LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2360, 16 January 1915, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgctr and Co., Ltxi.. rcpSrt:— At. Waikanao nil Tucsdtty wo W » small yarding of shoep and cattle; biddWß was good, allowing a total clcarancc to he effected undor tho hammer. Sales maao were:—Good blflck-faco lambs, Us.; fat ewee, 19s. 3d.; two-toot.h wotneTfi, 14s. 7d.; empty cows, £3 IBe.; springing nciicrs, £5 4e. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: At Jahautehui on Thursday stock came forward in cxcces of advertised numbers, and a&. the quality of the 'yarding was mucli above the average a veT.v spinted. gale reeulted, giving- prices weU .."P sellers' idee of values. . An exceptionally good lot of 250 forward four and en-tooth wethcre, offered on account of Mr. i. Maher, Porirua, made 19s. 3d. Other sales were as follow':—On account Mefsrs. Braay Bros., 420 two-tooth wetherß, 1% 7d.; on account Mr. H. T. BobiTjeoii, 120. i °., ai 14s. 10d.; on account Mr. H. Galloway, two and four-tooth wethere, 155.; on account other vendors, four-tooth ewes, 6mftU> i*s. Zd.; woolly lambs, Bs.; forward ewes, lfa. 2d.: fat ewes, 17s. Zd:: two and fojir-tooth wethers; 15s. to 15s. 2d.: ronnKinß heifers, SA\ cows and calves, £3 17s. 6d., weanere, 26e. to 325. '

Messrs. Dalßety and Co., lAd., report:At Levin on Friday we Ind a very in? of sheep and a small one of cattle. Competition for sheep was much keener than at last week's sale. Tho .principal tales effected were as follow:—BlncK-^face lambß. lCs.: white-lace woolly lambs, medium, Bs. to 9s. lOd.: cull lambs. 4fl. la., 4 S ; 7d„ and se. M.; two-tooth ewes, 12s. M. to ISs. 3d.; two and four-tooth wethers, 165., two-tooth', wethers, 14s. 4d. to lw. lOd., muted, two-tooths, small.,■lle.-4i.; aped eweo (poor condition). Bs.; six ; tooth to f.f.m. ao., 14a. Sd.;.flt ewes (li?ht), heavy entra", l]s. to 175.. lOd.: forward ewes. 16s. to 16s. W.i tat cows (light), £5 10s. to £6.155.; eighteen2s. fid.: ei-'htenn-month steers, £3 16R;. month heifers, £3 56,; two-year steers, £$ yearling steers, £2 15s. to £3. . . , Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report:--At our Palmereton North sale on Thursday we have w report having a very # good entry of botn sheep and'cattle, which, with the exception. of one small pen of cattle, every Jot ©old under the hammer. Quotations: Cull'two-tooths, 7s. 9d.; sniaU mixed twotooths, 105.'5 d.: 'email two-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d.; small, two-tooth ewes, lis. 9d.; for : ward' ewes, 14s. 6d.; mixed-age "ivrTher?, ■14s. Bd.; medium two-tooth ewes, 13s. 4d.; small yearling steers, £2 ,10s. 6d.; storo cows, £3.35.; rough cows and calve s , 10s.; good-condition t.wo and a half-year Bteers, £6 10s.: small weaners, Ife. 6d.;, fair-condition store cows. £5 fis.; thr«i to thTee .and • a half-year bullocks, medium colours, £8.35. 6d. . Ilessrs. Abraham and WiUiams, I/tfl., repiort:—At PaJmerstou. on Thursday _ e large entry of weli-bred cattle froj l Hawke's Bay met with good competition, and all lines changed hands at tory prices. A small yardln? of Bheep also met a keen demand, and all lines were disposed of ot an. advance on last week's prices. . Quotations:— Three emd four-year bullocks, £8 1&; two and a halfyfiar Polled Angus rteers, £6 35.; two-yeor Shorthorn steers. £5 65.: Polled Anpus steers, £J 15s-; eighteenmonth Shorthorn steers. £3 165.; eightoenmonth Shorthorn heifers. Si Is.; heifers, 2 4s. 6d.; forward Shorthorn cow £6 15s. 6d.; yoiing cow«and hfiifers,£i 135.: cows with calves. £5 10s- 6d. Other small lines were .-Two-year steers, £4 14 s. £4 l9o.; fat cows, £7 to £7 10e., , fi toro wwt i? Bs. t* £4; fat bullfl, up to £10; two-tootK wethers, 136. 6d.; forward shorn lambs. 9fl. 6d. to 10s. Id.; eh°Tn< store lambs, 7a. to 7s. 9d.; cull shorn lambs, .7e.i forward wethers, 17s. fid. • • The New Zealand ,Loan and Mercantile Acencp Co. report:—At Palmerston .North E<ile' on Thursday we had a small entry of sheep and a Roodcntry "f/ 0 " 1 , 6 - 9?™" petltlon was good threnfkont, and prices showed an improvement on last, weeks e#le. Fat. ewes, 19s. 7d.: forward bullocks, £10 55.; light, fat cows; £6 &?.; forward cows, £4 Ms. to £S 25.; cows with calvos, ±o zs. fid.; e tore cows, £3 15s. . The New Zealand lioo.n and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report as follows:-We Held our third sale of the season at Pahautanui yards on Thursday, and wbmittod a eood yarddng of both eheep and. cattae, anl cleared a large proportion of oiir entries at, prices easing from 1«.. to' Zs. nor head, ruling at our last fixture. Wo quote i-Sii-Jwoth and 8d • f.m. ewes, fa* 6d. to 7s. 9t1., n.t. lambs,'Bs. Bd.; fat ewe.?, 17s. 9d. to 185.;3d.: forward wethers. 17s. 5d.: four-tooth withers, low condition, l€s. 3d.; ycarlmf steers, £2 16s. 6d, .