LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1557, 28 September 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on their fortnightly Fate, held at Eketahuna yesterday, as follows :-Owing to the rough weather no sheep came forward. Our entry in cattle, however, was well above advertised numbers, find wo sold practically our whole yarding' at prices well up to those of late rates. Heifers in calf, backward, £5 103. to £6; dairy cows, £6. £7. to £8 12s. 6d.; yearling heifers, poor. £2 133. 6d. to £4: store cows. £4; empty heifers, £4 to £4 55.; bulls, £2 ICa. to £A. Messrs. Dalgety and Company; Limited, report:—At our Feilding sale yesterday there was a poor entry of sheep and a medium one of cattle. Springing cows and . heifers were in good demand. ln-> ferior ewes and lambs made to 15s. Id.; fat ewes, to 165.; medium wether lioggats. to 135.; forward cows and heifere, to £7 10s.: medium-conditioned yearling heifer. 1 ;, £2 4s. to £2 Is.: 18-month heifers, to £3 17s. 6d.; 18-mont.h .Tersey-Holstein cross heifer!-. £4 35.; springing dairy heifers. £7 to £9 !55.; springing cows, £6 to £10 15s. Messrs. Abraham and William?, Ltd., report on their Palmcrston North smc, held on Thursday,' as follows:—Forward ewe?, 14s. Id.: yearling heifers, £3 IDs.: springing heifers, £7 2s. 6d.: springing cows, £{; empty store cows, £2 10s. to £3 Is.; wcaner heifers, £2 95.; weaner steers, £2 2s. ..The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At our Levin Eale yesterday we offered a fair yarding of cattle to a full attendance of buyers. Bidding was keen throughout, and under the hammer we disposed of the hulk of our entry at. satisfactory prices., We sold fat cows (light weights) to £6 17s. 6d.; fat heifers, to £f> 7s. 6d.: yearling', heifers; from £2 l£s. to £3; 18-month to two-year heifers, from £4 to £4 75.; springing heifers, to £4 3s. 6d.; store cows, £3 10s. to £4. The New Zealand Loan' and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Deduced, report:— At Palmcrston North on Thursday we had a good yarding of cattle and a. small entry of sheep, which sold at late rates. Forward ewes, 12s. 6d.; cull ewe's, 3s. 9d.; •mixed hoggets, 15s. 9d.; yearling steers, £2 12a. 6d.; yearling heifers (small), £2 18s. to £3; empty two-year Holstein-Jersey cross heifers,' to £4 155.;. heifers in calf, £4 Is.: springing heifers, £4 2s. 6d. to £5 lCs.; ditto (good), to £8: heifers, just calved, good, £7 55.; cows and calves, £3 165.: milch cows.£7 65.; store cows, £3 7s. to £3 145.; yearling Holstein bulls, £3 Es. to £4 15s. Mr. Newtba King reports:—For my fortnightly sale, in ( the...Stratford,, yards on Tuesday, cattle' "came - forward to full advertised numbers. " The attendance of the public, whilst not so large as al recent sales, was good, buyers being present in good numbers from all parts of Taranaki and lVanganui. Yearlings were in much better inquiry. Good store cows sold very Teadily. , Several good pens of bullocks were-offered, but with, two exceptions did not reach tho reserves, Host of the stock yarded, with the exception of some bullocks, were cleared during the day at the following rates:—Best yearling steeTs, £2 16s. to £2 18s. 6d.; good, £2 4s. to £2 lis.; had coloured, £1 55.; be?t yearling grade heifers, £3 3s. 6d. to £S 95.: 'others, £2 <s. to £2 17s. 6d.; empty. Holstein two-year heifers. £5 25.; grades, £3 12s. 6d. to £4 45.; two-year steers, £4 to £4 75.; bad coloured, £2 18s. fid.; three-year bullocks,-to £4 45.; £2 18s. 6d.; three-year bullocks. £6 55.; three to four-year bullocks, £6 13s. 6d.; aged store cows, £1 9s. to £2 95.; store cows, £3 16s. to £4 2s. 6d., and from £2 17s. to £3 10s.; forward cows, £4 7s. «to £4 175.; fat cows, £5 16s. to £6 7s. There was a very heavy entry in the dairy pens, and an excellent inquiry throughout, at the following rates:—Dairv cows, on account of Mr. E. L. Lyford, Whangamomona, from £6 10s. to '£8 155.; aged, £2 12s. 6d. to £5 55.; bulls, £7: on account, of Mr. S. Pitt, springing heifers. £7 ss. t/i £10; ,on account, of Mr. It. H. Phillips, springing heifers, £8 15s. to £11 ss, good. £6 Cs. to £8; small. £5 ss. to £5 155.; dairy cows, £8 15s. to £10 55.: on account of other vendors, choice - springing lieifers, from £8 to £10 155.; "ood, £6 jis. to £7; small, £4 15s. to £5 55.; dairy cows. £7 to £8 55.; second grade, £5 10s. to £6. On' Saturday, September 21, at the New Plymouth Faymarket. there was a small entry of pigs, wb.ich maintained lnte nrices, as follow:—'Weaners, lis. 6d. to 16s. 6d.; small stores, £1 Is. to £1 ss. 4