LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1192, 29 July 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Ifosrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. (Palmcrston North branch) report having held a very successful sals on account of . Mr. Chas. Hopping, at hi 3 farm, liongotca, on Wcdnesd.iy, when they offered his whole herd of grade llolstein cows, pedigree heilers, and grade and Ifolstein bulls. There was :•- Jsrjc- and representative attendance, buyers being present from Hawcra, Rohoutu, InaKa, Wanganni, F.ltham, Kelson, Ifawke's Hay, and Wairar.ipa. The dairy cows were in specially good condition, and were eagerly competed for. The following are prices realised:—Dairy herd: Early calvcrs. £15, £17, £22, to £25 10s.; end ol August calvcrs, £14 to £18; September calvers, £11 to £14: backward calvers £8 to £10; cows in milk, £9. £11 10s., £14 10a., to £16; grade yearling heifers, 35, 5, to 5J guineas; (trade yearling bull?, 5 to 6 guineas; grade two-year bulls, 9, 10. 11 to 12 guineas; highgrade two-year bulls. 14, 17. 20, to 21 guineas; pedigree yearling heifers, 39, 13, to 50 guineas; pedigree two-year heifers, 45, 50, 55, to 67 guineas; pedigree hulls, 22, '!0, to 30 guineas. The latter were purchased by W. .1. Tiell, Jlawera. Three-yer.r-old pprinsing heifer. ".Mountain Lass Nooic." realised 100 Ruinous, purchaser Mrs. J. A. James, Stanway Jtcstrs. Dalsety and Co. roporl:—At our Palmerston North sale on Thursday only a very small entry of phcep and a medium entry of cattle came to hand. Sheep sold r.t lato rates, and quotations of cattle wcro as holoir:—Empty cows, £2 9s. 6d. to £2 155.; backward dairy cows, £4 155.; eightccn-months heifers, £2 9s. 6d.; fiftecninontliß steers. £3; good mixed wcaners 37=.; empty heifers, £2 16=. to £3 ss.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Foilding branch), report for tho wool; ratlin;; July 28 as follows:—At ltangiwaliiii, ou Tuesday, a

small yarding of sheep sold as under — Medium mixed lambs. 6;. 9d. to 7s. ta. s used cives in lamb. ss. 9d.; two-tooth wethers (small), 9s. 9d.; forward cows. .£3 ss. On Wednesday we held a clearing sale 011 account of Mr. (J. A. Field, of Norscwood Koad, Apiti. and report a good salu throughout. We buotc:—Small two-tooth wothcrs, 11s. 2d.; mixed age ewe-, in lamb Uf. 7d.; owe'hoßEets, 10s. Id.; wether hoggets, 6s. 9d.; weaner hei-fer?, lU. 6d • mvs in pig, 2Cs., 20s. to X 2 10s.; slips, 95.; backward dairy cow;, £5 to £5 17s. 6d. ■ a line of good springing heifers, £5 Its.; good harness mare, £22. A largo quantity of timber, dairy machinery,- and utensils and sundries sold at good values. At Feilding yesterday wo yarded 2COD sheep. The quality, however, was not too good, but we sold the bulk of our entry at rates as below. Wo had also a fair entry of cattle which sold at late rates. Kkeep: Cull hoggets, 35.; two and four-tooth ewes, in lamb 11s. 7d.; small ewe lambs, 65.; mixed lainb= Bs.. 9d.; good mixed lambs, 11s.; medium mixed lambs, 6h. 6d.; good mixed ho"ucts, 9s. lCd. Cattle: Heifers in calf, £i 35.; empty cows, £2 ss. to £2 15?.; st-oro cows. £2 10s.; weaner calves, 225.; yelling heifers, £2 11s.; forward cows, £3 15s • small springing heifers, £3 IDs.: backward cows. ,£2 19b.; springing cows, £4 to £5 is. ■ fat cows, £5; heifers in calf, £7 7s • springing cows, £<" 75.; forward empty cows, £5 10s.

