LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1412, 12 April 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

3fe==i'=. Dalgotv and Co. report:-At Palmerston yesterday we had a good yarding of sheep and cattle, and effected o, to al clearance-under the hammer. Cull 'anilu. 4s. 6d. to 55.: fair rape lambs. Bs. ill.; mixed-age ewes, Bs., Bs. 9d„ Bs. lid. to 9- 9d.; fat and forward ewes, to lis. 2d.: small two-tooth wethers, Us. 4d.; good two•tooth wethers, Co 13s. 7d.; wcaner steers. 3ts.r -18-month steers, £2 95.: 20-month steers'; to £3 195.: cows aud calves. £3 175.; dairy heifers. £5.

"Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report :-At Palmc'rstou North vesterday a small entry of sheep and cattle cauic forward. A good clearance was effected at late rates. Sheep: More ewes. 6s. Cattle: Wcancrs, 245. 6d. .to ii5...6d.: weiner heifers, £2 Is.; forward cows; £3 10s. to .«; fat cows. £6 65.; 18month steers, £3 7s. 6<l. to £3 9s.

Messrs.' Dalgcty and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report having held a highly successful dairy sale on accaunt. of Mr. W. I). V. Veai'co at his farm, jackcytown, on Wednesday, April 10. There was a .very large c.ttendance of buyers, and the 160 cows and heifers offered met with a keen demand. Quotations:—Forwiri' empty cows, £4; three-quarter cows, £5 t'a £7; spring rakers. £7, £7 10s., £8, to £10: cows, calved from six weeks to two months. £8, £9, £9 10s. to 10 guineas; sm'in-'ers. £9, £10. £11, £11 10s., to £12; cows, just cakcr. £11, £12, to £15 10:..: bulls. £3 17s. 6d. to 1 guineas; dairy heifer" £4 15s. Cd., £4 175., £4 18s.. £4 19s. to £6~5-. Horses: One three-year hack, £7 2s. 6d -"one three-year gelding. £10; one threeyear haK-ilraiiglr;. £24 s=-i5 =-i o"e scvcn-ycar j milk cart mare, £28; one gig, £23 15s.

Mes<r=. .Tames Macintosh and Co. report bavin" held their usual weekly sale in their Waipoua (Mastodon) yards on Wedn"«dav, when they offered a good yarding o r.>h(>cp and cattle well above advertised numbers, which met. wMi a good competition, and we can report a total clearance, with the exception of two store cows. Quota.ions were • as lollmr ;-Fai

ewes, 12s. 3d.; two-tooth ewe? and wethers. 1 10.=?. lid.; two-tooth ewes. 12s. Id.: forward eniptv ewes. 95.; store ewe.-, ss. 9d., 6s. to B\. 3d.; small lambs, 5.-:. lCd. to 6?. 3d. I'aj.tlc: Two-year-old steers. £4 2?.; 18month steer.-?, £2 18s. to £5 145.: yearling heifers, £3 £*.; two-year heifers, £3 12-. Gd. to £3 18*.; mixed-sex calves, 27*. to 1 33.i.; heifers in calf. £4 ss. to £4 95.; store cows, £2'l7#. 6d. to £3 2s. 6d. The New Zealand Loan an;) Mercantile Agency Co. (Masterton brancn) report:— Owing to the holidays, there was only a moderate entry of sheep and cattle, hut bidding wa«? brisk for nil classes, and nearly every line changed hands under the hammer. Good two-tooth wethers made 12s. 10d.; medium do., lis. 3d.; black-faced do., lis. 6d.; black-faced lambs, 9s. Bd. Other classes sold up to recent rates. WESTFIELD SALES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) , Auckland, April 10. At Westficld to-day fat cattle were yarded in full numbers and. sold at last week s ! rates. Prime oxen made 255. per 1001b ; 1 others, 225. to 245. per 1001b.; cows and heifers, 18.*. to 21s. per 1001b. Steers sold at from £6 17s. 6d. to £10 17s. fid.; cows ! and heifers, £4 to £8 10s. The veal pons were well tilled, and sold a'; high rates. Heavy vcaler.s made £3 3s. 9d. to £4 125.; medium sorts. £2 to £2 155.; lighter, &A. ss. to £1 135.: smaller and fresh dropped, 3s.- to 15s. Sheep came forward in average numbers, showing no improvement in price. Best wethers sold at from 17s. to 19.?.; others, 14s. 9d. ;o 16s. 9d.; ewes, 10s. to 14s. 6d. Lambs were in short supply, selling at late rates. Pigs came forward in largs numbers, soiling at late quotations. ' Baconers, £3 3s. to £3 165.; large porkers, £2 10?. to £2 17s. 6d.; porkers, £1 IC.?. :o £2 5.?.; slips, 20s. to 305.; wcaners, Bs. to 14s. fid. liUItNSIDK MARKET. IB? Telecranh.— Propa A.'snciatton.! Duneriin, April 10. At Burnside to-day 186 fat cattle were yarded. The bulk of the entry consisted of cows and heifers, very few heavyweight prime bullocks being forward, the sale was a dragging one, with prices slightly .lower than last week s rates. Best, bullocks, £10 to £11 10?.; medium to good, SSI 15s. to £9; light, £6 to £7; best . cows and heifers. £7 to £8; medium, £5 ss. to" £6; light. £4 to £5. Fat sheep: 1847 penned, the bulk of which were medium to inferior ewes, with very few pens of prime wethers. There was verv pood competition for all prime Sheep at an advance of 19. Gd. to fe. per head for prime wethers, and about Is. for prime ewe. 4 , while medium and unfinished sorts ruled at. n'.-ont the same prices as last week. Prime wethers, 18s. 6d. to 205.; oxtra, to 235. 6d.; medium to eoort. 15s. 6d. .to 175.: lisht, lE*. 6d. to lie. 6d.; best owes, 15s. 6d. to 175.: extra, to 205.; medium- to Rood, 1«. 6d. to 145.; Xicrht and .inferior, 9s. to lis. Fat lambs: 1122 penned. These met with good competition, and late rates were well maintained. Pigs: Onlv 28 tats and 54 stores were penned. Thcs? were eagerly competed for at an advance- on late rates.