LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1222, 2 September 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.', report on their sale -hold .it -Leviir yesterday:—Wo ya.rdcd somo 1500 sliecp, and 150 cattlo. Sheep sold well up to late rates, and we have to report a total clearance. The cattlo yarded were principally 12 dud 18month cattle, which .showed a marked rise iu price, -and we quitted everything except two * pens ,of*l2-month the following prices:—Sheep: Ewes in lamb. 17s. lid., 16~. 6d., 155.; wethers, 13s. 9d.s fat and forward wothers, >18?>!, 165.: ewe hoggets, 13s. Ud.: mixed hoggets. 13s. Bd.. 12s. od.; 12s. 3d., lis., 10s. 9d., 10s. s ;7d. Cattle: Good dairy cows, springing, £3 -23. 6d., £7 12a. 6d., £6, £4 lCs.; 18-tnonths'/ steers. £3 Bs. 6d., £3 Us. Gd.; yearling steel's, 30s, 6:1.; empty heifers, £2 16*. 6d.; springine heifers. £3 135., £4 2s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £3 35..' £2 7s. 6d., £2 .4s. 6d.; wcaner heifers, '20s. 6d., 19s.- - Mess<rs. Abraham- and Williams. Ltd.. report:—At Levin yesterday wc had a full yarding of sheep of more than the average duality, 3S pens in all being offered, every one of which sold readily under the hamranr. Competition for all classes was very brisk, and prices, in nearly every case, exceeded vendors' roserves. A large entry of cattle was also offered, .and very few lots went out unsold. Fat wethers, 18s. 7d., 21s. Id.. 225.. and 245.; fat ewes, 14s. Bd.; forward wethers, 16s. 6d.; forward ewes, lGs., 10s. Id. to lis. 6d.; store ewes, 4s. 9d. to 7s. 7d.; good hoggets, 13s. id., 13s. 3d., 14s. 2d. to. 14s. 9d.: medium hoegets. lis. Id., 11»..9d„ 12s. Id., 12s. 3d., 12s. Gd., 12s. 7d. to 12s. Ud.; small hogget**, 9s. sd. to 10s.: twotooth wethers, 12s. to 13;*. 5d.; two and fourtooth wethers, 14s. lid.; empty two-tooth ewes, 14s. Bd.; four-tooth to five owes in lamb, 15s. 3d, On account of \Mr. D. M'Fa.rLanc'? Estate, 136 ewes and. lambs made 22?. 3d.; 2, 4, and 6-tooth ewes in lamb. 165.; 114 hoggets made 155.; fat wethers, 18-*. 7d.; .fat cows, £6 IC«., £6 175.. £7 4s. to £7 Us.; forward cows, £4 to £4 17s. 6d.; store cows, £2 to £3 15-month steers, £3 4s. to £3 4s. 6:1.; yearling Jorse.v heifers, £3 135.; two-year empty heifers, £3 3s. 6(1. to £3 15s; two-year, steers, £4: springing heifers. £4 £3. to : £5 155.; springing cows?, £7 53., £7 15s. to £8 2s. 6d.: weaners, 225. 6d. to £2: bulls, '£4" 55., £5 15=. to £6. The.New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. Co.. Ltd., reports for the werjk ending September 1. as follows:—At Feildiug on Friday, .wo had a very good entry of both sheep and - cattlc. Sheep sold very well, and we disnoscd of our entry except one small pcu. Cattlc sold at easier rates than of Into. Cull hoggets, 4s. to ss, 4d.; others, to 6'j. 2d.; mixed hoggets. 95.: snuili ewe hoggets, 9s. 4d,; mixed hosccts, 9s. 4d.; good v,*ether hojrgets, lis. Ud.; good ewe hogget?., 12s. 10d.: good mixed hogffcta. 12s. 3d.; mixed Lincoln hoggets, 13s. Bd.: cood ewe hoggets, 13s. 10d.; mixed woolly hoggets, 14s. 2d.; Romney wether hoffccts. 10s.; fat ewes, 15s. Id.; woa.ners, 265. to £2 Is.; heifers, £2 ss. to £3, 65.; empty cows, £2 15s. r to £3 10s.; bulls, £4 lCs. At Apiti 011 Tuesday- *\*e had- a fair yarding of both . sheep and cattlo. Bidding for sheep was brisk, but vendors' reserves in several cases were too. high. Cattlc met a ready mlc, and wo sold all pennod. Good wether hogget:?, 125.; medium mixed hoggets', 10s. to IDs. 3d.; empty cows, £3; yearlincr s/teers, 335.; good yearling'steers, £3 25.: yearling heirers, £2 Bs. 6d.; two-year steers, £4 2s. to £4 75.; two-year P.B. Jersey bulls. £5 55.; two-year spring heifers, £4 14s. 6d.: tlLTccycav spring heifers. £5 Gd. to £6. A large quantity of sundries made good values at Mr. 3rocdcn's sale 011 Wednesday, and there was a good attendance of buycrw. The cows were keenly competed for, making as high as £18 15s. Tho heifers were not very forward, but tho bulk of them sold satisfactorily. AH sundries sold at full market rates. Dairy cows, £5, £6 Ifis., £7 10s.. £0 155.. £9 55.. £9 155., £10 55., £11, £12, £13, £17, £18 155.,; heifors, , £6, £7 155., £10, £11, £15.