LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

: ,Messrs.' Wright, Stephenson and CA, Ltd., report having, held their anuua in tho Brancepeth yards (kindly Mr. H. 11. Beotliam) on Tuesday. There was ample evidence, as shown by , heavy entry of'st'ook-and the large- ; c.ttend ance of the public, that this fixture .P----preciated by sellers and buyers alike Over 6000 sheop. were yarded and were all sold with the exception of a small pe of aged ewes. Two-tooth wethers lambs,: to .-Bs.: Bo mn ®y n „ r f t ?„ B .' o he and a Southdown rams, 2gns. Cattle One ana a half-year Hereford- steers. £1° th ee and four-year Bteers, £13 M. to a . » oows to £11 10s.: storo cows, £8-to £3 18s.; one and a half-year heifers, £ The New Zealand .Loan and Mercantile Aeency' Co., Wd-,' report : -At Eketahuna on Thursday .we 'had' a' good entry, of sheep, which we submitted to a Rood attendance of .buyers:.' Though B changed a draeeine one: most of the pens cnangea I hands at the l f^o^Wte^BijmUedsex two-tooths, 255. 6d.; two-tooth «t:hers, 245. : four-tooth to . five-year ewes, 235., cull do., 155.; medium -ra.s. shorn lambs, 13s. 4d • Bmoll b.f. lambs, Bs. Id. to Bs. cull do, 55.; cull owes, 7s. 9d.; Lincoln ramß, Jlgns., to :4gns.; p °^ r 1 £? 0, tn 17s 6d ' m.fl. weaner calves, £1. Messrs. DaSety ! and Co.; Ltd. Vaimerston North, roport • ofi their 1^ a J merß i ?°? North sale on Thursday :-We had a good ' Suy B alf ch b ati^°hlnd a s n i,»gkcCy prices! Quotations Sheep; Wo-tooth Swps ' 26s • forward ■» ewes, 4d„ 21b. , •s ore eweS lls.l' 17s. '• 7d.; fat owes,. 275., 325.; twp-tooth wethers (small), 225. 4d.; lambs, 8b„ lis,, 14s. Id. Cattle: Cows and calves, £7-15b.; three-year steers, £11 10s. ■ eiehteen-months Bteers (bad colouifl), £3 op/. fnf. cows. £10. 68.. £12' bulls, £6 Ite!. £10 175., 6°d W , B, £U. Za. £11 10s„ £12-15s;, £15 ss. ■ ' ;: r '