LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1843, 1 September 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., re* port— :At-our Foil ding sale, on Friday, we had a very good yarding of both sheep and cattle, practically the whole of which changed hands. Small mixed 'hoggots, 9a. lid., lis. 7d., 12s. 2d., to 12s. 9d.; medium mixed hogjets, 13s. lid., 14s. Id. to 14s. lid.; vory fair ewe liopsots, 1&9. Bd. to lfe.; eood wthcr hoggets, to 16s. Id.; good mixed hoggets, to 16e. 5d.; oull breeding' ewes,

id. to 125.; mixed-ape breeding ewca, 16a., 16s. 6d., to 175.; yearling heifers. £2 lis. to £3 2s;; store cows, £2 9s. to £3 6s. to £3 Ha; small two-year-old steorp, to £4; tfobd caloiu'ed two-yeoi* steors, to £5 Is. 6d.; daLry oow6, £5 15s. to £6. iressfra. Dalgety and. Co., Ltd., Palmer* ■ebon North, report having a heavy yarding of sheop and a pood yarding of cattlo at thojr Feilding ?ale on Friday Iflet. Quotations:—Sheop: Medium mixed ihogeets, lis. 7d„ 12s. 2d., 12s. 9d., 13s. lid., 14s. Id.; good

mixed 14s. lid., 16& 5d.; tcood wether hoggets, 16s. Id.; pood ewe bosket*. 15s. td., 165.; owes in lamb, 17?.; cull ewes in lamb, 83. Id. to 125.; email mixed h'ogsots, 9s. lid. Cattle: Eighteen-month eteers, £A\ iwo-yertr-old trteers, £5 Is. 6d.; empty caws, £3 £3 14?.; yenrlin? heiftW3, £2 lis. to £3 25.; cows at drop. £5

15s. to £6. Uh© No'.r Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile Affonoy Company, Limited, rcport:-~At on Friday, wo 'had a fair entry of Rlieep and a heavy yarding of cattle. All lines of*cattle met with a Gtroiijr demand. They emote:—Ewe hoffgets, 15s. Ed'.; small urixed hos-jete, lli*. 7d.;.small yenrliucs. £1 IP?., £1 ycarlin-5 steers, £2 3e. fid.. £2 103., £3, £3 55.; mother-fed yearlings, £3 I 60.; eij'hteionrmontli steers, £3, £3 95., £3 lis.; two-year steers, good, £4 125.: threeyear ateers, £5 18?. 6d.: yMTliin? heifcre, £2 2e. 6d., £2 16s. to £3 os. 6d.;. eichteenHM>nth heifers, 75., £3 lie., £3 12s. Ed.; two-y«ir ieifers, £3 lfe.: fa«f« cows, liffht, £5; pood fat cows, £9 &•., £9 10s.: ft/ire eo\v;.% £2 lis.; forward cowe, £3 16?., £3 193.; STiiorthorn bulls, £4; Jersey bulls, £3 ICe;, £4. , .

Ths.Xew Zealand Loan- and Mercantile Agency .Company, Limited, Teport:—Ait Apiti, on T»'Csda-y, we had a small entry of sheep <tcd a. good yarding of cattle, the latter chiefly springing heifers, which wsre easier in price. We quote:—Mixed hoggets, 13s. 6d.; wether hoggets,. 1%. 6d.; ewe hoggets, 15s. 9d.; two-tooth wethcTO, 18a., 18s. 3d.; crood ewo3 in lamb, £1 16. to £1 45.; pigs, slips. £1 55.; Shorthorn &pringiH'l' heifers, ©ainll, £4 7e. 6d., £4 17r". 6d.; more, forward sorts. £5, £5 55., £5 6d., £6: Jersey cross heifors, £5.'£6 Is., £6 Ift?.; empty heifers, £3 18s.: d«iry cows, £5 to £6; year&iivg pteers l , £3; discoloured ditto, £1 9i-i. to £1 14a.

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited., report:—A't Kim' bolton, on ."Wednesday, we had only a small entry of sheep and co/ttle. Good mixed hoggets made 15*. 4d.; .vnall lambs, ?s.; ewes in la-mbs, £1 os. 3d.: Jersey yearling steers, £1 10s.; good yearling steers, £3 75.; mixed yearlings £3 55,; half-draught mares, £20 10s. to £22 lto. •

