LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1204, 12 August 1911, Page 13

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Tho New Zealand Ijoo.ii and Mercantile Agency Company, Eld. (Fcilding branch) report for tho week ended August 11 cs follows:—At Feilding, on Friday, last week, we had a good entry of both sheep and cattle. Sheep, especially hoggets, maintained lata rates. Cattle also sold well, young steers being in demand. Wo disposed of practically all' of our entry at the following prices:—Ewes in lamb, 125.; ewes in lamb to S.D. rams, 145.; cull owes, in lamb, ss. 3d.; cull ewes, 3s. 9d., ss, 1(1.; ewes, 'Bs. 6d.; mixed hoggets, 7s. 10d., 10s. Vd., IPs. 10d„ 10s.-lid., to lis. 10d.; B.V. hoggets, Bs. lid.; fat lambs, 10s. 5d.; 18months steers, £4 Is.; two-year steers. £4 65.; empty cows, £3 Is. 6d.: empty heifers. .£3 7s. and £3 95.; 18-mouths heifers, £Z 16s. At Mr. Koberstein's clearing sale of dairy cows, held at Feilding salcyards on Saturday last, there was a small attendance of buyers, but all were operators, the result being that we sold almost all the cows at a good figure. .Mr. Goodrich's cows also sold well. We quote as follows:— On account of Mr. Kohcrstein, dairy cows up to £10 10s.; on account of Mr. Go»1rick, up to £7. A nice line of young Jlolstein heifers, on account of Ik: Koberstcin, made £5 15b. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., held a sale of dairy stock at Pahautanui on Thursday. Amongst the entries were Mr. Stace's herd, which realised prices as follows:—£7 10s.. £3 10s.. £7 7s. 6d., £8 2s. 6d., £6, £6 10s., £6 155., £6 55., £6 12s. 6d., £10 15s. Mr. William Galloway's cows brought from £6 Is. to £8 15s. On account of various other vendors, cowo brought from £4 12s. 6d. to £9 7s. There was a fairly large attendance of buyers, and there was a good demand for cows coming to early profit, but for backward sorts, there was very little inquiry. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on a special hogget sale, held at Marlon yesterday, on account of Messrs. J. C. Meyer, jun., and L. M. Richards, mid others. Some 9GCO hoggets, were yarded. Buyers were present from Wairarapa, Wellington, llawke's- Bay, Taranaki, and Waikato, and expressed themselves well plcaFcd

