LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Me=srs. Jlalzety and Comr.any, Limited, ] Palnicrston Xortli, report having held a | cTicccPsful clearing o:ilc,on .account of Mr. .] T Knii'ht, a.l hie homestead, N'ewbury, near ~ Palmerston Jfortl\, on Wednesday. There j was a vSry fair attendance, and although ' competition w<l3 not keen at the commonce- , ment of thebaic, prices improved considerably, end -Jhe. demand for the better class , iof cows was exceptionally Rood. Quota- , tions:— Three-quarter cows, to £5; medium' , quality. £6 7s. Cd. to .£7; very .fair cows, ■ £7 12e. 6d. to £8 is.; good cows. £8 15s. to £10 55.; best cows. £10 15s. to £Ai; tho average for the herd, with the exception of the quarter cows, being £8 3s. Store pigs.'lfe. ■ 6d.- porkers. 2"t>. 6d.; small mixed we?.ners. """ 245. 6d. to 275.; grade Holstcin bulls,'6to 65 guineas. . ,' ■ ~, v " ' ; Messrs. W. <ind G. Tarnbull and C 0.., Ltd., : ' report having hold their woefcly oalc in their Waipoua. (Masterton)"saleyarde «n\ ,' ■".Vednesday, v.iicn they offered only a fair ; . y.irdins of sheep and cattie. Competition ; was very animated, and consequently thero v.as a total clearance of sheep and all the : cattle, with the exception of "one pen. The ; following prices were reali-rod:—F."sL ewes, . In lamb. 9s. 7d. to 12s. 9d.; woolly 'lambs, 11s. 10d.; shorn lambs, 10s. Sd.; ra»dium shorn lamb?, 70.; culls, ss. !d. j 2-tooth - ,yoth-. ers (small), 142.;1d.;,cu11,w0011y Ijtmbo,"fo. 4d.; store cow. £Q; springing ht-ifers. £6 10b. to £7 165.; dairy cows, due September. •' . £1 10s.. £3 123. 6(1.. to £4; coWin profit, £5. Piss: Wenncrs, 9s. 9d. Tho Now Zonland Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—• ; At Knngiwahia, on Tuesday wo hat],a ft.'ir entry of sheep and a small yardini; of , cattle. Sheep sold well, every pen being, quitted at full market values.. Shpcp.-Fair lambs. 12s. W. to Us.: medium c\yo lambs, 145.; mixed lambp, Ks. 6d.; ■forward wethers, 21s. 6d.' CatUe.-15-mohth l:<.'ifers, SI. 5e. ; mixed 20'month cattle. £4; cows, 20s. ~Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ajfency Co., Ltd.. report:— Wo held our weekly sale at Solway on 'Wednesday, when we offered n. very fair , yarding of sheep and cattle. We quote:— Fat ewes, 18s. ■ 6d.; woolly lambs, l"s. to 13s. Id.; shorn ditto. 10s. 6d. to Up. 6<1.; weaner calvce. £1: 18-month stcere. £3 145.; empty cows. £3 ICe.: springing heifers, £4 55.-. and bulls, to £5 9s. . ■ . The "ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile AfjencyOo., Ltd., report on their ' Sale at Piihaitua on Tuesday :-Wo hod only a small entry of sheep and cattle. Competitlon for sheep waa auain keen, but foi'

t cattle.the bidding was:not so spirited. We, f however, uTepteised to report n total clear- > ance at the following rates:—Shorn ionibs, i lfe.' Id. to Ins.; 2-tootli wether?, £1 Cs. 6d.; '' mixed aged ewes in lamb, 15s. 9d.; lujht fttt ' cowb, £5 2s. M.; 20-mqnth heiferu, in calf, i £3 la.; weaner' heifos, £1 Us. ; cow and , calf, £4; store cows, £2. The New Zealand Loon and Mercantile ) Agency- Company report:—At. onr lipper A Hutt sale on.Thursday we Unil <i full yard- I ing of etocH. All lines ofsheep were..well , competed for nnd : sold rcodil'y. Forward , dairy cows were in good demand and easily * disposed of. Late calvers were somewhat J neglected. A lino.of.of dairy cows, offered - on account of Jtr. 11. llarrnbiii, Levin, over- . aged £9, the top pricobeing £13 15e. . Wβ ' quote:'Store.lamhe. 6s. Bd.; wether lambs, • to 95.; backward ewes in lamb, to life.-fid. , ; 1 calves, 15s. 6d.;' lveane'r hel'qrs, 3Cs.; Hoi- | tfein yearling hoifcro, to £2 9s. 6d.; yearling steers, £2 12a. 6d.; store cows, £3 10.=.: l light.forward cows, £4 Is.; cow* in. milli. SH sa. to-.£6 15e>.: lute calvers. to £5; backward * heifers, £3 55.: dairy cows, £7 155., £8,. £9, - £9 Ss..£d., £9 53..-to £13 153 . ■■'■-. , ..■ ■ ' i