LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1747, 12 May 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on I'Vilding halv a.- follows: —Wo had a, fair yarding of sheep and catlle. l'rk'<j:i lor iambs opened well, but declined to. wards the cud of the- ale. We ijuitted tlio bulk of our yarding at. following prices. Lk-ht fatf o'.vcs, 12-;. C«i.: fat. and forward ewes 10s. to lis. 3d.; ewes in hunb, poor sort-. B-. to 2s 3d.; ntore ev.es, IK; mils, 2*. 6d. lo 3s. Id.: fa I ami forwnrd lambs. 11*. to 12-. Cd.: mixed sex Limb.-. R*. fid. to 9-. 7d.: medium lambs. <3s. lo 7s. Cd. Catlle: Light fat e-iws. .i 5 to £-5 7s. fid.: store eous, £2 lis. to £V> Its.; cows in milk. £5 to £11; weaneiv, Ms. to 235. Cd. Me-Mv. Abraham ami Williams, Ltd., reporl:- At. Levin on Friday :;nod eutric" of both sheep and cattle were yarded. Competition throughout the sale was trood. ;tud most lines riia.nged hands at the followim: ((notations:- Fat wether.-, 17.-. . r ;d.; lat euv\ 155., \l-'. Id. ami IC--. Id.; good ewe< in lamb t«> llomnoy rams, 14s. <M. to 16,. 4d.: woolly lioggcil2s.; cull woully hoggets, /s. id.; shorn hogget.-, IK Cd.; a- niro line of 266 2-tooth to f.f.m. e\»Cs in iamb to Komiicy ram-, '-old on oeeoimt- of .Mr. 'P. Alay. reali-ed I 2d.; 18-month to 2-year Mai-rs. £3 17s. to £4; 2-year sld'rs, SA IDs. 6d.; springing heifrrs, £6 to £5 I.S*.; ll';lit fat cows, £•! ss. lo £-1 165.; forward coivs. £3 to £3 175.; i-tore cows, 255. to £2 10s.: weaners, '.ICs. to IZ>. The New /.ealand l f oan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltii., report.:--At' Feildon I j'idiiv, w<? had a moderate entry of sheep aind cattle. Sheep weie in good demand, and :i good inciuiry existed £ur good hoggets, evei'v pen ."-old under tho hammer at oriees in favour of vendors. Catlle sold well at late rates. We quotc:--Sliec]): .Medium lambs. 9s. 3d., 9s. 4d., to 9h. Bd.: forward lambs, 12«. Pd.; forward ewes. Ltd.; lighl fat ewe-, 135.; forward wethers, 16$. Catl.lo: Fat cows. £4 IBs. bd., £5 2s. f,d.; dairy cows, £5. £7 155.; (-tort! cow: ! . £2 10s., £3 1-.: small weaners. 16s. _AL Apiii, on Tmvday, we had a fair yarding of both 'iheop and c-atlle. The demand was good for all lines at late rales. Sheep: Two-tooth ewes in lamb, small. 13s. 6d.: 2looth wethers, small, 12-. Cd.; empty ewes. Bs. Cd.; ewe lambs, i;ood. lis.; med'uui mixcal lamby, Gs 6d. lo 6s. lid.; small lambs. ss. Id. to ss. 9d.: fat cows, £5 Jw. to £6; forward eov.s. £4 I''-.. £4 12s. Cd.: idoro cows, 355. to £3; mixed weauers. 265. Cd.: Jersey wcaner heifers, £2 12.= .; dair.v cows, backward, £5, £5 12s. 6d.; springing heiferf, £5 ss. to £5 12.:. The Now Zealand Loan <md Mercantile Co.. Lid., .Mnstet ton, report:--Wo had only a .'-mail entVy of f-heep and catlle at Kkelaluina. but tlursu met with good comjietition. and, with tho exception of one pen. wo made a total clearance. Forward lambs brought 9s. 7d.: small do., 7«. 3d.; cull ewes, 4,4. 3d.; dairy cows, £3 10s. to £4 15s. Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report that at their Levin jalo on Friday, ihcy offered a large yarding of both sheep and cattle, and although, owiir; to the reetvit rough woathei 1 . the demand for has eatcd somewhat, all classes-met with fairly keen competition, and most line- offered sold readily at satisfactory prices under tho hammer and privately. They quote as follows Woolly lambs, te.. (K fid., 7s. Bd. to Gs. Bd.; fat lambs, 9s. 7d. to 12s. Cd:. f.f.m. ewes. G*. lOd. lo 6s. 3d.; fat ewes. 13s. Ifld., 14s. 7d. to 16s; 2-tooth welhtrs. 