LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1938, 22 December 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At our Feilding sale on' Friday we had a fair yarding of sheep and a good entry of cattle. There was a very good demand right throughout, and following arc quotations.—Slixed woolly sheep 16s. Id.; mixed hoggets, 16=. 5d.; ewe 3 and iambs, to £1 Je.; yearling heifers, £2 ltls., £3, to £3 10s.: 2-year steer's. to £5 5=.; yearling steers, £3 95.; empty cows. £4 l3s.s 3-year steers, £6 17s. 6d.; iisht fat cows. £5 ss. to £5 9s. 6d.; tat cows, £6 10;. to £7 Bs.; heavy fat cows, ,£8 75.; springing heifers to £7; best quality, to £5.

The New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Dannovirke, report ns follows on the sale held in the Miller's Itoad yards on Friday ;-only a, very moderate entry of sheep came forward, but there was au exceptionally heavy yarding of cattle principally grown bullocks. There wore no appreciable chaugo in tlio priccs for sheep, but cattle under keen competition inado exceptionally good prices, resulting in practically a complcto clearance of the whole yarding. We nuote:—Pat heifers, to £7 10s.; fat cows. £7 ss: to £6 fa.; store cows, £4 19a. to £3 17a.

lho Xcw Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report :-r-A.t Feilding, on Friday wo had a small entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle, which met with a good sale. Quotations:—Sheep: Medium 2-tooth ewes, 14e.; medium 2-tooth wethers, 15s. 4d.; cull 2-tooths, mixed, 9s. Id. Cattle: flood woaners, £1 10d.; yearling heifers, £3 7.v 6(1.; yearling steers, £2 95.; 18-moiiths heifers £3 lis. to £4 45.; 18-months Hoistein heifers, £4 17s. 6d.; springing heifers, —5 lfe. to £6 17s. 6d.; springing cows, £6 55.; old cows. 235. Gd. to £2; store cows, £3 16s ; Tat and forward cows. £4 19s. 6d. to £5 55.: bulls, £2 Its. to £4 17s. Gd.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Feildiug sale, hfcld December 19;— We had a small yardinj of both sheep and cattle, which eold a t "late rates. We ciuote:—Four-tooth wo'.hers, 17s. 6u.; 2-tooth wether#. 16s. 2d.; fat 2-tooths 17s. 2d.; aged shorn cwe3 and Jambs, Bs. lid. Cattle: Forward cows, £'4 to £4 7s. Gd.: cows in mills, £6 to £7; yiarline lieifera, £2 15s. to £3 10s.; 2-year Jersey'bulls, £2 ss. to £2 10s.; wcansr hcites, £1 Is.

Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd.. Dannervikc, report, havine held their Inst sale of live stock for 1913, in the association's yards oil Friday. ' There, wna a full yardiuj; of cattle and a medium one of sheep, which were offered to a le,Vso attendance of buyers. Bidding was keen throughout, at prices ill advance of laa'o sale. A fino line of shorn owes was oftY-red oil account of Mr. H. F. Johnston, of ft'aitahora, aud realfecd tho satisfactory prices of 13s. sd. to 19s. Id. A lino of fat wethers averaged £1. Wo (luote:—Fat ewes, lfa. Id.. 175., tßs. sd„ 19s. Id.; fat wethers, £1; fat lambs. 12s. 6d.; 2-tooth wethers, 145.; 2J-ycar steers, £5 12s. 6d.; 18-znonth steers £4 10s.; ISmontii steers, £2 12s. to £4; 3-year steers, £6 19e. to £7; Etore. cow;, £3 19s. 6d.