LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1694, 10 March 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their usual stock salo at Dannevirke oil Friday, whet they offered . a fair yarding of sheep and cattle to a large attendance of the public. Bidding for . sheep was very slack, and not up to last week's prices. Cattle were about the same as at previous sales. They quote as .follows:—Fat ewes, 11a. 5d., 125., to, 12s. 3d.; ! fat cows, £3 19is/ 6d., £4 ICe., to £5; threeyear steers, £5 12a. 6d. to £5 18s. 6d.; weaner, steers, £1 ss. 6d. to £1 155.; yearI. ling dairy heifers, £2 ss. 6d. .

' Messrs. Dalgety ' and Company, Limited, Palmorstou Horth, report having a very good yarding of both sheep and cnttlo at their weekly Feilding sale on Friday, which sold as below Lambs, small, ss. 4d., ss. ?d., 6s. 6d., 6s. lOd.; six-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, 10s. 10d.; s.m. ewes, 7s. 9d., 9e. Bd., 10s. 2d., 10s. lOd.; f. and f. ewes, 7s. 6d. to 10s. Id.; yearling heifers, £3 10s.; yearling steers, £2 35.; empty cows, £2 195.; weaner steers, £1 os. 6d.; two-year steers, £3 10s. to £4. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on their Martinborough sale .as follows:—An exceptionally heavy entry of all classes of shcop came forward, temporary yards having to be made to accommodate same. The demand was fairly good for all lines of good sound breeding ewes, •but medium and inferior sorts were rather hard to sell. Lambs were also dull of sale, but vendors throughout were prepared to accept prices offered, and at the •end of the sale very little was turned out unsold. The following is a- list of prices realised: —Best lines of breeding ewes, six-tooth, 135., to 13s. Id.; sixtooth to f.f.m., 10s. 4d. to Us. lid.; Lincoln, skinned two-tooth ewea, 14s. to 14s. 6<l. (a line of 800 being quilted at these prices); Romney cross two-tooth ewes, 13sr; fat ewes, 13s. 3d. to 14s. Bd.; medium f.m. ewes, 6s. 6d. to 95.; cull ewes, 2s. to ss. 6d.: medium wothcre, to Us. Bd.; best lines, to 13s. 9d.; forward Down cross lambs, 10s. Id.: medium woolly lambs, ss. to ss. 6di; small lambs. 3?. to 45.; f.m. Southdown, lambs, 355.; a lino of two-tooth Eomnoys, offered on account of Mr. R. M'Leod, averaged 3gns. " ' ■

Jlesers. Dal get y and Company, Limited, report:—At oar Wnnganui sale on Marcli 5 \vc yarded 2800 sheep and 300 cattle. The dimand all round was very .dull, practically nothing being eold tinder the hammer, although the bulk of the yarding was disposed of after tile £«lo at reduced prices. At our Waverley solo on .March 7 we yarded 1800 sheep and 10 cattle, tho built of which was sold under the hammer, the demand being fairly-keen. We quoto:— Wanganui: F.M. ewes. 4s. to Ce. Bd.;:fat ewes, 14s. 9(J.; cull owes, 2a. ,9d. to 6d.; f.f.m. Romr.ey rams, £2 25.; fat cows, £4 176. to £5 lis.; cows and rnlvus, £3 16s. Cd.: two and a half-year steere, £4; store cows, £3 Is.: weaner steers, 335. 6d.; mixed weaners, 17s. Cd. to Z9s. 6d.; lieifcris in calf, £6: Holstein bull, £5 10s. Wavorlcy: Four and llve-voar ewes, 9s. sd. to lCs. 3d.; two mid four-tooth wethere, 14s. 9d. to 15s. 2d.; fourtooth wethers! 15s. 7d.; two-tootli ewcfi, 13n. sd. to 13s. 9d.; f.m. ewes, 4s. 2d. to 6s. 5d.; Southdown rams, 43 to sjjns.;. others, 10e.: two and a'half-year steerE, .£5; two and a half-year heifere, £3 £e.; 15-month lieifera, £2 2s.

The N.Z. I'oan and Mercantile Agency Co. report :-At Feildinc on Friday we had a good entry of both sheep and cattle, and have to report a. good clearance. Kheep: Lambs, ss. 6d.; cull ewes, 45.; forward owes. 89. 6d. to 95.: mixed age ltomne.v ewets (011 account AV.. (!. I'carce), 13s. Id.; small 2-tootU wethers, lis. Cd. to lis. 7d.: small 2-tooth ewes, Us. 6d.; fat ewes, 12-. 9d.; ■ Southdown rams. 1 to 4gns.; H.lj. rams, lgn. Oattle: Wenners, 255. to 295.: weaner lieifcrs, 345. to 365.; Jersey-cross heifers, pood, £2 75.: store cows, £2 Bs. to £3; forward cows, £3 63.; fat cows, £4 15s. At Hangnvahia, on Tuesday, we hn,d a good yarding of slicep and a fnir number of cattle. Business was dull, vendors' reserves being too. high. Quotations: Good mixed lambs. 7s. 10d.,*8=. Id.: wether lambs. 7s. Bd.: smnll lambs. ss. 6(1.: good 2-tootb owes, 13::. 9d.; fat ewes, 13s. Bd.; ernnll weaner steers, 20s. to 245, 6d. JtoEsrn, Abraham nml Williams, Lt4„ report on their Blietahuaa stock sale, held

