LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 149, 13 March 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Tho iNcw Zealand liaan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Feilding, on Friday, a heavy yarding of sheej) ciimo forward and. met. mit.h fair competition, practically all lines being co d under the hammer. B.f. lambi?, 10s. 3d. to 15s 3d.; good shorn lambs, Ifs. 9d.; woolly lambs, 17s. 6d. to 183.; aped ewes, 9s. 7d.; f.m. cwcb, 18s. to 18s. 5d.: forward, ewes, 19s. 6d. to 20s. Id.; 2-tooth b.f. wethers, ZOn. 9d.; mixed 2-tooths, 245. 3d.; 3 and 4-year ewes, 255. 6d.; 4 and 5-ycar owes, 235. to 25a.; 3-shear Eomney ram, 4gns. Store cowb. £5 15b. ; fat and forward cows. £9 12s, 6d.; light fat cows, £10 to £11; yearling steers. £4 17b. M. . . . Messrs. Dalgety and. Company, Limited, Mmerston North, report having held their annual autumn cattle fair on Monday, at Taihapc, when, a large yardins of cattle oanio to -hand. There wb a large attendance of buyers, and thero was a. good demand for all classes of cattle ,at a lo«er range of values than those previously ruling. A number of lines were Passed in under the hammer, but most- of tlio stock submitted were sold after tlio Bale. Quotations:— 15-18-month heifers, £7 to. to ■68 la * 15-iConth steera/to £8 l«w. W., 3 o&r----line Bteers £4 16s. to £5 10s ; yearling fV 8B to £4 10s.; mixed yeajlinitfl, in « tils S.H. heifers to S.H. bulls. £10- 24-yp'tvr Holatain heifers, to S.H. bulls, 810 Jersey-cross Jbjw heiferfl to bH. kniie 15s • 3 to bullocks, £13 lV to £14 ICS.': 2 to 25-year Bteers, £11 10s. to £13 10s.: 3-year eteew. £'•< Mg. M., empty heifers, ?.i-year. £9 Bbempty cowb,, £B'to £10 ss-: forward-conditioned cows, £1.0 ss. to £12 13s.