COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1910, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LEY IX STOCK SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile AgLiicy Co. report as fol-lows:--At our Levin sale yesturdav i wi! had ,i Rood yjirdiug ill' sheep. The attciulance of buyers was tjnod, •ind bidding wa s'trisk. We cleared nearly at prices in liivoiir of vendors. We quete :—- Slicpp.—Good breedijig ewe.s, to .'3d; fat ewes, 12s 3d. Dalget.v and Co. rojwirt on their Levin sale held yesterday, as folh.ws:—ne airain had a very heavy yar:!in.g of sheep, every pen iji the ynrd being taxed to thu u.tin<;st. IJiiytM-s were in attendance in full IWco. biuding I (.-ing brisk throughout the sale, with the result that we had practically a total clearance. A line of aged ewes, o:> account of the State Farm, w.-s well competed for, being knocked ilowh at l.w 2d ; other prices \vi>re .- Sheep.-Rnpi! lambs. B<<, 8s -Id. 8--•kI to 8s lid; store lambs, is lid. Os to 7s 10.1; rull wcolly lambs, ox • breeding ewes, 10s 2d, "lis lid, Vh to ir, s 2d ;2-t-r.nth wethers. 12s, I.'is 4d to 12s 6d ; small 2-toot 1 - wethers, lls; medium fat ewes, 11 jCattle.—Eat heifers, CI 3s. C 4 7s. C 4 8s and £4 10s; small enlves. 17,< (i:l; heifers i,u calf, os; cows aii'l calvas, G4 Is; fat cows, £4 12s. Abrah.TO and 'Williams, Lttl.. re-"!-b as follows:-—At Levin yrsterday we yarded 3400 sheep. ' 'Good !)rpeding ewes nnd Avethers im i t with keen competition, but aged .nrr 1 cully ewes Ave' , ! , difficult to quit, and a few pen.? of these went out unsold. All other lines we disposed of under ths hammer at satisfactory prices. A good yarding of cattle met with spirited competition, nm l ii total clearance was mado in this department. ¥.e quote :— Sheep.—A nice line of 180 fat wethers ln-ade 14s 3d; mixed fat sheep, 14s;. fat ewes, lls; forward wethers, 13s 3d to 13s ,*kl; 2 and 4tooth wetliers, 12s 9rl: 2-tooth wethers, lls Id, lls lid, to 12s Id: 2-tooth ewes (small), 12s 7d to 13:--3d; 4 and 5-year Romney ewea. lls 7d to 13s'Id; f.m. breeding owes, 9s to 10s Id; aged owes, fc 9d to 8h; cull ewes, 2s Id.-to 4s; rape lambs. 8s; store lambs. 4s to Gs; mixed 2-tooth ewes and wethers, lls 7d. Ca-tlte.—3-year forward bullocks. £6 10s; 21-year steers, £4 10s; 18month steers. £2 10s; hi cows. £4 1.2s 6d, £4 17s" fid, £5 to £5 8s 0d; forward cows, £3 10s to £4;. store cows, £2 10s to £8; wenners, 17s 6d-to 21s; bulifi, £3 to £4 7s 6d; springing heifers, £4 10s; springing cows,-"£4 10s to £5; cows in milk, £.5 to £.7,