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ag-eney Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch), report ac followsOn August 20 we held our monthly saic in our Te Wera yards, when there was only a small yarding of about 50 head of cattle, tho siheap entered not coming forward. Empty heifers sold at £3 Bs. to £3 165.; store cows,* in lines. £3 10s. to £3 155., and up to £5 far forward cowa; small yearling steer 3, £1 7a. 6d. to £2; fat ewes up to £1 2s, # On the eame day we gave a demonstration of stumping with the new explosive "eruptite" on some Largo rimu3 adjacent to the yards, wmch resulted in the stumps being completely destroyed. On Ihiesday, August 26, we held our fortnightly eoie at Stratford, whoa therei were about 350 head of cattle yarded. Yearling Shorthorn heifers, poor condition and small, made from £1 15e. up to £2 163. for fa-ir eat/tic; fair yearling Bteersv made up to £2 166.; coloured yearIng heifers from £3 7s. to £4 10s.; eighteen to 24-monith empty heifers, £3 10s. 6d. t-o £4; two-year steers, £4 ss. to £4 65.; 6toro cows, small and low condition. £1 2s. 6d. to £2 175.; ordinary sorts, £3 53. to £4 fe.; forward cows, £4 96. to £5 lis. for freshconditioned lines. Bulls, smaAl, £2 10s. to £3 6s. In< tho dairy penr, Shorthorn heifers, close to profit and good quA-lity, £6 ICg. to £8; backward and Bra-all. £4 15s. to £6 15«.; Jersey springing heifers, close, £7 15s. to £9 10s.; small and backward, £4 to £7 155.; .dairy cows, ordinary quality,. £5 to £8 5;;.; uged cowe, not in- demand, £5 to £6 10s.

. Messrs., Abraham and Williams, Ltd., roport on their FeUdiing sale held on Friday. fis followsWc ih:ad a- good cnuir of both ehcep and cattle. All sitoek v met with good • competition, practically tho whole of the entry was sold under the haaamcr. \Ve o ll otc: — Good hoggets, Im. Cdi., 16s. lid., to 17ff. fld.; medium 135., 13a. 9d\, to 14s. 6d.: fat ewes. 17s. to 17s. 6d;; empty tm-o-tootJi ewes, 16s. 2d.; aecd ewes, 7s. 6d.; rami, Bs. to 17s. 6d. 'O'attle: Empty cows, £2 10s. to £3 17«.; b«clsiv»ri condition dairy cows, £3 17«. 6d. to £4; empty heifers, £2 16sv to £3 ICVi., Jersey heifers, £5; e i heif* er&, £5 6s. to £5 155.; epnnsias dairy cows, £5 to £7 2s. 6d. 1

Messrs Abraham and . 'Williams, UtL, report:-At Levin on' Friday we offered a good ya-rding of shieep and an- entry of TO lioad of- cattle to a large attendance, llidding throughout the *ele was keen, and all lots ohan'cd hands at the following quotations Pat wethers £i 3s. l°d. .to £1 17s. 6d.; fat ewes, 19s. Bd. to £1 Bs. 9d., ewes in lamb, 17s. 9d. to 19s. lid-: ewes with' lambs at foot, £1 3a to £1 4s. ?d., forward ewes,. 145.; hoffßete, 13e. Id. to 16s. 6d.; mixed two-tooths. 17s. 6d.; fat bullocks, £9 2s" £9 lfe.. £50. te.'6d.: fat cow* £2 to £3 Is.: twenty-month steere, JM 12s.' 6di. to £4 145.; two-year Ftee,ra £5 to £5 ; yeaxling halfbred Holsteui hcifere, £3 13s. 6d. : yearling steers, £2-9s £d. to £3.25. 6d. : yearling heifers, £2 12s. to £2 16s. j springing heifers, £4 10a. to io, mixed £2 7fl. 6d..

Messrs. A. E. Atkineou and Co., Ltd., Feilding. report a large yarding of Ties on Friday, and values higher than- at f.ns tame seasons of other, ye® l ! s ' Poultry made top roles, with unlimited demand for all clasps of birds. They quote :-OuU T/eaner pis?, Us. to ISs.; woll-bred and conditioned, 143. Gd„ 165., 195.: poor flips. 15s. 6d„ 165.; good sorte, £1 to £1 35.; f.tores, £1 55., £1 65., £1 75., £1 to.; IMW Djrkere, £1-173. Poultry (per pair); Hens, us. 9d., 4s. 3d., 4s. 6d„ is; 9d., ss. 3d., fa. 6d.. cockerels, poor, 3s. 6d.; good, to 6d. to ss. 6d.; rooc-.ters, <s. 6d.. 55., fc. 3p.. 6s. to 8.1.; ducks, os. to 65.; turkey gobblers 165.; hens, 145.; pigeons, Is. 6d. S-F- Plourti, £3 IDs. Table potatoes, 7s. 6d. to Bs. bd.; sjed, lZs. to 15s. per sack; ryegrass seed, Ss. to 3s. per bushel; pressed hay, £4 to £4 103. per toil; straw, £3 103.; oatenshea! ointf, £4 155.; oats, 3s. 3d. to M. 6d.

