LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 13

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety 'and Company, Limited, report on tlicir sale held in their Upper liutt yards on Thursday :-We had a, B ood entry of sheep, and a full entry of cattle, stock coming forward in excess of adver- . tisod numbers. Thero was a good attendance of buyers, and all lines, especially young cattle, were well competed for. Tho following prices wero • realised :-Shcei>: Aged ewes and lambs, 13s. 3d.; two-tooth ' n V, 'L s V two-tooth wethers, lis. 3d. r £°; n Dai ? y . cows ' close £6 Is. to £7 10s,; dairy cows, to £5 103.; 15-month + hol o e „ rs ' rt to £3 : yearling heifers, f>i 63. to £2 # 95.; yearling steers, £2 6s. \n, .' £ airy hci to, to. £5; bulls, to 30s. to £2 10s.; cows, calf at foot, to £2 los.; two and throe-year*heifer3, to £4 Bs. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report, holding a special cattle sals at their yards at Lcvm yesterday, when they offerer!' a 350 head of cattle, comprising chiefly two and three-year steers. Ono lino of two and a half and three-year steers was passed in at, £4 15b.,-£o befwr tlio reserve. Quotations:—Three-year " s,; store «mpty cows, £3 18s. fid.fat cow and heifers, £4 18s. 6d., £5springing heifers, £3 17s. fid. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—At our Dannevirfco sale yesterday we submitted a good yarding of sheep and cattle to a large attendance of buyers, iliddmg throughout showed more animation than at tho previous sale, the sheen and practically : all the cattle changing hands. Fat and forward wethers sold at 15s. to 13s. Id.; fat ewes, 12s. Bd.r twotooth wethers, 10s. sd. to Us. 7d.; forward ewes, Us. 2d.; dairy cows, to £7 17s. 6d.; fat cows, £4. ss. to £5 12s. 6d.; forward cows, £3 12s. fid. to £4 17s. 6d.; 6toro cows, £3 65.; bulls, £2 7s. to £5 2s. 6d.: 18-months i 5 fof S ' v' : - to 13 - m onths heifers, fn .!S ; ZT 11 " 6 helfers - SI 175.; heifers lis 6d weaner pigs, 75.; slip pigs, «?» he N ?, w Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Feilding branch), report foi the week ended December 2, as follows:—At Bangiwahia, only a small entry SSJJ , iorwa^rd. Bidding was spirited throughout, and wo cleared the yard under tho hammer. We quota :-Two-tootlf wethers (shorn), lis. 4d.; woolly owes with Jo bs \J ss \ M -; yearling steers (small), £2-18-months to two-year heifers (empty), £3 ft. to £3 135.; bull!, £4. At Feilding, on rnday,- we offered a small yarding of sheep, winch sold well under the hammer, and a fair yarding of cattle, of which we hare to report a total clearance. Wo quote :-Empty ewes, as. <d. to 9s. 7d.; twntopth ewes, 12s. Id.; yearling.steers (small), £2; good yearling steers, £2 Ma. 6d.;\yearling hcuers, £2 145.; emntv powr ic . (light), £6 10s.; fat. bullocks,' ; A r ; weekly stock report is as followsAt WTiangamomona on November 25 there wa3 a full yarding; 12 to IS-montha steers made £3 Bs.; two-year do., £4 ss. to £4 65.; two and a half to thicc-ycar steers, £55 to £5 125.: threo to four-year bullocks, £6 to £6 12s. 6d.; store cows, £2 ss. Cd. to £3 145.; fat cows, £6 123. 6c1.; empty heifers, £4 to £4 4s. (It Urenui, on Jlonday, 18-months steers ma do f , tw °- year <io, £4 125.; two and « in/ s>V'^' yca ? do - £5; stOTO cows, T 15 in 18s ' : for «'ard do., £4 2s. 6d. to ±4 10s.; empty : hoifers, £3 17s. to £4 4s. ■ springing heifers, good ouality, £B*springinc cows, £8 ss. to £10" 15s- .bulls' £o to £7 10s. At Stratford, on Tuesday,' S.lrv Wa v a ,. full yarding with good inloarl"}S ''oifers made £2 14s. to io Kr ! >; carll "B steers. £2 Bs. to £3 t:.ft"'] 1 / 7s - 6|J .; two-year do.', ±4 9s. 6d.; three-year steers, £5 4s. Cd. to : store cows, £2 12s. to £4; forward ?n W ?i; & » to i £? <- 3s ' : lat cows > £5 I3sto £61 95.; empty heifers, £3 13s. to £4 9s « n Holsteins, £4 18s.; bulls, up to £6. On the same day there was a good Jyard;ng of springing heifers and dairy cows in tho. springer yards. Forward heifers showing quality, £6 10s. to £7 15s. - later do., £4 to £5 155.; springing cows' close up, to £10 10s.; later do., £4 to £510 a.' ! AUCKLAND STOCK PKIOES. , i (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) ■ •.f AuclUand, December 2. i Messrs. Buck.ancl and Sons report:—On I Wednesday,- at our Westfield fat stock i ?f ar M Thil waa rarllc - d t0 lho n»ml)or i ot 30f. Thero was an improved demand and prices wero slightly better than last quotations, ox beef selling from £1 2s. to £1 3s. 6d. per ICOlb. Several pons of prize f oxen made up to £1 ss. fid. per ICOlb.- cow t and hoifers, 18s. to £1 3s. po!- 1001b SteCTs ranged m price from £6 15s. to £16, and cows from £4 ss. to £9. Tlio 61 calves J*? 0 V lauffl SX? n - t tor requirements, ro J? freely- Choice sucltcrs. £1 18s, 13s fresh' 0 ry aud liEht ' 16s ' £1 .Tlio mutton pens wero filled, and thero was a firmer tone throughout, tho market values being in advance of lato wle, lixtra. prime heavy wethers made from £1 2s. 6d. to £1 75.: heavy, 18s. 9d. to £1 Is.- c medium, 165., IBs.: light, 13s. 6d. to 15s' S 6d._; heavy, owes (extra), to £1 2s. 6d.; M weighty, 14s. 6d. to ISs.; others, lis. to I°, }« 1»« rr a i steadily, at from 16s. <a to 18s. for heavy; medium, ,13s. to 15s fid • to lißht and uiinnishcd, Bs. to 125.; 634 sold M A short supply of pigs accounted for an T : srn re- pofe? £1 145.; smaller, £1 Is. X £1' rt.; slip 1 ? wld. wwaers, Bs. 6d. to 125,; « Tho .first university boat race rowed in " outrigrara was in tho year IMG, when W , Cambridge iron by two lengths, ch