LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1542, 11 September 1912, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report :-At out Marton sale yesterday there was a good entry of sheep and cattle. Cull hoggets. 83. 10d.; email hoggets, to lis. 3d.; aged dry ewes, 10s. Id.; aged ewes, with, small percentage lambs, 1i5..1d.; medium mixed hoggets, M 13s. 9d.;. wether hoggets, to Ms. 3d.; ewo hoggets, to 155.; empty cows, £3 9s. to £3 135.; forward cows, to £3; mixed weancrs, to £2 Is.; small yearling steers. £2 15s. 6d.; backward dairy oows and heifers, to £5 65.; yearling dairy heifers, £3 75.; ditto, Jersey cross,-to £4 55.; ditto. Hblstein cross, to £4 155.; springing heifers, £B 7s. 6d.,- £8 10s. to £10 lte. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At out Waikanac salo thia week wo offered a largo' yarding of both sheep and cattle to a full attendance of 'buyers, who were present from Palmcrston North, Fonton, Shannon, Levin, Wellington, Hntt, and .the surrounding districts. The sale opened well, and we were able to dispose of the whole of our entry at highly satisfactory prices. Hoggets, wethers, and breeding ewes were in strong demand, and sold at prices fully Is. 6d. per head in advance of late rates. Hoggets (mixed sexes), to 16s. Bd.; ewes, with lambs at foot, to 225.; yearling heifers, from £2 17<=. fid. to £3 3s. 6d.; yearling steers, to £3 145.; 2-year:old steers, to £5 75.; springing heifers, from £6 to £6 12s. 6d.; dairy cows, from £5. Ib. to £6. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Reduced, report:— At Himitangl, on Monday, we had a good entry of cattle, and effected a total clearance at recent good prices. Quotation?:— Cattle: Yearlings (small). £2 to £2 os. 6d.; small yearling heifers. £3; yearling heifers. £5 155.; yearling heifers (Holatein cross), £4 7s. 6rt.; 2-ycar empty heifers, £4 is. to £4 Bs.; yearling steers, £2 16s. 6d.; store cows, £2 15s. to £3 7s. 6d.; forward cows, £3 175.; heifers, in calf, £5 10s. to £5 155.; springing heifere, £6 ss. to £7 2s. 6d.; cows in calf, £4 25.-6 d.; 2 heavy draughts, £42 each. Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., report having held their fortnightly salo yesterday in the Woodville Yards, when they offered a small entry of sheep and medium yarding of cattle ,to the u*ual attendance. Hoggets (culls), 9s. 2d.; hoggets, mixed, 15s. 10d.; yearling steers, £2; 18-roonths to 2year heifers .empty, £3 175.; empty cows, £3; cows in milk, £4; cows due .September, £5 to £8; springing heifers, £7. CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET. (By TolezrapU—Press Association.) / Chrlstchurch, September 10. Jlusinoss in the grain market is very quiet again, and there is not likely to be amy more until more shipping space is available. Very little grain is offering, and, though wheat prices remain firm, there is practically no inquiry. The potato market is much easier, .and buyore aTe indifferent about making purchnses, as very few orders are coining in. The price is nominally £7 at country stations, but it is reported that ealcH have been made at'£6 10s. and £6 155., growers now being more willing to sell, M the end of the sc.i.'on is approaching. Prospects are. in favous of an exceptionally heavy demand for grass seed from the North Island, should the new settlers in the bush country, be successful with their "burns" during the midsummer. Lost year's "burns" were very disappointing on account of the .wet season, and, during this, winter, a. large area, of bush has been felled, particularly in the King Country, «o that larec supplies of seed will be required. If the "burns" are successful merchants will have the opportunity to recoup thsmsolve! for ths kWi eu.iUia;l on ttoif Burciiwj Ujt ye«,