LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1570, 14 October 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Mossrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having had a. very fair entry of both sheep _ and cattle at their I'eilding sale on Friday. The stock sold as below:—Small mixed lloggets, lZe. 4d., 12s. 7d„ 12s. Bd.; two and four-tooth shorn wethers, 13s. 6d.; aged ewes, with good, percentage of lambs, to 16s. 6d. Cattle: Yearling steers,' £3 25.; two-year steers, £4 10s. 6d.; forward cows, to £4; light fat cows,' to £6 55.; three and a half-year bullocks, to £7.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, LJ.d., report:—At Levin, on Friday, a good yarding of sheep came including several pons of prime sheep, for which there was keen competition. Fat wethers made 235. 6d., 24s:vld., and 2fe. 2d.;'' fat ewes, 16s. 9d., 18s., 21e. 4d. p 22a. Id., 225. 3d., and 235. Id.;, prime ewes and wethers (shorn), 18s. 2d.; fat lambs, 176.; store ewes, 10s. Id.; ewes and lambs, 21s. 6d. to 245. 4d.; empty 18-month Jersey heifers, £4 Is. to £5 65.; two-year empty heifers, £4 4s. 6d, to £5; 18-month empty heifers, £3 14s. to £3 165.; yearling heifers, £2 10s. to £3; forward cows, £3 lis. to £4 Is.; store cows, £2 6s. to £2 175.; two-year steers, £4 10f. ; 18-month steers, £3 45.; springing cows! £6 to £7 IDs.; springing heifers, £5 ss. to £5 10s.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00. (Feildinp branch) report for tho week ended October 12 a-s follows:—At Feilding, on Friday, we had a small entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle, •which sold at late rates as followsJSwes, with lauib3 at foots, 18s. Id.; yearling steers, discoloured. 30?.; othera, to SX 10s.: yearling heifers, £2 13s. 6d.; better do., £3 7s. to £3 10s.; bulls, 30s. to £3 15s. On Wednesday wo held a clearing sale on be-

half of Mr. Adam Waugh, Kimbolt-on. There was a large attendance of buyers, and all lines sold well, Mixed-age ewes, with lambs, 225. 2d., II:-. Bd., 245. Id., to 225. 6d.; good mixed hoggets, 15s. 3d.; medium* raised hoggets, 145.; cnnall hoggets, 7s. lid.; two-tooth wethers; 15s. lid.; fat wethers, 2&3.; dairy cows. £9 10s. to £12 17s. 6d.; P.B. Jeresy heifers, £9 ss. to £13 10s.; springing Heifers, £6 to £9 10s.;, backward heifers, £4 23. 6d. to £4 55.; yearling heiCers, £3 25.; mixed yearlings, small, £2 Is.; empty heifers, £4 to £4 55..

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency .Co., Ltd., end Reduced report:—We held our fortnightly Levin sale at our yards on Friday last, when we offered a large yarding of cattle to a full representation of buyers, Wellington butchers were also in attendance, and secured several lots of cow and heifer beef. The sale opened well, and practically the whole of our yarding changed hauds at prices highly satisfactory t-o vendors:—We sold fat cows (light weights), to £7 55.; medium quality heifers, to £7; forward bullocks, to £5 195.; yearling heifers (HofetebiJersey cross), to £5; 18-month heifers, to £4; yearling heifers, from £3 fe. 6d. to £3 12s. 6d.; small - sorts, £2 19s. .to £3; springing heifers, from £4 10s. to £5 155.; yearling steers (small), from 355. to £2 10s.; dairy cows (cloee to profit), £5 lie. 6d.; £6 to £9 23.; empty storo cows, £3 14s. to £4 55.; bulls, from £5 76. 6d. .to £4 ss.

. Mr. Newton King reports:—ln my ICaponga yards on Friday, October 4, I had a very good entry and attendance. Good store cows sold very readily.' Dairy heifers were yarded in splendid quality, meetting with excellent competition. Best forward store cows, from £4 3s. to £5; fat cows. £6; cows and calves, £4 3s. to £5 Is.; small stores, £3 155.; apred cows, fair condition, good frames, £1 19s. to £2 165.;, poor, aged cows, 17s. 6d. to £1 7s. 6d.; mixed yearlings, £2 65.; yearling heifers, £2 Bs. to £3 Bs.; tnvo-ycar bulls, ©mall, £3 to £4; dairy bulls, £5 Is. to £5 13s. 6d.; choice springing heifers, £9 15s. to £11 10s.; good, £7 ss. to £8 lCs.; later. £5 15s. to £6 10s. At my Rahotu sale, on Tuesday, October 8, I had a fair entry, for which tho demand was very good, every line without exception, being cleared during the day as follows:—Best eitore cows, from £3 17s. to £4 135.; others, £3 to £3 143.; Might fat cows, £5 Us. to £6 Is.: yearling steers, good, £3 35.; others, £2 ss. to £2 10a.; yearling grade Heifers, £2 Bs. 6d. to £2 18s.; empty two-year heifers, £4 os. Gd. to £4 2s. 6d.; small, £3 10s. to £3 145.; bad-colouTcd two-year steers, £3 '6s. Bulls, two-year Holsteins, £13 155.; grades, £4 lte. to £5 Ba.; yearling Jersey, well marked, £3 10s.; springing heifers, best, £6 12s. 6d. to £8 55.; others, small, £4 ss. to £5 103. In my Stratford dairy pens, on the same day, there was a heavy entry of both cows and heifers. Bidding was very spirited throughout. an excellent ?.ale resulting at the following prices:—Choice springing heifere, £9 10s. to £11 55.; good, £6 15s. to £8 155.; small or late, £4 ss. to £5 55.; guaranteed cow#, best, £8 to £11 10s.; others, £5 15s. to £6 15s.