STOCK SALES

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3282, 27 February 1926, Page 10

STOCK SALES

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., ™- , ; merston North, feport having alaEgs t;,,. entry of sheep and a small ,yarding of cattle at their Mangaweka on Thursday, February ■ i£th. Bidding for sheep was inclined to be dull and prices showed a deolipe, though practically ’ the whole of SM. yarding changed Ijands. vl Quotations: Small lambg, 6s, 8s - 6d; medium lambs, 10s 6d‘to b.f. shorn lambs, ; IBs; aged- cull eyjjes ' 5s to 6s; nut ewes, 10s, lis„ U«£|d ; to 14s; 4 and 5-year ewes, ISs.Cto 225; small’4-th to <-yr ewes, 19s,!Sd to 19s 8d; small 2-th ewes, 17s, l|s, . 19s 6d to 20s; small 2-th wethers, 18s to 21s; empty . 85s; 2 Jyr. ; steers, £6; fat cows, ,£4 17s 6d. •*, Messrs. Abraham & Williams, Lra., ; report:-—Wo held our' monthly sale of wool, skins, hides and tallowij’oh Thursday, when we submitted a ’catalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. Competition for wool was good and a total clearance was alfectedjat v-: prices equal to those obtained in sie ? , large sales. Sheep skins also sold well. Heavy ox hide sold on $. par with late rates, whilst cow hides’ wSre a little easier. Tailow was also easier. We quote:— ;■ • " 1 Wool: Southdown, 184 d; cross-bred medium, Hid; coarse, - 10*d to IJd; . Inferior, 9d to 10d; lambs, , t I3id; crutchings, 4d to 6d; pieces, 4Jd to 6d; locks, 4d; dead, 6id to BSd. Skeepsklns; Crossbred fine, 12|d; medium, lid to Hid;,, Coarse, lOd to lOJd; dead, to 8d: laipbA^ldjcross- . bred inferior, 7d to 9d.,’ Hides: Ox, heavy,' 9id; medium, 8d; light, 6d to jßid; cow, 6|so 6|d:_ yearlings and 74^ v to ,’v Calfskins: Best lines, 13gd; gqod, 12Jd to 13d; stqlned, ild to l2d; put and inferior, 8d lo 9Jd. Tallow: In tins, £24 to £26 10/- per ton. ■: Horse hair: 20c! per IV Rabbit skins: 26d per lb. Our next rale will be held on March 25. Falling from his bicycle through being hit by s snowball, t.hp pastor of Slttard, In Holland, was picked up dead. ■> -