LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1258, 13 October 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

■Messrs. Doloetv and Co,, Ltd.. report having held their usual sale at Waikanac on Tuesday. There was a good yarding of both sheep.and cattle. Bidding at auction for sheep was dull, but practically the whole vardingwas nuitted after the sale. Cattle were in Rood demand, especially all classes of young cattle, and a total clearance was effected. Woolly hoggets, 12s. to 135.; small shorn hoggets, 7s. 7d. to 6s. lid.; light fat wethers, 17s. 3d.; 18-moaths steers, £2 16s. to'£3 Bs.; yearling steers, £1 155.; fat cows, £5 12s. 6d.; young heifers, £2 95.; bulls, £5 ss. Messrs/Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report having held a successful special sale of hoggets and fat cattle on account of Mr. J. E. Jt'Donald, and other clients, at Levin on Wednesday. About 70C0 sheep and 460 fat bullocks were yarded. The line of bullocks (which is probably the largest lino of fat cattle ever offered in one line in the Dominion) reflected credit on the management, of Mr. J. H. M'Donald, the owner, being all in flrst.-e.lass condition, and carefully drafted. There was a large attendance of buyers from all parts of the Dominion, and the auctioneers are pleated to report that, after good competition, the whole of the yarding of sheep, with tho exception of a pen of about 230 small hoggets, changed hands at prires satisfactory to the vendors. Owing to buyers' idea of prices not reaching the vendor's reserve, the fat bullocks wene passed in, but. tho auctioneers hope to report having effected a "sale of the whole line within the nest few days.—Quotations:—Good woolly hoggets, 16s. 6d.; woolly ewe hoggets, 12s. lid. to 13a. 7d.; woolly wether hoggets, 135.; mixed woolly hoggets, lis. 3d. to Us. 6d.; shorn ewe hoggets, 10s. Id. to 13s. 9d.; shorn mixed hoggets, 125.; fat and forward wethers, 18s.; woolly wethers, 15s. 3d. Messrs. Dalgcty and Co. report:—At our Palmerston North sale yesterday a fair varding of sheep and cattle time forward. Practically all were sold. Small hoggets >n Bs. 3d..; medium wether hoggets, lis. 3d.; medium mixed hoggets, lis. 3d.; aged ewes with lambs, 135.: backward empty ewes. Bs. Bd.; good ewe hoggets, 14s. sd. to 14s 10d.; smail yearling heifers, 315.; medium vending heifers, £2 9s. 6(1.; better cla« * £2 165.; empty store cows, £2 155., £3,"£3 2s. 6d. to £3 175. : 6 d.: empty heifers, to £3 9?.; yearling steers, £2 IDs. to £3 55.; backward dairy heifers, to £3 18s. 6d.; yearling bulls, 595. Cd.; two-year bulls, £3 &., £4 2s. 6d. to £4 10«.; backward springing cows, to £7. _

Mc;sr?. Abraham and Williams. Ltd.. report:—At our Palmcrpton North .fair held yesterday wo had ..i fir.all yarding of both sheep and cattle, which met with a fair demand. Sheep: Ewes and lambs (good). 18s. 6t1.: small hoggets. os. 9(1. Cattle: Ste-e bullocks, £6 lCs.; fat raws. £5 15s. to £7; forward cows. £3 Us. 6d. to £4 15s. 6d.: store cow?, 375. 6d. to £3 155.; backward heifers in calf, £3 lis. to £3 145.; hull?, £2 17s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report:—At Palmerston on Wednesday we offered, on account of Mr. S. It. Lancaster, o9 dairy cows. The attendance was good, and competition keen, especially for any cows just calved or close to profit. Thirtyseven cows in mill; averaged £9 17?. 6d., prices ranging from £15 5?. to £5 in. Twenty-two springing enws averaged £B 12s. 6d., the best price obtained being £15 ss.' for a- nice grade Jersey cow close to profit. Tho whole herd of 59 realised the. good average of £9 5?. Four pedigree yearling Jersey bulls made from 20 to 21 guinea?; 12 grade Jersey bulls made from £5 to £11, averaging £3 per head; 19 h.i!fbred JerseyHolstein 18-iuonthr, heifers realised £4 2?.; and 12 18-month halfbred Jersey heifers, £4. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company', Ltd., report:—At Palmerston North on Thursday we had a small entry of sheep and cattle. A good clearance was effected at late rate?. Sheep: Good hoggets, 14s. 9d. Cattle: Yearlings (small), 28s. to 335.; weaners, 195.; yearling steers, £2 13?.; springing cows, £4 10?.; springing boilers. £4 to £6 12s. £d.; store cows, £3 4s. to £3 Bs. 6d.; forward cows, £4 Is.; 15-month heifers, £3 25.; bulls, 275. 6d. to £4 12s. 6d. AUCKLAND STOCK PRICES. (By Tclccraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, October 12. