LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 692, 17 December 1909, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

: Messrs.: Dalgety';ind..:Oo.,: Ltd., report:—At a Bmall entry oi sheep and -a 'i good yarding;of cattle.'came lor. ward, . and ' nearly -all met -. Willi . ready sale. Pifteen-monthsi heifers, £2 .16a. 6d.;'bulle, £3 25.--.6d.;'eighteen-montJiS', steers,' £3 35.; .empty cows, £3 13s.;,fat'cows, £5-55.; forward bullocks £5,i165..-t0. ; £6.155.; .Springing heifers, ui lis.;' fat-heifers;;'£4-4s. -~A lino of 93 forward bullocks,, sold'in, conjunction, with-tho Kow Zealand .Loan . and iiorcantile : Agency Uompany' reaUscd. ! £6:63, :^;:', ■',-"■;'.■• .-. ■''~ ■.-.',■.. . ; :Dalgety/and'.Cb.,: : Ltd.,vreport' having held their usual, salo at their Bpjier.-Jiutt Vards yesterday*... Stock camo forward ...up ;tb adveN tised:numbers, -and the ilrm yarded 6CO sheep -and 60: head of cattle. All'-sheep :yarded -sold roadily,' : at the following ,prices :—Lwcs (mixed ages) and! lambs, all. counted,. at bs.; forwara owes,; mixed ages, 9s. .;4d.' -Cattle realised'tho following prices!— Young-grade' bulls;:£1. Bs. : to £3 ;ss:;"fat cows,;£ 4; .store cows;- to £2 135.• springing cows, to £4.1(15.; nfteen-mbnths, mlxcu sexes,, at £2 10s. ' ' - ■..;■„ ■ ■.-'.

1 Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited,, re-■port-on>'their-'Palmorstonisalo,' held yesterday as follows:—Wo ,had. a. good yarding of both sheep and cattle, but several lines of fat and 'wo were' unable to quit, owing to ■ owners': reserves being rather too high.' Cattlo met with a: brisk sale and-wo quitted the wholo o! our entry at satisfactory prices. Wo quote :-Sheep: Aged: ewes' and lambs, all. w>unted,/6s.'Bd.;vf a t 6"wes, good. 10s. 6d.ii-,-■two. a=d-. four-tooth, ewes,', small, ■• 10s 6d. to, Us. 3d.; ..empty. ewes, 'Bs.;. two-tooth wethers,. Bs. .lid... Cattle: .Forward bullocks. £745.; yearling ..steers, £2. to £2';7s.' 6d.': fat rnwa ' .£} 2s. to £3 15s;;,; two and'a half-year steers' £4 65.;: bulls, ,;£3>ss. 'to £4 10s.;-empty store* an<i weaners, 12s. 6d.;. aged cows, 20s. to 30s. . . . S :■ Tbe.'Palmerston branch- of the New Zealand'* Loan and.Mercantile,Agency Co., ltd., reports:— At Raumai,'on Tuesday," there was a good demand ■ for \_cattle,. and a good clearance was effected. ;, .At Palmerston, yesterday we had a • good, entry of both '- sn»3p . and cattle.. Sheep' sold'well at late rates, and cattle also met with affainr n inquiry. .We quote:-At Baumai: Aged cows, 255.-; eightoen-months steors,-,£2 17s. fid • two-year; steers,. £4 16s. 6d.;:.forward' cows, £3 155.; milk cow 3, £5 ; to . £6 2s. 6d.; Tr"ifers in calf, £3 ,18s. At Palmerston North: Two-tooth wothers, 9a. 7d.t0'95.8d.; mixed two-tooth do., 10s Bd.; two-tooth owes,-.. 135. ,2d.■■; four-tooth, wethers! 13s; 2d.; ''aged owes, 7s.' 6d.; aged rams" ' 6s Cattle :-:-Well-grown weaners, 24a.- to ais.; 'cows and calves, £3 15a.; forward bullocks, £6 6s • bulls,-£3 2s. 6d.; fatcows, £4 12s. 6d.; springing cows,',£s 2s. 6d.; forward; cows,':£3 Is, .'.-■-■-■ J Mr. 'Newton King's ',wcokiy stock -report is ns follows:—At tho Haymarhet on .Saturday but few pigs were penned, though good prices wero ij-ealised. -Store pigs made 13s. to'lßs.; porkere 235.; horses,,,£l'.los.: At Douglas, on Monday' there was a■ fair Warding of 'cattle." Yeariiri/r steers, made £2-3s. to £2.5i5.'6d.j fifteen-months d 0.,,£2 155.; two-years d0.,'£3:45.'6d.; two and a. half-years' d 0.,.: £4;.. yearling heifers; 395. 6d • forward 'cows, '£3:105.' to '£4;, fat' cows, £4 los' to £5 95.; forward bullocks, £5 3s: - fat bullocks' £6'55.; bulls,.£3to £3 10s. 6d.-. At Stratford 'on -Tuesday, there.! .-was a' largo entry' of cattle Bidding was brisk,■;and good: prices, wero realised. Bullocks -were, in strong demand, and sold readily at the hammer. ..reariing steera made £2 to', £2 18s.,- 6d<;: yearling' heifers, £2 8s to. £2 - 155.; eighteen-months steers, £2 15s to' ; £2:18s.; 6d.; .omply. heifers, -£2.65. to. £3 .25. ; 6d • ,dd. : ' Jersey strain,', £3 :125. : 6d.; .'Btore cows £2 'lo'.'£3:os.vM;-;':torwarel.do.,,£3 12s. 6d, lo £its'

fat -cows. £i 7s. fd.'to :£s'3s".'; three-year bullooks, £4 to £4 16s.- 6d.; three and a .-half: to four-year-do., £5 to £5 IDs.;-. working-bullocks, from £12 to £25 10s. per pair,- bulls, £2. 3s. 6d. •f 0 ./ 4 16s ' .On :tie same day at Stratford I held, my springing heifer sale, when {hero was but-a smart yarding of dairy stock. Springing heifers maua £4 ss. to £6 23 6d ; backwaru do., £3,55. to £3 10s. j- springing cows, £4 12s. 6d. to £6. -,