LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1785, 25 June 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Lean and Mercantile* Agency Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At Rangiotu, on Monday, we had a very good sale of cattle, and liave -to to-. port an almost complete 1 clearance at prices in favour of vendors. We quote:— Sheep, aged ewes'in lamb, 10s. 2d." Cattle: Storo cowe, £2 7s. 6d. to £3 la; backward heifers, £4 2s. 6d.; springing heifers, £6 to £7- 2s. id.; flolstein heifers,. £8 12s. 6d.; springing cows. £6 to £7; good springing cows, £9" to .£9 ss.'; cows in calf, £4 lCs.' to £4 12s. fid.; cows with calves, £4 lis.; light fat cows, £5 to £5 2s. 6d.; good fat cows. £6 7s. 6d. to £6 10s.; forward cows, £4 10s. : .'. "Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, Wellington, report:—At our Lovin cale oi) Friday wo offered a good entry of. both sheep and cattle to a large attendance. The demand for hoggeta etrcs, and lambs seems to lia-vc slackened oil considerably, but anything in the fat .line was keenly competed for, and realised very satisfactory prices. Privately and at auction, wo practically a nit ted the whole of our yarding at the following prices :—Ewes in lamb, •to 143.; woolly lambs, to 6s. lid.:' ehorn do., to'6s. Id.; fat ewes, 155.. 15s. 2d., 15s. 5d....t0|155. 7d.: fat wethers. 15s. to 19s. Id.; springing lieifers, £5 to £6 10e». r springing bows, to £5; weaneTS, £1 45.. £1 £s., £115.3.. to £2; 95.;'18-montli steers. £2.105. to £3 55.; aged'cows in calf, to £3 6s.;.fat bullocks,, ■to -£7 55.; fat' hoifers, £5 Is.; fat cows, £5; bulls, .to £2 18s. '-Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, report,having'offered a small yarding of stock at their Taratahi sale on Monday. .Only'a small proncirtion of sheep entry "changed hands, tho rough weather no douht' prcventing buyers from operating. "Catlile"sold well throughout, and a good clearance of this-'does of stock resulted. Quotation?Slieep: Empty ewes, lis- M.; • fat and forward-ewes, 14s.v 6d. Cattle: Empty-fifteen-month Jersey heifers; £3 ,45.; •'store $6ws.. £2 ' to £2 7s.' £d.'; medinm--coiiditioned cows, £3 to £3 12s. 6d.: fat and do., to £4 fe.; bulls, £2 15s. to £3'lis.; stags. £2. •