LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 276, 10 August 1918, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

■Jlessre.' Dalgcty and Company, Limited, report having held their fortnightly salo at llartinhorough, on Thursday, when they offered a email yardinf of sheep and cattle to a small attendance of buyers, The yarding of aheep consisted of hoggets ol good quality, which realised the following iprices:— whitefaced hoggets, Ms. SA. and, 18s,; blacfcTaced'hoggete, 225. Cattle: '3-yeai empty dairy heifers made £7 Hβ.-, fat cows, £11' 10s.; cowb in oalf, £9 sb; ' Messre. Dalgety and Oompany, Limited, Palmerslon North! report having a fair entTy of both eheep aflU cattle, at their Mmerston North yards, on Thursday, vwhen nearly, every, line , changed hands. Following'-arc- Quotations :-Sheep: Mued noggets, small, 13b.; medium noggcte, 16s. "6(l.;-2-tooth and 4-tooth Eomney ewes in lamb to Eomney ram, Zls. 6d. Cattle: Dairy cows, £11 sa, to £11 15e.j springing heifer?, £9 Wβ.. £10, £10 Ms.; yearling steerß, £5 10s. Sfl.; empty cowb, £5 7s. to 'rn yja . ■ : ■. ~ , - i T&e New Zealand .tioan and 'Mercantile Agency Co. Mβ.; report:—At our Palmorßton North, sale on Thursday we had a moderate-' yarding of both sheen and cattle. Attendance was very small, consequently bidding was di;ll, and in favour of purchasers. We quote:—Poor owes in lamb, lZe.i medium ewes in lamb, 285.; .store cows, £5 17s.\ 6d. to £5 155.; 'springing heifers,' £6 to £9; snririginK cows, £9 10s.; yearling heifers, £2 to £3 ss. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report :-At Mr. A. Pedersen'e salo at Stonevereek on Wednesday there wan a, large attendance of buyers, and a, particularly send pale resulted. The cows were a good line, and realised hiith value—best cowe selline from £17 to £ZF 10s.; others, £10 10s. to £16 10s. and the whole heril averaged £17 25.. The young cattle made fair values, and competition for thb implements, etc.; was particularly keen. . Yearlinge, £3 4n.; Hereford yearling bnlß £12 10s, Horses: Draught mares u<p to £10; light horse, £2; pony, £18 10b.; trill, £32; mower, £14; Cambridge roller. £15; ploughs, £11 10s.; bindor, £10; gig. £31 llfo; dogcart, £20; eprlag dray, £26 10b.