LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 21 October 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Mr. Newton King reports :-0u October 10, at my Valwdkaibo yards, I hud. a heavy entry of all classes. Competition for storo cattlo waa slack, but Improved on good springers, tlio best of these felling . readily. 1 supply prices Small yearling i heifers, with eome colour, £1 18s. to. £2 6s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 4s. to £2 155.; coloured yearling heifers, £3 Ea. to £4 25.; yearling steers, £2 Us. to £3; '/-year steers with somo ooloul', £3 14s. to £4; mixed yearlings, £2 llis.; empty 2-year heifers, . £3 15s. to £4 35,; small Btore cows or aged, £2 to £3 fc.; good store cows, £3 12s. 6d. to £4 25.; yearling bulls, £1 2s. 6d. to £2 165.; good dairy bulls, £4 to £6 15a.; best springing heifers, £7 to £S 7s. 6d.; good heifers. £5 ss. to £6 7s. 6d.; poor sorts, £3 to £4 7s. 6d.; best dairy cows, £6 It's, to £9; others, £4 2s. 6d. to £5 15s. At Kaponga, on the same day, there was a fair entry and a good 'attendance. Yearling heifers realised from £2 ss. 6d. to £3 7a. 6d.; email storo cows or aged, £2 19b to £3 Es.; good store cows, £3 lis. to £4 125.; fat cows, £6 15s. to £7; bulls, from £2 to £6; springing lieifers, £4 lfe. to £5 Stf.; dairy cows, £5. On Monday, at Douglas, I had a full voiding of .cattle, j with several pens of sheep, Uidding opened rather quiet, but improved during tho sale and 1 was able to clear, practically tho' full yarding at oatisfaetory pnecs. Yearling lieifers made £2 19?., £i 19s. 6d., £2 15s. 6d„ £2 155., £2 125., £2 10s., £2 5s ; yearling steers, £2 16s 6d. and —17.., mixed ycariiugs, £2 4s. 6d.; Zi;ycar steers, £4 19s. 6u.; empty' 2-year heiftrs, £3 It's, to £4; aged store cows, £2 10s. to £3 65.; store cowd, £3 18s. to £4 lis.; .forward cows, £5 Us.; fat cows, £8; fat heifers, £5 75.; 31-year bullocks. £6 lis.; fat bullocks, £8 ss. and £B IBs.; bulls, £4 to £6; springin" heifers, £4 ss. to £6 55.; dairy cows, £5 7s. 6d. to £7; hoggets, 13s. 9d„ lis., 10s. 4d.; culls. ss. fid., and ss. 9d. On tho snino day, at Oakura, I conducted a clearing silo on account, of Messrs. Williams llros. The herd of cows was a very mixed line, mostly (lid, and. all low in condition. A few of the vounger cows sold lit from £7 to £8 165.: others. £2 17s. feL to ss *«.,