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—On Thursday last we held our usual sale of dairy and store cattlo at Westfield yards. There was an average yarding, and prices were the same as in late quotations. Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £7 IDs. to £9 155.; others, £5 to £6 10s.; empty cows and heifers, £4 Is. to £5 45.; 18-month old heifers, £3 10s. to £4 7s; ewes and lambs, 9s. 9d. to 10s. 6d. At tho Albert yards on Friday, horses were yarded in larger numbers, and sold under steady competition at late rates. Heavy draught horses sold at from £32 to £46; medium draughts, £25 to £30; light harness horses and hacks, £6 to £17 IC-s.; ponies, £1 to £5. Tho advertised unbroken horses from Motiti (heavy draughts) sold at from £33 to £39 10s.; medium do., £25 to £30 10s.; cobs and hacks, £3 10s. to £20. At the Pukekohe yards on Monday we held a special sale of dairy cows and bulls/ We yarded 225 cows and heifers and US bulls. Competition was not so keen as at the previous ?.<de. although the greater proportion changed hands. Best dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, sold at from £8 lCs. to £13; others, £5 10s. to £7 12s. 6d.; aged and inferior sorts, £2 lCs. to £4 155.; cows in milk, £5 Ite. to £10 10s.; shorthorn bulls, £5 IDs. to £16; Jersev bulls, £3 17s. 6d. to £12; Holstein bulls, £5 10s. to £12 lCs At Pukekohe yards, on Tuesday, we held our usual monthly sale. There was an extra large yarding of stock of all descriptions. Grown steers sold at fully late quotations. Smaller cattle declined in price, but grown.steers sold at from £7 15s. to £8 16s. A line of 150 grown steers from the north, which, for breeding and qualitv, could not be surpassed, averaged £8 K £<1 Two to three-ycar-cid steers, £4 2s. 6d. to £5 10s.;. yearlings, £2 14s. to £3 125.; calves, 255. to £2 18s.; empty cows, £3 lCs. to £4 145.; heifers, suitable for dairy purposes, £3 15s. to £5 155.; bulls, £5 Us to £8 10s. Beef, of which 126 head were yarded, sold at from £5 10s. to £9 l-'-s for cows; steers; £3 to £10 IDs. At Westfield on Wednesday fat cattlo wore yarded in full numbers, but competition was not as keen as usual prices receding from Is. to 2s. per ICOlb. Best oxon sold to 30s. per ICOlb.; other sorts 26? to 235.; cows and heifers, 245. to 2C«. Steers sold at from £3 15s. to £14 10s.; cows, £5 lis. to £9 15s. Calves were again yarded in full supply, and sold at late rates. Heavy vealcrs sold to £5; medium weights, £2 lis to £3 95.; others, 30s. to £2 55.; smaller sorts and fresh dropped, os. to 15s. Th-'-e was an oxtra large yarding of sheep of good quality, and prices were lower a'A round, from 2s. to 3s. per head. Eest wethers sold at from 245. to 275.; ewes, 16s. 6d. to 20s. 3d.;- shorn wethers. 14s. 9d. to 21s. 9d.; ewes, 13s. 6d. to 16s. 9d.; hoggets, 15s. 6d. to 19s. 9d. Spring lambs advanced in prices. Best sold at from 16s. 6d. to 19s. 9d.; others, 12s. 9d. to las. 3d. Pigs were yarded in good numbers, and sold at late rates. Baconors, £3 lCs.'to £4; porkers, 3Cs. tof.£2. Bs.,;.;elips, 205.-to 2Ss.s weaners, to f.3. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report haying held their usual weekly fat stock sale at Westfield on Wednesday, October :.l, as under:—Beef: An average yarding. The demand was not so keen, and prices were 20s. to 255. Ncr head lower all round. Choice pens of prime ox sold at 265. to 28s. per 1001b. Ordinary oualitv ox sold at 2''o. to 255. Cow and heifer beef sold at Ms. to 265. per 1001b. Veal: An average yardihet, which sold at rather better prices than last week. Heavy sold at £3 to £4 55.; choice suckers, 355. to £2 lis.; ordinary. 3s. to 15s. Mutton: A very large entry of both woolly and shorn sheep came forward. The demand was moderate, and there was a drop 'of 2s. to 3s. per head ai'.-l round. Heavy- woolly wethers, 245. to 265. 6d.; medium weight do., 21s. to 235.; shorn wethers, 16s. to 19s. 3d. Forward woolly wethers sold at-17s. M. to 19s. Id.; heavywoolly ewes, 20s. to'23s. 9d.; medium do., 16s. to 18s. Lamb: A fair yarding. Prices were on a, par with late sales. Extra heavy, 20s. to 245.; heavy prime lamb?, lis. to 18s. 6d.; small. 8?. 6d. to 13s. Pork: A fair yarding, which sold r-.t late rates. Choppers sold at £2 18s. to £3 175.; heavy norkers, 355. to £2 10s.; light do., 235. to 325.; weaners, Bs. to 12s.