LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs.••-.■Dolgety. • and .Oo.;. Ltd., report holding their- monthly - Blenheim .stock saio at .the-co-operative sale yards this week. .The' report. states There was ■ a good ■ attendance of buyers,,and our.yarding con'sißted:of some of the' finest fat sheep offered' in ..this{ district for- somo-time, these -in-, eluding la line , of ~6-tooth .-.wethers. offered; "on.-liccourit;'of '-Mr. 'J. :T. Murphy, .which, brought the (high, price, of 30s. -These sheep were, bred and fattened by Mr. It. Coleman, of Vernon, and wero, purchased by -Messrs. J as. Froeth.'and Co., butchers,. Picton. Cattle also: sold -well. Prices- were as follow prime 6-tooth : :wethorß, 305.; priino fat wethers,'.2ls., '255., and 285.; cow in 'calf, ..£4 2s. fid.; 1 cow .in milk, £6; cow due'to calve in three woks, £7 65.; fat; cow, £8 3s. ;Bheepo dogs,_ £2 : each..: v . , : Messrs.' Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re-' port:—At Palmerston North \ yesterday we had only a ■ small entry of. sheep and cattle; 'the whole of whid; wo sold at late rates. . Quotations:—Sheep: . .Empty ewes," 155.; ewes' and lambs,. 215., 9d.;. hog-gets,-iOs. 2d.:'and 10s.. 3d. Cattle:. Oows at drop, to £8; empty cows, £1 10s. to £3 14s. 6d.; empty heifers. £3- 175., £3 195.; fat 'cows, £6 14s. Gd.; weaner heifers, £2-10s.; weaner bulls, £2 4s. .' -• Messrs., Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report bavini* held l a'-very successful sale of dairy stock 011 account -of Jlr. A. J. Arnold, of Levin. .There was a good attendance of -buyers, , and bidding was very brisk. Tlio highest price realised was £12; The' wholo herd,, with tile exception, of thrco,unsound cows, averaged £8 15s. Draught gelding, £33; yearling Holstein heifer, £4 145.;. sows in. pig, to ■ £2 17s. 6d.; stores, 16s.' to; 18s. Ducks, fowls, etc., at satisfactory prices. Tho New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, < Limited, report, :—At Palmerston -. yesterday wo lia<l a good entry

of cattle. Competition was brisk throughout, and a total elearanco was effected. Quotations:—Small yearling heifers, £2 10s; small yearling steers, £2 lis.; 12 to 15 months heifers, £3 Bs. 6d.; aged storo cows, £2 lis. to £2 18s.; fresh cows, £-3 tOs. to £3 155.; cows in calf, £3 7s. fid. to £4' 2s. 6d.; springing dairy cows, £6 to'£B 25.: 6d. heifers in calf, £4 2s. 6d.; springing heifers;', £7 2s. 6d.; light fat cows, £6; 3-year steers, £5 12g.; bulls, £2 2s. 6d. to £2 12s. 6d.

.-PRICES .AT WESTFIELD. .' / ./ fßy Telegraph.—Spucial .Correspondent.) September 15. At the Westfield' yards on Wednesday fat cattle were yarded in more than the usual numbers, and sold at ■' fully • last week s rates, ox beef selling at 295. per 1001b; cows to. 265. Steers sold at from £6 .to £14 2s. 6d.;' cow's and heifers,.£4 to,£9; an extra choico cow realised .£l2 ss. Calves wero penned in good numbers, and sold at late ■rates.' Heavy-weights,. £2 10s. to £3 55.: others, 3s. to' £2.. Sheep were penned in the usual numbers, and declined slightly, in price, best wethers selling to ' 28s.' 6d.; others, i 20s; to : 255.;, extra heavy .ewes, 255. t0,285.; others, 15s. to 20s.'6d.j hoggets, 13s. to £1. Lambs wero ... yarded ill gopd. numbers, and sold well'at from 14s. to ■ £1' 3s. 3d. .-There', was a large yarding of pigs, which sold at late rates.' Porkers,. £1 12s. to £2 125.; Blips, 13s.' 6d'. ;to 20s.;' wean'ers, 2s. 6d. to • 10s.; breeding; sows,' £1 > 10s. to £2 2s. ■: .