PALMERSTON STOCK SALE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10502, 14 December 1911, Page 7

PALMERSTON STOCK SALE.

(By Telegraph-rsj)£c}al to ciw Age.)

PALMERSTON N., Last Night. , Messrs and Williams, Ltd., report :-~-At our Palmerston N. sale to-day, w$ yarded 700 sheep and 1000 head of cattle. All classes of stock met with p, keen demand, and we Jiave -to Report ia> total ; clearance under the hammer with the exception., of .one, small . !j&e v ,7qo. hoatl of. cattip yianjeid on account of ''Mr J; iWkiH?} were a particulirly |ppd iot",\ and sold at prices in excess' pf valuations. We quote Shee p:' jjnipty ewes, woolly, 10s 3d, . 13s to 13s"5d; 2tooth wetherij, 10s lid to 12s 3d; shorn 2-tooth to 12s Id; shorn ewes and il6s lid to 28s, the .last price obtained for a line of P.B. Romney pwefliand lambs; woolly hoggets, 14s. oattle on account of J. Barker, esq.: 148 yearling,P.H. heifers, £3 7s 6d'j P.A. steers, £4; 40 Shorthorn steers, £3 19s; 74 2i-year P.A. steers, £5; 26 2-yeax S.H. steers, £4 6s; 90 forward P.A. heifers, £4 3s to £4 6s; 36 fat and forward P.A, Heifers, £4 lis 6d; l'j Hereford heifers, £4 10s 6d; 36 yearling S.H. heifers; £2 19s; 27 2-year S.H. heifers, £3 12s 6d. On account of P. A. MoJJardy, Esq.: 50 forward bullocks, £7 13s. Other lines : Fat j and forward bullocks, £8 3s; 3-year J buttocks, 3s 6d; yearling steers, i : £2 da; yearling steers, £2 17s; empty . cows,. £2 tlOs to £3 7s; 2-year steers, , ■£4 4s 6d; >and calves, £3 8s; |; 'bulls &0s to £3 2s 6d; dairy cows, £6 I' j;ssto£B/}s. 1