LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 885, 3 August 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

■ /.Messrs.. Dalgety '.. and. -'Company, •. Ltd. .Mmerstpn North.branch), rcport:-At our JeJding sale oh Friday/ July.29, we had '^- very;-good-'entry .of' sheep- and cattle. .Sheep.;were .again in 'godd; demand, and all. lines, were .sold ..at Batißfactory prices ■■toivcndors.:: % 7s. sd;; small hoggets, Bs. 3d. to!9i 9d.'; medium mixed-hoggets, .tovUsr 7d:;-wether hOggets, good,,'Us.;r;lod., 125...*:ti5.125. *(id.;,. empty ewe 3,..95: ■'sd.;,.,mixed'"aj;e«ew.es in- lamb, .lls.'»ipdr> '-A very ■nice lineVbf "155 4, 6, 'and. f.f,m. -"Eomnoy : ewes,"in-"lamB" to Eomncy' rams (sold on behalf .of. Mrs- J. A. James, ■Sta,nway), -realised 20sV 2d: Cattle:, Bulls, £2:175., 6d.; empty.heifers, \JE3 Bs.; empty cows,-:£3 8s: ■ 6d.- to £4; yearling steers, £2 165.; dairy.cows, £5 to £7 15s. :\ ■ ,1

VMessrs..Dalgety .and Company, Ltd., adT»se.haying ■nc'ldal'heir-fortijightly sales at Waverley on July. 29:.'..1 he' report states;—At Wangamii wo-'yarded-<1800»- sheep -"and..'.lßo heed of cattle..;..--The.,bulk,.,of.'.the, fjhcep yarded consisted;'; of lines'' of "hoggets,- ■ for, which the: demand. was quieUT;.than;_we have experienced. for some,''.time though we succeeded, in , clearings:ail, lines before the close:of the day.■ ■; Cattle > sold well up to late;-rates:.'" At Wiverley ,wo had a ismall yardrag'-;of cattle •' and ■'sheep, all classes ■ mooting; with a fair'.demand. V On Satur- , day,'., July 30, we held a. special sale ot dairy. heifers, at the' ArSmohb'.Dairy Factory; ■■ on account of ■Kutherfbrd.. Bros. Tho heifers/were a fair lino,,hut a,proportion of them were on the.young side.;. Good sorts. , made up to i>s 18s. We auote (Wahga'nui sale):—Fat;ewes', 15s. Id.;.store wethers, )<!.«.,:5d.; good l wothe'rihoggots, 13s. 6d.; others, 11s. ; 3d.; mixed hoggets, ; 10s. 3d.;- small- do., ss. 9d: to'-Bs.;'fat. cows, £5 55.-' forward.,'cpjrs, S3U?£;6d.,\ £3:18s. pi £4 ss.;,'2|'-yeaf steers, £4 lZs'. : 6.d.;. store •eowsi.f£3"!'to* £!, 6s:«'6dir;"dairy cows, £4 10s. '. to.-£6":H2s'. : •"6tt;.; r .pearling' heifers, £2 2s; :.6d.; ; !yearlihg steers;—£2' ss.'r<d. • At WaTerley:-graall hoggets. ips.:'sd.;;f at and. forward 'ewes, i 14s.;.'ewes' in' lamb, 10a. Bd.: forward' cows, I '£3 15s. to '£3-165.,- 25 u> ayear steers, £4''l4s , l"6d'/; •s'pfiri'Kiiiß -heifers, ■£6.65.;64;,i;5-103.ii'£6via 3 .:tb £6 25.; dairy cows, ' £5,V £5 .■■fc!. t0'. ; £5..:195. vEuthcrford Br6s.'Biea!e:-3-year heifer;s,i£4,los., £4.155... £5;-'£s v los;, £s'lss. to ! £5' 18s.r 2-ycar-olds, £3 135.;-£4 '£4 55.. cows, to £7. •••'■■- . '..:.; .--'.' ■

• ■ The New- Zealand and.. Mercantile AgouCy, Ltd. (Paimorston "branch), report:—At Himitangi;on.Jtond.ay, we had a, ■good , ' entry of both , , sheep 'and' cattle. The sheep.were mostly of , indifferent quality., and sold at late rates: '.Qpittlo were or good class, and sold freely. .We quote :— Sheep:' Pat ewes, 13s. M.j';hoggets, 11s.; aged ewes, 4s. 6d. to-6s. od.j, culle. la. 7d. to 2s.' 3d.. ■-,Cattle: Weaner'heifer, 375.: yearling:st«ers';' £2,6s'.".is(l ! ':7;year!ing heifers.r £3; store cows, £2 Bs. to £3 9s.'; fat cows. £6; 10s:, £7' ss.;'■ light' fstf."-ieifere, £4 9s. 6d.; heifers, £5 15s. to £6 125.; heifers in calf, £i 163.-to-£4; sprinsing heifers, £5 to. £6 55.; cow in calf, £3.105. to £4 ss:; springing-cows,-£5. to £5 12s. 6d.;: hulls, '£2 10s. ,tp : £S? ;,.-*;■ .* \ .