LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1729, 21 April 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—At our weekly Palmers ton North sale on Thursday we have to report liavinc a good entry "of both slicep and cattle, all of which met with a fail- inquiry and sold at prices as below:—Cull lambs, 3s. 7d., 4s. 3d., 55.. to ss. 2tl.': small lambs, to 6s. 6d.; medium woolly lambs, to 95.; aged empty ewes. 9d. to 6s. 7t1.: empty ewes in fair condition, 93. 2d. to 9s. 3d.; mixed twotooths, chiefly wethers, 14s. 3d.; store cows, £2 lis.: two and a half-year steers, £5 55.; light fat cows, £5 IGs. 6d.; three and a half-year bullocks, £6 lte' *

Jies=re. Dalgety ami Co., Ltd., report- (is follows:—We held our usual weekly stock sale at Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, on Tuesday last, when we offered a heavy yarding of cattle and -a fail- entry of sheep to a good attendance of farmers and otliers. Tho demand for cattle was anythine but good, and prices showed a decided dezrea.?a on late values. Competition for sheep of good quality was good, ewos and lambs selling fairly well. Kales were effected as follow:—Seven fat cows, 3 for•wa.rd cows, £4; 15 three-year steers, £5; 91 three-year steers, £5 6s. to £5 155.; 45 two and a half-year steers, £5; 48 fat, ewes, lis.; 33-5 rape.lambs, 9s. 3d.; 488 ewee In lamb, 10s. 9d.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., Wellington. report as follows oil their usual fortnightly stock' sale held at the Upper Hutt on Thursday'We had a fair entry of sheep and an exceptionally large yardine of cattlo. Buyers were well represented, and the inquiry for both sheep and cattlo was good. We sold fill the sheep and most of the cattle at the following prices:—Fat wethers, 175.; fat ewes, 14s. Id.; two-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, lis. 7d. to lis. lid.; six-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, to 13s. 5d.; forward wethcvo, 13s. 2d. Three-year steer*?, £4 13s. 6d.; cfehteen-months steers, £3 14s. 6d.; forward empty cows. £4 t-o £4 126.; fat. heifers, to £5 45.; cows with calves, £4 ss. to £6 4s. 6d.; heifers with calvcs, £4 ss„ £5 10s., £6: 6prinirine cows, £5 10s., £6 10s., £7 12r3., £9 12s. 6d.; springing heifers, £6, £7 155.. £8 2s. 6d.; heifers in calf. £2 Is.; heifer caJvcs, lfrj. to 385., 6d.; bulls, £2 Is., £2 53.. £2 123. 6d., £3, to £3 ss.

M'jsnrs; Dalgety and Co., Lid. (?atmcrston North branch) report a very good entry of sheep and a very good yarding of cattle at their Feeding sale on Fridav. Sheep: Good mixed lambs, Bs. 3d., Bs. ii\l, Bs. lid., 95., 9s. 5d., 9s. 6d., 9s. 7d., 9t?. Sd., 9s. lid., 10s. lid.; woolly mixed lambs, 10s. lOd.: ewe lambs, lis. 2d.; small mix<?d lambs, 4s. 7d.-, ss. lid., 65.; mndhvui mixed lambs, 7s. 3d. to 7s. 10(1.; empty owc«. low condition, ss. to 7s. 6(1.; email 2-tuolh wethers. 135.; small 2-tooth ewes, lis. 9d.; good 2-tootli ewes. 17a. 6d.; 4 and 6-tooth ewes, 13s. 6d. Cattle: 3-yeur bullocUs, £6 65.: wcanor heifers, £2; 18-monthfi steers, £2 155.; st-ags, £4 155.; bulls, £5; small weaners, 10s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Md., report having held their usual" stork ealo nt I>?inuevirko on' April 18, when offered 150 head of cattlo and a fair jiardinff of sheep to a large attendance of the public. X'rices were well up to lato Fat. cows, £4 19s. 6d.; mother-reared weaner steers, .-€3 3s. 6d. to £3 ss. Sheep r Shorn lambs, Bs.; empty full-mouth.ewes, &?.; 2* tootli wether®, 125.; fat wetkors, ti.7s.; heavyweight wethers, 19s.

Tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile AeciU'.v Co.. Ltd., ronort:—At Palmerston North, on Thursday we had a small entry of sheen and a heavy yarding o£ cattle. Thoro was a larec attendanco of buyers and a better all round demand existed. Wo have to report a very satisfactory clearance at tho following prices Sheen: Forward lambs, lis. 9d. Cattle: Jfiied weaners, 295.; weancr heifers, 335.; wcaner heifers .(Rood), £2 to £2 165.; cifrht-ecn-months' heifers, £2 IBs.; twenty-months steers, £3 9s. to £3 145.; yearling steers, £3 12e?.; heifers in calf, £4 55.; store cows, 395. 6d. to £2 10s. Gd.: forward cowg. £3, £3 18s. 6d. to £4 65.; fat cows, to £6 7s. 6d.; tows in milk, £7 Es.; COW 6 and catvc?. 375. 6d."to £3 145.; honors, 14s. to ,24e.; bulls. £2 ss. to £3 2s. 6d.: store bullocks, £5 12s. 6d. to £6 35.; good forward bullocks, to £7 17s.

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:—At FeNding, on Friday, wo had a heavy yarding of sheep and a good entry of cattle, and havo to report a good clearance. Sheep: Cull lambs, ss. 4d. to ss. 7d.; storo lambs, Bs. 9d. to Bs. lCd.; medium lambs, 9s. 6d. to 9-5. lid.; well-growu lambs, 10a. 4d. to 10s. 10d.; cull ewes, 4s. 3d.; store ewes, 9s 6d.; fat and forward ewes, 12.=. 3d. to 12s. 6d.; forward wethers, 145., 9d.; 2-tooth ewes, 13s. sd. Cattle: 2-year steers, £4 9s. 6d.; 2-year Hereford heifers, £4 14s. At Itangiwaliia oil Tuesday only a small yarding came forward. , All lines sold well, and • several outside buyers .were unable to All their requirements. Mixed lambs, medium, Bs.; small lambs. ss. 9d.: 2-toolh wethers, 14s. 3d., 14s. 6d.; small mixed 2-tooths. 12s. 6d.; mixed ago owes in lamb, 10s. 6d.; small weaners, 225. 6d.; fat cows, £5; yearling steers, £2.

Tlio New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:—Durinjr the weak we held sales at Makotuku (Wednesday) and Danucvirko (Friday). Wo had a fair yarding of sheep* at Makotuku, but at Dannevirke only a moderate entry of both sheep cattle. Cattle wero very hard to quit, put there was good competition for sheep, and sales were effected at prices considerably in advance of those ruling last week. With one exception wo had a total clearance at both salc-3. Mixed weaners. 225. 6d.; weaner steers, 255.: store cows, £1 Is.; cull lambs ,5?. 2d.; cull ewes, 6=?. 2d. and ss. 5d.; empty ewe?. 7s. 9d.; fat ewes, lis.; breeding ewes. 10a. fid. to lis. M.; wethor lambs, 7s. Bd.; mixed lambs, 9s. 6d.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Teport:—At our weekly sale at Pnlracreton North on Thursday we luid a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. Practically tho whole of the yarding was sold under the hammer at current rates. Sheep: Woolly lambs, 10a. to lCs. Id.: shorn lambs, 7s. 5d., Bs. 2(1., E.s. lCd., 9s. <d., to 10s. 9d.; two and four-tooth ewes. 135.; fat- ewes, 12s. 7rt.; empty sound-mouth ewes,. 83., Bs. 10rt., 95.. lCs. 5d.; cull ewes, 2s. lid. to 3&. 7d. Cattle: Yearling steers, £3 75.; dairy heifers. in calf. £5 10s. to £6: fat cows, £6. £5 6?., to £5 9a.; store cows, £2. £2 10s„ to £3 2t'. 6d.; cows and calves?, £4 2s. 6d. to £4 5«.; empty heifers. £3 1-s.; asred dairy cows, £2 10s. to £3 17s. Cd.

Messrs. Abraham and Kettle, Ltd., re port holding their Dannevirtra safe at 'the association's yards on Friday, when they otfered a. yardim; of sheep and cattle to a fair number of buyer.-. I'liecs were, it anything, slichtly in advance or last. week's sat?. !-'.U lambs, !?>:-. 6d.: f'lt. and forward weiliei-s. lfls. 3d.-, fat and forward ewes, 12s. 4d.; 2-tooth ewes, Bs. breeding ewes, from 6s. fid. to 9s. 3d.-, shorn lambs, from ss. Sd. to &5. Bd.: fat cows, £5 55.; dairy cows, from £3 to £5.

