LONDON WOOL SALES
London, May 14. ■At the wool sales there was a good ati ■ tendance. Prices wore firm, but un- | ■ ' changed. The following prices are rc- | ported:—"Tei-rick," 57' d. to sGil. .New Zeai land wools: "Tarat&lii," -J-ld. to 34d.; | "Longburn," 48dl : . to 413d.—Aus.-N.Z. | Gable Assn.
- SHORTHORN BULL SALE. ; - .-Messrs. Dalgoty and Co.. Ltd., in con- ; junction' with Messrs. levin and Co., Ltd., report having held the first annual bull:sale, on account of Sir Walter j Buchanan, at Tupurupuru, on Tuesday ■ last,- when they submitted a catalogue of 33 bulls and 9 heifers. Owing to tho ; dislocation of shipping buyers from the ■South Island and Poverty Bay were unable .to attend the sate, with the . result that there was an absence of outj- side competition, except from Taranaki. The drought also had an effect on the ! Bale, and only selected bulls were keenly i competed for. Prices realised were:— | ' For 18-months bulls, 85, CI, 30, 45. 43. 40, j !)2i', 31 and 25 guineas, and for heifers, ' yt0,.30, 28, 25 and 20 guineas were ob- ! tained.- This sale, it is understood, is to ! be;an' annual fixture.
LIVE STOCK SALESN
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Co., Palmerston North, report:On Tuesday we held a, sale of dairy cows | on account, of Mr. Gedrgo Gould, Taikorea. Tho oows-were an exceptionally fine lot, j and met with keen competition, the herd of 40 cows averaging £15 15s. Best cows, £15 to £21, one cow making as high as £40; medium cows, £12 to £15; aged coivs, £8 to £10; harness horBCB, £12 10s. and £30; heifers in calf, £7; twenty-months bull, £4 10s.; weaners, 30s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that at Palmerston North on May 22 a small yarding of sheep and cattio came forward. Quotations:—Sheep: Forward owes, lis., 12s. 6d. to 15s. 3d.; twotooth wethers (small),-, 175. to 18s. 9d.; b.f. lambs, tOs.. Id., Us.,' to- 12s. Id.; other lambs, 4s„'6s., to 7s. Cattle: Empty heifers, £3 10s. to £5 18s.; weaner heifers, 20s. to 275.; mixed'weaners. 275. 6d. to 325. 6d.; bulls, £7.
Messrs. ■ Abraham and iWilliams, Ltd., Marton, report aa follows:—On Monday we held a special, cattle- salo at Taihape. A good ya'rdhig came forward, the majority of whioh was disposed of as follow:—Polled Angus weaner steers, £4; heifers, £3 55.; twenty-months Polled. AngUß .steers, £7 Bs. 6d.; heifers, £6 45.; Devon-cross weaner steers'. .£4; small do., £2 10s., £2 17s. 6d.; m.s. Hereford weaners, £3 17s. 6d.; twoyear heifers, to £6 109.; twenty-months steers, £6 55., £7 65.; two and a half-year do., £9 ss„ £10 75.; small weaners, 255., 345.; bull; £9. At Hunterville cn Tuesday » small cntrv came to h'and. Quotations:— Small lambs, 6s. to 6s. Bd.; mixed aged ewes' in lamb, 18s.; m.s. weaners, £2; fif-teen-months steers, £4 75.; twenty-months do.. £6 55.; old cows, 30b. >
Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd!, roport on their Taihape sale as follows:— A small yarding of both sheep and nattlo come forward, but we managed to dispose'of all lines at the following prices:— M.s. lambs, 4s! 6d.; owes, to 19s. Bd.; fat cows, £6 10s.; yearling heifers, to £4 Is.; m.s. weaners, to £3 ss. . '
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 205, 24 May 1919, Page 10
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