LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 157, 29 March 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The I\ow Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report on their weekly Pahiatua sale nn Tuesday, when they offered a fair yarding; of sheep and a small entry of cattle to a good attendance of buyers. The whole entry was disposed of under the hammer at the following prices :-4-tooth wethers, 325. to 325. 2d.; 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 275. Bd.; springing heifers, £12 10s.; heifers in calf, £11 10s. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report on their weekly Mastcrlon sale when llicy offered a fair yarding at sheep and cattle, lo a good attendance of buyers. Competition waß fairly keen. We quote: 2 and 4tooth wethers, 285.; b.f. 2-tooth wethers, 263. 6d.; cull ewes, 12s. 3d.; cull shorn lambs, 6s. 3a.; 18-month steers, .£6 fo. 6d.; emnlv cowb. .£5; shcci) dog, 365. 6d, JfesßrF. Wright. Stenhcuson and Co.. Ltd., report having offered, nt the weekly Masterton 6ale on Wednesday, a, good yarding of sheep and a heavy entry of cattle, including 274 head from Messrs. Bar- , ton Bros.. Mataikona Station. There was a good attendance of buycrß, and the sale, taken throughout, was most successful. , There was a marked improvement in the cattle market, tho whole entry o[ about 500 head beiiifr sold under the hammer at prices well in advance of recent rates. Quotations :--Shcen: 2-tooth wethers, 255. 6.1.; small 2-tooth- wethers. 18s. to 21?.; forward ewes. 21h. 6d. to 245.; nhorn we- j thor lambs, 16n. to 17s. 6d.; b.f. lambs. 16s. 6d.; sm:ill b.f. lambs, 32a. Id.; mixed age ewes 13s. 3d. to 15s. 6d.; mill ewes, i 10s. Cattle: 3-vear steers to £12 )?..; 2year Btcern, £8 to £9 45.; empty 3-year lieifcrs, £7 2s. 6d. to £8: coloured 3-yonr steer*. £9 l!n.; small 2-year steers, £6 - 12s. 6d. to £7 !(V=.: cows and calves, £7 lis. to £8 17s. 6d.; 11-year, £2 15s. to £5 6s. . 1 Messrs. Abraham' and Williams Ltd. report n n TTiiutcTvittc sale held on Tuesday. We had rail- ynrdlnrs of both sheep , and cattle, which sold at increased prices. ' We ouote:—Mixed-sex lnmbs. 215.: pntirdo., 13s. 9d.; four and five-year ewes. 255. 6d.: mixed-:iged ewes, 265. (A.. 26b. 9d.: forward , ewes, 21s. 6d., ?.ss. 6d,; store ewes, 16s. 6d., 1.95. 6d.: cull do., 30s. Id : fat ewoo, 315.: fat lambs. 315.; forward cows. £7, £8; "inplv heifers. £6. £6 10s.; Jersey heifers in calf. £14 55.: mixed-sev wcaiu'i'fi. 395.. to £2 55.; yearliiiT ethers. .£3 ?a. 6.1.; twentymonth do.. £6 lis.. £7 10s: two and a A half-year do., £7 14s. 6d., £9 Vs. 6d.; bull, £8. ► £