LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2248, 7 September 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

' • Messrs. Dalkety. and-Co., Ltd;, report on ■ thdtiv Dannovlrlte sal,o_Jield on-JFriday ae ; . lollows:— A small entry of sheep and a ■•■. medium yarding of cattle were.offered to a i good attendance of buyers. Sheep were in i lather better demand than our last eales '■report, the Well prices for fate no doubt i beiris responsible for the better, tone , , of i tfco market. In. catfle we offered some ' nice pens of fat cows and heifers,' on ac- • ■ count of Te Ohu Estates. wWch met .with '• good competition, at. prices from £6 15s. j to £8 16s. The following', is a/, list of ;■■ prices:—Sheep: Pat ewes, medium auality, ' IEo. 4! to lfcMCd.;" forward-ditto* ewes, to ! 17s. Cattle: ,"Wc-incr Bteers, small, 253.; ' forward co-Wend heifers, £4 55.; store but : looks,' to £6 I6s. 6d.; light fat cows and !■■ heifers. £5 12s. 6d. to £6 155.; medium ;'". ditto,. £7 17s.;:.beet lines, £8 6s. to £8 lfa ! The Hew Zealand Loan end Mercantile ■ lAgehcy Company, Ltd., report:—At Feildine '. on Friday a moderate entry of sheep and , cattle came forward. Good hoggets sold :' .'well, but inferior*'to'" medium hoggets weto i ; bdmewhat neglected. Quotations:—Sheep: [. '"■ Inferior hoggets, £s. to 9s. 6d.; medium hog- • gets, 14a.; fat and forward owes, 175.; for- ! ward wethers,' 195.. ?d. to 20s. 6d; Cattle: 18-month heifors, £3 35.: forwaTd cows, £4 'i lie.; springing heifere.- £5 2s* 6d. to £6, end I .upto £8 '55.; bulls', £3 ICs.V . ■" '. : i Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report on, their. Fcilding.eale held.on SepJtcinber 4:—We had a-small yarding:; of "sheep and good yarding of cattla' Goon sheep sold freely, but inferior stuff ivae j '"hard to quit. "Wo quote:—Best hoggets, * :i7s.; I.F. and' F. wethers, 21s.'■ Bd'; email ■jhoggets, 9s. .9d. to 10s.-; ■fat wctliers, 245. Pat.cojvs, £9 7s. 6a.; springing , cotrs, ■.■Eβ. £6 2s. 6d., "to £6 175., (A.; good springing iheifore, £5 12e. 6a., £6 15e., to £7 7s. 6d.; sorts, £3 12s. 6d\. to £4 23. 6d.; empty Jieifers, £2 195.; weoner heifcrs,v22s. 6d., :'Z5s., 31s. ' '••■■.■-.., s: Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., having held tlieir weekly sale in ■■ their Cartortpn saleyarda on Friday, when- ;: they offered- : a. good yarding of sheep, ' cattle, and pigs, which, met \7ithgoodcom- : petition ,and practically the whole yaiding ; was sold at the following rate3:—Fat ewes ■ and wethers; 19s. 6d..'to' 235. 7d;'; forward r ewes, 15s. lid.; s.m. 'ewea iu lambi 225; ; .springing heifers, £6 2s. ti.,- £6 155., £7, to »*. £7 2=. 6(1.; diidi-y cows, £5 155.. £6, £6 12s. Cβ., to £6 17s. Cd.; fat cows, £6 155.; storo cows, £3 4s., v £3' 17s. 6d.. to.£4 10s.;' weauer , calves, 205.; cows in,calf, £4.125'. 6a. to .£5. ■ Res—Portiere,, 2Za Sti,- Kβ- : ,Sd., to 253. . ; .' '•• . ■ •■• Jlr. Sewton^King's weekly report states:— . Ou August,"; 23," at the Waiwatouho yards, ■ there was >a-fair entry, of cattle, which : sold as follows:—Small yearling heifers, ; i £1 10=.; yearling steers,, £2 15s. 6d.; bulls, : v£i te. to-£4 55.; store cows, £2 10s. to'£4 ! 69.;. forward c'ows, £4 Ws. to £5 155.; spring- ; ing haifers, £5 to £5 65.; small, £3 ss. to £4 : 65.; dairy cows,-up to £9; guaranteed cov.'S, ■ £3 to£4 15s. At Tolt'6'oil" Monday, ycarlinj , ; heifers made £2 2s. 6d.; mixed yearlings, £l ■ ee.: store cows. £3 to £3 17s. 6d.; forward [' covra. £4 18s. to £5 12s. 6d.r springing hoif- ' -ers, £4 15s. to £5 55.; dairy cows, up to I £6;. cows and calves, £4 125.:-to £5. On : fiopiiimber 2, .at the Stratford yards, thero j vraa a small entry, of which a fair, clearance i. was, made as follows:—Yearling-heifers, £1--i 10s. to £1 1305. 6a.V fat cows.iS 18a to £6 ' lCs.: forward cows,. £4 lTa.to £5" 11s.'; store ■. covs. £3 lCs. tq-£4-83.,-.Jight-framcd cows,- :: £2 12s, to £3 Is,; aged.cows, £1 ss. to £2; 2- :. year Ktsere, .£4.l63;:'.hoggets (small), 11s. In ', tho dairy yards there waa a- good entrj', ■ 'o, veiT made ! as follows:-Heifereccloes < up :: (fair .size ' Btuil), from £5--10s*.'to £7T J smallcr, £4 123;6d.. to £5; wpedJi.~sbr&.-'Sj;.Ms.".'to £4 5e.; ; cows iu calf,i£4.to.i£slos.->At.Stony /River, :* calo V/edncstoy,, 1 September 2, there was ] α-goca ontry,;.ol jvh'ich.'ialthough. the irii auiry -.vas veryquiet.'a fair proportion was dispo«d of at ■satisfactory' prices/ as ioli 3ov,i3;—Good yearliiis.hcifero, £1 15s.'to* £2; ', small, £1 7s.;'smo/U yearling steers, £l>3s- ! 6d. to £1 ss. r2;year ".empty, lwjifers, £2 9s;- '■ 6d. to -£$ 123;.: id. ;■ 2-'ycar.steers, £4 3s. 6d.': dairy bulls, £7- Es.-to,-£9; ■ boners; £3 12« • 6d. to £4: ddiry.'cows, £7'; good springing- : heifers, £5 12s. 6d.-to.£6-155.; others (raofjtlyi • small and poorstuff),'.£3l(>3.*to £4 12s. 6d- ; fat cows (good diSmei)dV; : £6 6b. to £7 10s • : forward com?,.£4<l4s;vto £5:165.: store cowe £3 lla. to £4 10s.;-aged cows, £1 IZs.- to£3 ; Is.; weaner pig«,'.*l2s.--:£lips,.l7s; 6d.; small BtorcQ, •£! to-£l ; 3s:- -i-.'s.. .......