LIVE .STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 8

LIVE .STOCK SALES.

. Messrs. Dalgety and' Co., Ltd., report having held a very successful special sale of dairy stock at their Upper unit yards, on account of Mr. E. W. Cottle, this week. Competition was keen, and practically the whole yarding was cleared at auction. The following are the results:—Cows, close to profit, £5 17s. 6d. to £8 2s. 6d.; heifers, close to profit. '£7 Js.' toJSB- 7s. 6d.; dairy cows, spring .calvers," j£s £5 7s. i d., -£5 10s., £5"-17*. -fed'., £6;' "£G-" 23." 6d.; dairy heifers, spring calvers, £5, £5 55., £5 12s! 6d., to £6 65.; forward empty heifers. £4 Is. to £4 135.; two-year-old heifers, poor, £2 14s. to £2 175.. 6d.; weaiiei's, poor, 255. to 265.; bulls, £2 10s., £3, £3 105.,-£5 12s. 6d.

Mr. Newton king's weekly;" Stock report is as follows:—On, Juno 29. i Jield a clearing sale at Kapuni on account of Mr. W. Tait. The cows. were a nltfe lot, and in good condition:—Early calvers made £h 10s. to £8 10s.; late do., £4 55.-to £6; yearling heifers, Jersey.'strain,,£2 195.; gig, £10 15=.; dray, £12;' -wagon,,,£3o "10s.; s.f lever plough, £8; sundries sold at usual rates. On June 30 I held a .'clearing sale at To Kiri, on account of Mr. A. Kelly. ;The cows were a young lot, mostly second and third calvers, in fair condition. Bidding was brisk throughout. Early calvers ■made £6 10s. to £9 55.; late do., £4 10s. to £6. At Kaponga on Friday there was a good yarding, wiLli a good demand. Bidding was keen, and everything sold at tho .hammer, at tho 'following rates:—Mixed veaners. small, £l Is. 6d. to £1 lis.; weaner to yearling steers, £2 to £2 :75.; 15-months steers, £3 Is.; empty heifers, £3 6s. to £3 155.; store cows, £2 10s. to £3 75.; forward icows, £3 15s. to £4 75.; fat cows, £4 IBs. Ui £5 17s. 6d.; f.m. ewes, Bs. On tho same day I. held a clearing sale at l'ohokura, on account of Mr. I{. H. Hewing. Two-year steers made £3175. 6d.; four, six and f.f.in. ewes, 14s. fid.; mixed hoggets, 12s. 6d.; wether hoggets, lOe. 10d.; two-tooth wethers, •13s. 10d.; ram hoggets, lis.; furniture and sundries sold at usual rates. At liahotu, on Tuesday, there was a good yarding. Bidding was keen and excellent prices ruled lor all classes of cattle. Hived weancrs made £1 3s. Cd. to £1 15s. Gd.; mixed yearlings, £2 ,ss. 6d. to £2 10s.; empty heifers, £3 to £3 lis.; store cows, £2 Bs. to £3 10s.; forward do., £4 10s.; fat cows, £6 6s. to £7; springing heifers, £5; bulls, £2 10s. to £3. On Wednesday I held a. clearing sale at Stratford on account of Mr. W. l'olloclt. The cows were in good condition. Young and forward early calvers made £6 15s. to £9 155.; late do„

£5 sa. to £6 ss. At Waiwakalho, on Thursday, there was a full yarding with good attendance of buyers, nearly everything being sold at the hammer at the following rates Mixed weaners, £1 Is. 6d. to £1 135.; yearling steers, £2 to £15 ss. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 155.; empty heirers, £3 ss. lo £3 Ma.j iu calf heifers, £3 17s. 6a. to £4 2s. 6d.; springing heifers, £5 to £o 5b., store cows, £2 10s. to £3 10s.; forward do.. £3 15s. to £4 145.; fat cows, £4 19s. to £5 Is. j springing cows, £4 10s. to £6 15k.; W months to two-year steers, £3 Bs.; threeyear steers, £5 25.; bulls, £2 ?s. to E4: stag, £3 145.; goats, mixed sexes, £1.

