LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1300, 1 December 1911, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

■h£i°-M--- Da l!? ty .. nd Co - • (Palmerston branch) repoft:-,Atvour .Palmerston -sale yesterday we had a. very good yardiqn of cattle and. a fair entry'.of.sheep, which sold at prices ..is follow-Sheep : Medium Su T U h^!"f!t i' l-ls-.7d.; six woolly .ewps, li . "„. ,mxctl !We a -ewes, and'limbs,-lfo. n*\A° 4 1 -'- ?? 0 -' 3 S*'-, 0 - ""wet-', to. Ifo. M. ,pattle : "Yearlinr.bnlls. £i lis., £2 I 0 -'*" lj?-: tw.&ye'ar 'bulls, £i ; hull, -£i. u, a . .to i<o lis..6d.;.w"eanec heifers, t0.355.; vearling,heifers:';F.2 17s.' to£3 is.; fifteen-mou'th Meers; to£o,9s M.i.jcarlini: steers, to £3 as.; fifben'-mnntha do.. £3 9s. 6d ' emntv cows. Si 175., £3 18s.. to £4; empty for, ward heifers, to SA 55.; two and a half and three-year steers, to £5. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. (Palmerston North branch) report :-At our HnnterTille sale on November 28, we had a fair entry of cattle, all of which sold re.tdilv as bc-low:-Small yoarling heifers, £2 lis.; medium two-year steers, to £4 65.: Shorthorn bulls, to £5 oa.; backward springing cows, to £6 ss, Jlesars. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. report on' their Unper Hutt sale yesterday, as follows:—Wo submitted a large yardiim of cattle, but a Small one of sheep. The demand, was very (rood, and youni; cattle and goad quality dairy cows sold especially well. Prices realised were well up to late ratos, and we ouote as follows:— Woolly two-tooth ewes (with few lambs), 155.; springine cows, £5 ss. to £6 10s.; winter calvors. £4 15s. to £6 10s.; cows with calves, £4 10s. to £5 55.; springing heifer*. £7 to £8 7s. 6d.; heifers in calf, £4 to £5 7s. 6d.: eighteen-month heifers, £4; eietal-oen-raonth steers. £2 10s. to £i; fifteenmonth heifers, £2 55.; forward cows, £4 to £5 45.; store cows, £5 3s. to £3 l?.s. 6d.young bulls. £1 15s. to £5 12s. 6d.: old hulls, £1 to £3. ■' ' '.Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. re port on their Maninborough stock sale held yesterday, as follows:—We had a fnli yarding of cattle, mostly three-year-old steers in.good condition. These wero sub mitted to a larxe attendance. "Business at auction (for. quality) was good, but inferior torts and aged cows were difflnill to obit. The firm sold practically tho whole yarding at prices equal to those Attaining in the larger centres. Thrce.ycai bullocks, with fow four-year-olds, £6 65.; others, £5 12s. 6d. to £5 95.; two-year-old steers, good quality, £5 23.; store cows in fresh condition, £4 to £4 55.; yearling stccrs,\dairy sorts,' £3 10s.; aged bulls, up to £3 its. A number of aged and brokendown horses were sold at from 10s. to£'l. .Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. re- : port:—At our Palmerston North sale yesterday wo had n, small yarding of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle, which sold at latq rates. Sheen: Fat ewes, 12s. to 15a.; !owcs and lambs, shorn, lis. Bd. Cattle: Three and. four-year-old bullocks, £5 13s. 6d.; yearlinc heifers, £2 17s. 6d.. £3 25.. £3 S's'., to £3 7s. 6d.; steers, small. 355. 6d:. empty cows, £2 10s., £3 2s. 6i1., to £4 75.; two-year-old empty heifers, £4 Is.; lieht, fat cows, £5 55.;. dairy cows, £4 to £7 "55.; hulls, £2 18s. £d. to. £3 13s. 6d. to £3 10s.; weaners, 21s. 6d. • The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:-We held our weekly sale at the Solway Yards yesterday, when we offered a small yarding of both sheep and cattle to the usual attendance'of 1 those Interested. We made the following sales'—Shorn ewes with iambs, 6.«. £d..; shorn ewes, -cull, 45., both lots, all counted; twenty-month steers, good sorts, £4 55.; fifteen-month. dairy heifers. £3 7s. 6d.; two-year-old. dairy heifers, £4 Is. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. "(Palmerston North), report:—At. Palmerston North yesterday wo. had a good yarding ,of cattle, but only oue pen of sheep came forward. Cattle sold well, and, with the exception of two pens, -we had a total clearance. Sheep: Medium hoggets, lis. 9d. Cattle: Weaners, • 21s. to 245.: yearling steers (small), £2 6s. 6d. to. £2 115.'6 d.; yearliog steers, £3; yearling heifers (small). £2 9s. to £3 Is.; empty eighteen-months heifers, £3 15s. to £3 18s.;' two-year heifers, in calf, £3' 18s. to £4; eighteen-months steers, £3 12s. to £4; two and a half-year steers, £5 IS.(store cows, £3 10«. to £3 165.; forward cows, £4 Is. to £4 17s. 6d.; fat cows, £6 15=.; heifers, with calves. £5; cows in milk, £4 to £4 7s. 6d.; bulls, £2 to £4.55.