LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1437, 11 May 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Jlessrs. Dalgety and Co.. Mil., report on their stock sale hold at Levin yesterday as follows:—Wo had full yardings nf both sheen and cattle, which were well competed for by a largo attendance of buyers from all parw of the district, and outside districts. Anything in the fat lino made stood money, also cows close to profit selling well, and we Tcport a total clearanco of all lines at the following prices :— Sheep: Fat ewes, to 135.; shorn lambs, to 7s. 9d., forward empty cwos, to Bs. Bd.; cull ewes. 4s. to 4s. Id.: low-conditioned ewes in lamb, to 7s. 4(1. Cattle: Fat bnVlocks, to £8 45.; lat cows, £4 165., £5. £5 Bs. to £5 155.: fat heifers. £4 6s:. £4 17s. to £5; 3-yea.r P.A. steers, to £5 155.; 3-yoar Shorthorn steers. £5 to £5 10s.; 21-year steers, to £4; 2-year heifers, K.W.8., £3 ss. 6d. to £4 IDs.; dairy cows, low-condition, £3 3s. 6d. to £4; cows ill milk, to £7; springing cows, £7, £7 10s., £7 125.. £8, £8 ss. to £9;- empty cows, £3 7s. 6d. to £3 165.; Jersey bull, £3 155.; weaner steers, J4s.; weaner heifers. 345. to 4Ss. 6d.; horses. lI.D. gelding, unbroken, £19. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00.. Ltd. (Foildine branch), report for tho week ending May 11 as follows:—At Apiti on Tuesday wo had a good yarding of sheep and a largo yarding of cattle. The latter wero chiefly dairy heifers, for which there was a strong demand, and they sold well. Sheep also Eold well. Four and 5-year ewes, in lamb, 11s. to 13s. Bd.; 2-tooth ewes (small), 13s. Bd.; empty cwoa. Bs. 10d. to 10s. 3d.; fat ewes, 125.; mixed lambs (small). 4s. Bd. to 63. Is.; medium lambs, 7a. Id., 7s. 9d., 89. sd. to 95.; ewes I lambs, 303.; 3year Shorthorn heifers, m calf. £5 sg. 6d.. £5 Hβ. to £6; 2-year Jersey cross heifers, in calf, £5 10a.; 2-yeir Hot-stein-Jersey heifers, £5 10s.; 3-year Hol-stein-Jorsey heifers, in calf, £7 Ice.: Iyear Holstein-Jerscy heifers, in calf, to £8 155.; yearling steers, £2 135.; cows and calves , , £4 ICb., £5; 2-year 6tet ; rs, £4 10s.: yearling heifers, £3; forward cowb, £4 165.: forward empty heifers. £4 14a.; fat cowb, £5 18s.; dairy cows, close to profit, £7 17s. to £9 lCs. At Fcilding on Irmay we ' had a good yarding of 6hcep and cattle. The sheep were (in the caso of good ewes) well competed for. Cattle were not so brisk of sole as of late, but we disposed of almost all our entry. Store ewes, 65.; Binall owes, in lamb, 7s. 6d. to I 7s. - 9d.; better ditto. 10s. 9d.; cull 2-tooth ewes, 9s. 9d.; small lambs, ss. 7d.; forward ewes. Us. Id.; 2-tooth wethers, l<6. 9d.; forward empty ewes, 10s. 6d.; rams, ss. to 9a. Oattle: Store cows. £2; weaner steers 345.; weaner helfere, 345. to 353.; 18-inoirths steers, £2 135.: small 2-yoar steers, £3 165.; better ditto, to £4 95.: .Shorthorn weaner , heifora. 355.: cows in calf (backward), £3 63.: others, to £4 53.: light fat cows, £5: others, to £5 165.: fat cows. £6 10s.; springing lieifers, £A, £5 55., £6 35., £6 10s., £6 19s. to £7 4s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report that at their Levin sale yesterday they ■offered a very heavy yarding' of cattle to a full attendance of buyers, who were -present from Palmerston North. Foxton, Shannon, Otaki, Pahautamii, Wellington, and the surrounding districts. The sale from the start was good, and with tho exception of ono small pen of cattle tho whole of the entry was cleared at highly satisfactory prices. Wellington butchers were operating freely, and bought several lots of cow and heifer heef. There were also buyers in the yard for springing cows nnd heifers, niid anything good met a ready sale. The. firm sold a lino-of very choice Holstcin-Jersey cross weaner heifers from the Taranalu district, at £3 6s. The following are a few of the Pales :-Fat cows, from £5 IDs. to £5 17s. 6d.; store bullocks, to £5 10s.; 2-year-old empty heifers, un tn £4 Iβ.: 18inonths heifers, up to £3 15s. 6d.; yearling heifers, to £2 55.; yearling steers, frnm £2 12s. 6d. to £3; hcifsrs in calf, from £4 ss. to £5 17s. 6d.: dairy cows (spring culvers), from £4 6s. 6d. to £4 12a.; empty stive cows, from £2 15s. to £4 45.; weaner heifors. to £3 6s. Jlessrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At our Levin sale yesterday we had full entries of both sheep and cattle. ■ There waa s large attendanco of buyers, who were operating freely, and all stock changed hands at Eood prices, in most cases- in advance of vendors' reserve. Fat and forward wethors, 14s. lid.; 2tooth wethers, , 12s. 10d. to 13s. 6d.; light fat wethcra, 14s. 4d.; fat owes. 13s. 6d. to 14s. Bd.; fat and forward lambs, lOs. 3d.; light fat ewes, 11s. to 12s. 4d.; good woolly lambs, Bs. 41b. to Bs. 10d.; storo lambs, 69. to 7s. 6d.; cull lambs, 3s. to 3s. 4(1.; forward ewes, 9s. 6d. to 10s. Id.; store owes, 6s. 4d. to 7s. 2d.; 3 and 4-year bullocks, £6 55.; light fat bullocks, £7 ss. to £7 11s.: fat heifers. £5 Bs. to £5 153.; fat cows. £5 Bs. to £5 10s. to £5 18s.; 2-year steers, £3 195.; 15 to 18-raonths steers, £3 3s. to £4 7s. 6d;; weaner steers. 28s. 6(1. to £2 Is. 6d.; forward cows. £3 10s. to £4; Ktoro cows, 30*. to £3 55.; dairy cows, £6 to £10 2s. 6d.; Holstein yearlincs h*ifers, £2 19s. to £3; weaners, Iss. to 375. 6d.