LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

J; Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report :-Af our 1 eliding sales yesterday there was • a fair entry of. ehiep and cattle.: \ Four, six, and f.f.m. 'ewes, in: lamb to Romney rams, 10s. Cd to 13s. Gd.; fat forward wethers, 13s. 7d.; ewe hoggets, 13s. 6d. to, 13s. 7d.; wether hoggets; -10s. tolOs.. 6dv; mixed hoggets, ■ 9s. 4d.; purebred Southdown ,ewes, in lamb to Southdown rams, 315.; dairy heifers, £5. 155.,' ,£5 17s' Gd to £d; springing hoifers, £i Ms.; springing cows, ■£!> ss;,- weanors, 305.; store cows £2bulls, , ,£2. •'.■.• ".Messrs. Dalgety-and Co. report having'held their fortnightly salo at : Ek'otahuna on Friday. -The report states:—We had only a medium entry of sheep, but the pattle pena : were filled. , Sheep .sold well at- advanced prices, and cattle sold'at late rates.' Wβ quote:—Two-tooth wethers, 11s. 2d.'to 12s. 6d ; two-tooth to f.m. ewes, in' lamb, lls. 9d. Cattle: Three-year-bid steers, £3 10s. to £i '45.; yearling steers, £2 155.; empty heifers, to .£2; bulls, to £1 10s.; mixed, yearlings, 15s. to The.. New "Zealand Loan and- Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., market •: reports for the week ending July 10 are as follow:—At Rangiwali ia on Tuesday we had a small entry of stock. Quotations:—Two and four-tooth wethers, 12s. 7d.; ewes in ijamb, 95... 6d.; empty heifers,, .£2 9s!;. empty cows, £2. At Feilding on Friday a medium • entry of 6heep and cattle met I with ,a fair sale. We quote :-Sheep: Small hoggets, Bs. 6d.; aged ewes in lamb, 9a. Cd.; mixed aged ewes, in lamb to Southdown rams on account of Shannon and Hall, 16s. 6d. to :16s. 10d.; mixed aged Romney ewes, on account of Mrs. B. H. Slack, 235. 6d. CattleWeaners (mixed), 305.; store cows, 335.; cows in calf, £2 155. , t0 £2 195.; 2J-year;steers, 10s. to 155.; 20-month-(heifers, in calf £2. 155.. . : ■■■■"-,. ■.-■■•■■■.- ■Messrs. Dalgety and Company, .Limited, report having >held their fortnightly sale at Upper Hutt on Thursday, when a small yarding of sheep aud a good yarding of cattle came forward. Sheep were in good demand, but cattle (with the exception of ' younger sorts), were rather 'dull of sale under'the hammer, though most of the yarding was afterwards cleared at satisfactory prices, which are as follow :-Sheep: v Forward wethers, 13s. sd. Cattle: Dairy cotvs (spring calvers),. to £5 17s. 6d.; heifers, closo to profit), £i 15s. to. ,£5 10s.; springing heifers (rather backward), ss. to £i 10s.; forward eoivs, 7s. ,6d. ta £2 17s. 6d.; store cows, .£1 10s. 155.; heifers in calf, £2 10s.; 18-months heifers, £2; weaner heifers, «£1 3s. Od.; bulk, £1 10s. to ',£2 10s.