LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1849, 8 September 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having Jiad a fair entry of cattlo at their l'almcreton Nortli Falo on Thurs-da-y, practically all of which chaugcd haudd at tho following prices Medium quality dairy heifers, £5 Is. to £5 7s. 6d.; store cows, to £4 55.; small bad coloured yearling steers, £2 2s. 6d. llessrs. 'Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston .North, - report having a fair entry of ehecp and a good yarding of cattlo at their Fciiding sale on Friday. Springing heifers, £4, £4 10s., £5 2d. (3d., £6 ?£. 6U., £7,. £8 159.,. £8 17s. 6d.; springing cows, £3 65., £4 Is. 6d.,' £7 &*., £9; 2-ycar steers, £4, £4 75., £4 13s. 6d. ' Slessrs.' Dalgety aud Co., Ltd., Dannevirke, report lia-ving offered a medium entry of sheep and cattle at the Dannovirko sale on Friday. The entry in sheep priaof medium hoggets, which only met with a limited demaud. In cattle they olTerod a few- pens of medium two to tkreo-yearfoid steers, but competition for this c1a.33 of stock was not quite up to vendors' ideas of prices. Sheep: Medium hoggets 12s. 6d. to 13s. 6d.; fat ewes to 20s. 6d. Cattle: Fat cows. £6; guaranteed dairy cows at drop, £6 155.; 2-year steers. £2 10s. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency.Company, Ltd., report:—At Feilding on Friday we had a good entry of sheep and a heavy, yarding of cattle. Competition was good throughout, and wo have to report a total clearance of all lines at very satisfactory prices; Sheep: Medium ewe hoggete, 14s. lid. and 155.; medium wether hoggets, 145.,6d.:t0 15s. 4d.; forward ewes, 163. 6d. Cattle: Small yearlings, 375.; yearling heifers, £2'7s. 6d.,. £2 165., £2 183. to £3; 18-months heifers, £3 145.; 2-year heifers,'£3 10s., £3 12s.' 6d.; yearling steers, £2 .16a., .£3 45.; 20-months steers. £4 6t_*.; 2-year steers, good line, £5 75.; forward cows, £4 25., £4 55.-, £4 83. 6d.; light fat cows, £5; store cows, 355.; springing heifers, backward, £4, £4 10s. to £5 55.; 2-year Jersey bulls, £4-17s. 6d.' and £5; S.U. bull, £4 Zs. 6d.; Hereford -bull, £5 17s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At our Feilding sale, held on Friday, we had a medium entry of both sheep and cattle, which sold at late rates. We quote: —Sheep: lteot hoggets, lfa. sd. to 16s. 2d.; mixed hoggets, 13s. 6d. to Us. Bd.; fat ewes, 2tis. 3d., 21s. 4d. to 21s. 6d. Cattle: Yearlings, heifers, £2 14s. 6d.; yearling steers, £2 9s. to £3 18s. 6d.; springing cows, £6 to £9 lOi.; baekv/ard calvers, £4 Id. to £4 ss.;'Jersey bull, £6. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Shannon on Friday we yarded large entries of both 6heep and cattle, and have to report a highly successful sale. Sheep: Fat wethers, 225. 6d.; ewes iu lamb, 18s. 6d.; ewes witii jambs at foot, £1 Is. to £1 10s. 6d.; forward 2 and 4tooth wethers, 19s. Id.; forward ewes, 125.; good hoggets, 15s. Id., 15s. 4d. to 16s. 2d.; medium quality hoggets, lis. 9d., lis. 10d.; small hoggets, 9e. id. to 10a. 9d. Cattle: Two-yoar steers, £4 12a. 6d.; 25-year steers, £5 6s. to £5 ICa.; fonvard cows, £4 45.; .mixed yearlings. £2 14s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £3 og. 6d. to £3 2s. 6d.; mixod .weaners, £2 33., £2 4s. 6d.; weaner heifers, £2 18s. 6d.; small weanere, £1, 6s. 6ri. tos £2; empty heifers, £3 10s.. 6d.; 'springing heifers, £5 53., £5 10s. Figs: Porkers, 335., 355., £2, £2 4s. 6d.; store pigs, 18s., £1, £1 55., weaners, 12s. ' \ Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd.j report having held their fortnightly stock sale at Dannevirke last week. Thero was a good attendance of buyers, but prices were hardly up to the last aalee. Fat ewes, £3s. 6d.; mixed sex hoggets, from 125., 15s. 6d., and 175.; fat cows, up to £5 ll\j.; fat bullocks, £8; empty heifers, from £3 23. to £3 IO3.; cows .on drop, to- £1U 2s. 6d.; yearling steers and heifers, £2 4a.: porkers, up to 3Ds. Mr. Newton King's weekly report includes the following:—On Tuesday, at my Stratfiord yards, there was a very good.entry of both cattle and sheep, with a fair'attendance of the public. There was a strong demand for good store and forward cows. Yearling heiters were yarded in big numbers, jthe inquiry being very quiet. Some good lines of yearling steers were entered, these being passed at the hammer, although business was done privately. Sales were made at the following prices:—Coloured yearling heifers, £3 lis. to £3 175.; grades, £2 4s. 6d. to £2 175.; bulls, £2 ss. to £4 7s. 6d.; empty 2-year heifers, £3 13s. 6d. to £4 12s. for coloured heifers; small store cows, £2 ss. to £3 2s". 6d.; store vows, £3 18s. to £4 143.; fat cows, light, £6; *lr year steers, £4; yearling steers, £2 123. to ,£3 25.; f.m. ewes, in lamb, 13s. 6d.; small hoggets, 10s.; 4 aud 6-tooth fat and.forward wethers, 19s. Bd. • In- the cattlo pens, 011 tho same day, dairy cows, on account 01 Mr. W. Gleoson, Whangamomona, sold at prices from £7 to £9 10s. for best cows; others, aged) or late calvers, £4 7s. 6d. to £6 55.; on account of Mr. A. Cleaver, Whangamomona, good cows, up to £8 103.; others, practically stores, £3 153. to £4 10s. On account of other vendors, dairy cows, from £8 to £10 lfe.for best; others, from £5 to £7; best springing heifers, £6 10s. to £7 153.; others, £5 to £6. At Stony River yards on Wednesday thero was a good entry and attendance, with a good inquiry, and competition for all lines, with the exception of several pen-3 of yearling heifers. Mixed yearlings made £2 6s. to £2 9s. 6d.; good lines of yearling steers, £2 Is. Bs. to £2 19s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 12s. to £2 15s.} bulls, £4 10s. to £5; 2-year steere, £3 l£e. to £4 55.;; 2?year empty heifers, £3 169. to x £4 2s. ,6d.; good store cows, £4 Is. to £'i 75.; email, £2 2s. to £3 45.; forward cowe, £4 la. 9d. to £5 10s.; fat cows, £7 93.; forward-, bullocks, £7; dairy oews, on account of Mr. J. Westgarth,- from £6 ss. to £14; store, £3 10a. to £4 15a-' On account of sundry vendors:—Dairy cows, £7 6s-. to £9; springing heifers, £5 to £6 10s.; blip pigs, 193. to £1 Bs. 6d.