LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

-Dalgety and •; Co.i Ltd., . report follows :~At 'Our . Feilding ; Bale v-£:day-there, wasa:heavy yarding of-, sheep V^and;a.:fair' entry;of ;cattle./ 'A total clear.T; ancc both of .sheep and cattle was. effected. . £; Good •: lambs_ ,: iust ; .maintained .' lastweek's '7-' anferior EOtTauite- so' good. Prices ; :.were -as'follow:-Good : lambs; -woolly, Bs. Id;,' 85.'4d.,85., 7d.; shorn,. good,; 65.,4 d.; 9d., 65.'10 d., to 75.; .'cull-.'lambs;. 6d.to' 55./4d.sVfat/*wethers,: 12a.. 7d.;. • -aged ewes, 4s. Id., 45., 6d., 7s. 3d., to 9s. Id. •,v : Cows, and- calves," £3 14s.;' weanQr' V- '.heifers,- 315.; two. asd a half-year, steers/ J34v6sr ; 6d.; empty cows,^£2;l4s.• •• : ; ]U[o6srß/'; Dalgety and ; Company,; Limited ;y-'(Palmerston:North; branch)/ report --as" fol"'lows:—At ■ oiir 'Hunterville, sale, on TuesV- day,' January-25/.we had an exceptionally • good 4 yarding jof -;both • slieep . and cattle..' W: ; :Bhcep,-were somewhat, irregular, in price, -'^'.but' the sale as. a:'whole was -in. •'vendors' favour.v.: Cattle met'v a ready, sale, and v.- almost' a total-clearance of our; entry was' • • effected. - Quotations:—Cull . lambs, .'4s. 3d. ;; :: 'to. 45.-9 d.; : medium lambs, ss. 6d. to 6s. 4d.; ' wether lamha, 6s. 3d. to 6a. 9d.; rape lambs, '6s. lOd. .to 7s. Id.;- woolly lambs, :-v -small,'6s. 7d.; woolly lambs, mixed;,sexes, •c-rßs.; 'two-tooth ewes, 145.; aged'ewes, 9e., >'• Cattle Store/ cows, to £2*lis.;" yearling :^ - -;-heifers.v, 385."; cows ai\d -• calves, inferior; ■ £3 10s. ; 'two-vear'; steers, £3 ,155.: to £3 18s.;; three-year steers,:£s;-forward bullocks,--£6 ►fat iheifers,..£4„ 10s.; light 'draught •'horses,:. £9: to. £11;. mediumdraughts,- £12 - ; to £15.10s;. At our Taihape : sale, on Wed- > > nesday,' . January • 26, • a small . entry <of M>:'Bheep t and ; 'a good 1 entry of cattlo'camo hand.- Bidding- waa-slow at auction,. : but.-nearly .every line was - Quitted at - 'prices as below:—Good mixed lambs' made ,:--6s; - lid.; mixed • weaners, ,175.; . yearling ;>vlieifers,:3os.; 'store. cov/5,.'.£2 155.; forward >-heihrß,'£3 -15f1.; -weauer .steers .'(good), ;£2 48." : 6 d.; ; yearling steers, £2Vi6s.; fifteen-, months; steers,' £3 Is.; two-year steers.' £3 ; 13s. 6d.;"two J and; : a .half-year Vsteers, £4 and a, half-year, steers, £5.85. to' £s.l4s.;fat and forward bullocks,; •:o'£6';lo ; The-'New Zealand $ Loan and • Mercantile X-: Agencyf.Co., Ltd. (Ftiilding branch), report !••.•'.'stock:- sales. for.--tho*-'week sending; January £".-28 as*':follow:—At. Eangiwahia, on Tues--7 day, we. had a heavy yarding of sheep and : a:small entry of cattle. Competition for 'sheep -was keen, .especially for wethers, ; 'and a: good clearance was., effected. : Quo?.;'tationfl: ;Two-tooth wethers, 105..* 10d.', lis. ■; 4d., : to, ,11s.-; 6d.; wether..;lambs", 6s. 9d. to 7sv 6d;; s.m.' ewes, -.to/ 9s. 6d.; 3toro ewes, V' :4s. •to 6s;j ;two'-tooth ewes," to 13a. :.4d.; for- • ward '. wethers,' 12s;;. empty'cows,' to £3;' 7 .Veigliteen-months.'.steerp (good), 1 £3;. sundries ,'V Vat .usual . rates.At Feilding,' on Friday, we had ',a. heavy,yarding of sheep, and a yX-A small .entry "'of - cattle. "; Sheep . wore, in •good sold freely, lambs being . eagerly ', sought", 'after,' but "inferior lambs 'were slightly easier.. Quotations:~ .Cull lambs, 3s. 23d. to 4:*. -7d;; medium V'V rape lambs, : 6s.- 6d.;' small two-tooth ewes, wV; 95.-ldi'r small .wethers, 9s. lid.; - forward - wethers, lis. ld.;<„ breeding-'-owes/ Bs.-:6d/ to :9s. lOd.j -two and -a' half-.vear steers, '£4'75.; bulls/£3'ss.