LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 894, 13 August 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

. Messrs.. Dalgety.'and Co., Ltd., held a; special salo of dairy and .other stock at South Norsewood on Thursday, on account of Mr.' Fred. Schmidt. ; There was a: large attendance of, buyers, and the sale.woe spirited throughout, the. cows, realising from £4 to £11 10s., and making- an aver- ' age of £8; bull,; £5 155.; weaners, £1 135.; spring dray, £14 15s:;, s.f. plough, £s;'tools and sundries at satisfactory prices. Cows on other vendors' account sold from £5 15s. to £7 10s*; springing heifers, £6 75.; trap harness. £7. ; The, property of 57- acres was submitted,, and failed to reach ,the owner's reserve, but a. portion comprising eight acres was subsequently sold to Mr. M. P." Beck. ' • ■'■-.•

Messrs. * Dalgety and Company, .'Limited, report:—At our Dannovirke salo yesterday a, fair entry of sheep and cattle was submitted to a. large attendance of buyers. The quality of the . sheep was'mostly inferior to medium, and prices'realised for ewesi were about on a • par iwith. recent rates,, but hoggets showed an improve: ment.' . Cattle were chiefly represented ■by dairy stock, but buyers held off, evidently preferring to operate at the numerous special dairy sales which are being held in the district.- We quitted practically all-lots submitted, 1 but prices were mostly in favour of buyers. Shorn moxed hog;ets sold from 10s. 6d. to'lOs. 7d.; Inferior, 7s. 3d.-to Bb. lid.; backward ewes, in lamb, 6s. 3d. to Us. 6d.; medium, 12s. 6d.; cows in calf, 725.'6 d. to : 905.; springing heifers, 102s. 6d.; fat cows, 1155.; '18-months and two-year steers, medium. 775. 6f1.; slip pigs, 12s. 6d. . '.. .

'I'ho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. : (Feilding branch), report for the week ending August 13 as followe :— At Feilding, on Friday, we had a fair entry of both sheep and cattle. Hoggets were in good demand, and sold freely at prices considerably in- advance of last week's rates. . Cattle also sold well at late values. We.quote:—Sheep: Cull hoggets, ss. Id. to''-7s;'6d.j wether hoggets, 10s. :sd. to lls. 10d., and 12s. Bd. • to 12s. 9d.; eive hoggets,- 13s. 7d;; aged- <owes with lambs, Us. Id. Cattle:. Two and a halfyear steers, £5 75.; fat and forward bullocks, £8; heifers in'calf, £3 17s;. 6d.; springing heifers, £6 2s. 6d.; springing cows,. £8 10s. : • 1, ■■•"'-...

Mr. Newton King's week stock report is as follows:—At Mr. S. JI. Pcrritt's clearing salo at Midhirst on August 4 there was a good attendance of .buyers, and anything close up and showing quality was keenly competed for, and sold at satisfactory prices. Early calvprs mado £7 10s. to £13 55.; later do., £5 15s. to £7; very late and empty; £3 to £4 10s.; pedigree'. Jersey bull, . 201 guineas; heifer, calved, £8 155.; springing heifers, up to £7 10s;; in-calf heifers, £4 7s. 6d. to £4 155.; yearling heifers, £3 to £3 ss>.; sows, £3 2s. 6d". to £5 Es.;:boar; £2; aged draught mare. £18 10s.; dray, £12 55.; spring trap, £13 55.; harness, £4 55.; roller, £3 10s.; jacks. £4 5s. J to £5 10s.; sundries at usual rates.. On , Friday, -August 5, I held a clearing sale at Waihi on account of Mr. W. J. Bose. There was a largo attendance of buyers, and the' cattle, which were in good condition, met with keen competition. Early calvers made £8 ss. to £12 53.; do. Holstoins, :£ls; later do.. £6 10s.. to £7 10s.; 18-months, heifers, £3 10s.; sows in farrow, £2 ss. to £3 155.;. young sows, 30s. to 325. 6d.; boar, £3; steers, 215.; d.f. plough, £15;, dray, £14 10s.; half-draught marc, £18 10s.; sundries sold as usual. At Urenui, on Monday, , despite _ the wet weather, there was a. full yarding with a good attendance. 'Yearling steers mado £3 Us.; extra nuality, £3 25.; yearling heifers, £2 to £2 135.; do. Jersey strain, £3 7s. 6d.; .empty heifers, £3. 7a.; store cows. £2 15s. to £3 10s.; forward do., £3 17b. 6d. to £4 65.; fat do., £5 65.; 18-monthß to two-year steers, £3 9s. to £3 12s. 6d.; throe-year steers, good condition, £5.95.; springing heifers, £5 ss. to £5 17s. 6d.; springing cows, to £7; two-tooth to f.m. ewes, 14s. ;■ hogget?, 11s. 3d. On the eamo day I sold a portion of Messrs. Skinner and Son's dniry. Early calvers made £6 10s. to £7 15s.;'later do., £4 ss. to £6 ss. On tho same day, at a sale on account of Mr. Greomyell, at Mance. there was keen competition for the cattle, which wore in excellent condition. Early calvers made £8 55.-to £10 155.; later, £6 15s. to £7 10s.; very late and empty, £3 10s. to £5; yoarlinsr hoifers. £2 14s. to £3 125.: .draught mare, £19 10s.; light maro, £12 155.; sows, £3 2s. 6d. to £3 10s.; sows and litter, £3 17s. 6c1.; brake. £30 10s.; disc, £8 2s. fid.; trap. £13 10s. On tho same day. at a sale on Franklcy Eoad, on account of Mr. A. Swales, the cows, being poor in condition and'rather late, did not reach late market prices. Early culvers mado £7 53. to £9 5a.; later, £5 to £6 15a.; very late. £3 to £4 155.; draught mares, £18 to £19 55.; dray. £15; harness, £5 17s. 6d. At Stratford, on Tuesday, there was only a . small yarding of storo cattle. Miycd weaners made 535. to 425. 5d.; yearling

