LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2272, 5 October 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

; Messrs.-Ddlgety and: Co.; IM., Donne-' • ■• virke, lep'drf «n tlielr fortnightly sale, held in Millor'xi Eoad fards on Friday, - as follows:—AT fair entry of sheep and a -small entry-'-.of cattle.- wore offered,. Com- ' petition throuehout for sficep was rather ';easier..than,':last uolc'e reportr-the. market no. aoubtrbeiiif .-''if*.-«>rt by tho continued ■- dry-: weather."'?'' We fllsposed of our total entry, however, p-t Uie. following, list. of , prices:—Sheenr Mist i aged evpes, with lambs, 22s:j-->nuiiet ewes, 25a. 6d.; good'-'woolly Hokkois, IBs. 6d.; a. pen of ertra gbod':,ditto realised 19s. Id. Oattle: Two-yeaTiemPtrvlieirers, £3; ditto, in calf,,'.'£4 55.; springing cows, £5; forward empty , cows, to ,£4.125. .'-,

. cows, to ,ai las. . , ~ ': Messrs.- Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having a very fair entry of sheep; '■'■ at the reildmg sale on Friday. . There ~-was a very-fair demand-righK through, and sold'at',prices at', below^Very^fair mixed hoggets,' 16s.- 'to' ; l6s/-'-3d;;- forward! woolly ewes,t'lßs.' 4d;';' low-condition • ewes. - 'with lambs,.--M7s.*, mixed ,ewes... with' lambs, 243; • Id.;, small -yearling :steers,. £2 ■: 155.; 15-months steers,-'£3. store'heifere, £3 10s'.; store cowe, £3 165'.,.£4 li'„ £4 125.. 6d.; bulls,' £416. .-■ ;■ :-■':-;■■: ■. Messrs. -Abraham and 1 .'-Williams,'"Ltd., 1 - * Teport on Feildlng'sale,.held, on Fri-. ' day :—We a fair ' yarding ' of 'both. . sheep and -cattle, which met-with a ready .sale, beef'*in", particular.being.in' great demand. We quote:—Ewes and lambs, 19s. 6d. to 27s.'9d:;fjrt shorn, 19s. 6d; Cattlo: Light, fat r bullocks, £10:18s.; fat ' cows, £6 10s. to-£7.85.; fat 18-months:hei-fers. £4; .do. steers, -£5 .',155.: .springing ; heifers,--£4 155., £5-.103. to £6 55.; cow .and calf; £7 10s.; store cows, £2,-£3 165., ■'.'to £3 18s. ■ -..".,.;..;'•.,.;.. ~'• v.'. ■*:•.-' The Hew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Feilding.'on • Friday, a moderate. entry, of sheep and -". cattle,came forward, and sold well. Quotations :—Sheep: Ewe hoggets, -. good, • 17s.'. 4d.; store ewes, 14s.' 7d.; inferior ewes and lambs. ,175.. 6d, .. Cattle:, Yearling steers, .365. 6d. to £2'35.: 2-year heiferi. £2.185.; yearling steers, £3 6a.;'store cows, £3 145.; : .bulls.. £2 23. 6d.~\ :; Messrs. .Williams and ' Kettle, Ltd., re- : port-having held their fortnightly eoJo in : the Dannevi're yards on Friday, when they offered a small yarding of,both sheep and. cattle. ; All classes of stock made prices practically on a par with late sales. Wo Quote as follows:— M.s. hoggets . (small), 135.;:2-year empty heifers, £3 ss'.;-yearling heifers, £2 45.; store cows. £3 10s., £3 17s. 6d. to £4 '155.; springing heifers, £5 to £5 - .-155.'.-to £i; springing cows, £5 10s. to £5 155.. Mr.'.Newton King's weekly report states: —At ,Waiwakaiho, on September 25, a full yarding of all classes came forward, prac'tically all lines being cleared as follow:— "Yearling steers (mostly rough), £2 to £2 195.-; yearling hcilcrs (good), £1 17e. 6d: to £2 103.; smaller, £1 Its. 6d. to £1 155.; empty 2-year heifers, £2 15s. to £3 7e.; 12 year steers, £1 175.; forward cows, £5 ss. to £6 3s. 6d.; fresh-couditioned cows, £4 9s. to £4 18s.; store cows, £3 15s. to £4 4s. 6d.; small-framed, £2 15s. to £3 lCs.; aged, £2 to £2 83. 6d.; bulls, £5 5e.; ewes aud lambs (small farmer's line of 20 f.m. ewo3, wifcli 36 lambs), £1 7s. 6d.; springing heifers, best, £6 2s, 6d. to £7 7s. 6d.; gocd £5 ss. to £5 155.; small, £3 ss. to £4 12s. 6d.|; guaranteed cows, £4 15s. to £6 12s. 6dj; aged, £3 2s. 6d. to £4. Mr. Heppel's dairy cows were,mostly in milk, the best cows selling from £10, 10s. to £13; good sorts, £7 to £8 155.; empty or aged cows, £3 12s. 6d. to £5 ss.- At Toko, on September 27, yearling steers brought £2 155.empty heifers, £3 ss. 6d.; 'store cows, £1 ,to £4 165.; -springing heifero, good, £6 10s.to £7; Small, £3 10s. to £4. 10s.; dairy cows, £7; aged.owes and lambs, 13s. 6d • cull hoggets. 7s. On September 29, at Stratford, there was a good yardin>". A line of 40 Shorthorn yearlings (just off turnips) was yarded by Mr. Frank Copestake, the steers realising £3 12s. 6d., and ✓•the heifers £2 10s.; other yearling' heifers well grown, made from £2 2s. 6d. to £2 143.' smaller, £1 7s. to £1 18s.; yearling bulls! £2 95.; yearling steers, £2 17s. 6d. to £3 Bs.; smallet, £1 Bs. to £2; 15-month steers £3 155.; 2-year steers (rough), £4 17s. and £4 IBs.; Jerseys, £3 Us. to £3 175.; empty 2- ' year heifers were selling readily at from £3 3s. to £3 155.; small cowe, with calves at foot,. £3 13s. to £3 195.; store cows, good £4 la. to £4 165.; fair sorts, but smaller framed, £3 7s. to £3 175.; aged cows, £2 10s. to £3 55.; forward cows (unsatisfied domand), at from £5 2s. to £6 65., according to size; fat-cows, £7 125.; bulls, £4; cull hoggets, 10s. 3d.; ewes in lamb, or with lambs at foot, £1 2s. and £1 2s. 6d.; dairy cows, £5 10s. to £8 155.; heifers, calved beet, £6 15s. 'to £8 17s. 6d.; small, £4 to £4 55.; best springing heifers, £6 10s. to £8; good, £5 15s. to £6 55.; smaller ,lieifers, £3 to £5 12s. 6d.; small, t£3 ss. to 12s. 6(1. On Wednesday, September 30, Ittver, a fair, en try camo forward, practically all of which was cleared at the following prices:—Yearling steers, £2 12s. 6,-l. to £3 3s. 6tl.j yearling heifers,' £1 lis. to £1 IBs.; 2-year empty heifers, £3 3s. 6d. to £3 12s. 6d.; store cowe. £3 lis. to £4; forward cowe, £5 to £6; fat cows, £6 17s. 6<l. to £7 15s.:'old stags, £2: good spring- ' ing heifers, £5 17s. 6d. to.£7; others, £5 ,- to-£5 10s.: small, £3 to £4 12s. -6d.; nanny ' [-wis-and kids, lis.; fat blackfaccd ewes, .-Si 145.; fat woolly' hoggets, £1 ss„ both farmers' lines: sow and litter. £5 6e.i stara

