LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2014, 23 March 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalfrety nnd Co., Ltd., report li.av-' ins; held their usual fefocls eftte ftt P'alnjerstou North last week, when thev offered a. fair yardinj of stock to a. larso attendance of 1 buyers. Jfedluw lamK? 8?. 4d., Bs. lid., to 9s. 6d.; t«o -and o. Jialf-voaT steers.' £5 10s.; ei<jhtee'n-raotlth-3 steeM, .« 5'.: cows nnd calves, £5 !«..: store co'w.i, $A 155.; yearling steers, ffl £os.; wcanw htifers, £1 13a.

Messrs. Dal?cty and Co., Ltd,, TSpOrt hatinc held their .weskly stock sffile at, Feildinn on Friday, when they offttsd.e. sood yardins of stock to e. fair atten.divSc.e, Cull poor condition, 4.i, Ml. to 6's. 2:d.: Eound-mouth ewce, fair condition, 13s. 2d', to lis. "d.; four to, ms end fresh full? mouth ewes, 1 155.; four-year owes. Ife.: t*otooth wethers, 16s. 7d,; Soitthdovm- l&mbs, lis. 7d. On, account of Hr. )}. (J, FortUfte, in conjunction with the Xpw Z&tenQ hotm and jrcrcantile Agency Co., litd!.-"fenr-tooth Komney ewes. £1 Is.; four-tocSh i"!»i----den ewes, 9d.; two-tooth , ewes, 16s. 7d„: two-tooth wethers, 16s, Ed.: tiro «iul ?, V-<ilf to three voar gtscrs. .-?5 3s. 6d.; fat co'wa, £6 95.; fat heifers, £4 Us.

3fessr3. Dalgety acd Co., Ltd,., reuort hayiup; held their usual'■ sleek eofe at Man(ra,wcka on March 19, when ihey offered «, full yarding of sheep afid-.a fair yard> ins of cattJo to o, largo atlcndoiwic of the public. Prices realised w-c.ro well t» to late sales. Two-tooth tvethers, Ife, 16s. Sd., 16-j. 6d. to 17s. 3d.; four.ycar ewes, 135.; two-tooth evres, Ufl. to 165.; somui-uiouth, ■medium o.uality ewes. 9s. to lfe.; medium shorn lambs, 9s. to 10s,: fit ewes. 1&s. Id,; maiden four-tooth ewe?. 16s. fd.: eiilS ewes, 4s. Id.; fat cows. f5 Ms. to £Z; eißhteen- '■ months atcers, £3 195.; cows with calves, £4; bulls. £2 Us.; weaner steers and Heifers, £2 73. 6d. Jleser* Dalirety nnd Co., Ltd., report on tholr Dannevirko cale as fisli'ows:—A medium entry of sheep and. A -small yarding of cattle were offered to a ir-ocsd attsiidance of buyers. The demand fur ghesu throughout was good l , t£u? reported easier tone in., outside csarfctts, and there was a total cit nricos well up to recent soles'' re-parts. In conjunction with the Hawke's Bay Farroow. wo offered a particularly fine line of 6EO five-year Komney ewe-i Atffwhso. «-n account of Messrs. Hortgifl nnd Knisht.. which realised the satisfactory prie-e of 17s. The shorn wether tamUs from tha same place were also ya.r<fel in uaod order, and topped the mai'lisf. selling at from lis. to 12s. 4d. Pov rattle tlievb was only a limited demand, but a wit ! 'f | jctnry clearance was effected. Bheep: Cnl! femhfl, 4a. Id. to 5?. 6d.: me-!ium lambs, to 7s. 6d.; best, lambs. 9s. 4d., lis., t 0 t2s. 4d.; fat lambs, to l'-s. 9<1.: full-mouth ewes, 9s. 2d. to lis. 4d.; sound breeding ewes, mixed ages, up to four-year-olds.. 15s. to lfi-'. Id.: flve-vcar Eomney ewes, 175.; fat ewes. T*j. 9d. to 15s. 3d. Cattle: Luw-oon. (litioncd yearling heifers, V&s. 6d. t« £2 10s.: eighteeu-months do,. $Z 145.; yearlinc steers. £3 Us.: eighteen.months do., ta £4?s. Messrs. Dulgety and Co.. Ltd., report having held their fortniffiii.ly sale iu the Upper Hutt yards on Thursday, wllen a heavy yarding of both «heef> and cattle, camo forward. Buyers attended in satisfactory numbers, nnd for sheep very animated bidding took ivUi.ce, prices all through being much in vendors' favour, Wethers wok especially well competed for, as wore alfa good lambs avid breeding ewe,?. Tho linn disposed of every- thin under the hammer to nninvttctl competition, Cnl'flo met with n slightly dragifing nale. Iml el-tho end of tho day the firm hicrcedod in disrAisin:: of Bios't of '.H" pii'i-y. Two nnd rour-toolb wethers, ijs. Id. to 17s. Bd.; two-tooth, to f.f.in. e«es, t4a, to 15:.

