LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1617, 7 December 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

.Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report on their stock Kile held at Levin yesterday as followsWe had .a large entry of a-II classes of 6horn sheep and cattle. There was a good attendance of buyers,' and competition for the slieep wa-3 keen, but catt-le wer-e somewhat, eo-sler. We had a -very succcssful jSale, and report the following prices:—Fat wethers, 183. Bd.; fat ewes. 18s.-Bd. to 19s. 9d.; two and fourtooth wethers, 155.; two-tooth wethers, 12s. Bd.; two" and foua'-toot-h ewes, 14b. 4d.; two tooth ewes; 135.; mixed two-tooths, 12s. 6d.; fat and forward ewes, 135.; weavers, 235. 6d. to. 375.; yearling steers, £2 13s. 6d., £3 65., to £4 95.; yearling heifers, .£2 4s„ £3 ,ss. 6d.; £3 7s. 6d., to £3 lis.; yearline Jersey heifers. £4 6e.; two-year steers, £5 19s. 6di.;' springing heifers, £5 155.; forward empty cows, £4, £4 65., £4 10s., to £4 IBs.; store cows, £3 35.; com} with calves, £5 2s. 6d.; light fart, cows, £5 to £6 2s. 6d.; bulls, £2 to £3. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C 0.,. Ltd., and Reduced, report regarding their Levin stock saie:—Wo held our usual fortnightly sale at our yards, when we offered a fair entry of both- sheep and cattle to n full, attendance of buyers. Wellington butchers were aleo, present, and secured one .or tyro lots of fat sheep and oattle. Beef was 'a. little easier,' but we managed to quit - our" fats at' prioea satisfactory to vendors. We sold'fat bullocks from £8 10s. •' to £8 155.; forward bullocks to £7 65.;. weaner heifers, ; to 355.; weaner steers, to 365.; mixed weancrs, from 255. to 28s. 6d.; - woolly .wethers,to 19s. 9d.; ewes and wethers (mixed), to ' 17s. lid.; oull ewes, to. 145.; dairy cowb (springers), up to. £5 lfe.; bulls, to' £2 ICS.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., and Reduced,,reportAt Palmerston North on Thursday we had a moderate entry of sheep and oattlo,. and effected- a good clearance -at late rates. Quotations:—Sheep; Shorn ewes with lambs.14s. Id.; store ewes, 7s. 7d.. Cattle: Wean ers, 235.; store cows, £3 14s. to £4 25.; forward ' cows, £4 Us. 6d. to .£5 l-s.; forward heifers, £5 25.; heifers in o&lf, £4 95..'6 d.; heifers in milk, £4 155.; yearling bulls, £2 to £2 Bs.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.; report as foUowß on their Palmerston North sale, -held on Thursday —Quotations: Light, fat, woolly owes, 18s.; imxed hoggets, 145.. 7d. to 16e. Bd.; fat shorn ewes, 155.; fatshorn wethers, 17s. 10d.; forward shorn ewes, lis. gd.; two-tooth wethers, 145.; yearling steers, £3. 25.; store cows, £5 10s. to £3 19a.; light fat: cows, £5 45.; bulls, £2 135., £3 45., £3 10s,, to'£3 135.; Holstein-grade bulls, £10 lCs„ 115 guineas, to 13, guineas.