LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1395, 22 March 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Ualgot.v and Co. report:—At Palnicrstou Xortk sale, yesterday, there was a. very fair entry of sheen und cuttle. Aged ewes, 55.; loised-aced ewes, 8?. Id.; small two-tooth we-:liers, 10s. Id.; woolly lambs, Bs. 6ri.; four-year ewes. 12s. lid.; rows and calves, £1 14.-.; 18-month steer.}, £3 55.; 18-moiitli heifers, £3 U. 6d. to £3 18s.; wcaner stefrs, 2bf-.: weaucr heifers, Its.: springing cows, JS9 5-.; hulls. £2 7.-. Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Palmurston yesierday we had a small entry of sheep and cattle, which sold at late rates. ■ We quote:—Store cows, £3 Bs.; forward cows, £4 12s. id.; fat cows. £5 Is.; weanern (sins 11), 17s. 6d.; wcaner steers. 275. 6d. to 31s.

Jlessre. Abraham and Williams. Ltd.. !>■:■ port:—A , : our I'ivlnierston North sale, held on Thursday, March 21, ko had a frooil yarding of both sheep and cattle, which it'.et with a good sale at late rales. Wo nuot-r:—Two-tooth-owes, 13s. lid.; small, £9 95.; four oml five-year eiv?s. 10s. lid.. 125., 12s. Id., to 135.; aged ewes, 65., 6s. 5d., to 7s. 2d.. nnd 7s. 3d.; fat ewes, heavy, Ms. 6d. Cattle: 20-month steers, £3 10s. 6d.; tv,o and a half-year steers, £■! 165.; threeyear steers, £5 7s. 6d.; 18-month hi-ifora, £i IBs. 6d.: small, 345. to £3 35.: weaners. 20a. to 285.; springing cows, £4 15s. to 10s.; bulls, £2 to £2 10s.

