LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Titd., report on their Ekctahiiiiii, sale as follows:—A (rood cutry of nil dosses of etoek came forward, prices throughout being well maintained for food sound breedini; ewes and wethci>. Forward lambs'also sold well. Aged owes and poor-conditioned sorts were not in demand. They report a. total clearance at the following prices :-Cull lambs, 3s. Bd., 3s. 10d. to Is. iA.; medium lambs, fe. 3d., 6a. lCd. to 6a. lid.; better sorts, 7s. lCd. to Bs.; aged ewes, 4s. 6(1. to 7s. 6d.; soiiiidmouth ewes, 93. 9d. to Ids. 6d.: small 2tooth ewes, Bs. 7d. to 10s. 7d.; 2-tooth wothcrs, 11s. tid. to 135.; :it;cd Southdown rams, to 11 guineas; Lincoln rams. 225. Cd.; Mill rams, 7s. to 11s. Cattle: Good weaner.s, 335.; 18-months steers (k'ood sorts), £4 55.; forward cows, £4 fe.; fat. cows, £5 to £6 Is.; forward springing cows. £5 2s. 6d. to £5 17s. 6d.; 3-year Bteerf, £5 14s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. report:— At our Danncrirke sale yesterday we offered a fair entry of o'iicop nnd a small entry of cattle. Bidding for sheep lacked animation, bnt. most of our lines were eold privately, after the sale. Cattle sold slightly under laet week's rates, the dulliict-s of the bidding being conspicuous in all lines. Sheep: 4 and 6-tooth ewes sold from 11s. 6d. to 12fi. 6d.; 4-year ewes, 8.«. to 9.«.; aged ewes, is. to 7s. 3d. Cattle: Fat cows, from £4 to £4 Ife.; empty store cows, £3 155.: mixed weaners, 275. to 335. 6d. A line of 454 4-year-old liomncy-cross ewes from Messrs. Herrick BvoG., Oporae Station, realised 14s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At our weekly sale yesterday we had a fair yarding of sheep nnd a. small yardinft of cuttle. All 6tock dragged somewhat at auction, but most of the lines changed hands at the end of the day at, the following prices:—Fat ewos, 12s. 4d., 12s. Bd., 13s. Gd.; forward ewes, 10s. Sd.; e.m. breading ewes, B=. lid.; fat lambs, 11s. 6d.; cull lambs, 3s. 6d. to 4s. lCd.; cull owes, 4s. 9d.; Southdown rams, 259. to 305.; light fat heifern, £4 65.; light fat cows, £4 10s.; 18-month steers, £3 15?,.; springing cows, £5 15s. to £6 10s.; weaners, 183. 6d., 21s. 6d., 305., 355. 6d.; bulls, £3 to £3 6s. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report—At our Eketahuna sale tins week wo had an exceptionally heavy yarding, comprising 3885 sheep and 101 head of cattle. \Ve have to report almost a total clearance, only one pen of sheep and two of cattle passing out unsold. Sound-mouth breeding ewes (best), 95.. 10s. Id. to 11s. Id.; others, Bs., Bs. Bd. to 95.: 2, 4. 6-tooth and 4-yenr owes (best), 11s. sd. to 12s. 6d.; others, 9s. to lGs. Bd.; 4 and 6-tooth ewes (best), 125., 12s. 6d., to 13s. 6d.; others, 11s. Id. to 11s. Bd.; 2-looth cwea (best). 12s. 6d. to Its.; others, 9s. Bd., 9s. Hd. to 10s. 7d.; cull ewes, 8.5. to Bf. 3d.; mixed 2-toot,hs, 9s. 9rt.; blackface lambs, 6s. lid., 7s. 3d., 7s. 6(1. to 7s. 9d.; culls, fe. 2d., 4s. 2d. to ss. 3d.; 2-tooth wethers, 11s. 9d. to 135.; fat wethers, 14s. 6d.; 3-shcar Southdown rams, 35, 33 guineas; weaners, 305.; 18-monllis steers, £3 Hi.; cows nnd calves, £3 10s.; 2-year heifers in calf, £3 17s.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPOKT. On Friday, March 1, at my Waiwakaiiho Yards, I had a good entry and good attendance. Choice Jersey weaners, heifers, realised £2; pood weaners, from ill Is. 6d. to £1 45.; yearling -heifers, .