10s.; weancrs, i 2s. to £1 65.; good mixed weaners, £1 17s, forward cows, £4; dairy cows, £5 15s, springing cows, £6 Is. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report 0 their Levin sale, held yesterday, as fo l ows —We had a full yarding of both shed and cattle. Owing to the bad condition 0 the weather, stock was not looking wcl and things dragged at the beginning c the sale but brightened up os we wen on, and we quitted tho most of our yarc ing at satisfactory prices. We quotc:Forward wethers, to 13s. 3d.; four-toot store wethers, 11s. 9d. to 13s. Id.,- smal wethers, Bs. 6d.; fat ewes, 11s. lid., 12s. 6d 135.; fat wethers, to 135.; good breedin: ewes, to 12s. 6d.; fat cows, on account 0 the State Farm, to £7; others, £4 17s. 6d.t £5; cightesn-months steers. £3 to £3 lCs. cighteen-months heifers, £2 11s. 6d. to £4 cows, in milk, to £5 10s. 6d.; yearling he: fers. £2 ss. to £2 11s. 6d.; heifers, in call to £4; good weaners, £2 Is.; bulls, £1 10s £1 155.. to £3; vcalors, £1 17s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re port—At our Falmerston North sale 0; Thursday. Maroh 14, a good d;mand cxisi cd for all classes of sheep, and sales wer effected nt the following quotations :-Fou and six-tooth ewes, 12s. Bd.; four and five vear ewes, 11s.- 3d.; forward ewes, 9s. t 9s 9d.' f.m. ewss, Bs.; cull ewes, 3s. 3d to ss. 6d.; two-tooth wethers, 9s. to 10s. fat cows, £5 18s. 6d.: right fat cows, £ 18s ; store cows, £3 3s. 6d.; springins hei fors, £5 12s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantil Agency Company, Ltd., reports:—At ou Levin sale to-day we offered a fair yardini of both sheep and cattle to a large a 1 tendance of buyers. Tho sale was dul throughout, but we managed to dispose o the bulk of our entry at satisfactor: prices. Wβ sold fat ewes to 12s. 6d., irn low-conditioned full and failing-inouti ewes at 65.; twenty-months dairy heifer (sprineers), to £5 55.; eightesn-months hei fers (in calf), from £3 2s. 6d. to £4 Is. yearling heifers, from £2 15s. to £3; foi ward store cows, from £4 9s. to' £5 10s. bullocks, to £6 17b. 6d.; weanec calves, t> £1 89.