LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 970, 10 November 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report caving held their usual stock sale at Waipukurau on Tuesday, when they offered a fair yarding of stock to a good attendance of buyers. They Quote as folForward bullocks, £7 6s»; fat cows, *5 75.; 4-tooth wethers,' 15s. 10d.j small hoggets in wool, Bs. 9d.; medium hoggets, lis. j good hoggets, 12s. 4d.; shorn fat and forward ewes, 10s. 6d. ....

Messrs.'Dalgety; and Company,' Ltd. (Palmereton North braiich), report :-At our iuarton sale on Tuesday wo had a small entry of. both sheep, and eatUe, but although a fair number changed hands, bidding was not brisk. Sheep: Aged ewos, 103. Id.; empty ewes, lie. 6d. : ; woolly forward ewes. 15s. 6d. Cattle: Yearling steers, £2. 175.-6 d., £3 35.. £3 ss. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 16s. to £3 135.; empty heifers. £5 17s. ,6d.; backward dairy,.,cows, £5 15s. Messrs.'. Abraham'and "Williams, Ltd.. report on their Johnsonville sale, held yesterday, as follows:—We offered a good yarding of prime sheep arid cattle, which sold readily at late rates.- Best bullocks. £10 to £10 12s. 6d.; lighter, £9 12s. 6d. to £9 17s. 6d.; small vealers. 19s. -to £1 Os. 6d.: prime woolly wethers, 255. Id.; medium woolly - wethere, 225. 3d.; prime shorn wethers, 165.-lid.; medium,-155.-6d.; prime shorn ewes, 15s. Id. to iSal ewee. 14s. to ■ 14s. 6d.; prime lambs, 13s. Id. to 13s. 6d ; good, lls. 6d. to'l2s. 6d.; small, 10s. 3d. to 10s. 6d.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams report good yardings of both sheep and cattle at llarton on Tuesday. Quotations:—Sheep: S.m. ewes and lambs. 145.. 16s. 6d., 17s. Bd.. I 83.; dry .ewes, 7s. 5d.; ..fat. ewes, 18s/, 18s.lqd.; fa,t-wothcrs,.2osi,.2os.'ld.; mixed hoggets, 135.; ethers. B=. lCd.; ewe hoggets, ,'s. Bd. . Cattle:..Yearling.,steers, £2 145.. £2 155., £3 35., 275. 6d.; 3-year steers. £5 10s.; 2 : year .stews, £4,, 10s.;.yearling heilers. £2 75.;-spririgmg heifers, £5 2s. 6d., £7 9a., £8. £10 2s. 6a., £11; cows in milk, £3 lCs., £4 2*. 6d.; springing cows, £6 Hz., £7 Ws.; heifers at drop. £5 10s.; fat cows, £6. .£6 12s. 6d. Pigs:; Weaners, ■ ljs. A. SUCCESSFUL SALE.. . (By.Telegraph.—Press Association.l New Plymouth, November 9. A dispersal sale of Jersey stock by. Mr. .Newton King is raid to be a- record for the Dominion. Tho oaly animal catalogued that did not reach .the- owner'u reserve .was the champion imported bull Cam' paniles Sulton, passed in at 350 guineas, Mr. Clarke asking. 600 guineas. Lady Disdain, a. famous prize-winninjr cow. realised the.fine.price of 157. guineas, and was secured by .Mr. A. A. Ward, of Tariki, who was heartily congratulated on the purchase. The other cows brought as high as 113, 96, and- 87 guineas. Altogether, forty-two animals' from ,the; famous herd realised in the; aggregate. £2125 4s.

' (By Meerajih.-Press'-Assoriation.) ■■■■■■ Dunedin, November 9. At Bnrnsido stock market only 98 head of fat cattl9 were yarded. The quality was only medium. Some butchers "had a few on hand from last week, but prices were •■ much on a par with last week's rates. Best bullocks, £11 to £12; extra,-to ±14; me , dium,.-£9;ios.--to*JB10; inferior, £8 to £8 10s.; best cows and heifers, £8 to £9; extra, to £12; medium, £6 10s. to £7 55.; inferior, £4 10s. to £5 10a. ■ Eat sheep: 1436 penned. A small yardinir. out tne Quality-was very good, comprising chiefly good to prime wethers,' with odd pens of very well finished ewes. Although somo butaUers had lew on hand, prices advanced fully Is.. 6d. per head on last week's rates. Prime wethers, 28s. 6d. to 335.; good, 265. to 28a.; medium; 225. to ?' !s; n , ;ln£ , e , ri ° r, 2Cs - to'2ls. 6d.; best owes, 235. to as. 6d.; extra, to 275. 3d.; medium, 19s. to 21s:; inferior, 14s. to 165.; shorn wethers, 17s. to 215.; shorn ewes, to .18s. 9d. kambs: There was a medium- yarding of 146. The Quality, perhapß ,was not quite so good as that offered last week, but competition was very keen, and prices Is. 6d. to 2s. better. Best, 15s. 6d. to 17s. 6d.: medium, 12s. to 14s.