STOCK SALES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 174, 25 July 1907, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report holding the usual stock sale at their Blenheim yards yesterday afternoon, the attendancebeing_ good. In sheep, the lines yarded were passed in at auction ;■ buyers declining to rise to vendors' values. Business however resulted by .private treaty} good mouth crossbred ewes in lamb to Shropshires changing hands at 11s 6d empty merino ewes,/ aged, at 6s. For cattle the competition was keen, but the fats came forward in a half-finished condition and sold at prices ranging from £4 7s 6d to £6 3s 9d. Dairy cows £4 12s 6d to £8 2s 6d. /Calves ss-to 10s. Pigs were in demand, the weaners offered selling readily at from 6s to 13s. ■■•. ■■:.'■' -■■ ■ . ;■■• .-■■ •:, •■

The. Company's next Blenheim sale will be held on Wednesday, 21st August.