LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 255, 16 July 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

; The New Zealand' Loan ana Mercantile Agency 00.. Ltd., Dannevirke. report hav- ! in(f held a highly successful salo at Maharahara on Thursday on account of Mr. Thomae Moorhead. Although the day was wet and cold there was n croori muster of buyers, and competition for all line 3 waa : very keen. The whole herd of 60 cows, although wo were unable to eive calvinu ;■ dates, averaucd a shade over £14. while ; nn empty cow made £10 155., and old cows ; £8 to £5. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd.. report that owing to the verv inclement ! weather on Thursday the bull; of sheep ; advertised for the Pnlnierston North sale ! did not come to hand, and there was only : b, very small yarding, but a fair entry of rattle. Thoro was no inninry for sheep, ■ but cattle sold at the. following nrices:- ! Yearling heifers, £3 Is.; citrhteon-month i neifers, £5 17s. M.; yearling steers, £2 55.; i eighteen-month steer?. £&: store coivb, X 5 ; os.; cnv.-s. £5, £9 10s.. to £11; bulla. ; £3 10?. to £8 ss. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., fenort at Feildinc on Friday:—Thero waa a . fair entry and demand for both sheep and cattle, and raost lots chnmttil hands nt satisfactory prices. Quotations:—Jibed woolly hojKets, 21s. to n%. 2rt.: cull hoßgets, 4s. to Jis.j ewes in lamb. 193. 3d.. 265.. to 293. 6<1.; two-tooth ewes in lamb to Romncy rams (rood). 325. M. 1 four a;id pis-tooth ewes iu lnmh to Konincv rams (a, pood line), Ma. 9(1.; fat e\vcn. Z9». 4d., 29b. iOd., to 3Ce : fat siiccn 34«. 6ri. \ herd of dairy cows overaired £9 12a. 6d.; dairy cows, £8 to £11; store cows. £8; forward cow.s. .f.B 1K in £8 155.: cowa In calf to P.A. bull, £10 10s.