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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2411, 17 March 1915, Page 8

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LIVE STOCK SALES Meters. Dalgoty end Company, Limited, report having held their fortnightly sala at Baelihi on March 12, when a good yardJas ol' sheep and a small yarding of cattio eamo forward. r fhc yarding of tjhccu throughout wae of.-good quality, auil in particularly good condition. Sheep -of all classes met with keen competition, and n total clcarancc was effected. The. do mand for ewos' was keen, tho best lots falling to a Waikalo buyer. Tliero was little or no demand for cattle, and-the bulk of those penned went .out unsold. We quote:—Pour and 6.tooth liomney-cross ewes, 18s. Bd.; 4 and 6-tootli Lincoln ewea 19s. Bd.; good 5-year Lincoln ewes, 16s. 6d. t01&=.3d.; forward ewes, 125. : 5d.,135.; fat and forward ewct-, 15sl to 175.; f.m. ewes, poor, Is. 4d., Bs.' to 9s. 3d.; others. 10s., 10s. 9d.,< 10s. lOd. to Us. lid.; Z-tooth wethnrß (small), 15s. 6d. to 16s. Bd.; lambs, 9s. 7d.' 9s. Bd, lOe. 6d„ lCs. 10d„ lis. 3d., Us. 4d. to Us. Bd.; cull lambti, 63. to 6s. 6d.; 3 and 4-year rams, 175.. 195., £1 Bs., £1 10s., £2 2s. to £2 Bs. Cattle: Eat cows, £6 2e. 6d.; 3-yca.v 6teers, £7 vealers, £1 7e. Th® N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agencv Co., Ltd., report having held their usual iveekly- sale at Eketahunn on Friday, when they offered a good yarding of sheep to a. lajge attendance of buyers. Competition Was keen throughout the sale, especially no for cues and forward lambs. With tha exception of one pen a total clearance wag made at the following prices Pour and 5-year-old ewes, Us. 9d. to 12s 6d.; aged ewes, 7e. 7d., 9s. 6d.; good w.f. lambs, 10s. Ud._ to Us. 3d.;. medium do. ffl. 9d. to Bs. 9d.; cull do., 45.; good b.f! lambs, 9s. to 10s. 7d.; medium do., 7s. 10d.: email do., 6s. 9d.; cull do., 3s. lid.; springing heifers, £5- ss. to £6 2s. 6d.; S.D. rams. 2igns. te'4Jgns.; aged Lincoln rams 13gns • , The ITew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency' Co. report:—At Levin on Pridav we'offered a-email. yarding of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle. We quote:— Medium fat ewes, 17s. 9d.; fat woolly hoggets, ,225. 4d.; -small woolly la-mbß. 75.; shorn do., 6a. to 6s. 5d.; fat cows, £6; £6 55., £7 7s. -to*'£B; light fat heifers, £5 2s. 6d.; forward cows, £4 9s. 6d.; P.A. cows, £4 17s. 6d.; 18-months heifers, £2 10s. to £2 14s. 6'd.: weaner' steers, 255. . McsEra. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Levin on Friday good entries of all classes of stock were offered, but competition was anything but brisk, and the majority of the lines failed to change hands under the hammer. A fair amount of business was done after tho sale, however, at the following quotations:—Fat ewes, 17s. Id. to 205.; fat wethers, 225.; forward ewes, 14s. Id.; 2-tootli wethers, 16s. 7d. to 17s. 3d.; 2-tooth owes, 15s. io 17s. 24.; f.m. ewes, 7s. to 10s.; lambs, 6s. to Bs. 6d,; fat oowe, £6 10s to £7 10s.; forward cows, £4 ss. to £4 18s.: weaner steers (good), 355. to £2; mixed weaners, 275.; weaner heiferß (good), 305.; heifers, in calf, £4 to £4 10s.;. empty 3-year heifers. £3 16s. Pigs: Baconers, £2; porkers, 2Cs., 255.. 2f0., 285., 30s. to 315.; stores, Bs. 6d. to 12. ,6d.