■■•ith the entry. Every pen Eold under tho hammer. Prices, were as follow:— Wether hoggets, Bs., 9s. 4d., lis. Id., lis. 6d., Us. 9d., 125., 13s. 3d., to 13s. 6d.; ewe b-vreets, Ids. Id., lis., lis. 2d., lis. lfd„ J?s. Id., 12s. 3d.. 12s. 10d., 135., 13s. Id., 15s. 5d., to 17s. 2d.; mixed hoggets, 7s. ,Bs., to ins, 6d.; Lincoln ram hoggets, bred by Mr. It. n. Aldworth, £1 ls.j two and fourth-tooth wethers, 14s. Id. Mr. Newton King's weekly stock report is as follows:—On August 2 I held a clearing sale at Tariki lioad on account of Messrs. Hodgkinson, Hayloek and Quintdn, when there was a fair attendance of buyers and the cattle, which were in ~iod condition, realised satisfactory prices. Early ealvcrs made £6 to £10 10s.; later, £4 ss. to £5 155.; heifers, £4 ss. to £5; hull, £3; yearling heifers, 395. 6d. to 505.; yearling steers, 385.; draught horses, £23 10s. to £29 55.; hacks, £5 10s.; dray, £6 10s.; wagon, £20; di=c, £7 2s. 6d.; rake, £6; plough. £4: harrows, £4 17s. 6d.; lack, £4 ss. On August 3, at Mr. H. Kemp's sale sit Itobson Eoad, tho cattlo offered were a nice lot, and good prices were realised all round. Early ealvcrs. £6 10s. to £11; later, £4 lCs. to £6; springing heifers, £5 2s. 6d. to £7 55.; two to three-year heifers, £3 12s. 6d. to £4 55.; yearling heifers, 505.; mixed yearlings, 325. ,to 375. 6d.: hulls, £2 IPs. to £10 55.; mares, £22 to £28 55.; ewes, 12s. 9d.: gig, £9 55.: dray, £21 15s. On August 4, at a clearing salo on account of Mr. K. Kolfe, of Tikorangi, there was a good attendance, and the dairy stock sold well. Early ealvcrs, £6 "to £10 155.; later, £4 to £5 155.; bull, £3; yearling heifers. 355.; mixed yearlings, 305.; hoggets. 7s. 3d.; sows, £2 ss. to £3 10s.; weancrs, Es. 6d.; d.f. plough, £10 ss. On the same day I held .a clearing-sale at Bird Road on account of Mr.. E Doherty. The cattle were a flue lot, and mot with keen competition. Early culvers realised £6 15s. to £16 Ids.; later, £4 to £6; empty. £3 2s. 6d. to £7; bull, £4 2s. 6d.; draught horse, £33; trap mare, £16; porkers, 275.; wagon, £16 155.; dray, £14 10s.; plough, £4 10s.; jack, £4 55.; mower, £5; rake, £4 10s. At my fortnightly salo at Urenui on August 7 there was a largo yarding, especially of dairy cattle, several comploto herds being.offered and realising tha following prices:—Mr A. Thouinsiii'.i herd, £5 10s. to £11 55.; Messrs. H. and D. S. Musltcr's herd, £6 to £11 Es. I also sold, on account of Mr. E. Julian, who has disposed - of his farm, his tine flock of sheep, which brought tho following prices. Two to six-tooth ewes, 135.; four-tooth ewes, lis. 4d.; ewes and lambs, 15s. 4d.; wethers, 13s. 3d. to 14s. Id. Of the ordinary yarding of store cattle mixed yearlings made 30s. to 425. 6d.; yearling steers, 425.; yearling heifers, 425.; two to two and a halfyear steers, £3 2s. to '£3 15s. 6d.; three-year steers, £4 4s,'to £4.75.; empty heifers, £3 14s. 6d.; iu-calf heifers, £3 14s. 6d. to £4

155.; springing Holstein hellers, £5 12s. 6d. to £6; store cows, £2 15s. to £3 55.; for--6d.; forward bullocks, £7; fat wethers, 16s. wnrd, £3 10s. to £4; springing cows, £8 7t 9d. to 18s. 4d.; two-tooth wethers, 10s. 6d. to 10s. lid.: sows. £3 to £3 10s. On the same day I olfercd Messrs. Pitt Bros.' springing heifers at my Stratford yards, when there was a good attendance. About 130 heifers were penned, and theso, being in really good condition, met with keen competition throughout, realising from £5 2s. 6d. to £11 is., an average of £7 3s. per head. On Tuesday I held my fortnightly cattle sale at Stratford, when there was a good attendance of buyers and a largo yarding. Mixed yearlings made 30s. 6d. to 395.; yearling heifers, £2 to £2 lis. 6d.; yearling steers, 375. Od. to 52u. 6d.; two-year do., £3 Is.; two and a half to three-year do., £4 75.; fat bullocks, £7 25.: two-year heifers, £3 3s. to £3 155.; do. Jcr."oy, £3 195.; store cows, 3fis. 6d. to £3 55.; forward, £3 10s. to £4; fat cows, £5; bulls, 375. to £6; on the same day, at the dairy yards, I held tha llrsl springing heifer sale ol tho season, when a good number were penned, and satisfactory prices were realised. On account of Mr. 1). M'Millan heifers close up made £5 15s. to £10 10s.: in-calf heifers, .£3 10s. to £5; on account of Mr, W. llerlihy a very choice lot wero ottered, which brought from £5 17s. 6(1. to £9 10s.; on account of other vendors dairy cows made £5 to £9; springing heifers, £5 to £8 IDs.; backward heifers, £3 7s. 6d. to £4 15s. At Stony liiver on Wednesday there was a good yarding, and, though competition was keen, prices were slightly easier than at last sale. Mixed yearlings made 355. to 605.; yearling heifers, £2 to £2 165.; yearling steers. £2 to £2 25.; two-year steers, £3. 2s. 6d.; empty heifers. £3 13s. 6d. to £3 485.; springing heifers, £5 ss. to £6 155.; •store cows, £2 7s. 6d. to £3 45.; forward. £3 lis. to £4; springing cows, £4 6s. to £7"10s.; bulls, £2 to £3 18s.