LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2724, 20 March 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., report:—At Palmcrston North on Thursday only ; a small entry came forward,, which sold\at. prices as.follows?— Fair mixed lambs,* 116. 6d.; rape fclriios, .123.' aid.,- two-tooth wethers, 225.; mixed weaners, 20s.- yearling' heifers,- 375.; store cows,.. £2 16s.;' forward heifers,, £4 135., £5 155.;. forward cows,, £4' 196., £5,'£4 Bs.j fat:cows, £7, £7 19s. 6d. ■

• -Messrs. Company, Minited, report having "held, a,monthly eole at Otolti yards on Tuesday: when, they .offered a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. Competition all round; wa6 good, and at the end of the day they succeeded in disposing of most of their entry under tho hammer. The principal sales were as under:—Poor-conditioned s.m. ewes, 16s. lid. to 17s: 7d.; medium lambs, lis. 4d. to 125.; cull lambs, ss. 9d. "ta 6s. 6d. Untie: Mixed weaners, 20s. to 275. 6d.; empty store cows. £4 to £4 125.; cows and" calves, £5 55.; yearling steers, £3 ss.to £4; forward empty heifers, £5. 55.; heavy fat cows, £9 to .'£9 10s.':, medium fat cows, £6 lie. to £8 Is.; bulls, £5-to £7 10b. .' ■

Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, report having' held, a heavy yarding of . sheep and a medium entry of cattle at the Levin yards on Wednesday. Competition for all.lines of sheep offered was good, and as the yarding contained lines of quality,-excellent prices were Tecorded. The demand for male cattle was strong, but- heifers wero slightly neglected. The' principal sales we're as under:—Store twotooth wethers, 225. 6d. to 2Js.; s.m. breeding ewes, 17s. Id., 20s., 1 295. Id., 225. 6d.; store ewes, 12s. .to lfe. 5d.-, cull ewes. 10s. to 12s. 3d.-; fat wethers, 245. to 245. 9d.;.fat ewes, 21s. 2d. to 225. 7d. ; cull lambs. Bs. 9d.;.medium shorn cull lambs, lis. 4d.; two-tooth Southdown rams; 3gns. Cattle: Three-year-old steers, £9 35.; empty store cows, £4 7s. 6d. to £5 Bs.; shorn steers, £3; twoyear steers, £5 7s. 6d. to £5 12s. 6d.; bulls, £4'lss. to £5 ss. An entry of purebred Borkshire sows, on account of Mr. Tolhurst, mode full market Tates. i

The Sew' Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C 0.,. Ltd., report having held their weekly sale at Eketahuna on Friday, when they offered a very good yarding of sheep. Competition was fairly animated throughput ,the' sale, and almost a total clearance .was..made,at the following rates:—Twoand foiir-tooth ■ wethers, ' 225. 235, 2d.; four, 'six-tooth,.and. f.m.'ewc6, 235.; four and five-year ewes,. 165..6 d. to 18s.; f.m. ewes, 13s. 3d:'to 14s. Bd.; cull "ewes, Bs. 9d.; w.f. woolly, lambs,, 165!:3d.; small d0.,'125. Id.; w.f. shorn lambs, lfe.- Sd.;.good b.f. lambs, 165.; medium do., 12s. 6d. to 13s. 3d.; twotooth . Lincoln rams, 6 to. 6Sgns.; threeyear steers, £8 55.; bull, £8 ss.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report at their Peilding sale held on March 17:—We had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. ■ Good sheep sold well, but inferior sorts were hard to anil. We quote: Sheep—Four, six-tooth, and fcu<ryear ewesl 245., 245. 2d., to 265.; others, 20s. to 225..10 d.; two-tooth wethers, 21s. 9d. to 245.' 2d.; cull ewes, 12s. 9d.; rams, 10s. 6d. to £1 Is. Cattle :-Fat bullocks, light, £11; fat cows. £3 7s. to £9 Is.; forward cows, £4 to £5 55.; empty heifers, £2 12s. to £3 175.; bulls, 3te. to £11. '

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