LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Williams and Kettle report as follous:-At their Bannevirko sale, held in the Miller's Road Yards, on May 17, there was a. fuii yarding of both sheep aim cattle, which met with a ready, sale at late rates. Mixed lambs. 6s. 7d.. if. M., fc. lid . to-.. 3d. 1.0 10.5. 6d.: 4 and 6-tooth wctners. Us.; Z-tooth wethers, 13s. id.; forward ewes 1C5..8d.: cull lambs. 3s.■ sd. to 4s. id. Bulls. £3 to £3 55.: mixed we.inorp.3fls. to £2 65.: 18-month to 2-ycar noifers. £4 3s. tn £3 7s. 6d.; fat cows. £3 7s. 6(i. to £4 175.; 18-month steers, to £4 7vj.; ciairy cows. £4 10s. to £5: store cows, £2 to £3 17s. 6d. Messrs. Dalgetv and Company. Ltd.. I'almerston North, report having had an exr.entionallv good yarding of both sheep and cattle at.' their Fcilding sale, on rrida-y list, when practically every, line changed hands undor keen competition, at prices highly satisfactory to vendor.-: --quotations: -Oull lambs, 45.: small lambs, 55., vs. to 7s. 3d.; very fair mixed lambs, to ?s. 4d.; small backward 2-tooth ewes. 10s. 9a.: cub 2-tooth wethers, 9.-:. lid.; small 2-tooth wethers, to 12s. Bd.; empty store ewes. Ss. 2d.: omptv ewes, in fair order. So lCs. 2d. to lCs. 7d.: Rood forward empty ewes, to 12s. 3d.: mixed age ewes ih lambs, to Us.: a line of <igo 2 and 4-tooth wethers, off hills, realised 145., and a similar line oi 405 better woolled' sheep sold at lis. 4d.; lieht. fat and forward wethers. 15s. Cattle: Emptv cows. £3 10s. to £3 155.: motherfed Hereford cross weaner steers, £a; 20months steers, £o 18s. to £4: dairy heifers. £5 10s., £5 18s., £6 ss. to £6 18s. sd. ,-.