LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 173, 17 April 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dnlgety and Co., Ltd., report oi» their Palmcrston North sale on April 15. Wo had a Mod .entry of sheen, which it et with good demand, and a fair yarding of rattle, which were dull of sale. Quotations: Sheen—Empty ewes. 20s. to 255, Bd.:' small 2-t-ooth wethers. 23a. 9d. to 255. 6d.: small lambs, lis. lid..' 125.. to'l2s. 2d.: n'Cdiuin lambs. 16s. Id.: good lambs. 19b\ Id.: fat ewes. 29b. 6t1.: fat wethers. Ms. Oattlo -Cows, in calf. £9; forward empty cows. £6 55.; ycarline run heifers. £3 )55.: yen* ling steers. £3: 2C-month heifers, r.w.b.. £7 ss. • ' Mesßrs. Wright. Stephenson and Co.. Ltd.. report having offered a zood yarding of sheen and cattlo at the Mtirtlnborough. sale on Thursday, when, with' the exce-n----tion of one nep of sheen, a, total clearance was effected, ©rotations: Fat wethers, to 385.: m.s. w.f. lambs, 18r. to 245. 2d-; forward lambs, 205.; shorn w.f.'lambs, 14s. sd. to 15s. 4d.; b.f. lambi-13s. to 14s. 6d. Cattle: Store cows, £5 10s. to J. 9; IJ-ycar heifers. £4 6s. to £5: weaner heifers, to £3 2s. 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Acency Co.. Ltd.. report havine held a. very successful clearance- sale for Mr. F. M. Grcgorie, of Gorge End. Pahiatua. There was a. good attendance of buyers, and competition was spirited ■ right throiMrh the sale. ,IVe quote: Two-tooth ewes, 305.: 4-tooth ewes, 325. Id.; 6-tooth and 4-year ewes. 295. 4d.; cull 2-tooth ewes. 225. 3d.; owe lambs. 18s. Id.; wether lambs. £1: cull larahs. 12s. 7d.: Hereford Shorthorn cows and . calves. £9 2f. 6d.; P.A. cows and calves.. £12.' 18-moi;|.h P.A. steers, £7; 18-month P.A. heifers, £6 155.; dairy cow. £10: motor-c'p.r,. £385: horßes, £5. £8 , and £10. Sundries sold oarticillarly well.