LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2307, 14 November 1914, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

• Dalgety- (ir.d Company, _ Wellington, report haying held their , fortnightly sale in: their -Upper Hutt . yards cn- Thursday,-: when tliey .offered e, fair entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle. Sheep met with a good demand,, end fat cattle sold exceptionally well; also all classes of young oattle met with good, competition,_and by the e1 4 ,® 1 ,,™® sal© ' almost 1 all classes of stock changed bands. Quotation©: Ewes and lambs, .to 21s • two -to eix-tooth wethers, to 14s. 2d,; fat cows; £5 16e„ £6 55,. £6 lte., £9; springin >- heifeirs, £4 75., £5,, £5. 10s., £6, £6 135.; store cowS/'£4 Is,; yearlings, £J 15,,. Dalgety and Oompany, Ltd.,' re-, port:—At our Palmerston North sale on Thursday, we'offered a good yarding of cattle'. Quotations: Fat cows, £7 to £7155.; ■yearling to: twentytmonths steers, £3 Za; three-year steers, £6; two-year heifers, : £3. 10s * yearling-bulls,' £3 to*£3 lSe. ;The firm oJeo report:—At ouir Mangaweka sale on Thursday, we have to report having a very good: entry of cattle, practically all of which changed hands at the following prices •—Eiairy cows, £4 IDs. to £6 10s.; bulls, to £3. 18b. Cd.;.light fat'cows,,to £6 125.; three-to three and a half-year bullooks, £8, 10a.; a line of 67 three to three and a halfyear bcHooks'realised £8 155. ; . -< The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 'Agency Company, Ltd.,. report: We " held. oust amraal spring fair in the P.F.A. yards on Wednesday, when we .offered, a good yarding of cattle to; a good attendance of •buyers. Notwithstanding the . continued dry weather throughout the country comjietition wae fairly keen and almost a total clearance was made at highly satisfactory .prices. The cattle generally cams forward in good condition, but ft few lines were on the rough side., A nice pen of 100 four-year-old'bullocks sold on behalf of Mr. H. E. Mpecb, Pongaroa, made £9 155.; and . fat Jjullocks on account of same vendors made '£12 ss. Other sales: Three-year bullooks, . £7 to £7.155;; two-year -steers, £5, £5 155., '£6, to £fi 18s.; yearling steers, £3 ..13 s: to '£3 19s. 6d:: store cows, £4 to £5 15a.; "light fat cows, £6 Bs. to £7 55.; two-year empty "hellers. £4 to' £4 55.;- yearling heifers, £2 155., £3, £3 ss„ to £3 10e.; bulls, £4 to tee ss.

The. New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile 'Agency Company, Limited, report:—At ■Palmerston IJortli. sale, , on Thursday, we. had good'yaTding of both sheep and cattle, and sold the bulk; of our entry at late .rates, ..'..We quote:—Medium wether ihoggets, shorn, 14s. Id.; woolly ewes,-with lambs. 255. 6<L; fat ewes, 20s. - 2d.; fat wethers,- -225.;' "yearling heifers, 305., £2, '£2 65.; two-year empty heifers. £3 55., £3 lte.; yearling-steers, small, £2. 95.; cows in milk, £3 to £4 10s.; good dairy cows, '£5 55., £6 2s. 6d.; ,forward cows, £5 5a.; .-three-year bullocks, £8 se. to'£B 12s. Cd.; 1 forward'bullocks, £10-15s. . .

Messrs. W. and ,G. Turnbull and Co., (Ltd., report having, held their usual monthly sale in their. Tauherinikau sale, yards, on, Tue'sday, "November 10. A good' yniding of cattle came forward, and there was-a good clearance .at tlie following ratea -.—Forward store cows, £4 135., £5 to., *to £5,53.; store cows, £3'55., £3,135., to £3 17s.; 1 springing heifers, £5 12e.: 6d. : , £5 17s. €d„ to £7 145.; two-year :eteere,'£4 12s. 6d.;, steers, £2 ss.'to £2 10s.; yearling heifers, £2

OLEAIiING SALE, AT .GLADSTONE; Sfcssfs. W. and G. Tumhull and Co., Ltd., report having held a successful clearing pale .'on Thursday, when they sold on ac- ' count of the Trustees in the Estate of the 3a to H. S, lfa«m ,tho whole of tho Jivoond dead stock on the farm., Competition, was fairly keen throughout the .sale, and full Values were obtained for all lots. The following' were prices .realised:—Woolly, hoggets; 16s. 5d.; medium, 145.; culls. 10s.; four, Pis, and eightrtooth .ewes and; lambs, 255.; Southdown rams,- 215.; Lincoln, rams, 10s. Cattle: Cows and calves, £5 10s.: three-year, steers, £6; two-year eteers,' £3 18s. 6d.; three-year springing., heifers, £5 to £5 10s.: Bjxripg heifere, due .May,' £4 10s.: forward cowfl, £5 Is.; yearling steers nnd heifers, ; £2. Is.; Shorthorn bull,. £6. .Horses: Bay gelding Major, seven years, £30; bay mare Kate, five years. £26; . bay half-draught mare, Jimme, nine years, £16 55.; bay ma.ro nmo years, £37.