LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1628, 20 December 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. DaJgety and . Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report having held their last sale.of the season at ITangaweka, on-Wednesday, when a'good yarding of cattle met with a. ready sale. Small yearling .heifers,,£2'los.: 15 to 18-month heifers, to £4; two-year heifers, to £4 55.; small yearling steers, £2 125.; good yearling steers,.£3 12s. 6d.; two to two-and-a' half-yeair.-.steore, £4-.155. to. £4.175.; forward cows, to £4 153.; cows and calves, £4 15s. to £5; bulls, , to £3 155.; fat cows, £7 2s.

■ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Seduced, report:— At Bongotea a. good entry of cattle came forward, - and all lines changed hands at the following prices :-Cdf.-tle: Wcaners (bad colours), 10s.; good weaners, 265. to 275.; yearling heifers, £2 Bs. 6d. to £3 Iβ. 6d.,-two-year heifers, £4 Us. to £4 17s. 6d.; aged cows,'.£2;' store cows, £3 1%.'.t0 £4; forward cows, £4 7s. 6d. to £4 17s. 6d.; fat. cowb, £5 Is. to £5 119.; bulls; £3 12s. 6d. to £4 7s. 6d. Pigs: Slips, -16a. 6d.' •-. - .

: -Messrs. Abraham • and 'Williams, Ltd., report on their Marion sale held on Tuesday as follows:—TVe had fair, yardrags , of both sheep and.cattle, which 6old at the following i-ates:-Sheep: Mixed-aged ewes and lambs, 245.; mixed' two-tooths, small,' Us. sd. to 135.; f.m. ewes, shorn,. 9s.- IOd.;" forward ewes, 12s. lid.; fat ewes; 14s. 2d. to '15n. 2d. Cattle: Yearling steers, £2 17s. 6d. to £3 te.; heifers. £2 17s. 6d. to. £3 25.; small do.',. £2 10s.; weaner heifers, 235.; 20month 6teers, £3 195.; empty cows, £3 3s. to £4; cows and calves, £5 66.; bulls, to £2 Is.; fat cows, to £5 10s.; springing cows, to £7 £«.; three-year bullocks, £7. 6s. ■ At Mangaiveka, on Wednesday, we:had a good entry, and have to report a total clearance, with the exception of two pens of cattle, at satisfactory prices.. Sheep.:—Fourtooth wethers, 15s. 6d.j two-tooth wethers, small, 12s;'7d.; two-tooth ewes, 14s. sd. Cattle:' Yearling steers, £2 lfe. to £3 75.; ■two-year steers. £4 6s. 6d., £4 7s. 6d.; three.year Seers, £5 14s. to £5 175.; forward ;bulloeks; £7 2s. 6i1.; .yearling heifers, £2 (IBs. to. £3. ICQ.; two-year heifers, £4 11s.; ;fat cows, to £7 Is.

: Messrs.. James .Macintosh / and • Company report having held their usual weekly sale in their Waipoua (Masterton) yardG, on Wednesday last, when they offered a very' small yarding, which met with fair competition; and-they-are pleased -to report a :total clearance at prices well up to late, Quotations are as follow:—Eat ewes, ■13s. 6d.; forward ewes, Its.; weaner calves. 31s. to 425." 6d.- for a very forward well done line. The firm wish to draw the: attention of-vendors, and buyers that their next sale will not be hold until Wednesday, January.B, 1913. .