pigs, £1 2s. "ii't slips, 15s. to IBs.; weaners, ' 10b. to 13s. id. TEILBING MAEKET EEPOET. At their weekly sale on 'Friday, T. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report medium i ; entries of pigs and poultry, with, good ■■•. itomand, and prices well up to late rates. For other lines "offered ther« was not much i- inquiry. Quotations:—Pigs, weaners, 135., ■■ 14., 18s.; stores, 295„ 3ZS„ 335. 6d„ 365. 6d.; slips. 235.. 6d., 255. Poultry, at per pair: Cockerels, 4s. 3d.; chicks, le. 6(1.; tens, !■" 45., 4e. 6d., 65., ss. 3d.;" Toostors, 55., 65., 3 6s. 3d.; ducks, 4s. 6d., 6s. 6d., 6b. 9(1., . 6s. 6d„ 6s.' 9d. Turkey hens, 6s. 6d.: ,: gobbler, ss. 3d. Gig, £9 155.; harness, £2 '• 19a. Cow chaff,.2s. sack; ryegrass, 2s. 6d., I. 3s. Ud. per bushel. Potatoes: Pig. Is. 6d.; 3 table. 65., 75., 7s. 64., Bs. 6d. Bananas, n 9s. case; cauliflowers, 4d. to ' 6d. each; spring onions, Id. per hundle.