LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1048, 10 February 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgoty and Co., Ltd., report on thoir TJppor llutt stock salo yesterday a* rpiiows:-bheep camo forward in largo numbqrf.iand although,there was a slight ?11ir a j 80od '"dine.of cattle, and pricoa realised were well up to late quotations. Wo quote- tho following prices :-Fat ; wethers, 14s. to Ms. 9d.; faUewos, lis. to .if 3 ,-, 3d v;tyo-t99jh.wethers. «si.6d. to Ms.: <»?K<i#*fc s>.i woolly rlamb*, i 6s.,,to-9«.,-,Bhorn«lambs} <s. to 55.: Shropshire rnmfl, 2J to 3 guineas; Lincoln 'ST™. ?a }° L f? lnca : springing cows, £3 12s. Cd. to. £5.155.; cows-irscalf,-£4 to £5: storo cows, £2 to £4 2s. 6d.; springing heifers, £5, £6 10s., £7. £3 10s.: two-yon? steers, £4 lis.; yearlings, 325. 6d.; mixed weancrs, 20s. to 225.' • . . .-

Messrs.. Dalgcty. and Co. report that at: tha'Palmorston'North sheep fair yesterday, the sheep oifored wero hardly up •to advertised numbers. There-was a good demand for four "and five 1 year ewes. For-' ward lambs met with keen competition, and medium sold'at. late rates. Quotations.—Small lambs, 3s.' Bd. to ss. 7d • wether lambs.'7s. 6d.; two-tooth wethers! I s - 10a.'to,Us. 3d.j cull owes, 3s. 6d„ 4s' to ss. 2d. j 6ma'H two-tooth owes- to lis. 4d.- : tn»o-tooth ewes, to 13s. 4d.j four and flveycat owes; 10s.; 10a. 9d., to lCs. lid.: fat cwcs, : good quality, 12s. 9d. There was i -«tolbel<araa«.Owithrw excepton of I small pen of iambs.

Messrs.. Abraham and" Williams, Ltd., report:-At our annual sheep fair held at Palnwrtlon on Thursday. February 9. «o °^Ll lhcro ■*» a good' attendance, including a number of outside buyers; and competition for all classes was keen throughout tho tale. Only, three" pens, for which vendors expected outside value, wpro .passed at auction, over 10.500 shepp being ;B6ld,under .the. hammer.. Quo-tatiods:-Fourajid five-year ewes, on account of Mr. A. Harding, Siberia; lis. Id • jJ-t,*^ B .. ,on.a(;count .of„tho.:f.unio owner, -us. >9d.: four and five-year owes;'on ac-=o2s'-or Mr. J.Gommel, 10s. 9d.; on accomrtj'on.tho sumo owner, four and sixtooth, owes, 14s. ; 7d.i two-tooth owes, 12s. ;«.; iambs,, 8«.-to.Ss.'4d.; four-year owes, on account of Mr. 0. 11. Hundley. Pohangina, He. 3d.;, small two-tooth owes, on account of tho samo ownor.-'lls. 2d.; fourtooth, ewes, on! account of- Mr. O. 'N Cowen, Pohangina.-Ks.'' 3d;; two-tooth ewos. on account of Mr. J. Kelsell, Hawanul, 14s! 6d.1.g00d lines of four and five-year ewes madofrom.9s.v-to lis;; fdur-tooth to f,m. ,ewcß, lls.Jd.Up .12s. 6d.; four and sixtooth ewos, -;125.-3d..-to' 14s. 7d.; two-tooth ewes, lis. 2d. to 14s. 5d.: small two-tooth ewes, 9s. 3d. to 10s.; aged owes, 6s. to Bs. 2d.; cull owes, 3s. 3d. to ss. 9d,; forward limbs, 86. to Bs. 5d.; cull lambs, 4s. Id. to <s. 7d.; fat owes, 12s. to 12s. 9d. ■ .

• Tho. New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., in their • Palinorston North stock ■ report state:—Wo held our Palmorston, North sheep fair on Thursday. There was a largo attendance] of buyors both local and from outsido ,tho district. Bidding.: throughout..waa. brisk, and a Teally'good salo resulted. 1 Sheep did not como forward quite- up to advertised numbers, and wo woro disappointed in several lines. Wo - quote :-i-Four-ycar Komney owes; on account of Mr. Hugh Akcrs. lis. 3d. to Its. 4d.; aged owes. Bs. 6d. to Bs. lid.; forward ewes,. 9s. 3d.; rape lambs to 9s. 3d.: cull two-tooth cwov Bs. lid.; six-tooth Edmhcy rams," ~£2 10s.