LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 152, 22 March 1919, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their fortnightly sale at Upper Hntt, on Thursday, when they offered a, good yarding of sheep and cattle. The following are the principal quotations: —4-tooth "wethers, to 265.; 2-tooth wethers, to 235.; 4-tooth to 4-year ewes, to 195.; 4-year ewes, Bs. to 12s.' Kd;; fat cows, £7 15s. to'£B; fat' heifei'B, .£6" 10s. to £3; forward £6 10s. to £6 17a. fid.; heifers, with calves at foot, to £6; empty heifers, to £4 10s.; 15-month steers, to £4; weaner heifers, to £2 103.; p.b. Berkshire weaner pigs, -15s. to 20s.

. ..The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Stock Department, report on'their Eketahuna sale:—Wc offered 1100 ewes, wethers, and lambs to a fair attendance. Competition was fairly keen, and we disposed of the bulk of the yarding. Prices wero:-Good 2-tooth ewes, on acoount of Percy Welch, 295. 9d.; other 2-tooth ewes, 215., 235. to 245. 6d.; 4-tooth ewes, 255. 6d. to" Z6s.; aged , ewes, 12s. 13s. 6d.. 15s. to 18s.; 4-tooth wethers, 275. 9d.;' 2-tooth wethers, 245. lOd. to 195.; good shorn ■wether lambs, 155.; cull lambs, 55., 6s. 6d. to 7s. 9d,; 2-tooth Lincoln rams, 4 guineas, 3J to 23 guineas; potter rams, 169., 12s. 6d, to ,20s.