LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 7

LIVE STOCK SALES.

'Messrs. Dalgoty nnd Company, Ltd., report having held their usual stock sale nt "Uppo* Eirtt yesterday, when a braall yarding of sheer and a Jftrgo yarding of cattle came forward. . Competition was fairly keen for all sorts, nnd Hourly-all of the yarding was dispoeod .of al satisfactory prices, as follow:—Skoep : A pea of very prime fat withers and hoggots realised 19s. Cattlo i Good bullocks, £5 Cs. to Jls lOe.i 2 off-steers, vC3:i6s. to £i Bs.j IS to. 18-month. \ steers, £2 2s. to £2 325. Cd.; weaners (small). Jfl" 55.; good dairy cow.< close ta profit, .£) 1 ss. to >G6 lQs.; springing heifors, JEV 7s. Cd.'tc XG 10s.; fat nnd forward. speyed cons, JBt,7s.| store cows..J2 lis. j heifers in calf, JC2 15s. to JJ2, lCs. Gd.; empty heifers, £2 2». 6d. to .(2 135.; purebred'.Holstein bull,' JCS 55.; liulfbred . Holstein, JC3; purobred shorn bull, 9 months, .£2 ss. /' \ Messrs. Dalgcty and, Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly sale at Ekeluliumi yov terday. They had n heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. Sheep drnggei somewhat nndar: the hammer, and vendors in most cases, .had to loiver'their reserves, but the auctioneers succecdod in quitting the bulk of the yarding/. Dairy cattlo mot witlrn dragging wile, oxcept sorts that wero well forward. These sold well*.i Quotations:—P.m.' ewes in lamb, lis. Gd. t6,135. ild;';:cwo hoggets, to 12s. lOd. j mixed , hoggets,, 6s. 'Bd., 'Bs.' Id.', to ss.' od.; 2-tooth wethers, 13s. to 13s. 3d. Cattle! Forwardspnyod heifera,'JM'Jo. to .£4 5a.; springing heifers, £i 2s. 6d. to 'J35 75.. Gd.; 20-inflnths do),'JC3 ss.\v Messrs. Dalget.r,and Co., Ltd.; reporting on ; their Pcilclinc; < p.alo held yesterday, state that % there ,was. a fair yarding of sheep but a small yarding of, ca,ttle. .Mixed aged ewes •in lamb, lis. 7d., ; 125. 3d., to 135.; 2-tooth \vethbrß, 12s. ( :i "small heggets, Bs. Cattle: Fat cows, £i Bs. ■to £1101.; .dairy cows, V£4 15s. to £7 2iS. Cd.l •empty! cows, .£2 2s.

Thoj New Zealand Loan and Mercantilo. Agency.' Co.'s market reports .'for. the week .' ended August 13 are as follow:—At Baagi* ♦; .u'ahiti, 1 on '. Tuesday, on . account of the seven .*• iweftthcrv _on|y a, small yarding- came' forward. ', .Quotations•. Mixed Hoggets,' 10s, Bd.; cows and . calves,, '£&;■ springing heifers', -J®: 10s. to; -<88. < At • M)v J.cs. Bed's clearing (ale at Kimboltoa ; onWedr.esdfiy, we had a lnrf*. attendance, nnd 'ft- successful sale resulted at' thv-following prices:—Empty ewes, 95.; ewe hogirets, lis.}/ wether hoggets' (small), Bs. 2d.; mixed' hoggets'... to 19s. 3d.; forward wethers, ISs.' Sd,;-forward ' 'b.ullopk#, . .£5; empty ..cows, •£2 193.!; •dairy-cowa, J63;to £i- 155., , 2-ycap .colt,''.£ll;" ajed'.'liarc, , JCSr light draiVit,';--mares', JClO' to"<Cl7; .mowor,, .£l2 10s.; hay rakp,!'*,. •4S; dray, .£ll 10s.;; stack of oats, X2l; nnd. a,,, hugs .-quantity #f farm tools and sundries at" sfull rates. At Feildijig", on Friday, there was n , good entry of sheep and cattlo. .Hoggets were,; somoirhat easier,..but fat, 6hecp..sold, well. . A - ,' good'.demand also existed for all classes of: cattle, and a good: clearance was cffocted. . Wo • quote:—Medium hegsets, Js,. 6d.' to 9s. -9d.j small, ewe hpgiets, Bs.; 2-tootli cww in lamb,' lis."Bd. to■ 15s. 3d. Cattle: 2J-yeav stoers. £V 'ss..r,fdr.»ard''bullocks, J!8 Gs. ; small backward : heifers;" £2' ta.-: to .€2 125.; forward , hbifers, iG3 : 2«. 6d.;:vainer:.heifers, 275.; empty, heifers;'.£2 3s. Cd.

-Reporting' on- sales held at Eketahuna jw > terday, : Mtfsts.' Abr*ham and Williams, Ltd., . state, *8 foUo|Tß:—Stock came forward greatly in txctas of advertised nniubcrs, and wo lmvo to report a most successful sale. We quote:■; Slioep—Ewes. in lamb, 125,.,#d. to 13vGd,i fat ■ and fonrsid, wetbers, ,18s. 2d. ; tiro , and four,-;i; tooth withers, 13s, 3d.'to Its. ;hogn#ts, Bs. Cdi / to 10s. lid. Cattle: Fat cows, JU 2s. Bd.j coirs-, in calf, Xi 3s. M„ <Ci,l2s. Oil., JCS,-Xt,- to J!7j ■ empty cows, 87s. 6d, to £2 10s.; htifers in 'calf. £i ss. to. J5 7s. Cd.; two-year empty heifers, £2 25., fld. to ,J!2 14s. j-. bnlltels,', .JCS'i ;.155.-* Cu.;- lfi-mopths steers,. £3 Da.i yearling l . steers, Ms.