LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2711, 4 March 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. -Dalgoty and. Co., Ltd., report { '■■ ■ having • held- their Levin -sale on Wcdues- ; day,'when they offered 'a small yarding •of sheep and-a-medium'yarding of. cattle. Tho former met with good' competition, but cattle were dull of sale. Prices were 'v <13 follow:—Medium shorn lambs, lis.; cull ' lembs, ss. 6d.. to 95.. Ifti.; eound-mouth i. cwcs, 205.; aged ewes, 16s. 3d.; woolly I . lambs, to 15=. 7d.; two-year-old steers, £5 » . 10s.;'bulls, £3 9s. to £4 15s. . | . r ' Messrs. Dalgety and Company report . having hold their üßual monthly sale in i. the waikanA© yards on Tuesday, when ! thoy ottered a small yarding of both sheep and cattle. - Bidding was sound, and all ! lota offered were disposed of under tho ; i '.hammer. Prices wer.e .as..follow:—Fourrtboth wethers, SSs. .3d.; shorn lambs, lis.; ; : • aged ewes, Bs. 6d. to 125.; : sound-mouth ? owes,"l9sl "6d.yforv/ard empty cow 6, £7-Is. to £8; empty heifers, £4 35.; mixed weani . ere, 215.; eighteen-month steers, £3; cows in milk, £7-Is.;-bulls, to £8 13s. .The Kew;.Zealand Loan and Kercantilo !.■ 'Agency 06.,.-Ltd.,!-report that at their j. usual weekly stock sale, hold .in Levin v • yards on Wedneeday they offered a fair yarding of both^. sheep arid cattle. A I pood clearance wa-s made at the follow- • v ing prices;— Aged etoro. owes, 16s. cull . ewes, 9a.; Southdown rams, 3Jgns.; Shroy- :' shiro mmß, ligiis. to .'ligns.; fat cows, £7 12s. 6d.; fat heifers, £6 Vs.; for- | . ; ward cows, £4- 17a.* to £5; vcalers, 235. to <' - ; '293.; dairy,cows, £5 to £7 125.-6 d. - The New: Zealand Loan and Hcrcantilo ' Agency: .Co., Ltd.";. report . .having, held a, ' successful-sale of sheep,-horses, cattle, im- ' , - plements, etb.yon account.of Mr. F.;Brooks, [ : . . ftt 'Tajatahiy on' Thtu'sdiiy. i . 29. Lincoln 2- .' ;tooth. ewes Drought 3}gns, M'r. 'W. Mtzgeraid, of. Gisborne; .being the purchaser; 9 ditto were sold to Mr. F. M. Eeynolds at .. 3igns.; 10 Linooln .jam lambs to Mr. W. • Coulter at 22gns.;. 11 .'ewe, lambs to Mr. I . Fitzgerald at 23gne.; 23.4 and 6-tooth. ewes ! to Mr. 0. 'Tidy at 2gns. to 2J-gns. "Fat lambs made. 185.V6d.; b;f. lambs, 12s. 8(1. to I-.' 12s. lid.; femall• Bs. Bd.; aged ewes, ! 125.; dairy £14 to .£ls 155.; dairy. }. heifers, '£5 10s.' to £7: light draught gelding,. £33; do. mare, £32; spring cart marc, £2)6; aged gelding, £9; drill,. £2i 10s.; d.f. plough, £11 10s.; Cambridge roller, £J7; :. .. dray, £9 10s.-. Harness and sundries sold well up to clearing sale,, rate's. At Solway, • . on Wednesday, we had a large yarding of f: ■- . 6heep. : Fat 2 and 4-tool-h withers, 265. 6d.; fat and, forward 4-tooth wethers, 245. 6d.; 2-tooth wethers. 21s. 9d.; small do., 1 17b. 7d.; fat lambs," 18s. 9d.; store do.. 13s. 6d. to 145.. Bd.; small lambs, 12s. Id. ro 12s. 9d.; fat and forward ewes, 21s. '7d.j 4 and : . 6-year ewes, 17s. to 18s. 6d.; f.r,ed ewes, . - lis. 10di: to les.ucull ewes, Bs. 1o Kb. 3d.; 1-. : ( . 6.D. rams, :3gn3. i. . '• _ ,