LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3081, 11 May 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

"Messrs. DaJgety and Company, Ltd., re- - port having held their weekly sale at i Levin l on Tuesday, when they .offered a .fair yarding of sheep and cattle. Prices .ruled aB under:—Medium fat ewes, 3fs. 6d.; small -woolly lambs, to 175., 4d.; f.m. owes, in lamb, to 265.; cull owes, 10s.; two and a half-year steers, to £13 95.; 'weancr steers, £4 15s. to £5 2s. 6d.;weaner hei--lere, to'£2 155.; light, fat cows; to' £14; •store vcows,- £3 to £6 10s. At Otaki on Wednesday they offered a good yarding 'both of sheep and cattle. Thero was a good attendance, and bidding was spirit-' ed throughout, almost the whole entry "■ being disposed of under tho hammer. "They quote:—Pat wethers and'ewes, to 355. Bd.; fat lambs, 28s. Id.; four . and sii;tooth wethers, 345. Id.; two-tooth wefh...crs, 325. 3d.; empty ewes. ~295. to 30s. Id.; :_mixed ewes in lamb, 225.'6 d. to Sss Id - cull.ewes. 13s. 9<L : .woolly lambs, to 20s. Id.; forward cows. £9 to £10 10s.; empty' Btoro cows, £6'to £7 125.; good veolers, "to £5 55.; weancr steers, £3 13»., £4 65., 'to £4 145.; wcaner heifers, to £3 55.; springing cows, to £11 15s. Messrs. Wright. Stephenson and Co report having held the weekly sale' at .Colombo Boad salcyards on Wednesday. A medium yarding of 6heop was offered. Quota tions:-38 two-tooth ewes, in lamb to Lincoln ram, 355. 6d.; 163 mixed-sex woolly lambs, 245. 6d.; 96 four-year ewes, in lamb to Southdown ram. 335.