LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 832, 30 July 1910, Page 7

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:— At our Daunevlr.te sale yesterday a heavy entry of both sheep and cattle was submitted to a iarge attendance .of buyers. There was good inquiry lor wethers and sound ewes, but hoggets and inferior ewes showed a slight decline in prices. In cattle, dairy stock were nut so kienly competed for as'' at recent sales, but store cattle maintained last sale values. Wo quote:—Fat ewes, Ms. 9d.; two-tooth wethers, 145.; mixed sex hoggets, Bs. to 10s. 3d.; ewes iu lamb, 10s. to 10s.. 3d.; culls, 4s. Bd. to 6s. Cd.;.fat bullocks, 1575. 6d.; fat cows, prime, 1455.; fat heifers, 935.; light fat steers, ICOs.; empty cows, 545. to 6m.; eighteen months to two-year steers, 70s. to 9iis.; springing heifers, 695.; mixed weaners, 40s. to 475. 6d.; two-year empty heifers, 6ps. .

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on their fortnightly stock sale at Upper Hutt on July 28 as follows:—A fair yarding, of sheep and. a full yarding of cattle came forward. Competition was good for sheep and store lines of cattle, though for dairy stook was rather dull of sale, a good, clearance, however, was effected. Sheep: Mixed hoggets, 10s. 4d. to lis. 2d.; ewes in iamb (mixed ages), 14s. 3d. Cattle: Dairy cows, spring cm vers, £5 10s. to £8 10s.; dairy heifers, spring oalvcrs, £5 2s. 6d.; dairy cows, springing, £5 to £6 l'/s. 6d.; store cows, £i 3s. to £3 12s. 6d.; forward cows, £4 10s.; fat cows, £5 15s. to £6; heifers in calf, £2 17s. Cd. to £3 145.; two-year steers, £4; weancrs, £1 155.; bulls, £3 7s. 6d. to £4 ss.

She New Zealand Loan and Mercantitb Agency Company, Ltd. (Fcildiug branch), report, for the week ending July 29 as follows:—At Mr. E. 11. CrabD's clearing sale on Tuesday there was a large attendance of buyers, and a very successful salo resulted at the following prices:—B4s ewes in lamb, IBs.; 270 ewe 12s. 3d.; 181 ditto, 12s. 6d.; 54 small ditto, 95.; 30 ewes in lamb, 13b. lCd.; wether lambs (culls), ss. Id.; forward wethers, 155.; stud Romney ewes, four and Bix-tooth, 10 at 3J guineas; 17 at 3 guineas; f.m. stud ewes (42), at 2 guineas; 24 at £2 2s, 6(1.; two-tooth stun ewes (7), at 2J guineas; stud ewe iioggets (15), at 3, guineas; stud ram lambs (1), at 23 guineas; 5 at 2J ghineas; 14 at 2 guineas; one four-tooth stud ram, 8 guineas; one two-tooth stud ram, 65 guineas; 21 aged rams, up to 22s 6d.; 20 yearling heifers, £'i 9».; one yearling Jersey heifer, £5; draughts, £17, £13 10s., £22; threeyear colt, £18; three-year filly. £19 10s.; eighteen-month colt, £11; hack,- £17; harness horses, £5 to £10; foais, £6. The implements and sundries made full values. At Feilding on Friday we had a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. The sale was inclined to drag, but every pen was eventually sold, prices being in favour of buyers. We quote-.-Small hoggets, 6s. lid. to,7s. 2d.; medium ewe hoggets, lis.. 3d. to 13s. 3d.; woolly ewe hoggets, 13s. 6d.; small wether hoggets, 9s. ia.; good wether hoggets, t.i 125.; aged ewes in lamb, 7s. 2d. to 9s. 3d.; f.m. cwc3 in iamb, 10s. 4d.; good mixed aged breeding ewes, 16s. 7d. On account of Mr. W. CI. Pearce, Coly ton :-Two-tooth Eomnoy < iS c ?i in lamD - £2 Js -: sood yearling steers, a 2 135.; two-year steers, £3 18s.; two and a half-year steers, £4 12s. Gd.; cows in calr, £4 10s. 6d. to £4 12s. 6d.; heifers in calf, £4 155.; forward cows, £3 IDs. 6d. to £3 l.'s.; store cows, £2 9s.

