Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 December 1915, Page 3

Commercial.

—. —_, LIA'JLN STOUi SALES.

AleMsis Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Levin on Friday we yarded a lair entry of aheop and u vwj heavy one of cattle to a large attendance ot buyers. Biddiug right throughout was very spirited and lato price a were more than maintained. It wa.> one ol the best sales of cattle we hum) conducted, stock with any condition on being eagerly sought alter. Quotations.—

Sheep.—Eat wethers (light) 225, 23s 8d; fat ewes 21s id), 22s 3d, woolly 2-tooths 20s yd; shorn i-iouth (small; 18s 3d.

Cattle.—l°a/t bullocks, light £1-1 10s, lut cows £8 3a, £6 ltis, £10 to £11; forward bullocks £10 13s, £11 12s; oyear bullocks £9 1-ls; forward cows £(i 15s,' £7, £7 Bs, £7 10a, £7 lis to £7 13a; store cows £4 os, £y as to £'i: forward empty heifers £0, £6' os (id; empty z-yea.l- heifers £4 Bs, £4 10s, £4 ios to £5 lis; 18-months steers £5 4s M; 18-mouths and 2-year, steeds £5 13s; yearling steel's £3 4s, £3 Os (id; yearling and 10-mdntEs steers £1, £4 •Js, £4 8s (id; cows and calves £0 7s, £6 7s 6d, £6 12s 6d to £7; 2-year steers £6 10s; yearling heifers £2 3s to £2 10s ;weaners 19s 6d, 22s 6d; bulls from £7 15s to £9 6s.

The dairy cows offered on account of Mr D. Laing were a nice lot and sold well, priceß ranging from £8 ss, £10 os. £10 15s. £11 ss, £14, £14 17b M to £17 12s 6<L

rigs.—AVe had an entry of 100 pigs which sold as under:—Stoves 18s, 20h 6d, 22s -6d;' 'porkers ?7s (id, 30s, 31s, 365, 38s, 40s 6d; hacohers £2 15s, £3, £3 Gs; bowb and litters £b" 17s to. £7 13s.

LONDON WOOL SALES. Dalgety and Company, i>imite<J., hare irecoived the following 'cablegram trom their London Office, under date ot the 11th instant:—Wales are proceeding with increasing animation for all descriptions. Shafty merinos arejnaifing exceptional'prices, especially West Austrakttx -