LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 206, 26 May 1921, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-operative Association. Ltd.. Pnhiatua. report on their weekly sale held in the Mamranao yards on Tuesday, as follows:—We had a very good yarding of sheep, fat eheep being of exceptional quality. Buyers for fat aheep were present from various . parts, and competition was verv keen, a , much brighter tone being noticed through- ' out the sale, a fine pen of fat 4-tooth wethers realising the satisfactory price ol 18s. Id. We were successful in disposing of practically the wjjole entry under the hammer, the only lines neglected being two pens of Owes, in iamb to Romney rams. We had a very small entry of cattle. The following are the prices obtained:—ll.s fat wethers, 18a. Id.; 63 do.. 17s. 7d.: 66 do., 17". 6d.; 59 do.. 17s. 2d.; 9 do., 14s. lid.; 18 do.. 145.: 26 forward ewes, 10s. 4d. ; 27 do.. 9e. 5d.; 27 empty ewes, 75.: 168 do., 65.; 144 ewes, m lamb to Romney rams. Bs. 6d.; 22 do., 7s. 5d.; 62 m.e. lambs, 7s. 2d.; 64 do.. 6s. 6d.; 23 do., ss. 7d.;’21 do,, 5.“..; 14 do., 45.; 1 springing heifer, £6 Ys. 6d.; 1 do., £5 17s. 6d.: 1 fat cow, £4 7s. 6d.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., held their Marton sale yesterday, when good yardings of both sheep and cattle came forward. The tone of the sate was very much better, only one non of sheep and one of cattle being unsold. Quotations:—Af.s. lambs. 9s. Id., 10a. 5d.: cull do., 6s. Id., 6s. 9d.: w. do., 10s. Id.; mixed aged ewes, r.w. Romney rams, 75., Bs.; 4-year do.. 10a. Id.; 6-tooth do.. 9s. 7d. 10s. 3d.; 4-tooth do., 13s. 6d.: ethery eWes, 4s. 7d.: 2-tooth ewes, empty. 15ff. 10d.; fnt ewes. 10s. Id.. 10s. '3d., Ils. 6d.; 18month Hereford steers, £3; 2-yea.r steers, £2, £3: 3)-year do., £3 10s„ £4 10s.; weaner heifers. 245.: steers. 5c.; fat cows, to £5; best dairy cows, £l6, £2l: good do.. £ll, £l5 10s.; old do., £5, £8 2s. 6<J.; heifera. to £l3 12s. 6d.; weaner pigs, be. t-o Ils. 6a.