LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1826, 12 August 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Mesars. Williams and Kettle, Ltd,, report a-a follows oil thoir sales held during last • week:—Ou August 7, wo held a dairy salo on account of Mr. 11. (laicford, of Oringi, whom wo offered his whole herd of 90 cows and heifer©, but only managed to uispoiM of aboiut 50 liead at priccs hardly up to expectations. Young cows, ©scowl ami third wilvere, sold fairly well, averaging about £8, but older cows were very hard to cru,it. and what were sold averaged Ao 5 3 % Syringing heifers average £5 153. nc quote the following prices :-Sccond ami third culvert, £7. £7 10s., £8, up to £9 ICs.; fourth, fifth, and ivixth calvcrs, £5. £u *?.. up to £7 10s.; empty heifers, £2 155.: heifers in calf, £5 10s. t £5 155., to £6; wconer heifers, £1 fct On August Bwe held the fortnightly Da-nnerirke wile. when we oflered'a fair yarding of sheep, which met with vol'v good competition, aud a big yarding of dairy stock, which were, practically unsaleable. ' We have to.quote the following n ri ces :—Fa.t two-tooth wethers, light, 17s. Bd.; fat ewes, 16s. 7d. to 16s. 9d.; ewes lit lamb," 13s. to 155.; m.n. hoggets, '135., • 14?. 2d to 155.; two and a half-year 6tccr3, £i) 75.; fat steers, £6 195.; fat heifers, up to £-8; fat cows, £6; U-or-s cow& £3 to. £2 «s.; cows in calf, £2 up to £4 10s. Mr. Newton King reports:—On August 1, at the Waiiwakaiho yards, I had a good emtrv of stock, a good number being dairy cows and heifers, for which there was ail improved market. ytcre cattle sold tin-, der keen competition as follows: —Yearling steers, best, £2 12s. 6d. to £2 15s. 6d.; (mailer, £1 13s.- to £1 193.; yearling heifers, from £2 7s. 6d. to £3 Is.; twenty-month empty heifers, £3 13s. 6d. to £4 IBs. 6d. for good colour; hulls, £4 10s. to £5 55.; nged working bullock, £9 !£«.; stare cows, £3 to £4 Is.; forward cows, £4 7s. to £5 2s. 6d.; fat rows, £5 13e. to £6 ICs.; heifers, calved, £6; springing heifers, ehoico JerFoys, up to £9; good, £5 12s. 6d. to £S; poor, £3 los. to £4 ICi*.: dairy cows, from £6 10s. to £6 155.; aged or culls. £3 2<s. 6d. to '£4 55.; hoggets. 10s.. At Toko, on August 4, there was au improved yarding, and a good cloaranco was effected as follows:— Yearling heifers, £2 lSu. 6d.; store cows, aged, £2 9e.; good store' cows, £3 lis. 6d. to £4 2&. 6d.; forward cow, £4 17?. to £5 Bs.; da.iry cows, £4 15s. to £6 2s. 6d.; fat cows. £7 155.; springing heifers, £5 10s. to £7 15s. On August 5, for tho fortnightly e«ale. I had a fair entry of 560 store cattle, 130 dairy cattle, and 361 .sheep in my Stratford yards, with a fmo attendance from oil, parts. There was a strong % demand, with keen competition resulting in a further advance in values for all classes of cattle. In the dairy pens, springing heifers- sold very readily at prices easily £1 per head improvement on ray last sale. With very few exceptions, the whole yarding wae cleared at the following prices:— Mixed yea.rdin.gs, £2 9s. to £2 ICs. 6d.; Jer-sey-Tlolstoin v-carling heifers, choice line, £4 105. 6d„ £3 16s. 6d., £3 165., £3 lis. 6d., £3 lis.; well-grown grade yearling heifers, without colour, £3 ss. and £3 6s. (nice lines), £2 165.; £2 145., £2 13s. 6d. t £2 135., £2 12s. 6d.,.£2 12<s., £2 10s.;, good lines of yearling steers, £2 12s. 6d.' to ;£2 155.; Jersey lino 3, £1 65.; empty two-year steers, £3 18s. to £4 Bs.; Jersey lines, £3 35.; two and a'half-year steers, £4 185.6 d.; empty twentv-month and two-year heifers. £4 9s. 6d.. £4 <<?.. £4, £3 195., £3 175., £3 13s. 6d.; bulls. £2 ss. to £3 17b. 6d.; aged cows, £1 12s. 6d.; F-mall store cows. £2 2s. 6d. to £2 18s.; good store cows. £3 12-5. to £4 65.; forward cows, £4 Is. 6d. to £5 3g. ; fat 1 cows (only few yarded and these not. prime), £6 lc. to £6 65.; two, four, and six-tooth and f.m. ewes in lamb, oft' high country, 165.; culK lis. 7d.; lino of very small and poorconditioned hoggets, ss. 6d. In tho dairy pens, on account of Mr. 11. B. Kidd, a, very mixed herd of cows was offered, tho best selling at from £6 10s. to £7 lSs.; others, mostly stores, £2 12s. 6d. to .£4 12#. 6d.; on account of other vendors, dairy cows brought up to £8 155.; best springing heifers,- £7 to £8 10s.; good; £5 15s. to £6 10s.; l>ackward. £5. On August 6. at Rtony ltiver, there was a full yarding of all olaspes, with;an excellent attendance. The yearling cattle entered were, in most cafes, rough lines, containing bad colours, but notwithstanding said very readily. Store cows and dairy cattle were in good demand. The following prices were realised:— Best yearling steers, £2 10s. to £2 165.: rougher, £2 3s. to £2 te. 6d.: good yearling heifers. £2 9«*. to £2 18*. 6d.: smalle". £1 jfo. to £2 Bs. 6d.; mixed yearlings. £\ Bs. 6d. to'£l 19?.: emnty two-year lieifere (in strong demand), £3 13s. to £4 14?.; two. vea.r £4 to £4 7s. 6d.: bulls, for v-ork, £2 7*. to £2 17<". 6d.: dairy bulls, £6 ss. to'£7; store fow?, £3 1". +o £4 Is. 6d.; forward rows. £4 lis. to. £5 So.; good fM row*. £6 7?. to £7 10'.: heifer*, calved. £4 ICs. to £5 5'.; sp™n«?ing threc-ycnr heifers. £6 ? 3 - 6d. to £6 10s.;.dairy cow«, niarantced. £4 lis. to £6 55.; hoggets, let?. Ed.; &lip pigs, £1 S*.