Messrs. Dalget-y and Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly 6ale at Eketahuna oil Friday, July 8. Entries came in above advertised numbers, and shoap sold well under the hammer, the demand, however, not being so good for cattle.Wo quote:—S.m. ewes in laiub, to 12s. 2d.; 2 and 4-tooth. cw&s in lamb, to 9s. lOd.; forward ewes, to lls. s 3d.; mixed hoggets, 6s. 6d., Bs., and lis .3d. Cattle: Cows in calf, £2 10s., £4, £5, and £5 bs.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.,- Ltd., report, on their Levin , sale, held this week, as follows:—We had an extra heavy yarding of all classes of sheep and a good yarding of cattle. The attendance of* was good, but, in some eases, owners' reserves were on the high side, with the result that & number of linos had to be sold after the sale. However, wo are ablo to report a goud clearance, and the following rates: —Forward ewes, 9s. 6d. to 135.; light fat ewes, 145.; others, 16s. to i*6s. Id.; light fat wethers, 16s. 6d.j mixed ewes and wethers, 15s. Id.; cull ewes in lamb, 95.; full-mouth ewes in lamb, 12s. to 12s. Id.; mixed aged.ewes in.lamb, 13s. 6d. to 14s. Id.; mixed hoggets, 10s. 6d. Cattle: Light fat bullocks, £8 55., £8 7s. 6d. to £8 175,; light-cows, £4 15s. to £4 175.; heifers, in calf, £5 bs.; bull, £2; store cows, £2 17s. to £3; cows ih calf, £4 7a. 6d. to £b.

.The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Feilding branch), re-, for the week ending Joily 9, as followsAt Apiti, on Tuesday, we had a good yarding of sheep and cattle, which sold freely at the following rates Sheep: 'i.rn. ewes in. lamb, Bs., 95., Us., Us. 9d., 12s. Id. to 13s. 9(1.; 2 and 4-tooth ewes in lamb, 12s. 5d.; ktuoth. owes in lamb, lis. Id.; cull ewes,. 6d. to ss. Bd.; mixed lambs, 7s. 6d. t-oEs. Id.; ewe lambs, 10s. Id. to lis. 6d.; wether lambs, to 7s. 9d.; fat wothera, 155.; rams, 7s. • Cattle: Small weanora, 255.; yearling steers £2 10s.; 20-month steers,, 9a.; emptv heiferd. £2 17b. 6U.» fat heifers, £6 &s.; springing heifers, £4 155.; springing cows, £4.125. 6d.,, £4 55., £5 Is., £5 lUa., £6 U. t £7 165.; sundries at usual /atcs. At Mr. L. Sutton's sale of furniture, at Kimbolton, on Wednesday, price 3 wero well maintained. On the fame day we also by auction, of Section. No. 1, Whareicea Estate, containing acres, at £20 per aero. At Feilding,- on Friday, a good entry of sheep came forward. Prices were inclined to drag, but a good clearance was effected. Few cattle came forward, but a' cood sale resulted. Sheep: Cull hoggets, ss. 6u. to 65.; small hoggets, 9s. Id. to 9s. 3d. t medium ewe lambs 125.: aged breeding ew.„ . lis. 9d.; good breeding ewei, on account of Mr. W. Henson (in conjunction v/ltli Gorton and Son), 2is. Cd. Cattle: Fat cows, £7 2s. 6d.; 2-year steors, £o 12s;; 2J-ycar steers, £4 Bs.; dairy cows, on account of Mr. A. Sanson, £5 10s. to £8. 1 Mesa?*, l-'algeu *ud (>».. Ud., *eport:At our Feilding sale ye&terday there was a- good entry of sheep, and a fair yarding o! cattle. T.'iere was also a fair demand right through the sale. 18-months to 2year heifers, £3, £3 lis., £4; yearling heifers. £2 195.; cull mixed lambs, to 7s. id.; medium ditto., to 9s. lid.; small 2-tooth. wethers, 12s. Id-; mixed age breeding ewes, lis.; sound-mouth do., lis., 13?. Bd.; small ewe hoggets, Bb. 9(1.; small 2-tooth ewes, 145.; 2-tooth ewes, to 165.; 4 and 6 and s.m. ewes, to 155. :