LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2132, 25 April 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Accncy Co.. Ltd.,, report:—At Palmcrston North on Thursday wo had a fair j'ardinc of sheep and cattle, which sold well .at: lato rates, as under:—l'.f. ewes,- 15s. 4d.; sprinfripe hoifers. £4 12s. 6d., £5, to £6 65.:. fat cows, £5 7s. 6d., ;£5 Ids., to £7;' aged cows, 27a., 305., to £2 7s. 6d.; storo cow», .£2 10a., £2 155., £3 :175.; empty, helfere, £3 ls„ £3 8s„ to £4: heavy bulls, £6 7s. 6d.; .small weaners, 2Cs.: fair mixed weanexs, 315., 32a.-6d. Messrs.' Dalgety and Company, Ltd.,-Pal-mcrston North,, report havmc a small entry of-ehecp-and a fair yarainj-of cattle at their Palmerston North pale on Thursday, which sold as below :--Mixed age ewes running with Komne.v rams, to 16a.:-smail mixod weaners, Zis. to 255. 6d.; mixed weanors. fair, to 325. 6d.: good weaner heifers, to £2: empty store-cows,',-£2 ISs;; forward cows, to £4 145.: licht fat cows, £5 10s; to £6. Me«srfl. Abraham and Williams, • Ltd., tcport:—We held our weekly sale at" Palmorston North on Thureday, and offered a fair yarding of sheen and cattle. -Sheep eold readily, but cattle were .hard to auit, weaners particularly showinc a decline on lato rates. Sheep: Forward empty ewes, 12s. 9d. to 15s.' 9d.: small two-tooth, ewes, 133. 5d.; two-tooth wethers, 14s. 7d. to 14s. 9d.; Rood woolly lambs, 13a. 7d.; others, 9s. 6d. to lis. 9d. Cattle: Best weaner steers, £2; others, 17s. 6d. to 24a. 6d.; small mixed weaners, 9s. to 17s. 6d.;, fat cov/s.. £6; forward cows, £3 7s. to £3 17s. 6d,; dairy cows, in- oalf, £6.'