on Saturday, as follows:—The Associated Auctioneers' submitted; n record sheep yarding for Eketahuna, the, yards bcinc taxed to their utmost capacity, the whole of the alleys liurcllcd oil' containing slioeo. In addition to this. a. number had to bo accommodated in thy cattle yards. There was an exceptionally large attendance of the public, and a most satisfactory sale resulted, business at auction beine animated throughout. Rood prices resulting except for low-conditioned sheep, which were difficult to unit. Our entry comprised just under live thousand sheep, the bulk of which changed hands, only two or three pens being turned out unsold.. The quality on the whole was good, some nice lines from the Waihoke Valley being submitted. Messrs. Robbie Bros.'s ewes from that district— trood-wooiled . bip-framed sheen in first-class condition, and well drafted—424 a.ged' ewes, with good months making 12s. and under, the hammer, and 100 woolly lambs in store condition on behalf of same vendor selling for 9s. 6d. • Messrs. IliEginson and, Peacrams's ewes made Bs. sd. and Bs. Id. respectively, and a line of very good 4-tooth wethers offered on behalf of Mr. Iligginsoii were reasonable, enough at 14s. 2d. Quotations:— Aged ewes, in fair condition. 7s. 8:1., 7s. 9d., Bs. Id., Bs. 2d., Bs. 3d., Bs. 5d., 9s. 2d. and up to 12s for extra good lines: low-conditioned ewes, ss. 3d.. 6d„ 6s. 3d. to 6s. 6d.; culls, 4s. sd. to 4s. 9d.; dogs' meat, 35.: 4-tooth wethers, good, 14s. 2d.; 2-tootli wethers, 12s. to. 12s. 9d.: others, down to 9s. 7d.; woolly lambs, 7s. 2d., and up to 9s. 6d.: fair blackface lambs, Gs. 3d. to 6s. 7d.; culls, ss, 3d. and 4s.' 4d.: shorn lambs, ss. to ss. 9d. •"2-tooth ewes. 12s. Id. to 14s. .9d.. according to condition ; mixed ased ewes. 9s. Id. to lCs. 6d.: one-shear ■ Lincoln rams (R. Bremer), 3gn5.;,2 and 3sliear Itomneys, 3^frns.; one-shear Southdowns, ■ 3gns.; aged Lincolns, 10s. 6d.; aced Sduthdowns, 15s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Danncvirke, report having held their usual weekly stock eale at Miller's Road yards on Friday. Bidding was even more dull than last week. They quote as follows:—Sheep,: Four-tooth wethers (small), to lCs. 5d.; two-tootli ewes, lCs. 6d.; aged owes, <6. 2d. to Bs. 4d. Cattle: Fat cows, to .£5; store cows, to 30s. Pigs: Weaners, 7s. to fe.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Feilding sale-held on Fri- ' day as follows:—We had'a heavy yarding j of sheep and a medium yarding of cattle. > Bidding throughout was dull, and tIM sale J dragged accordingly. We quote:—Small lambs, ss. 4d. to ss. Bd.; larger, 6s. lid.; wether do., Bs. Id.; black-face do., 7s. to 7s. 2d. cult lambs, 3s. 9d.; woolly lambs, , 9s. to lis.; fat lambs, 135.; five and sixyear ewes, 10s. 6d.; mixed-age ewes, 9s. • lid. to 10s. 5d.; cull ewefi, 3s. Id. to ss. 10d.; fat ewes, 12s. lid. to 14s.'; light, lis. 9d.; fat wethers, 155.; Southdown, rains, 3}gus.; black-face rams, 255.; Itomney,. 10s. fid. to •16s. 6d.; weaner steers, 15s. to l&s.; 15-month • steers, 355. to 42.=.; store cow«, £5; twoyear bulls, £3 to £3 10s.; Holstein bulls, , '£5 Is. ■ • Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., report having hold their usual weekly eale indie Danncvirke yards on March 7, when they offered a fair entry of sheep and cattle, which met with a very dragging sale. There being a, considerable drop iu prices on previous 6ales. Tlicy report the following prices:—Fat ewes (light), lis. lCd. to 12=.; fat and forward owes, M. 7U. to Bs. 6d.; s.ni. ewes, 7s. 6d.; two-tooth ewes, to 125.; fat cow 6, £4 lie. to £5 55.; store cows.' £2 ss. to £3; two-tooth black-face rams, ljgns.