€1 13s. to £2 Is.; 15 to 18-months heifers, £2 18s. to £3 65.; a nice line of 18-months Jerseys, in-calf heifers, realised £4 In.; 2-year heifers, £3 14d.; 2H*ear heifers, in calf, £4 135.; springing heifers, £5. £6; dairy cows (guaranteed), £7 155., £8, £8 12s. 6d.; 15-mouths steers (poor), £2 to £2 113.; store cowvs, £2 ss. 6d. to £3 35.; forward cows, £3 10s. to £3 135.; fat cows, £4 9s. to £5 55.; fat mixed theep, 12s. 7d.; f.f.m. ewes. 7s. 6d.; mixed ewes, t>s. 3d.; bulls, £3 to £3 17??. 6d. At my Urenui Yarda on Monday I had a Rood yarding and attendance, most lines being sold either at the hammer or privately. Mixed weaners made from £1 Ss. 6d. to £1 IDs.; 15 to 18-months steers, £2 Bs. 6d. to £3 45.; 18months heifers, £2 136. to £3 25.; choice, incalf 2-year Jersey heifers, £7 10s.; yearling mixed. £2 55.; 2 to 2}-year steers, £3 14s. to £4 65.; store cow«, £2 4s. to £3 7?. 6d.; cows and calvcs, £3 lis. 6d.; forwn.rd cows, £3 10s. to £4 45.; fat cows, £4 19s. to £5 Bs. 6d.; dairy cows, £5 165.; bulls, £2 12s. to £5 2s. At Douglas, on the same day, for my monthly sale and weaner fair, I had a very good entry and a good attendance. of buyers. Bidding throughout was brisk for nil classes, especially weaners,' which were all cleared at the hammer at advanced rates. Good weaner heifers, Jcrsey-llolsteins, made from £1 14s. 6d. to £1 17s. '6d.; good heifers, £1 10s. to £1 10s. 6d.; 'weaner steers, 17s. to £1 95., according to quality; mixed weaners. £1 to £1 55.; poor weaners, 9s. 6d.; lJolstein weaner bulls, «£1 12s. 6d.; 13-inonths heifers, £2' 16s. to £3 25.; 18-months steer*, £3 25.; 2£-yeav steers, £4 45.; bulls, £1 6s. to £3; 6tore cows. £2 7s. to £3 ss. 6d.; forward cows, £3 Ife. to £4; fat cows, £4 os.; fat heifers,-good, £4 7s. 6d. to £5 <ls. 4d.; fat and forward wethers, 13s. 6d. At, my Stratford Yards on Tuesday I had again a very heavy yarding, including a big entry of weaners. All pens were well filled with all; clarees of stock. forward eows were easier, but 18-raom is and 2-year heifers were in demand at better values. Six fine pons of 180 frcsh-eonditionod JJ-year bullocks were yarded on account of the Xukuhnkerc Station. Thc:"o cattle, notwithstanding their long drive, were very clean in coat, and elicited very spirited competition, each lot being clearcd at the hummer at the following rates;— Two pens, £6 19s. fid.; two perns, £6 lis.; two pens, £6 Bs. fid.: one pen, at £6 Bs.; other prices realised were;— Best weaner heifers, coloured, £1 12s. to £1 19s. fid.; others, £1 to. t-o £1 9s. 6d.; weaner stcere, £1 3s. fid. to £1 155.; others, 155.; mixed weaners, £1 2s. to £1 75.; woaner bulls', £1 7s. to £1 12s. 6d.; 20-months Jersey heifere, £4 165.; 23months grade heifers, £3 to £3 lis.; 15months grade heifers, £2 12s. to £2 145.; 2year in-calf liclfers, £3 15s. to £4 10s.; 2year empty heifere, £3 175.; dairy cows, £5 12s. 6d. to £7: 2-year steers. £3 175.; yearling steers,. £2 10s.; bulls, £2 lis. to £5 6s. 6d., according to size; store cows, £2<7s. to £$ 2s. 6d.; forward cows, £3 10s. to £4 2s. 6d.; fat cows, £4 7s. to £5 75., according to quality. At my Stony River Yards on Wednesday I had a good entry of weaners and a fair entry of other cattle. Prices realised throughout, were at current rates. Coloured weaner heifers, from £1 7s. 6d. to £2 25.; other heifers, £1 4s. to £1 ss. 6d.; weaner steers, 183. to £1 75.: mixed weaners, 17a. to £1 Bs.; weaner bulls, £1 12-s.; 18-months in-cnlf heifers, £3 95.; store cows, £2 ss. to £3 2s. fid.: forward cows, £3 6s. to £4 ?.s.; fat cows, £4 14s. to £5 75.; bulls, £2 4*.; woollv lambs, 7s. PA.; store lambs, ss. 3d.; cow in milk. £6 10s.