LIVE STOCK' SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1442, 17 May 1912, Page 10

LIVE STOCK' SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report:—We h<ut a very good yarding of both, sheep and cattle at our Ilunterville sale on Tuesday. May. 14, when sheep were again in good demand, but a. few pens of cattle went oat unsold. The prices realised were as follow :-Cull lambs, ss. 6d.; iiiixed-dRe store ewes, 7s. 7rf.; small two-tooth ewes, lis. ■'A.; small two-tooth welb.-rs, lis. lid.; fat wethers, 165.; a line of 527 empty ewes, in fair order, realised 12s. sd. Cattle: 18month empty Hereford cross heifers. £3 14s 6d.; store cows, £2 10s.; 20-month .st.j'ers. £4 to £4 K; three-year steers. £5 17s. 6d.; three und three and a half-year bullocks, £6 12s.

. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company report:At our Palmorston North sale yesterday a good yarding of sheep and cattle sold at the following rates: Cull ewes, 4s. 6d. to 65.; small mixed lambs, 6s. 7d.; mixed lambs, 9s. to 9s. lid.; forward wethers, 15i.; emptv ewes, 9s. 3d.; fat and forwnrd ewes, to lis. 9d.; mixed-aged ewes, in lamb, to 125.; two and four-tooth ditto. 14s. Id.; two-year hcif2rs, £4 13s. 6d.; store cows, £3 55.; backward dairy cows, to £5; a line of 40 light fat bullocks, sold on account of Malison's estate, realised £8 7s.

. Messrs. Dalgcty and • Company report having a verv good yarding of both sheep and cattle a.t their Taihapc sale on \\'?rtncsdnv. Mnv 15. The bulk of. the entry consisted of lambs, and for these competition wos exceptionally, keen, buyers being present from up the Jl3.ii) Trunk llflfl ff,M tho Wanganui Blver, Bnecp; Dull lambs,

3s. 4(1., 3s. 7d„ to «.s. 8tl.: small liinihs, 6s. Id. In 75. : Mimll wether lambs, to 7s. lid.: mixed lambs, 95.. 9.-. 6(1.. 9.". lOiI.. 10h. id., to 10.-. 2d.; niixcd-nBV ewes, in I:iin I■. 9.-. ■Id., IDs. 2(1. lo 10s. 6(1.; small two and fourtooth c»rs. in liinili. Ks. 2(!.: Minill twntniilhuclhers, 12s. 7(1.: two and loiir-lonlli wethers, lo 145.; n small li f piir, good wether lambs sold oil ncvonni Mr. A. 11. I'anniil realised Us. 3d. Ca11!..; Small mixed wcaucrs, 285.: K-ind tnix-d wcancrs. 375. 6d. lo X 2 10s. 6d.; JO-month steers. .C 3 19s. 6(1.; livo and a hnlfveur slews, tn .£•! 155.; slorc cows, i:i Is. 6d. lo £2 10s.; fair-i-niidilioii cows, In £3 155., dairv cows, .C 5; forward liiilloi-ks, £(, 17s.

llessrs. Abraham and Williams, Mil., reporl:- At our l'almcrslon Norili ,-<i|(. ve.-I'.'rda.v, the following prices were realised : -Two-tooth wethers. U«. 0.1.: cwcs In lamb, Bs. 7d.: fat ewes, \:-. 9i1.: store ewes, 6s. lo 7s. 6(1.: two am! n ball-y-ai-steers, £5 ISs.; 20-inonlb steers. £3 I'K 6d.; fat and forward cows. £-1 I!,. Gil.; mixed w.aners. 275.; .vearlinir heifers. .!'.?. ll„. ; springim: cows, £-1 2s. 6d„ £6 In., 1,7 Kin. In.£lo 155.: cows and cakes. £2 Us.: hulls. £2 to a.

The New Zealand Loan and .Mercnnlllo Au'encv Co., 1.1 d., ralmerslon Norlii, report on their ralmerslon sale ycslrnluy: We bud a good entry of Imtli rl i and cattle, mid ell'ecled a good rlcornurr nl line ralos. We quote: Sheep: I'al and forward en-pi. 12s. Id.: aged owes in liuuli, lCs. 6d.; inedium lambs. 6s. flil.: Iwoloolh owes in ]uml) (small!, !2s. (-illlie: Weaners, 225. 6d. to 265.; weaner st-cers (irnmli, £2 65.; picked weaner heifers, £.i; store rows, £2 10s. to £2 16s. 6d.; e.ows in enlf. £-1 7s. 6(1. lo £6 10s.; heifers in calf, £.1 6s. (o £6 10s.; heifers, early calvers, £6 to £6 155.: fot, eows. £4 16s. to £5 95.: twomonth .steers, £3 165.; t.wo and a- half-yen |- steers, £5 75.; bulls, £4.

AUCKLAND MICKS. (By Tclcgraph-I'ress Association.)

Auckland, May 15. The 'Westrtcld. sale was held to-day. Th?re was a moderate yarding of cuttle, and prices were a shade easier thou lust week. Choice liens of prime ox sold at equal to 265. per cwt.;' ordinary prime ox at, 235. to 255. Cow and heifer beef sold at squal 'to 20s. to 235. Heavy calves were lower. Others sold at late rates. Heavy sorts at up to £3 195.: choice suckers, 355. to £2; others, ss. to 20s.

There was an average yarding of sheep. The demand was weak, and late ral.'S were hardly • maintained. Extra' heavy prime wethers sold at 18s. £d. .lo 20s. 6d;: medium-weight wethers,' 16s. lo 17s. 6d.; light. 13s. to 155.; heavy ewes. 14s. to 15s. 6d.; medium-weights, lis. 6d. to 335. -Heavy woolly lambs sold at 12s.'to 13s. 9(1.; others, Bs. to Us.; heavy shorn, Us. to 12s. 9d.; others, 6s. to 9s.

• Pork.—Heavy baconers sold nt £2 6s. to £3 25.; heavy porkers, 355. to 455.; light porkers, 265. to 325.