LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1604, 22 November 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows on their Palmerston North sale:— Wf had a fair yarding of cattle, which sold as below :-Bulls. £2 ' is. to £4; empty cows, £3 Is., £3 ..lfe., £3 19s. to' £4 6s. 6d.; forward heifers, £4 145.: Ught fat cows, £5 Is.. "£5 Us.; yearling lioifers, £2 18s. 6d.; fat cows, £6 2s. 6d.; i Jersey heifers, in full profit, £9 10s. Now Zealand Loan and . Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, and Hoduced, Palmerston . North, report :-At Bongotea. on Wednesday wo had a heavy yarding ol cattle, comprising some good fat cows, storo cows, and young cattle. Several lines of this season's weanors wero penned, making up to 255. There was a good attendance of buyers, and bidding was brisk,,' overy pen -selling freely under the hammer. With the exception of four head, we had a total clearance. Quotations:—\\cancrs, 17s. 6d. to' £1 55.; yearling steers (small), £2 to £2 145.; yearling steers (medium), £2 195.; yearling heifers (small, £2 13s. to £3 25.; 18-month heifers (good). £4 4s. to £4 12s. 6d. : 18-month to 2-year heifers, £4 Is.; heifers in calf, £4 to £4 7s. 6d. ; speyed heifera, £4 Bs.; forward heifers, £4 14s. to £5; cows with calves, £4 2s. to £4 195.; aged storo cows, £1 18s. to £2 155.; store cows, £2 19s. to £3 155.: forward cows, £4 to £4 18s.; light fat cows, £5 7s. to £6; heavy fat cows, £7 3s. to £7 45.: cows in milk, £5 2s. 6d. to £6 lcs.; springing cows, £5 ,10s. to £6 55.; bulls, £3 to £4 55.Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua salo held on November 20, as follows:—Wo offered a fair yardiug of sheep and an extra heavy yarding of cattle to a fair attendance of buy-ers,-and although a few lines were passed under the hammer, wo wero able to n!aco the bull: of our entry by private treaty. We also offered Mr. Maurice O'Connor's Holsteins. and -have pleasure in reporting a tip-top sale, bidding being spirited right throughout; local buyers wero strongly in evidence, and the bulk of the entry still remains in the district. Quotations:— Sheep: Mixed hoggets, woolly, 15s. Id.; fat and forward shorn ewes, 13s. 9d. Cattle: Yearling heifers, £3; yearling steers, £2 •10s;; 18;mohth to 2-year heifers, £4 45., £4 12s. 6d. to. £4 17s. 6d.; heifers, in milk, £5 to £7 7s. 6d.; backward heifers, springing, £4 -10s. to £5 155.;.c0w, springing, £6; store cows, £3 2s. 6d. to £4 55.; bulls. £2 .Is. to £4; fat cows, to £6 10s.; Holsteins sold on behalf of Mr. Maurice O'Connor:—Konini .(no breeding), 17gns.; Cows and heifers, in milk: EquitM, 25kiis.; Daisy Clipper, 27Jgns.; 'Mis? Mischief. 21 gns.; Belle of Linton, 19gns. Heifers, springothers, 15gns. to 17 ens. Heifers, spring--ing: Lady Linton. 19Jgns.; Hello of Mayfair, 40gns.; Duchess of Lint-jn, 25ens. Yearling to 18-month he'fere. in calf: Miss Cliffside, 20*gns.; Duchesse de Kol of Linton, 21gns.; .Patricia of Cliffside, 16tens. Appendix purebred heifer calves, 95gns., lOsns. Stud Holsteins: Heifer calf, Itivcrsi'de Winn ; e, 25gns.; bull - : calf, .River Fegis, •'. 30gns.; 2-yoar :bull, Shamrock. 65gns. Messrs. Abraham. and Williams. Ltd., report on Marton sale, held on Wednesday: —We had good yardings Of both sheep and cattle, and have to'-'repoTt-a good sale at the following prices:—Sheep • were in good demand, and . cattle ' sold at late rates. Bheep: Fat owes,'23s. 7d.;.fat and forward owes, 17s. Bd.; 4-tooth wethers, shorn, 16s. 6d.; 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 13s. 6d.; mixed hoggets, small; 13s. Bd.; '4-tooth to i.f.m. owes and lambs, 245.; aged ewes and lambs, 16s. 6d. to 18s. 3d. Oattlo:'Yearling steers, £2 15s. to £2 195.; small yearling • steers,. £2 .35.;. • yebrlinß heifers, 95., .£4 3s. to £4 Us.; • 2-year steers. £4 16s. to £4 18s.; fat cows, £6 125.-6 d,; empty old cow.?, 30s. to £2; yearlirig Jersey bulls, 305.; Jersey dairy cows. £10 to £11 10s.; others; £6 7s; 6d. to £6 10s.