Mr. Newton King's weekly stock report is as follows : -At Palmer Roa<l, on Thursday, July 20, I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. J. Preece, when the cows, which were a good lot and forward, realised satisfactory prices. Early calvers, £7 to £12 155.; later, £4 10s. to £6 155.; empty, £3 17;. 6d. to £5 155.; springing heifers, £6 10s.; hull, 355.; sows. £2 to £5 55.; stores, 16s. to 2Cs.; heavy gelding, ill 10s.; milk-cart horses, £10 15s. to £1<1; wagon, £35; drays, £8 to £10; mower, £6 5;.; rake, £5 155.; roller, £5 155.; disc. £5 151=.; How, £4 55.; jack, £2 2s. 6d. At a clearing sale on Friday, July 21, at my Stony River Yards, on account of the estate of Kangi Hcmata, there was a good attendance. Tho cows offered were, on the whole, a good lot, but there were several very old, and with faulty quarters, amongst them. All good cows sold well. The horses were a. good lot, and met with keen competition. Early calvers, £5 15s. to £9 10s.; late and poor-conditioned, £2 15s. to £5; working bullocks, per pair. £12; light draught horses, £19 10s. to £26 10s.; hacks, £7 to £9; dray, £10 55.; d.f. plough, £17 10s.; s.f. plough, £4 55.; mower, £10 65.; rake, £4 155.; bullock dray, £5 10.-. On tho same day, at a- clearing sale on accouut of. Jlv. Jlagenbuck. on Stanley Koad, there was a fair attendance. The cattlo sold well, and sundries went at u-.ial rates. Early calvers, £6 10s. to £9; Ciiipty, £3 7s. to £4 17s. 6d.; springing heifers, £4 lCs. to £5 lCs.; wcaner heifers, o2s. 6d. : bull, £3 2s. 6d.; dray, £15; harness, £7. At Urcimi, on Monday, there was a good yarding, with a. good attendance of buyers. Bidding was very quiet for nearly all lines, and prices were in favour of (buyers. Mixed weaners, 355. 6d. : weaner heifers, 325. 6d. to 365. 6d.; yearling to 18months Jersey boilers, £2 Ms. 6d. to £2 19s. 6d.; two to two and half-year heifers £2 19s. 6d. to £3 lCs. 6d.; springing heifers' £4 to £6 10s.; in-calf heifers. £3 to £3 18s.; store cows. £2 to £3 35.; forward, £3 11s. to £4; fat cows. £5 195.; springing cows. £4 to £6 65.; bulls. £3: mixed ewes, 9s. lid.; lambs, Bs. sd. On the same day I hold a pale on account of Mr. D. Murphy, on the Lower Palmer Koad, when there was a fair attendance, and tho cows sold at full market rates. Early calvers, £6 15s. to £11 155.; later, £4 His. to £5 155.; empty cows, £2 15s. to £4; heifers, £5 15s. to £6 55.; draught marp, £30; draught filly, £21 ICo.j three-year filly, £-14; trap horse, £16 55.; Shetland. £7; wagon. £3 Bs.; dray, £6; gig, £6 Iss. Sundries sold at usual rates. On Tuesday, at my fortnightly cattle salo at Stratford, there was a big yarding, but bidding dragged for all classes, good strong yearlings being the exception, and this class sold readily. Mixed weaners, 265. 6d. to £2; yearling heifers, £2 65.; yearling steers, £2 4s. 6d.; two-year do., £2 15s. to £3 155.; two-year heifers, £3 ss. to £3 18s.; springing heifers, £5 7s. 6d.; store cowa, £2 ss. to £2 18s.; forward cows, £3 6s. to £4; springing cows, £4 15s. to £9; bulls £2 6s. to £5. On the same day I held a clearing sale on account of Messrs. Brcgnan Bros., ou Robson Road, when early calvers made £6 10s. to £10 15s.- later £4 to £6; heifers, £2 143. to £5 12r. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 7s. 6d.; yearling steers, £2 ss. 6<1.; gig, £5 10s.; dray, £14 155.; gig pony, £10; trap mare, £17 lC's.; sow, £4 10s.; porkers, 28s. On the same day I sold -,Ir. W. Newman'? herd at my Stratford yards, but the cows were in low condition, and mostly late calvers. Bidding was consequently dull, and prices on tho low side. Early calvcra mado £6 lCs. to £9; later, £4 to £6; very late and empty. £2 15s. to £3 lCs.; heifers, £4 to £6 10s.; bull, £3 ss.- On account of other vendors cows made £4 15s. to £8 55.; heifers, £5 u> *i) ss. At Stony River, on Wednesday, there was a, small yarding, but the bidding "-an good, especially, for young cattle, which all sold at satisfactory prices. Other lines were not so saleable, but most lines were quitted at tho hammer or privately. Mixed weaners, 245. to 06s. 6d.; yearling steers 31s. 6d. to £2 63. 6d<; yearling heifers £2 ss. to £2 IDs.; two to two and a. half-year heifers, £3 4s. 6d. to £3 lus. 6d.; two and a half-year steers, £3 10s.; springing heifer" £4 to £5 55.; springing cows, £8 15s.