LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2182, 22 June 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Ifo'srs. Dalpety and Co.. Ltd., report hav : •in« held their lisiml stool; sale at Tsildins on Friday, when they offered a lair yardins of stock to a targe attendance of buyers. .Quotations wcre.es follow:— I bull lambs, Bs. 3d.; fair woolly la-mhs, lie. iOd.; shorn lamb«. up to lSs. 7d.; 2-tooth wether", small £1 Os. 5d.: 2-tooth ewes, in lamb, £1 4s.' ■ The Now Zealand Loan end Mercantile Asrency Co., Ltd., Feildin?, report: At Koilding -on Friday we had .1 eood entry of sheep and ?, small yarding of cattle. Sheep sold well «t the following prices:Sheen—Medium lambs. 13s. lid. to Us.; pood lambs, 16s. Sd.; cull wethers, 155.; store wethers. 20a. 9(1. Cattle-Weanei; heifers, mi all, 595. 6d!; Jcre?y weaner heifers, £2 7a. 6d.: 18-month heifers, £3 2s. 6d.; heifers in coif. £4 2«. 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile icency Co., Ltd., report:—At Eketahunn. on Friday we ho<l a rood, yardtnft of both rtheep and cattle, which ive submitted t-o the usual attendance of buyers. Sheep met, with good competition .throughout- th« sale. but. cn.ttle were rather neglected. w» nnoto:—2. 4, 6, and 4-year- ewes, in. lamb to llomnsy a-nd S.D. rams, £1 4s. ?d.; {-tooth to s.m. ewes, in lamb to Romney ra-ras, 235.: s.m. ewes, ill lamb, 17s. 6d. to IBs. 2d.; pood lambs. 15s. 4d.; medium lambs. 12s. 3d.; medium c.f. lambs, !2e. Id.; 2-tooth wethers, 225. 6d. -;■ - • ' . Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd .report on their Feildin/? sale-, held on Friday:—Wo had a fair yarding of both ehcep and cattle, which sold freoly «,t, current jiricce. wethcra and lambs beinit very keenly competed for. We quote;—2-tooth forward wethers, 20s. 6d., 21?. 6d., to' Sis. 10d.; ; fat wethers, 245. 7d.; woolly lambs, 13-s. lOd.-, forward ewes, 13s.- lOd. to 145.; fat owes, 18?. 3d. t-o 19s. 6d.;'.cwee in lamb t-o Southdown ro-ms, 2fls. Id. - ; Cottle—Cowe aim calves, £2 7s. 6d.; empty cows, £2 55.; Jersey woanors heifers, 31s. : Mtears. Abraham and -Williams. ,Ltd., report:—At Levin on Friday/a good'entry of "hcep met. with' keen demand, all classes of store shcop selling at an advniics on, recent quotations. A medium yardinE of cat,tl«..Tfas a-lao offered. tnyylots-.of', prime' beef mcetinft keen competition;"- and.' ftlso; any younp; -steers:—Quotations:—Fat ewes, 19a. 4d„ 19s. 6d., ZCs- Id., and 21s. 5d.; for-, ward wether!, 21s. Id.. 21s. 2d., 21s. 7d;, and 225. 6d.; f.m. ewes in lamb, 17s. 2d.; ,forward owe.?. 16e. 9d.; store ewes. 12s. id. 'to 135.; woolly lambs, 14s. I.d„ 1452 d., 14s. 4d., and l's.-id.; s'novn lftmlu, 9s. Bd.; fnt. Heifers, £7 IBs. 6d.; fiit cows, £5 15s. t-o £6 12s. 6d.;' fovward cows, £4 to £4 165.; heifers In calf, £5 2s. to £5 12.1.; light, fat bullocks,"-£8 17s. 6d. to £9 2s. 6r1.: Jersey reaner lieifers. ±'2 13s. 6d.; weaner steers. £2 2i?. 6d. to £2 35.: .weaners heifers.32s. 6d. to 375.; small, weavers, 21s. to 255; Mesere. W. and G. Tnrnbull and Co., Ltd., report liavkis; held their weekly f.nlc in their ■ Carterton sale yards on Friday. There was ft- good yarding of sheep, cattle, and pigft but, owing t-o the very wet morning. numbers wore not unite ub to thosa advertised. There was « (tood attendance of buyers, and competition being very keen, the firm report« eoo-d clearance at the following , . rates:— Sheep—2-tooth ' wethers (email), 17s. 3d.; medium, 205.; f.m. ewe?, in lamb to Southdown remo, 18s. Id.; 2-tont-h owes and wethers. 17s. 9d.; store ewes, 14s. 9d. CVittle—Weaner hclters, 2Ss., 2M., 3fls. 6d.. t-o 395.; small wr.iner heifers, 7s. fid. to 155.; weaner steers, 305.: veal calves, £3 1E.?.: fat cow;. £5 19s. to £7 10s.; Gprincrins heifers, £4-ls„ £5 6s„ to £7 120. 6d.; boilers' with calves, £3 1?,!. 6d.; yearllni: heirors. £2 135.; 2-ycar-heifers, £3 11«.:.2venr steers, £4 18?. 6d.: 35-year steers. .£'/ 25.; dairy cows, due August, £7 l£e.; store cows, £4 ss. Piijs—Sows, in pic, £2 4s„ £3 45., £3 7e., £3 95., to £3 10s.; store 60\vs, 3Cs.

