LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1504, 29 July 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, nnd licducefl, roport:—At, llannevirke, on Friday, we had only a small entry of both sheep and cattle, but a total clearance was effected jit prices in favour of vendors. Wc quote: Ewes in lambs, 16s. 6d. to 16a. 7d.: dairy cows, up to £4 55.; wcaner heifers, 235. (smali). The. New Zealand Loan and' Mercantile' Agency Company, Limited, mid Itedpccd, report:—We held a most successful sale on lielia-lf of Messrs, Smith Jlros., nt their farm, Kuku Road, Ohau, on Friday last, when we offered the whole of their dairy herd of 60 cows, together with a large quantity of sundries, dairy utensils, etc. Buyers present from pretty well all over the district, and the sale was one of the most successful ever held in thofe parts. The cows, which w -er" n p:i.rU"iilir l v 'V.V'. lot, made tho very fine average of £9 lJfl. per brad. Our tjp cricc uf £16 K's. w.is secured for i\ very nire .Terscv rn),-s cow. coming to profit next month. The following arc ii. few of our Ka'jsi-Oows (August and September ca.lvcrs!. £16 10s., £15 10s., £14 55., £11. £13, £12 10s., £12. £11 155., £10 155., £10 I(V., £io 55.. etc.. while cows just calved made £13. £10. £5 10s.. .£8 10*.. etc.: heifers (August and Snptembe- rakers). £7 ss„ £7. £6 12s. 6d.; btore pies, 295.. 235.. 195.; slips. 12s. 6d. to 15s. 6d.: breeding 6CTA £4 IDs,, £4 is., £3 17s„ £3 15s, Im.

pletnents. sundries, etc., made full market rati'-. Messrs. Williams unil Kettle, Limited (llawl;c> Uavi, rcyori bavins bslrt their •.'■Mini fortnightly sale on Friday in Millar'a Hoad yard?, when tliey offered a large yarding of cheep and cattle to a good aitendance of the public A herd of dairy rows, offered on account of Sir. (i. W. Y a reham, realised satisfactory prices, iand a. total clearance is reported. They quote as follows:—liives, two-tooth to good a.m., 16s. 7(1.'; hoggets-, mixed, 12s. Bd.: fat owes, 13s. 9d. to 16s. (Otangal; wethers, two-toolli, 17s. lid.; Joreey yeaning heifers, £3 15s. 6:1.; yearliuif steers, £2 9~. 6d.; yearling .lersoy crossbred hulls, £1 8?.-. dairy cows. £3 15s. to £10; Holstein heifers, £3 10s.; three-year heifers. springing, £7; thrci-jcar 1 heifers, £5 65.; two-year lraifern in calf, £4 12s. fd.; two-year springing heifers, £5 7s. £il. Sir. Newton King's weekly report states': On Friday, July 19, at my W'aiwakaiho Yards, I lu'.d a very large entry of cattle, including a number of catalogued pedigree Jerseys, on account of Sir. {.{. G. drover, Oakura, and the estate of K. llaudiey, Nukumaru, and other vendors. The attendance wais very representative. Bid- ; ding throughout was spirited, especially for the herd book cattle and best dairycows. Mr. G. G. Grover's stock were iii excellent condition, reali'-iug as follows:— Ped. cow, "Silver Darkie." \V. Vickers, Midhirst, 31gns.; pet!, cow, "Lala." John Hale. Nan- Plymouth, 30prn.s.j ped. cow, "Primrose 26th," John Hale, New Plymouth, 33gns.; ped. hoifor, "Silver Sultana," A. Unionberg, Slidhirst, 40gns.; ped. yearling heifer, "Golden Primrose," H.L. Spencc. N.P.. 18 gns. The cows offered in the estate of E. llaudiey were in very poor condition, and were not looking at all well, having heeu trucked through from South Taranaki. They realised:—Ped. cow, "]?atch." 11. B. tapper, Lopperton, 3'gns..; pcil. heifer calf, J. Glceson, Urenui, 14gns,; ped. cow. "Primrose 30th," John Hale. N.P.. 51gns.; ped. heifers by "Frisk Campanile," T. Church, Birkenhead, 26gns.: ped. bull "Pitau," (.!. I'ippens, N.P.. 15gns.; ped. bull, "Frisky Patch," W. 11. Jury, N.P., llgns.; ped. bull, "Prospero." 11. B. tapper, Lcppcrton, 20gns. I also offered,'- on 'account of Sir. J: Poletti, whose lease has expired, some very choice grade Jersey cows and heifons, which fetched very high prices after good competition, as follows:—Cow in milk, £14 10s.: springing cows. £13 10s. to £16; empty heifers, £3 2s. 6(1. to £4 10s.; very choice line of two-year coloured Jersey heifers, £11; grade bull, £4. On account of Mr. E. J. Baker, a line of in-calf dairy cows, at from £4 to £7 lCs. On account of other vendors, choice young dairy cows realised from £12 to £18; first-lass. £10 t(, £11 10 3 .; good, £7 15s. to £? ICs.; aged, £3 lte. to £5 10s.; very choice dairy heifers, up to £12; good, up to £9 10=.; storo cattle were yarded in good numbers, everything being cleared at the following rates:—Slixed yearlings, £1 lis. 6d. to £3 Is. 6c1.; empty two-year heifers, £3 9s. to £4 lEs., according to colour; small two-year steers and bad-coloured, £2 6s. to £3 55.; aged cows, £2; 'store cows, £2 16s. 6d. to £3 165.: bulls. £2 2s. to £2 13,;.: two-tooth ewes in lamb, 13s. In my Stratford yards, op Tuesday, July 23, owing to the wet" weather, stock did not come forward up to advertised numbers, but I had a good entry, practically everything being cleared. Good empty 20-month to two-year heifers were in strong demand. Yearling steers, £2 7s. td.: yearling heifem. best. £2 12s. Cd. to £3 65.; smnll, £1 19s. 6d.: a nice lino of 15 coloured heifers and a yearling bull r.old readily at £3 10s. 6:1.: bulls. £2 to £3 12s. 6i. ;store cows, aged, £1; good, £2 12s, to £3 10s.; forward cows. £4 18s. 6d. to £5; fat cows, £6 45.: ivcaw>rs. 155.; empty 20month heifers, cood, £4 £$. to £1: others, £3 13s. 6d. to £3 195.; and a very choice line of two-year grade Jersey-, to tx Kakaramea client, at £5 6s.