LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1830, 16 August 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report that at their Pajmonstom etock sale on Thursday they offered a fair yarding of etock to a full attendance of buyers. Prices realised as follows:—'Two and four-tooth wethere, £1; two-tooth owc3 in lamb, 19s. lOd.; two, four, and six-toatih owes in lamb, 19s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Falmcnston North, on Thursday a fair entry of sheep met with spirited competition., and all lots sold under tlho hammer <i.s follows :-Fat wethers, £1 2s. ild. and £1 35.; fa.t ewes, £1 Is.; forward empty owes, 13s. 7(1.; light, fat ewes, 17s. Id.; store wethers, 14s. 4d.; block-faced hoggets 12a. Id. to 13s. 3d.: aged ewes in lamb to S.D. Tama, 16s. Id.: store cows, £2 fct • fat cows, £5 £&; springing heifers, £5 7s.' 6d.: two-year steers, £4 195.; forward cows, £3 14s.

: The Now Zealand boon and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Palmerston North., report :—At Palmereton North, on Thursday, we had a good entry of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle, and hn.ve to report a total oleairance at UlO following prices:— Sheen: Store owes, 6s. 9d.: fa.t ewes, £1; rnnall hoggets, 10s.: medium hoggets, 13s. 9d.: good hoggetfl. ISs. 6d. to 15s. lid..: fat and forward wethers, 19s. 4d.; fat wethers, £1 6s. 6d. Cattle: Store cows. £2 lis ; forward cows, £4 K: forward t>.ir. heifers, £5 Is.; light fa.t heifers. £5 16?.

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report:—At Vfilding, 011 Wednesday, wo hold a. s<per.ial sale of springing heifers. There way a moderate attendance of buyers, and although bidding at auction woo not brisk, we succeeded in placing the bulk nf 'the ynrdiu«r tut satisfactory rricc?. Quotations:—Small ami backward- heifers. £4 10s. to £3: medium Shorthorn eross heifers, £5 15s. to < £6; Shorthorn cross helfora, 01060 up, £6

10s. to £7 10s.; Ayrshire heifers, £6: medium Ilolstein lieifen?, £6 155.; .-mail Jersey cross heifer.-;. £6 17s. 6d. to £7; Jorsey-llolstein heifers, good, £8 10s. At Jtanakau on Thursday. the New Zealand Loan and jrercantilo Co. held a very successful sale of dairy stock on account of Messrs. Bull Bros., the cows in milk making up to £11 5?., and springing cows to £13 155., the averago for the herd being £8 4s. The firm quote: Cows in milk, £5 10s. to £11 5=.; springing, cows. £5 a?. 6(1. to £13 10s.; store cowe, £3 12s. 6(1. to £3 17s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 15s.