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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3015, 28 February 1917, Page 8

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LIVE STOCK SALES • Mcssr.:. Dalgcty end Od, (T,td., reporl:,We held w weekly stooX ealo at Miller's ..Road ym-00. Uannevlrke, on Friday, when we ofjerwl a. big yardiiuj or sheen over «UOO, and a small entry'of cattle to a. ■limited number of buyers. Tho number of sheen that camo forward for this salo taxed tho holding capacity of tho yards to their utmost, and we experienced con- .• .. ■siflerable difficulty in accommodating our ; v entry. sheep beinc offered In allcy->-ays. lacos, and adjoinine paddocks. .Buyers were not present to deal with the >6heep yarded, «n4.« considerable portion -of tho entry >oa jiassod at auction. Wo ljuote fales as follows:-Four, six, and icight-tooth and five-year ewos, 315.; lour ..and ax-tooth ewes, 395.t two-tooth ewes. . i34s. 3d.; four-yoar ewes, 355. 4d.; mixedAge ewes, to 32a. 4d.; lambs. 14s. 3d., 15s. Ito 208.1 oull «wes, to 165.; two-tooth pvelhers, 31s. 3d. to 325.; fat ewes, 31s. io ■■■ 'J3s.j and «, pen of rams, four-year Liu;colne,' to £4 45.. Fat cowa, £1115s.; Shorthorn heilers, £10; flfteon-monlh. steers, [£! 14a,: dairy heifors, £7 10s. .; Tho Kew Zealand Loan and Mercantile itAgenoy Co., Ltd., report:—At Himatangi, l«n Monday, wo had a good yarding of Iboth'sheep and oattlo, all'of -which sold lleadily at late rates :-rMixed woolly lambs, . |15s. 6d. j fat lambs, 235. 3d.; f.m. ewes, 16s. !6d.f iQI ewes, 30s. | six-tooth S.D. rams. iSlgns.; small woaners, 365. to £2; good tyearllne steers, £4 10s.; store oows. £4 10s„ "iis 10s.! forward cows, £7 10a., £8 Is., £8 '65.; bulls, £7 6s„ £7 155., £10.