heifers, £2 3s. to £2 175.; empty heifers, £3 13s. to £4 45.; store cowe, £2 7s. to £3 10s.; forward do., to £4 175.; fat do., £6 2s. 6d.; full, £4. On the s.imo (lay I held my opening, salo of springing heifers and dairy cows, when" there was a /good yarding, with a big attendance of buyers. Competition was keen, and anything showing quality and well up to calving sold at excellent prices. Springing hoifers, close up, made £6 10s. to £7 17s. 6d.; later, £4 to £5 155.; springing cowe, £6 to £6 10s.; later, £4 to £5 10s. Messrs. Quinton and Haylock's dairy herd, which wcro sold at this sale, wero keenly competed for, prices ranging from £7 10s. to £13 ss. for early calvers; later do., £4 10s. to £6 15s.' At Stony Eiver, ou Wednesday, there was a good yarding, and everything was Bold either in "the yarde or privately. Weancr steers made 355. 6d. to 375.; yearling do., £2 7s. to £2 Us.; yearling heifers, £2 6s. .to £2 7s. 6d.; empty p heifers, £3 7s. 6d. to £3 175.; store cows, £2 to £3 2s. 6d.; forward do., £4; fat do., £5 12s. to £7 Is.; springing heifers, £4 14s. to £6 55.; springing cows, £5 ss. to £7 10s.; 18-months to two-year steers, £3 lls. to £3 145.; hogget, 13s. 6d. On the samoday, at a sale on account of the estate of tho late Mr. A. Loaland, the cows were few and backward, and realised as follows':—Early calvers, £6 to £7 10s.; late and empty, £3 155.,t0 £5; sows and litter, £2 to £3 17s. 6d.; young, sows, 275. 6d. to £2; dray. JEII ; 10s-: Tin's harrows, £2 2s. 6d.; chain ,do., £2 10s.; s.f. , plough, £5 55.; sundries sold at usual market rates.

AUCKLAND STOOK PBIOES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, August 12. At. the Westfield fat stock market last week's values 'were easily sustained, and in some cases exceeded. Ox beef made from £1 3s. to £1 ss. per 1001b., and cow and.- heifer do., 17s. to £1 3s. per 1001b. Steera ranged in price from £6 17s. 6d.to £15 2s. (i.; cows and heifers, £3 15s. to £9 7s. 6d. A draft of 15 extra- heavy prime bullocks from Mr. Edmund E. Sandell's One Tree Hill farm average £14-10s. Fat and young calves continue to sell freely! ■ heavy 'do. realising from £2 10s. to -£3 Bs.; medium, £1 lls., £1 175.; small to medium, 15s. to £1 10s.; small and fresh dropped 2s. to 12s.

Doth tho quality and number of fat sheep yarded was below tho average, and there-' was little alteration in values. Best heavy wethers realised from £1 3s. to £1 ss. 6d.; medium to heavy, 19s. to £1 2s. 6d.; light to medium, 16s. 9ii. to 18s. 6d.; ewes, lls. 6d. to 16s. 6d.; a email pen of extraewes, £1 ss. 3d.; 1231 sold. Hoggets made from 13s. to 14s. 9d. for'best; light and unfinished, 9s. 9d. to lls.' 6d.

Pigs were penned in large numbers, and met with a brisk'sale, with a strong .de-. mand for.all kinds. Baconers made from £2 6s. to £2 15s. 6d.; large porkers, £1 18s. to £2 55.; lighter, £1 7s. to £1 155.; slips, 175..t0 £1 35.; small pigs, 10s. 9d. t0;135.; 117 sold., --• .. -