LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1555, 26 September 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Ltd. (Palracrston North branch), stateWc have to report having a very Rood yarding of both sheep and cattle at our Harton sale on Tuesday. All stock phanged hands with the exception of one email line of hoggets. Small mixed hoggets, to 11*. lid.; good mixed hoggets, to 14s. lid. A lino of 400 wether hoggets sold at 15s. 3d., and a line of 1310 wether hoggets realised 15s. Cattle: Cull yearling steers, 31s. 6d.: twoyear dairy heifcra, £3 Gd.; bookward dairy cow.-?, £3 15s. to £4 7s. Cel.; heifers, just calvcd, £6' JOs. to £7 10s.; heifers, at drop, £7 15s. to £9; cows just calved, £9. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report on their Masterton stock Eo.le this week a« followrt:—Wo olTered a fair entry of sheep to a small attendance of buyers. Competition, except for fate, was rather slaek, and several linos were pawed in. Fat wethers brought 21s. 9d.: light fat ewes, 15s. 3d. to 175.; backward hoggetfl, 10s. Messrs. Abraham ami William.'?, Ltd., report on their JohnßOiiville sale as follows: —Both cattle and sheep wold readily yesterday at full rates. Prime heavy bullocks, £11 lk. M.j prime budloctas, £10 17s. 6d. to £11 2s. 6d.; lighter, £9 15a. to £1(1 12g. 6d.; vealers, 36a.; extra prime heavy wethers, 275. 3d.; prime wethers, 225. 5*1.; extra primo ewes, 235. 6d.; prime ewes, 21s, 6d\; prime lines, extra, IBs. 3d.; good, 16s. to lfa. 3d.; smaller, 14s. 6d. to 16s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report on their Mnrton sale, held yesterday, We had a hen.vy yarding of sheep, principally hoggets of a medium ehss, which prjld well un to late rate*. A small yarding of cattle met with a good demand Sheep: Wether hoggets. 15s. 3d. to 15s. 7d.: medium do., 14s. 3d.; small do., 12s. Bd.: mixed hoggete, 14s. Bd., 15s. 8d„ 16f. Id.; email do., 11?. 6d. to 12s. 10d.; ewe hoggets, 15s. Bd. to lfo. 2d.; others, to 14s. Gd.; fat and forward 'owes, 133.; fat owe?. 14s. lid. i tQ iw. 2d.; two-tooth wethers. 16s. 9a. tc