Mr. Newton King's wcokly stock report is as follows :-Ou xnursday, Juiy-2i, J lielo a clearing sale on account ot Messrs Bowie and Jiiiiott, wueu early- caivcra made £i to ill 35.; later do., i.4 ss. to is las.; very late and empty, £i 2s. 6d. to £?; springing heifers, £o 10s. to £t>; ineaif neuers, £4 lis.; brake, £22; store pigs, 14s. 6d. to 2ls. 6(1.; yearling steers, *u 128.; spring cart harness, £10; sows in larrow, x,n to £o; boar, £2 Vs. 6d • sundries at usual rates. On J.uly 22, at Stratlord, i neld a clearing; sale on account ol lir. T. Wenb. Tiiere was a large attendance of buyers, but the fact m only a portion of his herd being ottered militated against high prices, and values were in favour of buyers. Jiarly caivcrs made io to ill) 10s.; later do., £4 to £5 155. : very late and empty, ±'3 Vs. 6(1. to £3 Its.; pedigree Jersey, 12J guineas. At Mr. (i. leppe's sale on July 23 there was a good attendance, and everything sold at escclleiit ■ priced. Early culvers made £8 to £lo 12s. 6d.; later do., £5 7s. 6d. to £7 Ks • springing heifers, £4 IU3. to £6 Its • yearling ncifers, £2 125.; i.in. ewes, 11b.; .bay S^, 1 ! 8 ' J} 1 '- bralle ' £16 : mower, £7 ss.'; drill, £22; gig, £17 ids. Sundries i-old at usual rates. At Mr. Brook's sale at El-tnam-on July 25 there was a fair attendance ot buyers. The cows were a good lot m good condition, but prices realised were njt cuite up to late sales. Fariv ealvers matte £7 to £)l 55.; one do., extra Quality, £15 It's.; later do., £4 2s. 6d. to id 155.; springing heifers, £4 los. to £5 Us.; yearling lienors, £2 95.; bulls. £8 10s • B ° KS "» fa f™;v, £2 2s- 6d. to £3 15s. At Mrs. Hamilton's sale ot Cardiff on July 26 early ealvers made £7 to £9 55.; later do' I , X &■ t to £< 6 JS B■'8 ■' very latc "d w,p&; ? i S - ~„ £3 10s ' ; em l ,t y heifers, £3 3s • brake, £18; sow, £5. Sundries sold at usual rates. At Douglas on Monday thoie v,SL :r - X ard ' n B. and bidding was brisk, especially for young cattle? and good prices wore realised. learlini' steers made £2 Is. to £2 lis.; yeal-line heifers, £3 10b. 6d.; mixed yearlings £3 Bs.; fifteen-months steers £2 iSs to £3-two-year steers, £5 16s. 6d.; two to two and a half-year steers, £4 65.; three-yS? steers,. £5 55.; empty heifers, £2 17s • springing heifers, £5 10s. to £6- *"m» VV S i s cows, up" ±B; bulls, £2; lambs, 10s. 6d.; f.f m ewes 145.; f.m d0.,'135. 6d. to ulu. At u? e iiui on the same day there was a very full yarding of all classes of cattle the yards beui K taxed to their utmost Ve'e was a good attendance of buyers and nearly everything sold at the hammer learling steers made .£2 Bs. to £2 lte •' ii- . -5° " P s - • fat heifers, £4 Ms ■ i n ; call hoifnrs, £3 IBs. to £4 17s 6d • sm'inL mg heifers. £5 2s. 6d. to £6 15s stS™ STto lit % £3 f 'o™* *<> & ISS. to £4 6s. 6d.; fat cows, £5 4s to £5 10s.; eighteen-months stem, £3 8s h\. two to two and a half-year do j>\itJ,~ £4 2s; three-year do., s . -three and a half to four-year bullocks, £ 7s. fid.? ho* gets, 9s. 6d.; fat-and forward wethers 16° Ihere were also yarded several lines of dairy cows-prices for which ranged from £ r C SIH ca i vcl ' s £6 ICs - >° « 10s; later do., £4 7b. fid. t... £5 ISs. Owing to the number of dairy cows offered at this ,ale I have decided to arrange a special day ?ntt?„ 6a . rly ,1 ate , for tno salc of dairy fate" ° Ll ifc,il th |L*. n , ,c ,V b ° olverS later, i. shall be gad o receive (uiirii... spring heifers, £5 2s. 6d. to £6 17, 6d"spring cows, £4 to £6; two to iu-V and a half year steers. £2 f?-\i w Sl™ '"e'ShtCTii-montlis steers, £2 lis. to £3 19s fid.; yearling heifers, £2 12 S ■ eighteon-months do., £3 fi s to £3 is° ■ springing heifers, £5 2s. td. to £6; do' llolswm, fc 155.: late-in-enlf heifers pi bs.; do. Jersey, £6 55.; store cows, £3 14s. f 0 18 pV , f , orv ; al 'l (, °- £i *<> £1 Or. 6d . fat do., £4 lis. to £6; spring? do., £3 5, to £7; sundries on bch.\lf of Mr. Mili-i sold at usual rates.