LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 12

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loam and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report:—At Palmereton North on Thursday we had a, good yarding ,of oattle. Yearlings showed an advance on recent prices;, other lines sold readily, at late' rates. Small yearlings. 375. 6d., £2 45.. £2 9s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £3, £3 17s. 6(1.; forward cows, £6 7s. 6d., £6 18s„ £7 55.; fat cows, £8 2s. 6d., £10 10s.; cows in calf to S.H. bull. £6 55.; springing cows, £5 55.. £6 55., £7 12s. 6d., £8 2s. 6d.,"£8 12s. 6d.; springing heifers, £5 10s., £6'55., £7 55.. £7 155., £8 76. 6d\ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C 0.,. Ltd., report that at their j Levin yards on August 16 thoy submitted a fair entry of s.heep and a good yarding of cattle, the bulk of which changed hands at satisfactory prices. Light fat ewes, 285.; prime fat wethers, 41s. to 43b. 6d.; good-condition hoggets, 225. to 235.; 6tore. wethers, 275. 6(1.; weanar calves, 21s. 6d. to 355.; fat cows a.ud heifers (medium weights),- £12; forward cows. £5 15s. to £6 145.; aged store cows. £4 ss. to £5; eighteen-month empty heifera. £4 Is.; cows in milk, £7 155.; spring calvcrs, £6 15s. to £7 15s,;' springing heifers, £6 10s. to £7 17s. 6d.; yearling steers, £6 55.; ycfl.rling bull, £4 Is. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their Taihepe sale on August 16, -where they had a fair yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle. All' lines -wero Fold oioept one pen of twotooth ewes in lamb. Sheep: -Fat ewes, 305.; forward owes. 235. lOd. Cattle: Cows in oalf to Hereford bull, £9 10s.; heifers, with calves, £8 17s. 6d.; springfnc heifers, £8 55.; two-year Hereford bull, £15 10s. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited. Palmorston Xorth, Teport having a small yarding of cattle at their Palmerston North wile on August 17, which sold as below.—Empty cows, £6 12s. M.; mixed yearlings, good colours, £4 2s. £d.: fifteen to eighteen-month steers, "£6 7s. 6d.