10s. 9d. to Us. Bd.: weanerr, 13s. to 285.: yearlings, to £2 3s. Gd.; forward cows. £4 to £4 Bs.; cows in milk, £4 4s. to £5; fat bullocks, £7 65., £8 to £9 lCs.; bulls, £2 4s. to £4 lis. Messrs. DaJgoty and Co. report that at Fordcll oil Friday last they offered, on account of Mr. \Y. Chapman, the whole of his stock and implement?, when a very satisfactory sale resulted, the only lines pa?~ed in being the breeding ewes, implements, cattle, and lambs sailing well. Tliev (itiote:—Hhe:?p: Mixed, ss. 2d. wether lambs, 6?. sd. to 9s. £d.; ram lambs, Us. Cd. to 145.; aged ewes; 6s. 6d. to 9s. 6d.; owe lambs, Bs. to 12?.; fat wethers, lfa. 3d.. Cattle: Dairy heifers, £4 10s. to £7 l&s.; 15montlis steers. £2 Bs. Cd.; 20-months steers. £3 165.; weancrd, 245. ,6d.; eowssaiut calves. £4 17s. 6d. / .Messrs. A. IT. Atkinson and Co., Ltd.. Foilding, report good geueral entries op Friday, except for pigs, which were in short supply. Poultry made'better values They quote: -sfixed lambs. Bs. Id.; pony, £4 10s.; woancr pigs, 3<s., 65., 6s. 9d. to 7s. Cd.; slips, 7s. 3d. to 10s.; porkers ,225. Cd. to ?ss. 5d.; baconers, 525. Poultry, per pair: liens. 2s. 3d., 2-\„6d.. 2s. 9d.. li. to 3s. 6d.: cockerels, 2s. 6d., 35., 3s. 3d., to 3s. Cel.: chicks, Is. 6t1.; turkey gobblers, 205.; hens. 95., 10s., 12s. to 135.; canaries, 7s. lo 9s. pair.

>h\ Newton lvinj? supplies thej following weekly report:—At ITremir, on Mo:idr,v. 1 oiYered a small entry of ?hcep.and cattle to a soad a i tendance. (food-eonditioncd coW'.t and wed<ner heifers were in demand, but other Unea were hard to quit. Prices were as follow Coloured weauer heifers. .€2 10*. to £?, lis. 6d.; grade woaner heifers, £1 jss. to £2 55.: small weniK-r ICs. to All ss. 6d.; spvimjintr heifer", in demand, £5 17=• 6d. to £7 2s. 6d.; store cows, £-; 17s. to £3 135.; fat- cows, .£5 6(1, to £5 8,5.; 10-moutb> to 2-year steers, £3 to £4; lambs, 10s.; culls, 5,.?.; 2-tooth ewe.'?, U l '.; 4-tooth wcihers. 15s. 9d. At Kahotu. ; on Tuesday, there was fair entry and attendance, and the majority of the lines were sold a.- follow:—Coloured wesner heifers, £3 3s. 6d.j {rrade weaner heifers, up to £2: wciner -steers, £1 os. 6d. to £2 25., ac.cordinjr to quality; mixed weaner*, £1 7s. 6d. to £1 13s. 6d.; store cows, £2 6d. to £3 15s. 6d.; forward and fat cows, £4 15s. to £5 Bs.; 20-uionths heifers, in calf, £•! £5.: dairy bull, £4 ss. On Wednesday, for m.v Okuu autumn sale, there was a Kood sntry of eheep and cattle, and a large attendance of the public from all parts. Competition throughout was good for nearly all lines, the whole entry, with the except tion of two small line's of. sheep, beins cleared at the hammer at ihe following rates:—'Wenmer heifers, £1 175.; smalt mixed woaners, 165.; store cows, £3 to £-3 17s. j forward and fat cows, £4 4s. to £5 vIS?.; empty 18-months heifers, £3 ss. to £3 155.; 18 to 20-months, in calf heifers, £4 Is.: bulls, £2 10s. io £5" 155.: 18 to 20-monUis steers, £3 14s. 6d.; 2-year fit-o?rs, £4 6s. 6d.: 21-yoar steers, £4 18s.; springing heifers, £6 2s. 6d.; 2, 4, -and 6-tooth wethers, 13s. 2d.; forward wethers, 15s. 3d.; lambs, lGs. 3d,, 93,' 2d., 7s. 6d.