LIVEV STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 8

LIVEV STOCK SALES.

! i'' : 'and yilliaoSs, Ltd.,'.,re- ■ portA Palmerstoh.' sale;, held yes.' today; as followsWe had a good yarding' ; ofbothj? sheep: ,',' an d:: cattle;: - Sheep., met .with, avery . ready,, sale, owing,- to : the ;beheficial;:'^rain.s,';,-.n l nd ;„the ilato t rise \ in: fat stock. Lambs arid wothers were fully cightecnpenco f per head 'better.'than was tho "caso at last: week's sale, while cattle sold freely.at current rates. We quote;— , Sheep;: Two-tooth 'ewes;-:l2s. '4d~; 'aged dwei,' 3s. :ld: ,to' 4s. *90.} fat ewes', ,8s;. sd. to, 9s 6d,; crape -lambs Bs.i\sd.;: shorn • ■ 6s. lid;; forward wethers; 10s; 9d.:to 12s. 6d.; fat' .lambai,:9s;v;lod.''j;'. Cattle;,:: Well-bred -Shornhorn cows, £3 10a.'to £3 6d.• 3year'.bullocks,' £5,t0 £5:75. 6d,; 10-months ■steers,.' £3,'95. ! .6d.; -2-ycar steers, '£4 25.; heifers, ~in milk, £s; v ;cows,'-,-in .milk, £4 7s. v 6d.; empty', heifers,'. £2 ; 13s. to . £3; : fat eows, £4 : 10s. to £4 195.; weaners,: 125. ; 6d. ,to;27s. : . :VE'cportin^i'on,,,their ;:Paliibrston stock isalOi . held yesterday, ,tho New .Zealand Loan and - Mercantile Agonoy Co., Ltd., fitato as; follows!—Wo had a fair entry; of both , sheep and cattle, ..and, in - consequence of :the higher prices ruling for fats, the .healthy state of:tho wool market .in London, and;the good rainß, there was "an .'all-round-improvement. In sheep.' ,Young , cattle'--also 'wero: ill' good .and soldvwell. - Wo, quote;— Sheep;; Rape lambs, 6s. 6d. to. 6s.'' Bd.; cull lambs, 45.; :fat,:owc3i-ICS., 2d.; fat wethers, 13s. Cattle; Small, weaners,, 163.; lid.; 15;7nonths ,steers, •'£2 : , 125.; cows . and:.' calves,s £3 : ',75.; store cows; £2 10s.; .'forward cows,''-£3'4s. to £0 'Bs.-6d.j fat cows, £4 JBs.; bulls, £2 to £3 15s'