LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 144, 13 March 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Tho Loan and Mercantile AKcncr.Comt imi ' ( Ti w(;t . a branch) forward ewes, 10s. 6d.; cull lambs, 10s. 6d.; sex two-tooihe, 275. M.: ~ d lo 7 i n f" 55.: store cowb, £5 ss. to £1 ° 10s ( ;'. heifers and cows, £10 10s. to ij»., weaner lieifors, fl 55.. £2 7s. ('d • month heifers (r.v_.K). A-5 9* to -8 Is. td., hulls, £4 (to £12. At Mth.im, on nosday,, thero was a full yiirdine o plmw. but the advertised number of cattlo did notj:ome forward. Trices were on a par wit-H previous sales. Quotations; Fmir. tooth ewes, 225. 6d.: fat sheep. >A ll»-i lambs (Mod). 19s. Id.; culUlambs. 6s. M. to 95.; forward cows. £10 10s. to M ll IJs.. stores. ,£8 17b.!-bulls. W 15s. to £9 lta.: nmpty hcirers, £4 65.; weaner Bs. (o £2 15a.: .weaner steers. £2 10s. On Thursday. at Hawera. we had a sood yarding of both sheep and cattle. We miotc:Fat and forward ewes.. 27s- 3d. to 305.; s.m. ewes, 15s. 6d.: four and five-year ewes, 19s. 6d. to 225. 6d.; two-tooth iwcthcrs, V-i. 1.;. fat Bheop, 325.; Lincoln ram?. Ujsns.; twotooth Romney rains. .lgns.;'cull lnmb». 10s. 4d.;.forward cows, £8 10s.' to £11 75.; storecowfc £5 12s. «d. to £9 163.; bulls,-. £5 to £9 10s.; two"'and a half-year-.,steers. £8 14s. 6(1.,; hcifcre, £2 2s. to-£3 11s.; Jersey weaner heifers, £5 17s. 6d.; weaner steers. 19s. to £2 10s.; store pigs, £5 11«to £4"l8i. We held our Hawera Mitumn horse fair on Saturday. We had good inquiry for all sound working horses. Wc ouot'e:—itackß and liirht. harness horses, £-5 ss. to £20; light'draughts, £21 10s. to £35; on account of Mr. F. J. Br"Trn«, oicht unbroken coach horses. £7 to £15 ss. Messrs. Abraham and Williams Ltd. report that- at Palmerston North on Jtan-h 4 they had a eood yarding of sheep and a. snail entry of cattle. • Quotations;—Twotooths wethers, 23b. 6d„ 235. lid., 245. 4d. to 27b.-6d.; two and four-tooth ewes, to '.'.35.; four and five-year ewes, 20s. to 21s. fid.; Southdown rams. 25gns„ s{gns., to 6}gns.: forward cows, £6, £7. £?. to £9; forward heifers. £6 18s. to £7 2s. 6d.; bulls, £4 10s. to £6 18s.

Messrs. Abrnhnm and Williams Ltd.report;—At Fellding on March swe had a heavy ynrdinc of Dhceo and a <jood entry of cattlc. There was a good attendance of buyers, and practically all of our entry changed hands at satisfactory prices. Wo qiuote o.b follows;— Sheep; Lincoln skinned owo.°. 255. (d.; four and six-tooth ewes, .to 275. Bd.; s.m. ewes, 21f. to 265.; fat maiden eivoa. 365.; fnt and forward ewes. 265. Td. to 30s. 2d: twe tooth wet.hers, 275. Id., 335. 4d.. to 2Ps. 7d.; mixed two-tooths, 265. 3d.-, 32b. 6d„ 3fs. Id., to 355. 6d.; lambs, 12s Id., 13s. 3d.. Ifo. sd. 17s. 4d„ to 21s.it rams, Soiithdown, 4Jgnß.; Lincolns, £2 25.; .Romncys, £2 2b. to JJroif. Oattle: Three and a. half-year hillocks, £12 155.; forward cows and'- heifers,, te £9 lis,;"' store eoiva, £3, £6, to' £7 10s.; cows and calves, wo £6 55.; eighteenmonth steers, £5 5s to £5 Us.; two-year, steers, to £7 155.; eighteen-month hnifcrp (r.w.b.), to £6 155.; J9iry rows, £8. £9. to l :' 4 10s.; weaner heifers, JE2 ss. to £2 10s.; bulls, £5 15s„ £14 10s„ to £15 7s. 6d.

Messrs. Dalncty and Co..'. Ltd., report having hold their monthly sale at. Te Horo, when they offered' a row! yarding of sheep and a small vard'.nu or cuttle. The followinc are the principal ouotationsFour and six-tooth wethers, 265. «4; to 30s. 6d.; liuht two-tooth wethers, 195.; two-tooth ewes, 265. 9d. to 28s. 4d.; woolly lambs, 14s. lCd. to 15s. 7d.; small shorn lambs, 6s. 7d. to Bs. Id.; cull ehorn lambs, 4a. I'd.; wcaner heifer#. SI Is. to £2 155.; cows in full profit, £12 10s. to £14 55.; spring heifers, £11 10s. to £14;- potter bulls, £6 12s. 6d. to £8 10b. ' i