I'EDIGHEE OATTI.E SALE. Jfosere. Dalcjoty and Company, Limited (Pa.lmereton branch), report the following Miles of pedigree cattle during-the Winter Show week:—On account of Messrs. Slock Bros., on Wadnesday, June 17—Pedigree Ayrshire' cattle. and purebred Berkshire pigs. On. account- of Mrs. J. A. James, on Thursday, June IS—Dispersal sale of pedigree Holeteln Frisian cattle. On , account of Mr. W. I. Lovelock—First annual eale 'of pedigree Hoktein Friosian cattle, on Friday, June 19. Thero was a particularly good attendance at Messrs. Slack Bros/ sale, bhvers being present from Voodville, Eketahniicw Nelson, Paeroa. Cambridge, Wanganui, Now Plymouth, Y.'aitara. Dannevirke, and also a, number of lnuil fanciers. Quotations '.—Bull r.alvce, to 10 guineas: 2-yc.ir-old bulls, to 18gn>\; weancr heifers, 7Sgns. to iS^ns.; 3-year bulls to 12gns.; old bull. 9gns.; 2-year heifers, 12gns., 15gn_».. 16gn;., lßgns., Zflgns., to 30gns.; cows, 12gn6„ 16gns., 2Cgiu.. 27gno»„ to J4gne. The particularly nice cow, "Brig,lit Smile," was purchased by Mr. W. H. C'aincs for <tgns.. and the cow "Darkio 2nd" by Messrs. J. and C. Watt, Cambridge, for the same figure. The purebred Berkshire pigw ulco met. witb a ready sale at the following prices:—Young sows, to 3gns.; young bogie; to fljttna.; sowg In pig. Siijiie.. SJgns.. to linns.; Vvrar-old elding. !'3O/|gn3. At Mrs. Jame3' dispersal sals of Holstein Friosians there was a very larg« att6ndanco of loenl.' farmers, and buyers were al«o oroscnt from.Wanganui.. Canterbury. Carterton.. Hawke's Bay. Plymouth, Marlborough, and Wellington. Competition' was keen right throughout the sale. Quotations:—Grade ■ weaner heifers, s!gne„. 7gns., BJgns.,' 83gns.; grade cows, llgns., 12Jgn3.. 14>gjis..' 15*gns„ to UieM.: uedlgree yearling bulls. 23gns.. 31gna, to 35gns.'; pedigree eons, 25gns., 32gne„ 33gns., 3Sgnsi, 4flgns.. Msns., 55srn?., 72gns., to 81 gns.: the rifling 4-yc»r-old bull Rajah was nurehafed by Mr. E. O. Banks, of Mat*. • Itata, at lCOgns. At Mr. W. I. Lovelock's «i!o of pedigree Holstein Friesians there was also a large Attendance, buyers beint present- from Canterbury, Te Horo, Marlhorough. Timaru. Stratford, and Canterbury. Quotations:—ls-monih heifer, 50pn«.: aged cows, 30gns., 31gU!„ 39gn3.. and 40 gns.-, 3-year cow, 60gns.; 2-yeav bulls, 371 ens. to 65gnf>.; 2-yeo.r heifers, 52gns„ 57gne., 59ans„ 62gns„ Mgn's., 67gns„ 75gns„ to lOlpns.: the puTcha-ser of the last animal, Friesland p.iulin de Kol, was Mr. H. LanItow. of Marlborough.