LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 14

LIVE STOCK SALES.

■ ■.Messrs.;:Dalgety.'and Company," Limited, report':—At; our Dannovirfio sale yesterday a; good .yarding ■of sheep .came, forward;* The recent -rains had a (beneficial :effect' upon'the.-mnrkct, and although' most lines; were passed in they sold subsequently at prices in-.'advance of last sale rates. Our. entry of-.".cattle was confined to fats, and ; ■butchers':' requirements :having; been previously;.'supplied .the majority ;{of .., the-: cattle iwent-out hnsoldi '.We quote:'—Fourtooth tb; sound-mouth ewes, with lambs at foot, 13s.'-, 6d. to • 205.: prime Tat ewes'," 215.; ;others from'.lss.;',.mve:hoggets, 14s. \ mixedBex.''hoggets,', lis.'; bull ewesr,.4s.';6d:; light! ibeef ibullocks, £6 ; - 7s'..- 6d:j.. empty ; heifers, £3 4s'.;> weaner 'pigs.-Bs.. to ,10s; .

..Messrs;'. Dalgety,- and Company/Limited,' report :f-At -our Palmerstoh North : . sale yes-, terday Hhere was-a fair entry, of 'stock. Quotations: Empty cows; £3 95., ,-E3 105.,'.t0 ;£3, 165.; ; springing, heifers,: £5 'to £6 10s.;. backward dairy, cows, :£5 .15s.;' £6, £6 ,10s., £7, to. £7: 10s.; yearling .dairy heifers, ; to. i3,i35.;.;?;.;:/... ;-'-}j- '-,-.■,■>;..• '■■ ..;:;;.•;■.'■;>•■ ■ .The'-New" Zealand; Loan aid Mercantile Agency".Co., Ltd.; (Feilding-.branch) .report for the week.ending October.7 as follows:—. At Rarigiwahia, on Tuesday,,a.small yarding" of stock came. forward.- :\ Wo .quote :— Wether 'hoggets,- 13s'.' ! .9d;'-.tb'-Ms. ',Bd.; yearling steors, £2 12s. 'At',Feilding,.on Fri-.day,-.wo bad a email entry of sheep and. a fair yarding;of oattlo.':We quote:—Mixed hossjetsj small, .12a. .3d."; 'yearling Bteors,-! £2 ,ss. to-'£2 .lOs.t cowsiin, milk, £3105.-to £4.175; 6d.j '.forward cow's;''.'.£3."! 9s/; :.6d.; springing .heifers; £5; empty Heifers, £3: Is.;.'.forward'heifers, £4 155.; cowb in calf, £6 10s'/, £8, £9 17s. 6d.,.t0 £10 ss: ; small.weaners, 235. 6d.;.-. yearling to ' 18-months heifers, £2 16s.'; store cow's, £2 25..t0 £2 IDs.

;Mr;-:Newton'. King's, weekly stock report is'-as follows:—On Friday -I held a clearing . sale .at '.Omata, on .account, of the Eev.: Mr. Allanson.. P.B. English Leicester ewes in lanib,' four, six-tooth', and f.f.m/ made 265.'3d.;-Leicester hoggets, 145..1d.j/.'crossbre'd; ■ ewies and -lambs, 165.;-' Shropshire ewes; and lambs, ..four, sixtobth', and f.f.m. 24s.";'P.B..Leicester rams,'3J to 33 guineas; do.'".hoggets, ■ 2 ■ guineas; 'Shropshire .-' rams, 1J to. 2 guineas;: s.f.. plough, £3 15s.;tyno, harrows,- ;£3.105.;.' wool-press, £12 2s. 6d.; ; 18-months steers, £3 17s. 6d.;- cow in milk, £6 ss'.; ;springing cows, ,£9'l2s. 6d.;.halfdraught mare, £16 10s. ' Sundries sold at usual rates.'.. At iTJrenui, on Monday, there was a,. good yarding. Weaners. 1 made-275.; 6d.'tb'3os.; yearling steers, 1 £2 95.; to £3;. : yearling! heifers',.-.£2 lis. to ' £3; empty; heifers, £3 18s. ,6d. to £4.15.; store- cows,' ,£3'tb'.£3 145,6u.;' iorward-.db., 1 , £4 to £4 75.; fat cow's, £6 4s. to £6 "95.; sprThging hoifers,'"£4 7s;'.6d. to £6 25;;6d.; eighteenmonth steers,-£3 18s.; two-and a"half to. ' tbree-year bullocks, £5 10s.; three-year do.', £6.; Dairy cows sold on. account, of; Mr. .Jas. Hutchins realised,from £5 15s. to.£B for,early calvers; later do.,'£4 2s. 6d. to £5 -,7s. ,6d. .-,'. At Stratford; on.; Tuesday,' owing toitho.very wet weather, thero was only a small yarding of store cattle. Yearling.hcifers made £2 165.',t0 £3 25.; empty heifers,' £3 ,15s. to £3,'185. 6d.;.'do.,forwardcondition, £4 7s; 6d.' to £4 'Bs.; store cows, £3 4s;.'to; £3 10s.; two and ,a half-year steers, £5 25.; :bulls, £4 6s.'There was.. a fair yarding of springing heifers, and bows ■in ••■'the., dairy ■' yards, and, tho demand being keen, nearly v byerything was sold at the. following prices :—Springing heifers, close up, £6 10s. to £8 12s. 6d.; later d 0.,, £4 :ss.' to £6; dairy, cows, close up, £7 to £9; later, do., £4 ss; to. £5 10s. .»On tho .same: day I held a sale of pedigree Jersey bulls in the Ilaymarket, Stratford, when there was a good attendance of buyers. Some of the bulla were very low in condition, and, everything being considered, good' prices were realised. A 1 two and' a half-year bull - of ; llr. .Saywell's, Pride of Manganui, was. sold' for 27 guineas, Mr. El Long, of Manaia, being the ipurchascr; Mr. O. S. Qatton to Mr. Rua, Jersey King, 254' guineas; Mr. .0. Mumby to Messrs. Tato; and Barnsley, Flo's , Cherry, • 22J guineas; six' bullß. on account of Mr. E. J. Lirin, to the following ' purchasers:—Seldom Seen, 33gns., Mr. W. T. Dale; Daylight, 40gna., Mr.. 0. S. Gatton; Billy Dew, 30Jgns.. Mr. n. Linehara;" Happy Pirn, 151 ens., Mr. J.,Phillips, Jun.;,Powelka, 20gns., Messrs. St. George Bros.; four bulls, on account of Mr. Paul Hunter, Porangahau, Hawke's Bay, as follows:—Occulist XIV, 23gns.. Mr. J. S. Jones; Occulist X, 12gns., Mr. W. ,G. Thurston; Occulist XI, 16gns., Mr.'J. Stewart; Specialist 11. 9gns., Mr. A. Hazelton. At Stony Eiver, on Wednesday, mixed weaners made 31s. 6d. to 335.; mixed yearlings, £2 14s. 6d. to £2 17s. 6d.; yearling stcors, £2 17s. 6d. to £3 25.; empty heifers, £3 13s. to £4 45.; storo cows, £3 ss. to £3 10s.; forward do., £4 175.'6 d.; fat cows, £5 lis. to £6 Is.; two-year steers, £4'55.; springing heifers. £5 to £6 Bs.; springing cows, £5 12s. 6d; to £7"55.; bulls, £2. 2a. to £7; two, four, and six-tooth wethers, 19s, 2d.