LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1469, 18 June 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited (Falmerston' North branch), report:—ne had a small entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle at our Fcilding sale on Friday, Juno R all of which sold readily at following prices:—Cull lambe, is. 4d.; small mixed lambs, to 83. 10d,; light, fat and forward ewes, to 135.; ,niixed-agc ewes in'lamb, to lis. 6d. Cattle: Small weaner heifers, 375.; store cows, to £3 lCs.; 20month steers, £3 Us.; two and' a half-year steers, £5. ■ ■ ■ .

Messrs. Williams and Kettle. Limited, report having held their usual fortnigh-.ly salo in the Miller's TCoad yards on Friday, when they offered a large yarding of both 6hecp and cattle to a representative attendance of buyers. The bidding for sheep was spirited throughout, and the firm report a total clearance. Mixed-sex hoggets, Us. 10d.; two-tooth to s.rn. ewes in lamb, 12s. 6d. to 15s. lCd.; empty owes, Us. 3d.: two and a half to three and a half-year bullocks, £4 to.£6'6/.;' fat cows <light;, £4; springing heifers,'np'to £7'lDs. '

Mr. Newton King's weekly stock report is as follows :-0n Friday, Juno ;, I had a good entry of cattle in my Wniwakaiho yards, a. big proportion being Jersey yearling and two-year . heifers. The demand for these was very good, prices obtained being:-Jersey yearling heifers, up to ±3 3s. for best; others, £2 Is. to £2 Bs.; grades, £1 's. 6d. to £1 10s.; yearling 6teers. good, £1 to £1 125.; yearling mixed and poor duality, 13s. 6d. to £1 Bs. 6d.; 20-month empty' heifers, Jerseys, £4 55.; grades, £3 to £3 IDs.; 20-month steers, good, £3 9s. 6d.; poor. £2 Is. to £2 16-s.; two ond a half-year in-calf heifers, small, £4 195.: two-year incalf heifers. Jersey (nice line, but backward), £5 13s. 6d.; springing cows, £7 to £7 155.; spring calvers. aged, £3 9s. bd. to £4 10s.; springing three-year Jersey heifers, £10; store cows, £2 to £3 55.: forward cows. £3 15s. to £4 17s. At Urcnui. on Monday, June 10, there was. only a, small yarding, with a slack --.luyuiry .for everything except yearlings. ' \\ ell-grown yearling heifers realised £3 £«.; good steers, £1 15s. to £2 Is.; poor and badcoloured, £1; mixed. £1.55. 6(1 ; empty IBmonth heifers, £3 3s. M- to. £3 145.; three--vear bullocks,-£5; store cows. £2 6s. to £3 Vs.; forward cows, £4 to £4 95.; dairy cows, £4 lCs. to £7; in-calf three-year, heifers. £7; bulls; £3 Is.; hoggets, good line, 10s. 6d. On the same day. at loko, I had pub a fair yarding. rcalising:-iearling heifers, £1 6s. to.£2 6s. 6d.; steers, 17s. to £2;

mixed, £1 Is. 6d.; empty heifer?, £3 35.; store cow?, £2 14s. to £3 lis.: fat .cows, £5 43.: dairy, cows. £10 7s. 6d.; two-year steers. £3 13s. 6d.;' hoggets, IDs.; f-m. ewes in lamb, 9s. lid.: empty cwea, 3s. 7d. to 4s. lid. For. my fortnightly sale in my Stratford yards, on Tuesday, June 11, I hart a fair cntrv and a good attendance of buyer* Tito demand throughout was very even for all lines, an-absolute clearance being made during the day. Good store cows and yearlings met with keen competition. Best yearling steers made from £113s. 6d. to £1 17s. 6d.: small, £1 Is-.: bad-colour-ed lis.; good mixed, £2 Is.; best yearling heifers £2 U. 6d. to £3 35.: good, £1 lis. to £1 193.: small. £1 6s. 6d.: cm, y 20month heifers. £3 to £3 9s. 6d. : bulls,, £ ss. to £3 ICs.; in-calf heifers,. -£A 16». three-quarter cows in calf, £3 17s. 6d.; aged cows in calf, guaranteed, £3 2s. 6d. to £3 12s. 6d.; empty cows, stores. £2 9s. to■ £J 55.; fresh-conditioned, £3. lis. to £5 19».: bonere, £1 to £1 155.; fat cows, £5 17s. 6d.: hTgcts, Bs. '.A.; fat bullocks. £7 13s. In my Stratford dairy yards, on the same day, I had a clearing sale on account of Mr. John TaWi, Eatapiko. Bidding was very good, rest, quality cows realised from £8 to .-Ell 55.; second grade. £5 10s. to £7; others, poor or aged, £3 2s. 6d. to £1 10s. On arcount of other vendors. £5 to i.l Vis.; •in-calf heifers. £6 2s. «d. On Wednesday, June 12, I had a good attendance at Jlr. t V Miller's clearing sale on the York Road.' Prices realised throughout were very satisfactory, averaging £9. Good dairy cows realised from .£8 10s. to £12 10s.; fecond grade, £5 to £7. 10s.: empty cows, £3 15s. to £1 17s- 5d.; in-calf heifers, £6 lis. 6d: heifers, £3 7s. 6d.; yearling steers £2; on Wednesday, was very well attended,, but there was 6nly a fair yarding of stock, which met with good competition, realising a; follows :-Yearlir.g heifers. £1 4s. 6d E to £1 18s. 6d.; steers £1 8s to £1 17, '6d.; empty 20-month lieiffrs. £3 5,. to £3 15s. 6d.; 20-month in-calf heifers, £3 l«s. to £4 7s ; store cows, £2 10s. to £3 2s. 6d.; forward cows. £4 2s. 6d. to £4 45.; fat. now- £5 7s. 6d. Private sales:-Business has been good, prices obtained during the week being as follow:—Coloured yearling heifers, £2 7s. 6d.; yearling steers, £2; yearling mixed, £1 10s. to.£2; store cows. '£2 5s to £3; frcsh-conditioncd cows, £4; fat cows £5 17s. 6d. to £6 35.: 18-month «teor« coloured, £2 155.; Holstoin grade hull £10; pedigree Jersey cow, 75 giiinea«; cmntv 20-month heifers (in demand!, line of 200 £3 10a. i line of 185 at £3 7s. 6d.: others', £3 to £3 Bs. Bd.; two-year in-calf heifers, £4 10*. "to £4 12s. 6d.; two and a half to three-year in-calf heifers, £6' bs. to ri; Us • dairv cows, five choice cows, £15 10° • other*, £11 to £10 10s., £9. £8 10s.. £8, £7" 10'.-., £7; lamb*, 10s.. Bs. 6d., 75.; rams, •i's 6d • two, four, and six-tooth ewes in liiiib 9d. to 14s. 3d.: fat wethers, 16s. 3d • store* 13s. 6:1. to 14s. 3d. ' Eighteen ■ic'r'oa of turnips, with run, £63: 18} acres, with haystack and run, £3 7s. 6d. per acre. _ .