LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 801, 26 April 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report:— At our Woodville sale yesterday there was a good entry of sheen and rattle, which was submitted to a largo attendance of buyers, practically all lines finding pur•ehasers. In cattle, fats wore well reprcsented and all lots sold, after keen competition. Fat. cows reached 105s. to 117s. 6d.; fat heifers, 104s. to Ills.; light beef bullocks, 113s. In sheen tho main entry comprised lambs, shorn mixed sexes selling to 7s. 9d.; inferior sorts, from 4s. 9d.; emptv ewes, 55.. A farm of 52J acres, offered on account of the estate of Mr. J. M. Campbell, was sold to Mr. John Harding at £27 ss. per acre, and a Quarteracre section to.Mr. Jas. Smith for £22. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., held ■ailoa at Wanganut -on April 20. and at Waverley on April 22:-The report states: -U Wanganui we yarded 2700 sheep and 1050 cattle. ' Buyers were present from all parts of the coast, and wo experienced a good demand for all classes, of both sheon and cattle. Mr. Hammond, of Lisinoro Station,. yarded some good linos .of bullocks and fat and forward cows, all of which were disposed of. the bullocks making up to £5 17s.' 6(1., and the cows up to £5 8s: Altogether, during the day we, sold upwards of 800 cattle'and 2300 sheep. At Waverley we yarded 1500. sheep and 240 cattle, and, with the exception of two small pens of cattle,-we had a total clearance. The yarding of sheep was largely comprised of good lines of wethers, for which, however, though, we emitted the lot, competition was not so brisk as it has been of late.. Quotations:—At \Vanganui— Cattle': Account of Mr. Hammond, 180 3ivear bullocks, £5 17s. 6d.; 155 3-year, £5 35.: 14 2*-yenr steers. £4 7s. 6d.; 22 fat "cows. £5 Bs.; 53 forward cows. £4 Is. 6d.; other vendors, fat cows. £5. £5 Is. to £5 65.: forward cows, £3 15s. to £4; stqre cows,' £3, £3 Is. to £3 4s. 6d.: 2i to 3-year steers, £4, £4 55.. £4 7s. 6d., £4 lis. to £4 18s. fid.; 18 to 20-month steers, £3 Is. 6d.. £3 4s. 6d., £3 ss. 6d. to £3 10s.; 6peyed Hereford cross 2 to 2>-year heifers, £3 175.; 3-year shorthorn heifers, £.4: weaners (small). 9a. to 10s. fd.; others, £1, £1 2s. 6d. to £1.10s.: mixed Hereford cross mother-fed weaners. £2 2s. Cd.; cull cows; £2 to £2 2s. Sheep: >'at ewes. Us: sd. to Us. 6d.: fat andforward wethers. 14s. Id.; fat lambs. 10s., 10d:; mixed lambs.,ss. 4d., 6s. 7d., 7s. 5d., to 95.; wether lambs. Bs. 7d.: store, wethers, 12s„ 12s. Id., 12s. 7d., 13s.' to 145.: empty ewes. 4s. lid., ss. 3d., 65.;" forward ewes, Bs.; -2tooth ewes in lamb, 135.; : f.m. ewes in lamb, 6s. 1id.,,75. 3d., Bs. 6d. to 9s. 3d.; cull ewes. 2s. M.. 3s. 6d., 45.. 4s. Id., ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. At Wa-vorley- Cattle:' Forward cows, Si. £3 55.. £3 10s.. £3 10s. (id.. £3 Us.. £4 t.) £4 lis.; empty heifers,'. £2 12s. 6d., £2 15s. to £3 65.; heifers in calf.'£2 195., £3 6s. to £3 Bs.; springing heifers, £4 2s. 6rt.; 18-month steers, £3 55.. £3 9s. 6d. to £3 Us. 6d.; 2S-year steers, £3 17s. 6d. to £4 6s. Cd.; wcaner hoifers, to 325. 6d. Sheep: 2tooth wethers, 12s. !od. to 125..1 id.; 4 and 6-tooih wethers, 13s. 3d.. Ids. to 14s. 2d.: 4 and 5-year owes ih lamb. 9s. 3d.; forward ewes, Bs.; mixed lambs, 7s. 6d.