LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2585, 6 October 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

• Messrs.- A.braih'am amd .Williams,* Ltd., report.ai "under on their weekly sale, held at Levin" on • Friday -last. We had -very fair dntrles of both sheep and cattle, whicii met' a good' inquiry, although prices inider the hammer.were inclined to drag a uttie. We nuotc:—Sheep: Fat ewes, oOs., 31e. 3ld.j, fatvethers"-(light,. 295. 3cl. to 325.; heavy wethers, 38s. i 6 fat lambs, on account ot the- Wercroa Experimental Farm, being the first of the season, realised 15s. 9d.; ewes mid lambs, 255. 9d.; mixed hoggets, 15s. 6d.; ■ cull hoggets, 9s. 2d. to'l3s. lid.; empty ewes, 235. Oattle: Light fa* cows, £5 l.§s.. £5 18s. <kl., £6 3s. to £6 95.; 3-year bullociss, £7; "2 and - 2i-y«ar steers, £5 15s. to £6_ 35.: 18-raontlis - steers,, £4. ss. (low condition); store cows,- £3 Bs., £3 105.,' £3 145.; heifers (small), close to profit-,- £5 15s„ £6 55.,. £o 175.! 6d.;to'£7 7s. 6d.; low-conditioned yearling heifers, 265.. M., 285.. 295. 6d.: bulls. £10.;,£10 75,-6 d. Pigs:,Wo had an entry cf -l'S) pigs, 'Whicii sold as under:—Weaners, 10s. 6d„ lis., lis. 6d. to 14s. 6d.; stores, 165., 18s. 6d. to £1; porktfs, 225. 6d., 235. 6tt., 275. 9d., 295. to 325:; haconers, £2 7s. The New- Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. .Company reports:—At Hlmifcaugi, oa Monday, "\ve had a fair yarding cf cattle.' .Compctrtion was. not brisk, and 'several pens failed to And purchasers. v\ e quote:—Yearling steers (small), 295., 315., 465.; yearling heifers, 215., 255.; 19-months empty heifers (good), .£3 75.; store cows, £2 Is., £3 tOs., £3 18s.; forward cows, £5 25., £5 55., £6. £6 7s. 6d.; 2-year springing .heifers (small), £4, £4 155., £5 2.s 6d., £5 10s.; good apringlng heifers, £6, £6 10s. to £8' 55. : _______