LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2788, 5 June 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

. ''.ITifi Neiv Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile i' . 'Agency Company report: On '.Wednesday L \vo; held a clearing sale of dairy stock on a«oofi'iH of Mr.. Simon Foster." The stock K , , v;eM'^ : n condition, competition i ' ..i'wi&yyrisk,' a.nd a, good. F/ile resulted. The ?:•* "fcsd of-36 cmvs averaged £10 55., tho best fices being £11 10s. ( £13 55., £13 15s„ . 5;.105.; heifers in calf, £6 55.,- £7, £7. 55., • .V3S7, 10s.; fat hoggets 1215.; weaner heifers, ■ i z!y£\ ■, ,l ■ i \, Zealand Loan and Mercantile 5 Company. report:—At Palmerston ; ' North- on Thursday only a small yarding ■. xHSm# forward. The demand for sheep ivae f - —Sbiiskr and all lots sold readily at late :• Icajes. Quotations: Mixed age ewes, in I-" S - D - rams, 275. 4d.: fat and for- ; -uardewes, 215.; fat ewes, 275.; cull ewes, : fat co'ws, £7.165.: ■ forward heifer©, ' j6d.; dairy cows,'£7; mixed weaneri i . "-36s.r'-yearling heifers,. 365.:. 6d.' .' >. ■ ; *>®ho;. New Zealand >Loan 'arid. l Mercantile . .; Agency .Company report:—At FciMing, on

Friday, wobadii small entry of sheep and a moderate yarding of cattle. . There was ft strong demand- for all classes of sheep and sales 6howed an advance on last week's rates. Fair lambs, 17s. 7d.; s.ra. Lincoln ewes, in lamb, 31s. 3d.; light store cows, £3 lis. to £4'los.;' store cows, £5 to £6 155.; forward cows, £7 3s. to £7 10s.: light fat cows, £8 120.' 6d. to £9 65.; heifers in calf, £6, 25.; • cows in calf, £5 10s.; 2year steers, £8. ..

. The N.Z. Loan and . Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report having held a successful sale of dairy cows,-etc.,' on nccotnit of Mr. ,T. Parish, Hukanui, on Wednesday. There was a very'large attendance of buyers, and bidding was spirited throughout the sale. The cows .made, from £6 lte. to £12 10s. for sound, and. £5. 53. to £S for 3-teaters, tho w-holo herd averaging £9 9s. Twpyear heifers brought' £B'. 15s. to £9; wcane'r d 0.,. £2: :2-yeai ; bull, £7 7s. 6d.; spring oart mare, £10. "Pigs, sundries, etc., sold at full clearing .sale-rates.