LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 11110, 6 May 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Ifessrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report on their weekly ssiio held at Eketahuna on Friday, Stay 5, as follows:—Wo had only a medium entry, but made a total clearance. Sheep of all classes eold at prices in advance of late rates. Wo quote:—Twotooth wethers, IDs. 6d. to 12?.; ewes in lamb (mixed ages), Bs. 3d. to 11s. 7d.; mixed lambs, 3s. 9d., ss. 6d., to 7s. 9d. Cattle: Twenty-months empty heifers, £2 155.; empty cows, £2, £2 6c, to £4 Ss. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. (Wanganui branch) report as follows:—At our Wavcrlcy sale yesterday wo yarded 1670 sheep, and 43 cattle, of which wo sold l<6o shee'p and 30 cattle. We penned several lines of good wethers, which met with poor inquiry, and, though we eventually succeeded in placing them, prices showed a decline owing to the poor prospects of feed. The outlook for all classes of store stock in this district during tho winter months is depressing. We Quote :-Good four-tooth wethers, 125.; others, 10s. to Us. 6d.j twotooth wethers, 10s. lCd. to 11s. Id.; small do., Bs. 6d. to Es. Bd.; mixed-age wethers, 9s. lid. j two and four-tooth ewes in lamb, 135.fat cows, £4 125.; store cows, £2 to £3 3s • milch cow, £4 17s. Grt.; weaners, 155., £1 £1 £<5., £1 10s. to £1 lls.; yearlings, £1 ISs. aged bulls, £2 16s. 6d. to £3. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Limited (Palni-erston A'orth branch), report:—At our Palmerston sale on Thursday, a medium entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle came forward. Sheep were in slightly better demand, and all liues pllercd wcro quitted at auctbn at the following prices:—Cull lambs, 3s. 3d. to 3s Gd ■ medium lambs,' 45." 6d. to 6s. 5d.; aged ewes (empty), 4s. 2d., ss. Bd., to 6s. Id.; light fat ewes, lls. Id.; ditto lambs, Bs. Gd Cattle: Store cows, £2 7s. 6d. to £2 lls • 15-months steers, £2 7s. 6d. to £2 196.; ?6inonths steers, £3 12s. 6d.; heifers in calf to £4 55.; bulls, to £4 2s. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report for the week ended May sas follows:—At Feilding, ou Friday, we had a moderate entry of sheen and a good yarding of cattle. Sheep sold rather in advanced of late rates. V,'o quote:—Wother lambs, ss. lid.; storo wethers, 75.; fat ewes, 125.; springing cows, £3 lls.; two-year steers, £3 75.; two and a half-year steers, £4 4s. to £4 18s.; threeyear bullocks, £5 155.; fat cows, £4 18s. 6d. to £5 195.; heifers in caif, £4 is.; springing heifera, £6 Is. , Mr. Newton King's weekly stock report is as follows :-On Thursday, April 21,. I held a, clearing sale at Jlidhirst on account of Messrs. A. C. and C. F. Yospc:\ Despite tie wet weather there was a cood attendance of buyera, and, for the time of year, good prices wcro rallied Dairy cows, early calvers, made £6 Ids. to £10; later do., £5 to £6 ss.- vu-ry lato and empty, £3 2s. 6d. to £4 155.; pedigree Jersey bull, 19J guineas; pedigree Jersey cows, 18 to 205 guineas; grade Jersey heifers, £4 19s. to £5 2s. 6(1. j weaner heifers, 28s. to 365.; mare, £15; hacks, £4; ss. to £4 155.; store pigs. 20s. to 275. 6d. ~P lgs ',, 7s \ to , 135 ,- ; P lo «Kh. £7: sundries sold well. At the Haymarket, on Saturday, a good number of pig 3 were penned. Slip 3 made 2s. to 4s. 6ct.; wcaners, 7s. to 10s • stores, 15s. to 195.: small do., lls. to 14s : porkers, 265. to 305.; sows. £2 25.; saddle and bridle realised £2 55.; gig, £11 it, TJrenui, on Monday, there was a good yarding. Weaners made 15s. 6d. to 335. 6d.; 18-months steers, £3 lls.; store cow= £2 to £3 53.; forward cows, £4 75.; cows and calves, £3 16s. to £5 10s.; springing heifers, £5 ss. to £5 10s.; heifers, calved, £5 10« • fat heifers, £6r two and a half to threeyear steers, £4 18s. 6d.; bulls, £3 17s 6d to £4 15s. On tho same day I sold tho balance of Mrs. M'Guinness's stock without reserve. Two-year steers m:m o <A 14s • two and a half-year steers, £5; three to three and a half-year bullocks, £5 lls. to £5 13s. 6d.; lambs, £3 35.; two and fourtooth ewes, 12s. 2d.; six-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, 6s. 9d.; two-tooth wethers, 10s. 2d.rams, 1 guinea. At Douglas, on the same day, weanors made 16s. to 205.; weaner heifers, 30s. 6d.; store cow 3, £2 16s. to £3 135.; forward cows, £4 45,; fat heifers, .£4 6s. 6d.; springing heifers, £5; hulls', £4 4s 6d. to £4 95.; lambs, 4s. 9:1. to 7s. 2d.- f m ewes, ss. At Stratford, on Tuesday weaners made 15s. to 255. 6d.; 15-nionthn heifers, £2 145.; storo cows, £2 13s. to £3 195.; forward cows, £4 Is. to £4 12s. 6d ■ fat cows, £5 155.; in-calf heifers, £5 8s 6d"Holstein heifers, £5 18s. 6d.; two to two and a half-year steers, £4 lls.; bulls, .€5 9s. At Stony River, on Wednesday, the yards were full. There was a large attendance, and competition was good for most lines. Weak calves mado 12:-.■ medium to good, 205. to 305.; a lino of'wellbred Jersey heifer calves made £3 17s. 6d.-18-months to two-year heifers in calf £3 10s. to £4 55.; two and a half-year da £4 163. 6d.: springing do., £5 to £5 75.: workin? bullocks, £15 10s. per pair: store cow£2 4s. to £2. lls. 6d.; forward cows, £3 10s' to £4 95.; fat caws, £5 to £5 55.; bulls €4 3s. to £5 85. 6[>.. A quantity of household furniture, imnlements, and sundries sold in favour of buyers. The. goodwill of the lease oi the late Mr. Benjamin Gray's farm of 114 ncres was sold to Mr W Grant, of Piiniho, at £B£o.