LIVE STOCK BALES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1891, 28 October 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK BALES

Mr. _ Newton King's weekly stock repori contains the followingAt tJrenui or Monday, October 20,' I had a full yardinc of cattle, and eight pcn3 of Bhccp. Jcreey yearling heifers, well-grown, but nol too good in colour, £i <s. to £3 fc.; grade yearling heifers, £2 Bs. 6d. to £2 IBs.; small, £1 153. to £2 25.; mixed yearlings, £3 IBs.; yearling 6teers, £2 16s. 6d. to £i Bs. 6d.; yoarliup Jersey bulls, £1 10s. tc £2; yearling l well-bred Shorthorn bull. £6 dairy bulls, £6 to £7: nice lined of twoyear coloured heifers, empty, £4 lEa.; grade two-year empty heifers, £t 12s. to £3 183.; two-year steers, small, £4 2s. and £3 10s., for a coloured line; cows and calves, £4 12?.; store cows, £3 15s. to £' 165.;, for good-conditioncd cows; small store cows,, £2 16s. 6d. to £3 10s.; aged cowa £2; fat cows, £6 6s. to £6 145.; thrcc-yeai bullocks, £6; eives and lambs, 215.; ator< wethers, IBs. 3d.; miiod ewes and wethere 19s. 4d.; hoggeU). 13s. 9d„ 13s. 6d„ 13s. 4d:; pack horsea and raddles, £3 2s. 6d. Ii the dairy pens I had 66 springing heifers and cows. • Ohoieo Jersey springing cow, £12 Ss.; others, £3 17s. 6d. to £7 155.; springing heifers, £7 15a.. £7 10s„ £7 U 6d„ £7 55., £7, £6 12s. 6d., £6 7s. 6d.. £6, £5 17s. 6d„ £5 15s„ £5 12s. 6d„ £6 10b.. £5i £4 15s„ £4 12s. 6d., £3. At Rahotu on Tuesday I had a fair yarding of cattle. Grade yearling heifers, up to £3 35.; Jersey yrarling heifers, £4 10s.; nice lino oi well-grown yearling heifers, with eomo colour. on account of Morrow's Estate. £2 145.; yearlinj steers, £3 25.; two-year steers, £4 to £4 4s. 6d.; railed yearlings, mostly steers, but bad coloured, £2 Is.; two-yeai ompty heifers, £4 2s. 6d.; yearling bulls, £1 15a. to £2; >storo cows, aged, £2 75.' , 6i1, to £2 145.; good store cows, £3 14s. to £< 12s. 6d.; fat cows, £5 15;. to £6 10s.; Holstcin. dairy bulls, £10, £7. £5; Jersey dairy bulls, £12 10a. and £10; Shorthorn dairy bulls, £10, £6 165., £5; springing heifers, small, £3 17s. 6d. to £5 15s. In my springing heifer yards at Stratford on the tamo day I had good competition for heifers showing duality and close-up. Heifers, £12, £10. £9 155.. £7 10s.. £7 55.. £7, £6 155., £6 103., £6 7s. 6d„ £6 ss„ £6 2s. 6d„ £6, £5 155.. £5 12s. 6d.. £5 ID*., £5 ss„ £4 17s. 6d.; cows, £8 15s„ £8, £7 55.. £7. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report;—Wo held our annual spring cattle fair in tho Paliiatua Farmers' Association yards on Friday, when wo offered a veTj- heavy yarding of, oil classes of cattle. Owing to tho recent wet weather and tho flooded state of the rivers quito a number of the cattlo advertis did not come forward. However, our yarding was Quito a representative one and ,under tho hammer, and privately afterwards, wo disposed of the bulk of our entry at prices eatiefactory to vendors. Wo had a line of very choice yearling Jersey-cross heifers, bred and offered by Mr. Prank' Cress-well, of Balance, and theso met with capital competition, being knockcd down at £4 135., which is beliovcd to bo a record price for tho sea-son. We sold fat bullocks (light weights), to £6 15.3.: fat cowa, from £6 to £6 lCs.; three and four-year-old store btillocks, to £6 Bs.; two and a half to threeyear steers, £5 9s. 6d., £5 10s., £5 15a,, to £5 17s. 6d.; three-year bullocks, £6 to £6 55.; two-year-old emoty heifers. £3 16s. to £4; two-year Polled Angus heifers, to £5 63.; yearling Shorthorn and Hcreford-cross steers, to £4 7<?. 6d.; yearling Shorthorn heifers, to £4 55.; mixed yearlings, £2 10s. to £3 55.; cowa at drop, £5 15s. to £6: springing "heifers, £3 15e. to £5 12s. 6d.; empty two-year dairy heifers, from £3 lis. to £3 165.; yearling dairy heifers, from £3, £3 10a., to £4 135.; email sorts, £2 ss. to £2 155.; small yearling steers. £2 2*». 6d. to £2 155.: empty store cows, frnm £2 10s.. £3, to £3 65.; stairs,'up t0..£5 65.; bulls, from £3 15s. to £5 ss.