LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 195, 13 May 1919, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

! Messrs, Wright,- Stephenson, and Co., ! Ltd., report'having offered a good yarding i of sheep at the Carterton sale yards ou I Friday. There was" a largo attendance i of buyers, and a decided improvement was j-. noticeable in the market, bidding being much more animated than lias -been'the i paso of late. Forward b'.f. lambs' fetched ■ 16a. Id. to 17s. j store lambs, 11b. to 51s. Sd.; ' cull lambs, to Bs.; forward ewes, to 20b. ; ! inixod-ago ewes, 9s. 2d.; cull ewes, 45.; : springing heifers, £6 to £10 15s, Child's i Jony, £12. The auctioneers were also associated in oiforiug, a large quantity of ! Btook on behalf of the Wairarapa and East Coast I'.'and A. Society. This stock was given by local farmers as a contribution to tho proposed Soldiers' Jfenorlai, ! and, being of high Quality, met with a i> ready sale. •. ■ Messrs. Abraham., and Williams, Ltd., report that at their Folding sale held on May 9 they had a good yarding of sheep ;■ and a heavy yarding of good-quality i cattle. There waß a good attendance of j the public, but bidding was not brisk i owing principally to tho long spell of dry ! weather. Several linos of failed to reach- vendors' reserves under tho hainmor, but were sold privatoly. Quota* i tions: Sheep: Four and six-tooth wethers, I 265. 6d., 275., to 295.; two-tooth wethers. 20s, 9d., 21s. 4d„ 21s. 8(1., 245. id., 245. ,8d„ Hits. ' 4d„ to 265. 3d.: store ewes,, 95., 12s. Bd., ! 14s. 8(1.; two-tooth ewesf 19s. to 215.; lambs, i Bs. to 12b. 7d.; small lambs, 2s. 7d.. 2s. lid., j to is. Cattle; Hereford and I J .A. steers i coming three-year, £11 155.; bad-coloured I. steers, £4 to £7 2s. 6d.; .twenty-month | steers, £4 45., £4 125., £4 13s. 6d., to £4 i 17s. 6d., to £5 45.; bust-fed weanets, £2' | 6s„ £3 Is., to £4 45.; mixed .wcaiiers, 28s. 6d., 305., to 355.; store cow 6, 305., ,'£3 ■ Ida.. ! £4 10s., to £4 12s. fid.; dairy cows; £7, £8. i £8 10s„ £9 2s. 6d„ £9 10s., £10 12s. 6d„ £11, ; to £12.