LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1484, 5 July 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report •:—At our Palmerston North sale yesterday there was a fair entry of shr;o nnd cattle. Sheep: Empty ewes, to 10s. 9d.; small mixed lambs, 10s. 3d.; medium mixed Limbs, Us. 9d.: mixed aged ewes, in lamb. 11s. <ld. to 12s. 5d.; email two-tooth wethers, 14s. Id.; backward dairy heifers, to .f;4<ts. 6d.; store cows, £3 9s. to £3 135.; forward cows, £4 10s.; light fat cows, £5 9s. .

Messrs. Williams and Kettle report ha.ving held a very successful cleanup; sale at Maiiearawa on account of Mr. W. E. lieynell. on July 2. when all clnssee of live and dead stock realised very satisfactory prices. They report the following sales:—Mix'd-ssx hoggets, ?s. 9d., 11s. 3d.; eix-tooth to f.m. ewes, in lamb, Us. lid.; weaner steers, £2 to £2 4?. 6d.; weaner heifers, £3 14s. to £3 15=.: Jersey bull, £5 55.; 1 (trade lloletcin bull. £2 155.; two-tooth liomncv rams, £1 55.: 1 trap mare. £11 55.: and iiost of tho household Furniture and effects realised market mte=.

Messrs. Abraham an.l Williams, Ltd., report:—At our I'almcrslon North sr-te, held on July 4, we had a medium yarding oi both sheep and cattle. .'Micep were in keen demand, but cr.ttle were slightly dull. Full-mouth ewtrs in lam!) to .Southdown rams. 11s. lid.; two-tooth wethers. 14s. Id.; lambs, 10a. 7d. to lls. Id., forward ewes. 10s. lid.; fat raws, £4 17s. 6d. to £5 4s. 6d.; dairy cows. £5 to £6 IC-.; yearling heifers, .€2 95.; yearling steers. £3: mixed weanera, 365.; heifers, ill calf, £4 11s..

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., and α-etluccd (Palmerston branch), rep:irt:-On* Tne-'ilny we held a successful sale of dairy stock on account of lie. A. Ilonore. of Tiritea. The clows, which wern meetly backward in calving, fold well, making up to £16 155.. tliiry heifers, close to nrofit, £6 to £8 sr>.; others, £4 10s. to £5 lCs.: backward heifers, £3 Us. to £3 15?. Pigs: Berkshire boars, 15 k> 2:1 guineas; sows, 2} to 4i enini'as: weaners. 9s. At Hongotea. on Wednesday stock did not come forward as advertised. Quotations: Sheep-Cull ewes, in lamb, 7s. lid.; yearline heifers. £3 125.; store cows, £2 10s. to £2 18s.; forward cows, £3 15s. to £4 2j.; forward heifers, £4 10s.; fat cows,-£5 U.; bulls, £3 16s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Corannny, Ltd.. and reduced, report:—At Palnifirston North on Thursday we had a sma.ll entry of sheep, and a. Kood yarding of cattle, the latter consisting mostly of female sorts. Sheep: Forward ewes. 11s. 5t1.; lambs. 12s. sd. Cattle: Weanars. 21s. 6d.; weaner heifers, £2 to £2 55.; aged cows, 2'.s. to 305.; store cows, £2 to £1; forward cows. £3 10s. to £3 155.; aged cows, in «ilf, £3 to £4; cows, in calf, £4 17s. id. to £6: heifers, in calf. £5 10s.; weaner bulls, £2 to 2 6s.