LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1914, 24 November 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

• Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—We had a very fair entry of sheep and a small yarding of cattle at our Fending sale on Friday, practically all of .which changed hands at' following § prices:—Cull hoggets, 12s. 3d.; medium mixed hoggets, to iss. 9d.; mixed-age ewes and lambs, to £1 4s. 3d.; four and six-tooth ewes with iambs, to £1 to. 6d. Cattle: Store cows, to £3 10s.; forward heifer©, £4 165.; dairy heifers, to.£s; bulls, £3 10a. ' Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report having a good yarding of sheep and a fair entry of cattlo at their Feilding sale on Friday. Quotations: Sheep—Ewes and Jambs, £1 4s. 3d., £1 83. 6d.; forwardjewes, 14s. 6d., 17s. 6d.; mixed- hoggets, 12s. 6d., 15s. • 9d. Cattle: Springing heifers, £4 12s. 6d., £5; empty heifers, £4 16s. 6d.; store cows, £3 10s.; bulls, *£3 10s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams,. Ltd., report on their. Feilding £aie on November 21 as under:—We had a small yarding of both sheep and cattle, which sold , at late rates. • We quote:—Heavy fat ewes and wethers, shorn, 195.; fat .wethers, light, 17s. to 17s. 4d.; Cat ewes, light, 155..3d.; fat woolly ewes, £1 4s. 6d. Cattle: Fat cows, £7 to £8 75.'6 d.; lighter .sorts, £4- 12s. to £6; yearling heifers, £3, £3 12 s ?. 6d.. to £3 175.; forward'store cows, £4 ICs.; bulls. £2 4s. 6d.,£3, £4 10a, to £5 15s. • Messrt?. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.,* report on their Pongaroa sale, held on Thursday, as follows:—Wo had a medium yarding of cattle, and have to report a good sale. We "made-a good clearance, only one pen going out unsold. Quotations:—Yearling, steers, £3.53., £3 6s.* to £4 25.; two-year 6teers, : £3 10s., £4, 'to £4 155.; three-year steers, £6, £6 10$., to £7 Bs.; yearling heifers, ' £2 17s. 6d., £2 18s;,- to £3. No sheep were yarded. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, litd., rep'ortAt Levin, on Friday, all classes of stock met with.keen competition, and a good yarding changed hands at the following quotations:—Fat ewes, £1 2s. 6d. to £1 7s. Id.; ewes and lambs, £1 4s. 6d. to £1 7s. 6d.; forward ewes, 19s. 3d.; hoggets, 16s. Id. to 17s. Id.; two-tooth wethers, 13s. 10d. to 14s. 6d.; fat (shorn), 17s. Id. to 18s. 9d.; three-year fiteere, £6 135.; -two-year steers, £4 to £4 15s. 6d.; fifteen-month steers, £2 195.; yearling steers, <C 2 ICs.; fifteen to eighteen-month halfbred ITolßteini heifers, £3 14s. -6d.; 'eighteen month halfbred Jersey heifers, £4 2s. 6d.; weaner heifers, 30s'. to 365.; fat cows, £5 Bs. to £6 65.;. store cows,-,£2 .109. to £3 3s.j springing cows, £5 to £7: cows in milk, £5 to £10; bulls,. £3 to £6 18s.

. The 'New r Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At our sale _at Levin ; on Friday wo had a 1 heavy yarding of cattle.. A very brisk # tone prevailed throughout, aU lines, showing an advance in prices. .. With the exception of a few. head, we. disposed of .the whole ; of our entry- in vendors' favour. We quote:— Yearling heifers, £2 4e. to £2 lis.; yearling Holstein heifers, to £3 4s. 6d.; yearling steers, to £2 35.; better ditto, to £2 14s. 6d.; twenty-month steers, to £3 7s. 6d.; store cows, to £3 10s.; forward cows, £4 12s. to £4 12s. 6d.; boners, to £2 10s.; cowhand calves, £4 9s. to £4' 17s. 6d.; springing cows, £6 to £6 10s.; cows in milk, to £6' 2s. 6d.;' light fat cows. £4 12s;, £4 -165.; medium, f £s Bs. 6d., £5 145., to £5 175.. Cd.; fat cows, £6, £6 55., to £7; vealoro. to £1 75.; bulls, .£2 55., £Z 10s., £3 18s. 6d, to £4 7s. 6d. ...

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report,;—At Apiti, on Tuesday, we had a small yarding sheep and a fairy yarding of cattle, all selling well at late Tates. Wo quote:—Young ewes with ICO, per cent, lambs, £1 7s. 9d.; empty Hereford heifers, £4 12«. 6d.; empty cows, £2 lte., £3-17s. 6d„ to £4; yearling heifers, £2 145.; two and a half-year steers, £5 75.; springing eows, £5 7s. 6d.; springing heifers. to £5 55.; well-bred two-year Holsteia bull, £11; bulla, £-2 10s. to £3; good store pigs, Jjl lis. 6d.; slips, £1 2s„ £1 &?. 6(1. The firm'also report:—At Fcilding, on .Friday. we had a fair yarding of both sheep and eattle. Thero was a etrong demand for shorn two-tooths and forward cows.' Wo quote;— Aged ewes, with good lambs £l'ss. 3d*.; shorn fat owes. 16s. 6d. to 18s 4d.; fat owea In wool, £1 3s. 7(1.; light fat wethers, shorn, 17s. 4d„ 17s. 6d.; fat lambs, 165.; forward cows, £4 9s. 6d., £4 13s„ to £4 165.;. aged cows, £2 103.; cows . with' calves. £3 2s. 6d.: yearling steers, £2 10s., £3. £3 Is.; yearling heifers, £3 75.; fat lioifcrs. £5 Bs.; light fat cows, £5. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—Wo field our monthly sale at Pongaron, on Thursday, .when wo bad only a small entry of sheep but a good one of cattle. Tho usual attendance of buyers were present, and competition throughout the sale was kern. We made a total cleaxancc at tho following prices.:—Small shorn mixed two-tooths, lis.; two-year steers. £4 ss. to £5; empty heifers, £3 6s. to £4 25.! two and a halfyear steers. £5 Bs.; dairv cows, £4 ss. to £5 55.; bulls, to £4 12s. 6d. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We had a good entry of both sheep and cattle at Eketahuna on Friday, which wo submitted to a good attendance of buyow. Competition for sheep was keen, but cattle were rather dull of sale. Wo aro pleased to report a good clearance at tho following rated:— Woolly lioggots, 15s. 9d. to 17e.; owes and lambs. £1 4s. 9d;. forward shorn ewes, 14s. 5(1.; fair-conditioned do., 12s. 2d.; empty cows, £2 12s. 6d."to £4 55.; yearling heifers, £2 12a. 6d. to £3 45.; yearling steers, to £3 9j.; eighteen-month steers, £4 Is.; bulls, £3 to £3 Bs.; trap and harness, £22.