3d.; eve lambs, lis. Id,; (rood shora laraba, %■>. Id, to 10»,; simt3l shorn lambs. 6a. lfkl. io 75.. Ed.; store ewes, 3s. 7d. A Ksc of prinie fat ewes tho sati.T.f<i.ciflry price of l?s. 7d. Lincoln and Eomrtey two-tooth rams, .1} to 2gns. Cattle: Good ejirtflcitiK cows. -BISi good »!>riiiKiiiE heifer?, £7 16?. tn £9; cows iii milk. R'l to J?18: niatc cows. £5 to Si 151 i.i coivs m etilf, H 3ts.; [ ycarliiia cattle, M ss. The Kow Zc«l:inri Loan and Mercn.ntilo Asency Co., Ltd.. report!—At Feilrfins on Friday we liad a, good wiry of tihoen .ind cattle, and ltovc to report a eie-iranco at late values. Quo)»tio«»:--Shtop: Tivo-tooth ef,'t«, 15s. 7d.; fom--t'jotli cvtci.?, !6s. Sd.; four-tooth RiHUney uvces, sood, 215.; four end .Uve-ycar ewes. lS.ii. 3d.; old ewes, 7s. 4d. to 9s. Id.; forward ewes, 12s. 3d.; twotooth, wethers. 16s. 2d., -lfe. 4(1., lfe. Ed., to !fa. Sd.; cull two-tooth wetltwu. iJs. f4. Cattle: lrcancrs, 255. to 3Ct'.: nld cows, Hi. 6d.: emoty heiters, £.1 17s. to £3 12s. 6d.; eowa with calves, £3 ss. to £4 125.; lieitcrs, .r.'.v.b., £3; three-year steers, £7. Jfessrs. Abrahaut and IVillwms, I,td„ report on their Feil'din? Bile held en Friday, March 20-;--W« had a very h-envy yardlßg J of botli eheep and cottlo. All fitocl; met-' with a. Hood demand, and we sold practically the whole of out antry under the fcumuner at current pristw. We mioie; Four and five-year ewes, lis.,' lis. lid., 12s. 3d,. 13s. 9d., to 15s, Id.: iv-o, three ami four-year ewes, 15s. 3d., liti, Sri.. to Ks. 7d.; four-year owes, 15s. ts Hs. 6f1,; six-tooth ewes, 16s. ICd.; four-tooth owes, I's, ICd.i two-tooth wotlscrs, 15s, Sd. to lfe. 6d.; caod kiate, 103. sd, to 10s. lid.; small laiHbij, 6;. Sd.. 95.. is 9>. 53.; fftt ewtw. 13s. H.; Komney ra.m.s, 15s. Sd. ts> IBs. Id. Cattis: Two and a half to three-year steers, && is, 6d.; stere cows. £■% lie. ta £3 17s. 5d,; ycArlin's iteifers. £2 1-8.; jf°°d vrealier hoifei'3. 375.; Small weaiters, '19s. j bulls, £4 ss. '.

Messrs. tV. eM &. Tarubull and Co., Ltd., report twine: held e- very EHccessful clearing sale on ThH're'day'. whesi they offered on aceofmt of'JtT. Eotiert Buick (whfl has sold his Te K*i property), the whnle of las eheop, tattle, horses and sundriee. There, was an eseeptiosally hie ftUeftdanee of havers present. The Lower Yailey, FortyJiile Bush, Bannevirhc, anil Jfasterton districts vfore woll reßresJiiited, and consequently cofmtetitioti was very ltecti, the BeneraJ opinian beln* that it was one of tire best sales held in the ITairarapa, ler <>. number of veare. 447 two-toeth owes, 5'7a.; S?6 two aiid fmiT-tfenth wethers. I*'-.: SiO four and, ■ six-tooth ewes. 16s. 6<1.; 296 lour and flyc-ytw ewes, lfc.. 7d.; Sis four and five-vcw e.wos. Ifis. lVi\.; 196 two-tooth ewes, lfe.'; 182 C.in. ewes, Its. 9d.; 639 woolly lambs, lis. 6d.; ISO two-tooth vethers aitd ewes, 14s. 4d.; 161 fotir. six. and f.iu. e*e-s, lis. 4d.; J-fiS cull lambs, fe. Id.; E6 co-** and. calve'-i. £7 145,: 57 tired ar:d four-senr nuilohfts, $8 10s,: 40 tlirec-year heiiers, £3 45.; 44 e-Ss'lrtfleif a-nd. twenty-months ftesrs, f.S 1f15..; 37 eighteen-ißottths lreilcw, PA 95.; 5 store cmvs, £3 is.: dairy cows. 81 i% fid. and £7 is.: Shorthorn ball, &1 Ids.; lieifor cftlT, Si Is. Sundries, <jtc„ btouglit cieftrJnK f'le rates.

3le*2J% W. and G, TnrnbuH »M Co.. Ltd., report fcavtoß held their weekly sale- iu their Carterton saloyao-ds on Friday, when they offered a very Ms yarding; of sheep, and cattle. Tie (?hcea ieatfry was quite double that of advertised nuMliers, Wl cntts.eflM.ntlj', not «Stoeelin? ■*'uch a bis vordittir. buy«i*.s did not attend front ofer. parts of the district, Savefal good Jiaes of <rwv.s «*« offered, which wont out v.tnsoiid. The cattte cutty was also very heavy, composed principally of wcantsi's, wliif'i were not of the host, and were hard to sell. Slisow: T«o*toijth to f.iii. CwcS, 345. 6il. to 15=-. M.: T.ni. ewes, ICe, 8d„ J.U.. to !?«.: fat «ves, 15s. fd.;.gtaro «es, 95..t0 His. M.; b.f. lambs, Bs. 6d. to 95.; pood, ta lis M-; small lambs. ss. M., ss, JM.. 63. Cd. to Ts, 5d.; two-tooth ewes ind wethers. Ife 2d.; two-tooth wct.'hsrs, Ms. Id.; woollv lambs, 3s. i'd. Pigs: Wrtsncra, ■?:,-. to Ills.; slips, m. 61, lfc., to Us, 6d. Cattle: Pat cows, £4 153., £5. to £5 7s. SC; store cow-S. £?. la to £5 109.; .yearling eteerS, £3 ta. Si 10s,: woa-ner calves, Rood, 275, io 325, fid.; medium. 2te, to 22-s. (id.; Poor. 555, to 18s. M.: bulls. £4. £4 13.. to £4 15s.