Messrs. James Macintosh and Co., of M'asterton. report having liarl a very successful clearing .sale on Thursday. April 17, when they sold on account of Mr. Win. 1). Watson, of Te Ore Ore, the whole of liiu live stock and implements. There was a very good attendance, buyers being present from all parts of the district, and the arrangements being very good, everything was sold under the hammer, with the exception of the dairy heifers, wre not sold. All the stock wore yarded in good condition, and brought good prices. The dairy cows were very well competed for, ami brought from £7 to £13. The price'" realised were:-Cows in milk (winter cow*), £7, £9 "ICs\, £10. £11. £12. £12 10*.. £12 155., £15; .Ici'fev bulls, £4 19s. £5; fat bullocks, £8 Us. to £10 10s.; fat. and forward cows, £5 2s. Sheep: 4, 6, Month ewes. 13s. 6d.: f.m. ewes. 125.; shorn lainbs, 9s. Is.: woolly lambs, 9s. 3d.; b.f. forward lambs. Itov. 9d.; rams, 9s. to lis. Horses: llrown gelding. £26 10s.: chestnut gelding. 3 years, by Pirate, £14 155.: chestnut gelding, 5 years, by Saracen. £6 1G?.: yearlington filly, by Pirate colt, £25; chestnut yearling (illy, by Canada. £6 5?. Implements sold 'at full clearing sale rates. Fowls, is. sd. each to 2s. 3d.

Newton King's weekly stocks report is as follow^:—On Monday last, at Toko, I here wns a- small entry of cattle, wlueh eold as follows:—Mixed weaners, £1 3s. to £2 55.: we-'incr steers, £1 Is. t-o £1 Bs. 6(1.; weancr heifers, £1 lis. 6d. to £3 55., accordill" to quality: store cows, £3 2s. 6d. to £4; bulls, £6 12s. 6(1.; in-calf heifers. £5 55.; forward ewes and wethers, 135.; 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 15s. 3d. For my fortnightly sain at the Stratford yards there w-J-t a good entry of 950 head of cattle and 932 sheen. Hidding for cattle was slack, exempt, for coloured Jer.-ny heifers, cow. nnd bulls. Sheep mot. with a good ileinnml, the whole enity fwilh fln* exception ol one pen of v:e'.her.--, clean*;! l:?tor mi The o'*y) beiir. M>ld «il til" li'iniir-r. Prices wmm:CiiiHiT '.lei - weiiner heilcr.-, up '•> 0-.-. grades, £1 lis. Od. to £1 17s. Gil.* weancr

Nitcers, XI 115. to £l 165.: bad-coloured wcaner steers, 17-5.; 15-mouths steers, small. £3 to £3 2s. fid.; empty hoiters, £3 10s. to £3 165.; in-ejilf heifers. .€3 5?. to £4 45.; good-conditioned bulls, £Y IDs. 6d. to £8 2s. 6d.; fair-sized hull". £5 ss. to £6; small, £2 lo £2 Is.; small store cows. £1 17s. to £2 155.; store cow?, £3 6*.. to £5 lbs.; forward cows, £4 Is. Id £4 16.5.; fat cow?, £5 l?.s. Gd. to £6 55.; 2J-year steers, with some .lerKeyrf, £4: 3-year bullocks, £5 155.; springing heifers, £6 IDs.; wearier to U-montli heitors, £2 19?. 6d.; lambs, Bs. 9d., Bs. fid., B*. 2d., Bs. Id.. 6s. 5d.; 2-tooUi wethers, 13s 9d.; J\m. ewe?. ss. 2d.: 4 and 6-tooth wethers, l*s. JOd.; forward ewes and wethers, 13s. 2d. On Wednesday, at Stony Bivcr, 1 hud a good entry of cattle and about. 150 lambs. Wcauer steers made from about £I.los. to £1 17s. 6d.; wcaner heifers, good, £2 0«. 6d. to £2 19s. fid.; mixed weaners, £1 13<s. to £1 18s. 6(1.: fat cows, £5 6s. to £5 10s.; forward rows, £4 4s. to £4 lCs.; store cows, £2 Us. 6d. to £3 12s. 6d.; empty 20-months heifers, £3 to £4; in-calf 20-months heifers. £3 10s.; springing heifers. £6; bulls, £3 15s. to £10 2s. fid.; store pigs, £1 Cs.; f.m. ewes, 35.; 4-tooth wethers, 15s. 4d.; lambs, ss. Bd. to 9s. 6d.