LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2003, 10 March 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

The- New Zealand-'Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd;, roport:-At the weekly L-alo held on March 6. at. Kilter's lload yards, a. heavy yarding-of sheep and a, lair yarding of ■ cattle wae submitted to a. good attendance of buyers. Billing was keen for all classes of sheep, prices bmiiK well maintained. , ■ Cattle'sold well at.lato rates:—) and 6-tooth ewes. 15a. 8d.;" 4-year owes, 14a. 6d.: 4-toolh to full-mouthed cwra. 1«3. 7d.; 4 and 5-ycar low-conditioned ewes. Us.; cull ewes, Bs. 9d.; fat cwea, lie.; shorn lambs. 11b. M.. cull lamb*, 6s. 3d.; mucd wcauers, ,£J.;wcaner pigs, 13s. to 15s. 6(L

Jlr. Ivewton lune reports :-0n March 2, at Douglas, for my supplementary sheep fair nnd cattle sale I had a heavy entry. Ihere a fino attendance, and I was able to clear, tho full yarding. Prices obtained were:—TVell-srown weaner heifers, £1 65.; mixed wcaners, £1 7b. ; weaner Bteers, £1 9s. 6d. to £t 11s.; em»ty heiFers. £3 7s. to. £3 96. 6d.; 15 to 18-months hoifers. £1 11s. to £2 5?.;15-month3 steers, £3 75.; 2J-year steers. £5 4s. 6d.; fat cows. £6 11s. <? £7 4 S V torw "d cows, £5 17e., £5 155.", £5 ys- £5 125.. £5 95., £5, £4 10s.; etore cows. £4 Iβ., £i 165., £3 75., £3 65.; hulls, £Z 7s. to £6; fat lambe (woolly), 15s. 2d.; fat owes. 15s. 3d.; lambs, 9s. Bd., 9s. 3d., Bs. 6d., Bs., 7s. 4d., 6s. 7d.,.65. 2d., se: lid., 4s. 6d., 4=. Jα., 35., Zs, 7d.; 2-tooth owes feood), 15s. to 14s. lM.i fair litie, Ks. ; smaU, 11?. lCd. to Hβ. Id.; good 2 and 4-tooth wethers. 15s. 6d., Jμ. 4d., 15s. 2C 155.. 14s. Id.; 4tooth wethers. 16s. lCd.. to Wβ. 4d. : f.m. ewes. 9s. lid.. 9 31 , ■ Bβ.-, 65.-7 d., 6s. 6d., &3. 5d.; 6tooth and f.f.m. ewes (nice lines), 145., 14s. 3d-, Ko. Id.; fresh full-niid f.ui. owes, 103. Ml.'to-Us. 6d.; rama, 1 to ljgns.; aged rams, fe. 3d. to 15s. At. Stratford, on Tuesday last, 1 had a fair entry of both cliccp ■ and cattle. CompetitJon for , tho former was quiet, but all eattlo yarded, with tho exception of two pons, were sold at tho hammer. . Competition on Roodconditioncd cowa and hulls was well maintamed. - Several pens of wcaners were yarded, one particularly fino line of -30 sfsore (all Shorthorns) realising £2. These were tho best weaner etccrs seen fn *ieso yards ' for ' eomo' years. Pricee;—Jlixcd weandrs, £1 2s. 6d. to £1 75.; weaner hei|crs, £1 95.-for colour; grades. £1 6s. 6d., £1 6d., £1 4s. 6d., £1 2g.,6d.; 15 and <6-raontlis st? 0 . 1 !?' £3 4e. 6d.; ycai'liiiK coloured heifere, £2 125.; in-calf heifers. £3 17s. 6d.: aprini;niß heifers (small), ;£3 10s.; 2i-ycar steers, £o srf.; bulls; £5 to £8 lCs.;. forward and fat cows,' £6 Sβ. 6d., £6 55., £6 45., £6 33.. £5 165., £5 135., £5 9sl, £5 Bs.; aged-cows. £1 lα. 6d:. to £2 11s.; cows .and.calves, £5 155.; f.m. ewc3, 10s. 2d.; cull ewes, ss. Ltd.; cull lambs, Je.;-2-tooth ewes, 14s. Bd. At Stony ■River, -on, Wednesday, last, tUero was a fair entry, whet- sold as follows:—Weancr stesre, £1 10s., £1 6s. 6d., 175., 145., 5b.; weaner heifers, £1 65., 18s. 6d.; mixed wean-' era, £1 7s. 6d., £1 fa.; 15-months empty heifer, £2 2. to £2 8.; Holstoin 13-month heifers, £3 95.; spriuzinK heifers, £4 176. 6d. to £6 7s. 6d.; dairy cows, £5 12s. fd.: pedigree Jersey bull. TSgnE.: bulls. £4 to £8; yearling bulls, £2 7s. 6d. to £2 155.; 15 to 18-monthfi steers, £3, os. 6d. to £3 Bs.; S-V:-ward and fat cows, £5 6s. to £6 10s.; «toro cows. £3 3s. to £4 3s. fid.; aged cows £2 to £2 106.; f.m. ewes, 10s.; fat ewes. 15s. Id.; good woolly lambs, lls. 10d.; shorn lambs. Bs. 2d. On" the same day. at Pohokura, for my annual sheep fair, there was a good entry of sheep, of which I every head at the following, prices:—Lambs. So. 5d.. Bs., fe 2d.; and 4-tooth ewes, 15s. Id.; f.f.m. ewes; 13s. 7d., 11s. 10d.. 11s. 3d.. Us.; f.m ewes, 1te.,7d., lCs. Id., 10s., 9.3. 9d.. Tβ. Id., 75.. fe. 9d., sa. 2d., 45.; fat and forward ewes, 145.; 2 and <Mooth wethers, 16,?. 7d.; rams, from 11 to 2:?n<;.; and aged rams, from is. 6d. to 10s. 6d.