LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 793, 16 April 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their Eketahuna sale, held on Friday, April 15, as follows :-Owing to the very rough weather, entries did not • come in up to advertised numbers, consequently the yarding was small. What was yarded sold well, and wo have to report a good sale, and a total clearance. Wo quote— Two and four-tooth wethers, 12s. lOu. to 13s. Id.; two-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d., lZs. 10d., to 135.; mixed lambs, to Bs. 3d.; small two-tooth owes, 2s. Bd. Cattle: Mixed weaners, 365. Horsos sold at from £5 to £9 10s. for hacks; heavier horses failed to find purchasers.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their Levin sale held this week as follows:—A very heavy, yarding of sheep camo forward, composed chiefly of good lines of wethers and lambs. The latter were easier, owing, no doubt, to the rape crops being about finished. The demand for wethers was 'exceptionally good, all lines being eagerly competed for. Cattle woro Brisk.of sale, a good entry celling readily at auction. Quotations :-A lino of 450 forward'wethers, 14s. 7d.; others, Mβ: Id. to 14s. Zd.; Eouud-mouth breeding ewes, 12s 4d.; woolly lambs, 7s. to 7s. Bd.; shorn lambs, mediums, ss. Cd. to 6s. 10d.; cull lambs, 2s. 9d.; aged 6tare ewes, low condition,. 6s. 10d.; cull ewes, ss. 2d.; good rape lambs, Bs.; Eomnoy raniG,. £1. Cav tlo: Fat bullocke, £B to £8 10s.; 25-year steers, £4 17s. 6d.; small heifers, £2 13s. «»' forwar<i oowa, £4 45.; empty cows, £2, *2 Bs., to £3 35.; small weaners, £1 7s. to

Reporting on their Woodvffie sale on Monday, Messrs. Dalgety and Co. state:—A largo entry of both sheep and cattle was submitted to a good attendance of buyers, practically all lines changing hands. Two and four-tooth wethers, lls. Bd. to 125."; four and five-year ewes, 6s. sd. to Bs. 7d • Bulls, 45.; mixed lambs, 4s. 6d. to Bs. 3d • cows and calves, 80s.; heifers, in calf, 77s'. 6d.; fat cows, 1055.; mixed wcanero, 29a. At Daniievirke yesterday there waß a heavy yarfling of all classes of stock and a good attendance of buyers. In sheep the quality w:»s not as good as usual, but practically all lines sold. There was a good inquiry for cattle, all lots changing hands. Light fat wethers reached ,12s. 7d.; ctore wothcrs, Ss. 3d. to 11s. 3d.; small two-tooth ewes, 9s. 3d.; mixed ago owes, 4s. 3d. to Bs. 2d.; mixed shorn lambs, 4s. 2d. to 65.; culls, Is. to 3s. 9d.; forward cows, 775. 6d.; three and four-year steer, 1205.; two and three-year steer 6, 87s. 6d.; mixed wcaaers, -35.; tweJ'ear heifers, 575. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. (Feilding branch), report as follows:—At Apiti on Tuesday, we had a, good yarding of both sheep and cattle. Lambs were'easier in price, but all other classes sold freely. We quotc--.-Shcep: Gull lambs, 4s. Id. to 4s. 2d.; mixed lambs, sa. 5d.,- sa. 6a.. Us.; mixed'aged owes, ss. Bd., ss'. 9d., 6s. 4d., 6s. Bd., 6s. loa., to 10s. 6d.; empty owes, ss. 3d., Us., Bs. 2d.;' forward ewes, Bs. 6d.; fat ewes, Us. 2d.cull ewes, 3a. 4d.; two-tooth wethers, small, Bs. 6d. to 9s. 10d.; others, lie. 9d. Us.lOd., 12s. 3d., 12e. 4d., to 12s. Bd.; rams, 21s. to 275. 6d. CaMlo: Mixed woaners iraiall, l!s. to 165.; others,; 205., 255.'; 31s. 6d., 325., to 345.. 6d.; 18-months heifce. S3 6a.: 18-months steers, £2 17s. 6d. to £3; two andDu sx nil to trhrce*ycn.r-ol(i £4 Bs. to £4 10s.; fat cows, £3 1?3. to £4 2s. to £4 135.; fat cows, £3 ss. 6d.; store cows, £2 153.; cows in calf, £5 Us. 6d. to £3 135.; bulls, £3; horses, £2 10s. Sundries as usual. At. FoiMing, on Friday, we had good entries of sheep and cattle. Tho attendance of buyers, however, was not large, but wo wero successful in placing tho whole of our entry at satisfactory prices. We o.uoto:--Saeop: Culi lambs, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. to,4s. 4d.; store lambs, 7s. Id.; twotooth owes, in lamb, 12s. 9d. to 13s. 9d;; good breeding twos, 125.; store wethers, 12s. 10d. to 135.: cull wethers, 10s. 6d. Cattle: Weancrs, 295.; yearling steer's, £2 15s. fid.j store cow!>. £2, forward cows, £3 7s. 6d.; light forward cows, £4 3s. to £4 55.; fat heifors, £4 55.; 18-months heifers, £2 15s.;'Jieilers, in-calf,'small, £3 10s.; springing heifers, £5 10s. to £5 15s.

Mr. Newton King's weekly ■ stock report is as follows , .—At the Haymarket on 'Saturday, a fair number of pigs were penned, and sold at the following prices. Slips made 3s. 6d. to 55.; wcancrs, 6a. to Bs. 6d.; stores, 12s. 6d. .to-16s. 6d.; porkers, 265. 6d.; sow, 255.. 6d. At liahotu, on Tuesday, mixed weaners mado 16e. 6d. to 285.; weaner heifers, 355.:. 18-months steers, £2 175.; store cows, £2 7s. to £2'l3s. 6d.; forward cows, £3 11s. to £3 195.; bulls, £4; lambs, Bs. Id. At Waiwa-kaiho, on Thursday, there was a large yarding of cattle and a good attendance of buyers. Bidding was brisk for all lines except weaoors, which wore rather a- poor class. Weaners made 16s. ,6d. to 285.; weaner heifers, 305.; 18montha steers, £3 os. 6d. to £3 55.: 18mouths heifers, £2 135.; two and a haJfyear steers, , £4 os. 6d.; heifors, in calf, £3 7e. to £3 Ws.; forward heifers, £4 12s. 6d.; springing hoifers, £4 13s. to £5 2s. :6d.; springing cows, £5 10s. to £6; store cows. £2'los. to £2 15s. 6d.; forward cows, £3 4s. to .54; forward bullocks, £5 IBs.; bulls, £3 Bs. to £4 95.; old owes, ss. Ud.. Meesers. Hitchings, Hawkins, and Co., Ltd.,-report on their-Levin salo' on • Thursday, as follows-.—We had a good; yarding of prime porkers and stores, competition Jot all classes was very animated, and it wae without exception the best sale held for a considerable time. We quote as follows:—Heavy porkers, to 34s.;"medium do., ?.6s. to 28s. 6d.; light do., 23b. 6d., 255., 265., to 275. 6d.; forward stores, 195., 205., to 215.; slips, 10s. 6d. t0125.6d.; weaners, 65., 75., to !s. 6d.; empty sows, from 255. to 405.; fowls, 25., 2s. 6d., to 3s. per pair.