Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 September 1915, Page 3

Commercial

LEVIN' STOCK SALES.

-Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having field their usual weekly sale in tho iLevin yards on Wednesday, Bth inst., when they offered to a good attendance of the public a fair yarding of sheep and a good yarding of cattle. Good competition took place ior most of the lines offered, fat sheep being especially in keen demand, one line of prime fat wethers making tho satisfactory prico of '60s. Sheep.—Medium woolly hogget*; His Id: fat wethers 31s 3d to 3os; fat ewes 28s; light weight fat wethers 28s 5d to 295. Cattle.—Forward medium cows £5 4s to £0 iOs; medium store cows £3 8s to £1 2s j springing heifers £5 4s to £0 10s, medium 18-months heifers £2 17s to £3; 2-i-yoar steers, poor condition, .1'") 8s (id -j yearling steers 28s to <ibs; cows and calves £4 10s; cows in milk it 1 to £0 lbs. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Levin 011 jjriday stock came forward well over advertised numbers, ami we have to report a very successful sale, sheep in particular sold freely and commanded good values; but cattle with the exception of fats and grown steers were inclined to drag jusb a little. Quotations: — Sheep.—Fat wethers 2/s Bd, 28s, 295, 3-l.s 3d, 3-1 (jd, 36s to 3/sj iat ewes 3Us, 32s 2d. A nice line of 2o lioggete from th; Woraroa Experimental Farm realised the good price of 31s 9d. Forward wethers 21s 10d, 25s 2d; forward ewes 20s, 20s 7d; hoggets (good) 17s (xl, 19s lid, 21s; cull hoggets 10s 2d.

Cattle.—Fat cows from \\ eraroa iUxperimental Farm £L> Bs, £11 16s and £14 lis; 3- and 3i-year steers £9 i)s; fonvard bullocks £13; 2-yeaj- steers £3 17s; forward empty ueifens £5 6s; forward empty cows £o 17s, £6 Is; store cows £3 17s (id, Li 2s Gd, £4 Bs, £4 IDs, honors 335; yearling heifers 32s tid, 355, 2-yoar dairy bull £u; heifers close to profit £7.

Pigs.—We had an entry of UO pigs and quit tod the entire yarding at the following prices:—Baooners £2 2s 6d, £2 3s, chopper £3 12s, porkers 33s t>4, bis, to 3 ( Js (id j stores 17e txl, 21s to 31s; purebred sows bred by Wcraroa li)xperimental Farm £6 (is.