LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1740, 3 May 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Palpety and Company, Limited, Wellington, report having held I heir fortnightly «ilc at Upper Jiutt on 1. They offered a larjro ycirdinsf of botn sheep find cxittle. Despite the very wet day they di>po?ed of every lino of sheep olVered under the iKi-mmor, and Iho inquiry for all elawM of Umjilxi was very keen. Cattle did not meet, wilh ho trood a demnud o-s .sale, ond Hidclintr wa.H dull. Fat wethers, 16s. 7d, to 175.; twotooMi wethers, to 13s. 6d.; maiden owes, to 175.; niixcd*u£o ewes, t-o Ift-;. Id.; lambp, ft?. Id.. l». 7d., 9s. sd„ 9s. 8(1., 10s. Id., 10s. Jil. to Ik". 2(i.; fot lambs, to 14s. 2d.; small lamb?, 7a. and 7s, Id.; e.ows nnd ealveo, jro TJ 25.; heifers, r.w.b., J?3 1C«. to £4 10s.; iift-cen-month Bt-eerf?, £2 12s. 6d. to £2 6d.: vreaners, to £1 Gs.; bulls, to £2. iTosora. Dalcety and Company, Ltd., Palmerston North, report having held their usual weekly galo at I'almerston North on 'rhntwloy last, when there was tho iifsual at-londancc and a foir' y.nrdintr of fil-oek. which rold as follows:—Cull lambs, 3s. Bd.; mixed lambs, 9h. 3d.: veaner heifers, 305.: store cows, SJI 125.; throe-year f>iccrs,£6 is. Messrs, Dalpety and Company, Limited, report on their .Martinborouch sale as fol* lowvj:—A fairly jjood entry of ehecp and a heavy yarding of cattle co.rno forword. Tlio demand was good for forwardconditioned lambs and empty cwos, and a good clearance resulted all round, at price.* well up to recent Kales' reports, lambs and nged ewes were not inquired for. A rtieo line of two-tooth Itomncy owes in lamb, ofl'erod on aoronnt of Mr. «T. Jl'Lcod, of "\V,halin-pn»i." &old nt IC=. 6(1. Tho cat tic accommodation was overtaxed, and several linen'had to bo accommodated .in small paddocks adjacent. , The fc'nodal linos advertised on account of Mr. A. D. M'Lood, of "ll'.uitotam." come forward in good order, the two and a half-year steers realising £5 155.; and tho threc-auarter-ycar bullocks, £7 fo. Two "pens of fat bullocks from "Whakapuna" eold at from £10 1&. 6d. to £11. Tho following i 3 a list of priced—Sheep: 'Medium Jamba, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d.: woolly lambs, Bs.' fid. to 9s. 6d.; forw-a-rd black-faced larabs, 10s. Id. to 103. 7d.; apod ewea, to 6a.: forward empty cwo?, to 12s. Id.; two-tooth Komney ewes in Jamb, 16a. 6d. Cattle: Eichteenmonth t-o two-year steers, £4; fat and forward cows, to £5 55.: two and a half-year steers, £5 2?. 6d. to £5 155.; forward bullocks. £6 13s. to £7 55.; fat bullocks. £10 123. 6d. to £11 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report:—Wo held our fortnightly wile at Uutt on Thursday last, when we offered a fair yordinsr of both sheep aud cattlo to a bif? attendance of buyers. There was a keen demand for sheep, and tho wholo of our entry changed hands to the {satisfaction of vendors. Pat wethers, 17b. 2d. 1o 17s. lOd.; fat ewes, to--125.; two and four-tooth wethers, to lis. 9d.* cull owes, to ss. 9d.; store cows, to £2 12s. 6d.; dairy cows, to £5 10s.