LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 162, 3 April 1919, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messns. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, Paljncrston North, report having a %cry good entry of sheep and a. medium yaidinc of cattle at their Foild.ne eali > on Friday. There was a very good demand for lambs, but inquiry for breeding c»cs was limited. Quotations -Small lambs, 10s., 10s. Id. 10s. Jd., to 125.: fair lunbß, s. to 14s. 7tt\; good lambs, 15s 7d to 16s. 3d • 4 and 5-year ewes, 165., Wβ., IBs. Bα.. to 20b.; mixed Z-tooths, Ms i 2 ' to f V™' . ers, 255.; Southdown rams, 2s«B. to 46n5., 16-month steers, £3 10s.; empty cows, tt 10s. to £& 153.; light fat cows, JlO. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Ltd., report haviiis held their weekly sale at Levin on Tuesday, when they effected practically a total clearance of. a l'ea\y yardinir of sheep and cattle. The folio*ing are tho principal quotations:-* at owes, to 255. «d.; 2-tooth ewes, to 265. 6a.;, frtooth to f.f.m. ewes, 14s to 20s. 4d.; f.m. ewes, 12s. 3d. to 145.; cull ewes, 6s. 9d.i woolly lambs, 13s. 9d. to 153. 6d.; b.f. Jamba, «s. 9d. to 125.; shorn lambs, Bs. 3d to Bs. Bd.; small lambs. 6s. to 7s. Id.; 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 255. to 265. lα.; rams, 20s. to 255.; fat bullocks, £16 to £1™ light bullocks. £14; fat cows £9 10a. to ; £U 10s.;. vealers, 335. to 455.; store cows, £5, 7s. 6d. to £6; meaner steers ' £5 to- £3 55.; weaner heifers, £2 to £2 19s.;' sprinEinc heifers. £10 10|- to ff 2e 6d.: cowe in full profit, £8 ss. to £12. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aeencv Co., Ltd./ report :-At Pahiatua on Tuesday we had a very fair entry, of sheep. The sale was rather dragging, lint a (rood clearance was made as-fol-iows--Li(!ht fat ewes, 20b. 6d.; medium s?ore ewes, 12s. 6d., m s. b.f. 2-tooths, Is. Ed.: m.s. lambs. 125.; b.f. lambs, 10s 9d.; small do., 6s 6d.; m.s. .weaners, £1 18s.