LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 226, 12 June 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgcty ami (Jo,, I,UL, I'almeretou A'onb, report having a very Kood yarding .of sheep and a small entry or cattle at (hair FeUding sale on i'mlay. The market wag somewhat Irregular, mid for inferior Btock competition wae ' limned. Quotations:—Cull Jambs, 3s. 3d., 4i. 5d.. 55., 6b,; sm*lt lambs, 9s. 7U. to 11s.; fair.lambs, 17s. 7(1.; best, lambs, 21e.; cull 2-tooth wethers, 18b. 6d.; mixed aged ewes, hi lamb, 16s. 9d.; 4 and 5-year (uvea, in lamb, 275. 10d.;'4-Uioth to 4-year lUiiiinoy ewes, in lamb, 325.; .empty 2-tootli ewci, 265. .til.; 2-tootli ones, iu lamb, 275.. 10d.; 2-tooth wethers, 20s. to 30s. 4d.; heavy aHinncd wethers, 33r. 7d.; fat ewee, 1%. 6d. Cattle: Springing cons.(close. uji). AW: empty heifers, £4 55.; heifers, r.w. bull. £4 19s. 6d.; 2j-ynar stcore. £10 10s., 3i-ye«r. bullocks, £14 lie.

'lhc Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Lid., report concermnj; the cattlb fnlr, held nt Eketalniua, as under:A full yai-din? was offered to a very good attendance of the public, and on the Whole a satisfactory sale has to be reported. Bullocks and steers showing any indication of quality mado a ready sale. Competition for everything else was inclined to drag, but business resulted uiosrly at Ruction, aod a, complete clearance was made. A pen of 15 fat and forward bullocks, sold on behalf "of Mr. T. 11. Groves, mado £16 10b., an» a cow offered by that gentleman on behalf of the Red Cross Copper Trail, made £18. Quotations: 1-year old bullocks, £14, £14 10s., and £16, were extra good; 2i-year-old steers, £13, £13 155., iand £13 10s.; bad coloured sorts, £8 10s.. to £9 155.; 20-montli steers, £6 to .■£7 25., according to quality: 2-year-old dairy heifers, £8 2f. j<l ; yearlings, up to £5 2b. 6d.: weaners. 30s. to 335.; cows, £6 10s.' and £11, according to condition.