LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 156, 27 March 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Wairarapn, Farmers' Co-operative 1 Association, Ltd., Pahiatua, report on their fortnightly sale, held on Monday, an follows:-We offered a small yarding of sheep and a big entry of cattle to a , fair attendance of buyers. Oattle were in 1 fair lenand, and we cleared the bulk of our entry under the hammer. We quoto the following prices :-Shecp; Fat and for- 1 ward ewes, i6h. ; aged ewes, 11a. 6d.: m.s. lambs, to 14s. Bd.; rams, 19s. Cattle; Fat 1 bullocks, from £6 7a. 6d„ £11, to £13 175.; fat cows, from £6 16b., £J,.to £9 12s. 6d.; '• cow in milk, £8 IOe.; fat heifers, from £8 to £9; 15-month heifer and calf, £5 ' 10s.; daily heifers, from £6 15s. to £11 J 155.; empty Jieifers,£3 55.; weuner heifers, * £1; store cows from £4 10s. to £5 10a.; J steers, from .£2 Is., £3 2s. 6d„ £5, £5 7s. • 6i1., to £6 Is.; bulls, £7 10b. aud £9 8 12b. 6d. 'Pigs; Slips from 345. to 36a.; weaners, from 275. to 255.; store pigs, to £3 Is.; also 1 dog, 225. , The Wairarapa Farmerß Co-operative Association, Ltd., Pahiatua, report having held a successful clearing sulo of live etock at Mangatiti on Saturday last, cn account of Mr. James M'Davitt. TJ'.e bulk of the offering wis cleared under the hammer to a fair attendance of the public at satisfactory prices. Following is a list of prices ;-2-tooth wethers, 265. 5d.; 2, 4, and 6-tooth ewes, from 20b. to 255. 2d.; rn.B. iambs, from lis. to 16s. 7t1.; wether lambs, 19b. Cattle; Dairy heifers, from £7 to £7 Ills;; m.s. yearlings, £5; cows, with calves, £5; 3-year Hereford bull, £10 10s. Pigs; U'caner pigs from £6s„ 275., to 30s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their weekly sale in the Coloniuo ltoad yards on Wednesday, when they offered a good yarding ol' sheep and h cattle to a good attendance of buyers, ]! Competition win fairly keen and a total t] clearance was effected at the following <l prices;-2-tooth wethers 265. Id.; euh ewes, 14s. Gd.; li.f. lambs, 21s. lOtl.; w.f. lambs, h 12i 6d„ 13b., and 14s. j cull, lambß 55.; n ranis; 265.; 4kvear Polled Angus bullocks, tl £16; '4\-year Hereford . bullocks,'£ls" Es.; d 31-year do., £14 3s. to £14 10s.; coloured tt stecrß, £6 15s. to £10 95.; 21-year-old .steers, it £9 i6s.; m.s. yearlings, £c; empty cows, ir £8 10a.; fat cows, £14 17s. 6(1.; coVs and ol calve 6, £9 is. pi