LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2396, 27 February 1915, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

The Nerw Zealand Loan and-.Meroaatfle Agency Company; Ltd., report:—At Palmerston North sale on Thursday we, htd a good yarding .of, both sheep and cattle, which sold ready at late rates. We quote: Small' bJ.' 'lambs, 65.; woolly b.f. lambs, Bs. 2d.; forward rape lambs, 125.; forward ewes, 135.; ■ 2-tooth wethers, medium, 14s. 3d.; discoloured yearling Bteers, 335.. 6d.; yearling steeiis, £3 35.; 2-year empty heifers, £3 35.; 21-yeax steers, £5 155.; forwar d cows, £3 17s. to £4 95.; station-bred, speyed cows, forward, £7 95.; light fat cows, £7 6s.'; springing heifers,.backward, £4 145.; ,ligb; cows, with calves, £2 195.; bulls, £5 17s. 6d. to £6 10s. 1 Mesm-s. Abraham and Williams,: Ltd., report: At Palmerston on Thursday the yards were well-filled with' : store cattle; there was fair ccmpetition for most lots and the greater -proportion -of the entry changed hands. Sheep came forward in smaller numbers, than usual, no. wethers were offered, good breeding ewes were inquired for, but'lambs were 'dull: of i sale. Quotations: . Forward lambs, 95.; medium lambs,-7s. ld,; -store lambs, 55.: cull lambs, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d.; good-woolly lambs, 12s. lid.} fat owes, 15s.'4d. to. 175., lid.; good store, ewe 3, 10s.; 6-tooth and fbreeding ewes, 16s. Cattle: Fat cows. £5 2s. 6d. to £6 175.; forward cows. £3 10s. to £4 2s. 6d.; store cows, : £2'ss. to £3 ,Is.; weaner steers, 255. to 325.