LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 973, 14 November 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs; Dalgoay and Company, Ltd. (Palmerston North), report:—At our Palmerston North salo on November 10, wo had a small/ entry oj sheep and a very good yarding of cattle. Although • cattle were easier in. prices, we managed to quit the majority .of. lines, at ,prices-as below:— Empty heifers,'£3 3s„ £3 14s. 6d. to £4; empty cows, to £3 10b. ; bulls, £3 10s. to £5 10s.; 2-year steers, £3 19s. 6d. to £4 lis.; cows and calves, £4; 2i and 3-year steers, to £5 Is. A very nice, lino of 90 15-months Horeford-cross steers .realised £4 25.; and a lino of 113 6teors sold at £5 : 7s. 6d. Sheep: Shorn ewes and lambs, all counted, I*- .■-.:...■ .... '■■:_■ Mr, Nowton King's weekly report is as follows:—On Wednesday, November 2, I held my annual bull fair at Stratford, when there was a good entry of serviceable bulls. Tho demand was good through'out, and practically everything sold at tho hammer. Two-year pedigree Shorthorn bulls made' £13 to £17 65.;. 2-year grade Holsteins,-up, to £14 15s.;'do. grado Jerseys, £7 ;10s. to £15 ss.;'do.-grade Short'horn, £7 to. £10; yearling" Shorthorn, £4 to £10 103.;. Jerseys, up to £10 155.; pedigree Ayrshire, £16 16s. On November 7, I held a clearing'."sale of' heifers and sundries, on account 1 of- Mr.- \V. H. Gyde, of Cardiff. Springer's; close up, made £6 10s. do £7 55.; later do., £3 to £3'. ss;: heifers, at profit, £14 ss.;''mixed yearlings;' £2 2s. 6d.; yearling bulls, £4; aged- bull, £7; gelding, £9' 10s:: .disc harrows. £6 2s. 6d.; dray, £9; gig, £8 155.;" sundries; ■at usual rates. Oe account of other vendors: Springing cows made £6- 15s. to £8 55.; empty heifors. £4 3s. 6d. At my springing heifer sale, at Stratford, on November 8, there was only a fair entry, and prices were a trifle easier than previous sales. Heifers, close up, made £6 to-£7- 155.; later do., £4 ss. to £5 155.; springing cows, £6 10s. to £7 ss. At liahotu, on tho same day, there was a full yarding of'saloablo cattle, and most lines changed hands at tho following prices:—Mixed yearlings. £2 Is.:. yearling heifers. £2.125. 6d. to. £2 18s.; | yearling steers, £2,75. 6d. to £2 165.; 15 to 18-months heifers, £3 14s/'6d. to £3 18s.; 15months Jersey heifers good duality, xs 195.,; 18-months steers, £3 10s.; 2-year steers, £4 75.; stole cows, £3 Is. to £3 17s. 6d.; .forward do., £4 to £4 175.; fat do., £5 155.; springing cows. £4 to £7 35.; springing heifers, £5 2s. 6d., £3 ss. to £5 15s. On "Wednesday, November 9, I held a most successful dispersal sale 'of Jlr. 0. Clarko's pedigree Jerseys, particulars of which have already bosn reported. On Thursday, November 10, at Waiwakaiho, there was a full yarding, with a largo attendance of buyeTs. Mixed ycarii"gs made £2 Bs. 6d.: yearling heifers, £2 8s .to £2 17s. 6d.; 15 to 18-months do.. £3 13s. 6d. to £3 15s; empty heifers.. £4 to £4 135.: IBmonths heifers, Jersey strain, £4 lis. to £5 135.; yearling do., £4 75.; storo cows, £2 ss. to £3 18s.; forward do., Uo £4 10s.: springing'hclfers, £5 to £8 10s.; do. cows, showing;duality, £8 10s. to £12 fe.; do., ordinary. £4 ss. to. £6 10s.; bulls, £3 ss. to I £4 125.: working bullocks.' £15 to £27 per ■pair; ewes and lambs. 235.' On- the sa mo day I 6old, on behalf of Mr. P. W. Oldham, pedigree Jcrccys as follow :-Cow, Lady Alice, \V. D. Linn, 31gns.: Enigma, Alf. Paul, 39gns.; heifer, out of Enigma A. E. Watkins, 30gns.; heifer, out of Lady Alice, J. D. Watkins, 27gns.; bull, Surgeon. 32gns.; on account of Mr. \Y. J. Frecth, bull, Yankee Lad, Messre. J. Skinner and 1 Con, Signs: '