Me-srs. DalßDty and Co.. Ltd.. report having h«(t tlicir usual weekly fat stock Bale at Westlield, Auckland, on Wcdnesduv, as under:—Hoof: A fairly larfre yardins. I'rlms were ss. to 15?. nor head higher for prime beef. Choice liens of prime o:;cn sold at 255. to 275. per 1001b.. ordinary quality equal to 235. ;o 245. Cow and heifer lieef sold at equal to 20d. to 2Ja. pur lOOlli. Wai: An nrcruzu yai-dlne: prices wero easier than late rates. Heavy fetched £2 to £3 55.: Rood, 30s. to 385.: others, 3s. to 20s. Miuton: An average varding. Prices were Is. to Is. 6d. lower than last week's quotations. Heavy wethers. I? , !, to 19s. 6d.; (rood medium-weight wethers, 16s. to IT;. 6d.; lvsavy ewes, 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d.: o:hers, 11s. 6d. to 13s. Lamb: An average yarding. These also dropped Is. to 2s. per head from last week's rates. Heavy woolly fetched, 12s. 6d. to 145.; Rood, IBs. 6tl. to 125.: unfinished, 63. to Bs. 6(1.; .heavy shorn, to Hs. 6d.: good ditto. Bs. 9d. to 9s. 6(1. Pork: A small yardine. Heavy porkers made from £2 ss. 1o £2 155.; light ditto, 3<s. to £2 45.; .weancrs. ss. to 14s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency ' report.—At the Vi'estfield y«nl Auckland, on Mirch 14, dairy and store cuttle wer9 yarded in less numbers thnn usual, and sold a.t lute rates, liea; dairy coirs and li.?ifers, close to profit, sold at from £8 10s. to £10 55.; others. £1 to £7 1?.5.: empty cows, £2 18s. to £4; calves, 205.; hulls, £3 12-. 6d. to £4 10s. At the Albert Yards, on Friday last, horses came Tor-T.-ard i;i average numbers, and sold at late Quotations. Heavy draught horses made from £28 to £35; medium do., £18 to £24 JOS.; light harness horses nnil hacks. £5 to £13 10s.; ponies. 20s. to £4 12s. 6d.; farm wagon, £15 10s.; harness. £6 10s. A-: the Waiuku Yards, on Saturday, there was o. smaller muster of stock, which sold at, ruling rates. Dairy cows and heifers sold ot. from £5 10s. to £7; empty cows, £2 10s. to £3 10s.; yearling steers, .£3 n«.; calves, IDs. to £1 18s.: bulls. £6; nies. ss. to 175.; fowls, Is. Id. to Is. 6d. each. At the llendurson Yards, on Monday, there wa* a full yarding of stock of all descriptions, which gold at late rates. Dairy cows and heifcrs sold at from £'■ to £8; emny cows and heifers, £2 10s. to £3 17s. 6d. : bulls. £2 10--. to £6 175.; grown steers, £5 15s. to £6; calves, 20s. to £2 10s.; horses. 20s. to £4. At the W'estfield Yards, on Wednesday, fa: rattle came forward in lame numbers, and sold at fully last week's rat.?, prime oxen selling to 275. per 1001b.; others, 245. to 265. Cow and heifer beef, 20s. -:o 225. 6d. Sleors iold at from £7 ss. to £11; cows and heifera. £4 2s. 6d. to £9 10.--. Veal was yarded in short supply, and apain sold at high values. Heavy vealers sold to £4; medium weights, £2 ss. to £3 Is.; others. £1 to £1 155.; smaller and fresh dropped, 2s. to 15s. Sheep were yarded in less numbers than usual, and showed im improvement in price. Bc-t wethers sold at from 17s. 6(1. to 18s. 9d.; otivrs, 14s. to 165.; heavy owes. 15s. to 165.; others, 10s. to 13s. 6(1. Prime lambs sold at from M=. to 15;. 9d.: others. W-. to 135.; store. 4.'.. to 7s. 6d. T'igi came forward in [rood numbers, and sold nt lower rains than U>e nrevious week. Biconers made from £2 10s. to £3 Is.: porker:-. £1 17s. 6d. to i) 2 35.: slips, 20s. to 30s. Xo weancrs were varded. ,

Messrs. DilpMty and Co.. Ltd.. report having held their usual y.ock sale at Onerioiisa yesterday, when they offered ifCO Mieip to a large attendance of the public. Trices were about, the s-iinu as lato rates. They quote as follows: —Kronllshorn lambs, 75.: fair mixed-sex shorn lambs. 6s. W.; well-s;ro-.vn we. be.r lnrnlis, 9s. 2<1.; small lambs, 6s. 9r1.; forward ewes. 75.; two-too'.h mves, 11s. Id.: two-tooth wether.-, 11s. 9d.; four-year ewes. 9s. 6d. to Us. 3d.

!I>ssr-. Dalisety am! Company. Limited. Wellington, report as follows on their fortnightly stock sale, held nt the Tipper Ilutt yesterday:—We.had a verv full ynrdini of all clarses of sheep. The demand for shee;> V--H3 very keen, and we disposed of everythiliK under the hsjmm«r. There was n slaekenini off in the bidding for rattle, but, we dUpoffid of most lines. Follnwinj; prices wore realised:—Fot and fnrwnrd wethers, 11s. lid. to 13s. 6c1.: fat anil forward owes. 9s. tOd. to Us. Id.; f.m. ewi's, Bs. to Bs. 9d.; cull owes. <s. Id. to is. M. ; woolly lan'hs, 7s. «('.: shorn lamlis, 6<. 3i1.; small lamhs. 3s. 9d. to 3s. led.; liomney ranis, 11 to 2:7prn?.: E.L. rams. U to 2frns. ; forward" cows. tA ss. to £4 175.; st-ire cow?, FA W.=. to £3: winter calvcr.-.-. £2 15s. to £4 17s. 6(1.; wcaners. 245. 6d. to 3Cs.