Mr. Newton King reports:—On August Z1 at Toko, lor Mr. Jos. Law's clearing sale, there was an excellent uttcndajice of tho public. 'f'he herd of cowg <xmta.med a good number of tho best quality Holetein and' Jersey caws. Tho iine of 69 sola very readily, ami nvorttjod £9' par head, a very. g btiafoctory price, considering over liajf tlio number were second calvcre. Choice cowa sold at from £12 103. to £16; food sorts, from £8 Its. to £11; late calvera, £6 ss. to £7 10s.; ouiply oovts, £1 to £4 lfe.; email second calvers, £5 to £7 55.; choice springing heifers, £12 t0,£15; good spring±'S' 15s.' to £8 10s.; small, £4 Cs. lo £6 lloistein bull, £7; Jersey bull. £5; empty heifers, £4 So.; yearling heifere, with pood deal of colour, £5 Bs.; f.m. ewes in lamb, 15s. 6d.; culls, Bs.. At Itahotu yard's, on August a pleurinc sa!o was held *>n account of Mr. Murray Boro. Tho c.iws were a line line, and sold under keen bidding. . 'lite' herd of S3, which included about 12 calved heifers, 'making a line average of £9 5j.; choice young cows sold at from £11 10s. to £15 10;.; good cows, at from £8 IEo. to £10 10s.; cows carrying

rather much age, X 6 ss. to £9 10s.; late cal'vers, £5 fei to £8 10s.; empty cows, £■! to £4 10s.; springing heifers, from £Es. 2s. 6(1. to £7 2s. 6a.-, pedigree Jersey bull, ; grade Jersey )mli. £5; Khorthoru bull, £8 Ifa.; yearling heiloiH £2 18s. 6(1. and £2 19?. 6d.; calves,-3s. to 16s. At Uirouui .there was a very heavy entry of dairy cattle, of which 149 were cleared at the hammer. Tho herd of 19 cows offered on, account of Mrs. S. Harsh, TJnuti, woro a very nice lot, averaging £10 E\s>. Ohoice.it cows sold a<t from £12 to £15 IC-s-.; good cowr-, £9 15s. to £10 103.: aged cows, £5 10s. end £6; two-(]ua.rter cows, £5. The- springing heifers yarded woro a particularly fine lot-, mostly Shorthorn, but some choice Jorsey ivero offered. Competition was keen throughout, especially for tho best quality heifers. A very nice Jersey ltcifor rto.lisod £15; other Jerseya £7 ss. to £8 10s.; beat SliortlLorn. heifer_s, £7 ss. to £8 15?.; heifers (backward), £5 ss. to £6; small, £4 2s. 6(1. to £5 ss.;' dairy cowfi, up to £7 53. 'for a good yarding of s-toro cattle there was excellent competition, practically the whole entry being cleared at tho hammer «s follows Store cows, £3 12s. 6d. to £4 65.; forward cows, £5 Is. to £5 155.; fat cows. £6 7s. 6(1. to £7 17s. 6(1.; mixed twenty-month cattle, £3 1?.». 6u.; empty heifers, £3 lfa to £4 5s ; nice pen of cood*coß(lil.io'ncd tlirooycar bullocks, £6 17s. Cel.; mixed yearlings. small, £2 Ib.i yearling steei-a,* (rough), £2 6s. 6(1.; >earlmg heifers, £2 lis. to £2 17s. 6(1.; nice pen of 10 .Torsey-Holsteiu yearling heifers. $3 18» On AiiKUivt 26, at Eahot.u. there was a good en tlx The f«» ™-rding. w,th the exception of a pen of bad-colouied t } en - lings, cleared at.the liammar or privatdy at the follnwine prices;— Yearling steers, £2 HK to £2 16s. 6<t., ared «■ wellgrown, line of 70; ye-oirliiig heifew choice £4 5f1.: f?6od to. £3 17.4. 6(1.;' small « rn A cs ,-. ;E2 iirti-frTc "to £3 12s. j bti«lw» £2 Is. to £9 5s for a"ffood jwlfng Ifolstcin; store K'isVto 6,1.; fn.l cow * s.; winding heifers, from £5 10s. lo £3 10.-., rtairv cowf, £4 15s. to £6 I.oa. .On August 27, for Mr. i!. Clemows at Omalu.. there was a good attendance. Comnot.ition for the sheep was very keen, each line soiling at- top price. lho dairy herd ros not up to -expectation, the cows hav

iuff been in l milk eince May oiid .Time, and foFd accordingly. Some very nice springin" he if era wore offered, theso sellmpr from £6 to £8 59.; dairy co\v«, from £1 ss. to £8 55.; empty hoifors, £3 16 s. 6(1 ; yearling haiftrs, £3 le.; yearling steers (rough), £2 Os. 6d.; oalves, 10?. to £1 Is.; f.f.m. ewee in lamb lfe. 7di; Hampshire ewes and lambs, £1 fe; good Jine of woolly hoggets, lfe. 4d.; two-tooth wethers, 175.; Email hoggets, 93. 9d.; f.m. ewes, IC-e. 6d.