LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report naving. held - their usual stock . sale :at Eketahuna yesterday.' There was. a good "yarding, considerably exceeding the entries, and a.large attendance, buyers operating freely. The yarding was cleared at satisfactory prices, but owing■to the threatened striko.in Wellington sheep were hard to quit..' Quotations:—Two-tooth - wethers, 6s. Sd., 7s. 6d., to Bs. 3d.; mixed" two-tooth to. 10a.; -woolly';.lambs, 6s. 9d. to 7s. Id.; two and-'four-tooth wethers, os. 7d. to 9s. Id;'; two-tooth ewes, Bs. 3d. to 10s. Id. Oattlo: Empty heifers, £3 to £3 10s.; springing cows, to £4 10s.; two-year steers, £3 10s. to £3 155.;. fifteen-months, raised, £2 ;14s. ■ 6d.; ■ empty: cows,. £2 15s. to • £3 (is.; two. to three-year st«ers, £4 ss. to £5. H

Tho:New Zealand: Loan, and Mercantile Agency Company,. Ltd., report on their Poilding sale, held .yesterday, as- follows:. —A small-entry of;sheep and a fair yarding ,of . cattle camo forward. Sheep sold rather, better than-they did last .week,' but cattlo were,not Quito' so keenly competed- tor. Wo.-'..quote:—SKeep: Light fat ewes, Bs. 9d.; aged ewes /and lambs, ■, all counted, sa. 2d.;, store lambs in'wool, 6s. lid. Cattle: Weanors, ■19s..td. 255.; yearling steers, £2.7 c.;' cightecn-months steers, £2 18s.;. two-year steers, £3 lis. od.; two and a half -and throe-year steers, £4 165.: forward; heifers, £2 .16s. 6d. to £3; forward cows, £3 2s. to £3 155.; cows in calf, £3 125.; 6d.;'bulls, .to £3 17s. 6d.--..

■ The ■ Kew : Zealand! Loan and Mercantile Agency .Company, Ltd., reporting on their Palmorston sale, sta'te as follows:—Wo had a- moderate .entry, of. both .sheep . and cattle:: Sheep:wcrc'again dull of sale, but cattle.were in good demand. Wo quote:— Sheep:' Cull lambs' (shorn), 3s; ,4d.; shorn' rape-lambs, ss. 1d..t0 ss. 2d. Cattlo: Small wcaners,. l4s. 6d.; ; eighteen-month, steers, £3; three-year steers. £3 Us.; heifers in calf,' £3-55.: forward heifers,. £3 7s. 6d.; forward bullocks. £5 6s. .

.'lTessrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re.port'on their Eketabuna stock: sale," held this, week,' as follows:—The ■ sale was conducted in the new yards recently erected which"appeared to give general satisfaction, to the public. . Tho three firms. opcr.dted'at tho: same time, tho overplus of sheep l being accommodated 1 in the Loan and Mercantile Company's yards; The. attendance was very largo,. and ( business at auction fairly animated, although sheep: were somewhat easier in sympathy with the prices ruling in the larger centres. We submitted a very, good entry,: and, with the exception, of' one'lot, sold everything under the hammer. Rome good lines of cattle were yarded," for which the. coin- ■ petition''was even' better than' for-sheep, tho bu'i of. the entry selling at auction at full'market rates. A line of 80 two and a hfilf-year-old steers,. in; good'/order, but '-with' a . number ' of bad-coloured cattle, made £3145. 6d. Wo quote.'.-Forward four"tooth .withers,' lis.;, .two';, andy four-tooth wethers, ids.;' two-tooth, wethers, 9s. '3d. to 10sJv3d.; rape: lambs (woolly), \ 6s., lid. to 75.',1 d.: dill lambs. 4s. 6d.; aged ewes m low conditioning."6d.; two andja half-year-old steers, £3 145.: 6d.; cightecn-months Rteers. good, £3 95.; cightecn-months heifers, £2 13?. to .£3 Is.; mother-reared wcaners., 265.; biicket-fod weaners, 2<s.; heifers und calves, £2.145.'6 d.;. aged cows (stores), .383.;.5t0re pigs, '15s. to 175.: ;. : '

:' Mr.NewtonlCing'dweekly stock report is as followB:—Owing: to the wet weather, there, was- a very: small yarding, at my: opening sale at. TJrenui on Monday.' Store' cows made. £3; forward d 0... £3. 145.; fat' cows, £4„ Bs. to, £4 lis.; bulls, £3 to-: £3 55.; no-young.'stock were penned'. At Stratford on Tuesday .'■ there'.' was a . fair yarding, -'■■ bidding,-was' briaK-,:throughout,: and nearly: every thing sold: at, the . nammer. Yearling heifers made. £2, ss. 6d.; fifteenmdntns steers,-£2:l3s. 6d,; two-year empty heifers, '£3 2s. to' £3 Bs.'.' 6d.; store cows, £2 10a. to' £3 03.':6 d.; forward do., £3 ss. 6d. to '£3:115. - ; fat cow9,;£4 to £5 Us.; springing cows, £3 10s. t0:.£4.105.; bulls, £2 7s. 6d. to £3 lis.. At Stony "Eiver on Wednesday the' yards' wore l '! ull, and : practically everything was, cleirtid. at satisfactory prices. ,' Mixed ~ weajiefs.. brought 19s. 6d. to: 225;; weaner heifers (picked), 29s.;.mixed yeaTlings; 39s.;.yearling heifers, 465. to £2 '93.';;ilftoen. to/eighteca-month steers, £2 10s. :6d.-.t0.!£2-! 13s.'- 6d.ji'ompty heifers, £2 19s. to £3,85.';: store cows, £2 ss. to £3; forward,; d 0.",; £3, ss; ! to'£l 155.; fat cows, £4 7s; tb/£4 10s.; Bfcringiiig cows, £4 2s. Gd. to £5; springing .heifers, £3.125;- 6d. -to £4 55.;. two-year steers, £3 10s. 6d.;. bulls, £2 Bs. to £4. : A line of .30 dairy cows, sold on., account of Mr. D. Callaghan, averaged. £3 .105.'.;\.,-V. ';:.".-V;.;: : : -;v-:-- : -.'''-.-'.'.';.''