LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 73, 20 December 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aecncy 00.. Ltd., Wa branch report for weok eridinK December 18 .-At Opu nnlco on Monday there was only n. small yafdine comprised chiefly °L? to *? te ?" b y These were nob keenly B ® uc ™' (I . a *J f er the small attendance, and moat of the yardine was paused in. % CC A Knrhifflne hoifors. .£7 Ss. to ill 108., yeiir line heifers. £3 7b. 6d.; maiden Bliorthorn bulls. £8. On Ti:e»day,-M Manilla, wo had a very email yarding. Prices at late rate?. At! Palmer Boad on Friday we aIHO had n. nmnll yardinsc. The attendance wa JFmaU. and there was very little .We auote:—Forward cows. to_£9: others market vnlue: bulls, to £5. Messrs. Dalqety and Co., Ltd.. Palmerston North, report havinpt a very fair entry 01 sheep and cattlo at their Feildimr Bale on Friday. Quotations :-Sheep: 'Small 2-tonth wethers, 195.: medium 2-tooth wether - 225.; line of 830 2-tooth wethers realifed 23y. M. Cattle: fitoro cows: £6 10s.i fat liciferß. *10 128. 6d.; fat Bteers, £13 to £16: sprluslnK heifers. £10.10s. to £11.. . Messrs. Dateety and Co., T<td. Paltnerston North, report havinsr held their fortninhtlv sale in Taihape on December 15. when a fair yardins of sheep and cattle camo forward, which Bold as follows :-Fat ewes, 235. 9d.; forward ewes, 21s. 6d.: year™ne Heifers.'small. £3 10s. £4. £4 12s. «d.; 2-year heifors, small, £4 17s. 6d.: yearling Steers, £1 155.: dairy cowb. £7. £8 ss„ £10, £ Me-srs. DnTeety SilS'Co., Ltd.. Palmerston Nortiil report having a very ecod yardinc of cattle at the Maiif-aweka sale on Thursday. Thero was a very fair demand, and nraetlcallv all lines changed hands. Quotations:— Two-year heifers. £5: backward heifer". £f> 7s. 6d.; eows and calves. £7 IBs.: Z-yemr steers. £5 12s, 6d. to £7; 211year steers, £8: 3-year steers, £8 15b.. £9, to £9 16b.: 3 to 3J-ycar steers, cood condition, £11 155.: 3i and 4-year bullocks,, £12 17s. 6d.