LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 6 October 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Me.-.sra. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual-stock sale at Ongaonga, when they offered a small yarding of sheep to a fair-attendanco of the public.' -Prices were about tho eame as late rates. Fat owes, .14s. 6d.; fat wethers, 175.; mixed-sex hoggets, lis. 6d. to }35.; aged ewes, with lambs at foot, 12s: 9d. - -

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., i Ltd., report on their Upper flutt sale yesterday as follows;—fto sheep came forward, and there was only a moderate entry of cattle. As usual for September and October, there was, not a ..very keen demand for cattle, although a few. pens of young steers were well,sought after and made good prices. Wo aro pleased .to, report, practically a total' clearance, ■ -'mostly privately, at the following rates:—Springing cows, £6 IC-s. to £7; springing heifers, £5 to £6 55.; cows with calves. £3 16s. to £4; omptv cows, £3 2s. to £3 55.; empty heifers, £3 155.; three-year steers, £5 Is.; two and a half-year steers, £4 45.; twenty-months to two-year Gtecrs. £3 10s.; bulls, £2 15s. to £5. - .

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. -report:—At our Palmorston sale yesterday .ii small entry of sheep and a medium entry of cattle camo forward, when all lots changed hands at lato market rates. Small mixed hoggets, 10s.; ewe hoggets, 14s? Id.; light fat ewes, to 13s. 10d.; weaner heifers, 355.; yearling heifers, £2 Us.. £2 13s. 6d., to £3 Is.; yearling steers, to £2 14s. . ■

Messrs. Dalgety"'aud Company report: At our-'-'Huhtervillo' sale on October 3 a modiuin yarding came, to hand, and sold readily at tho following prices:'—Mixed-age ewes, with small ' percentago lanibs, 13s. 2d.; four and six-tooth ewes, with small percentago lambs. 17s. Id.; dairy cows, to £9; dairy heifers, to £7. At our Taihape sale on Octobor .4. a small entry of sheep, and a good entry of cattle, met with good, compotition. Aged cweSi with lambs, 125.; young ewes, with, small percentago lambs, 17s. 3d. Cattle: Dairy heilers, £3 10s., £4 55.. to £5 155.; cull weanors, 225. 6d. ; fat heifers, £7 45,; light fat bullocks, £8; four-year-old bullocks. £6 16s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report :—At .our Palmcrston North. salo yesterday a small yarding of stock met with ready sale, and all lines chauged hands at tho following quotations:—Fat ewes, 21s. sd.;.ewes- with small percentago : of •lambs. 14s. 5d.; hoggete, lis. 6d., Hs. 7d., lis. ed., 12s. 2d., lZs- 6d„ and 14s.;'forward Cwc3, lis.; cull hoggets. Bs. Id.; springing cows, £6 lCs.; forward cows, £2. lis. to £4 Is.; store cows, 30s. to £2 Bs.; yearling heifers, £2 Bs.; mixed woaners and yearlings, 38s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., roport:—On .Tuesday we held a most successful clearing sale on account of Mr. C. Newton Shannon. The entries wore a good lot, but mostly on, the old eide. 'Prices ranged from £6 E*. to £12 155., making tho very excellent average for the 19 cows of £10 Is. sd". Tho attendance was large, and the majority of the cows wore bought by outside buyers. . Two-year heifers, £5 17s 6d.; 15-month heifers, £4 5;. to £4 lis.; mixed yearlings, £2; halfbred Jorsev bull! £4 17s. 6(1.; sows and. litters, £2 16s. to £4 155.: sows to farrow, £2 to £2 12s • slips, 15s. '