LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2367, 25 January 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., I/td., report baring held, a- successful clearing sale at Mr. J. J. w-oods at Moores Valley. A number of oiitside entries of cattle came forward, and ail lots offered met with exceedingly keen competition, practically everything changing hands under the hammer.. Some priccs realised were as follow: —On account J. J. Wood; Two-year Jersey . £6; ; forward four-tooth wethers, 195.; full-mouth ewes, 12e. 2d. On account Mr- E. E. Wood: Two-year heifers, £4 fe.j eighteen-month empty heifers, £3 ss. 6d.; fifteen-month empty heifer 6, £2 12s. On account other- vendors: Medium woolly lambs, 10s. Sd. j* medium cull lambs, ss. to' 65.; cows, with calf, at foot, £3 12s. to £5; specially selected HoUitein-croes heifers, au;tumn ealvers, £7 17s. 6d.; three-year-old st ?ers, £6 95.; bulls, £4 to £4 10s.; heifers, with calves at foot, £5 le.: eighteen-month £2 11 8 . to £3 Bs. A- line of ZQO foiling-moutli ewes made lis.

, Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Lt*d., report having • held their Oteki sale oil January 20. Both fat sheep and cattle w-ero. keenly competed- for, 'ana prices realised were much in the vendors' favour. ' UQr ,Principal sales were, as "underGoodcondition four-tooth and six-tooth wethers, ¥•?»».. four-tooth "wcthera, 19e. Jd.j forward, two-tooth wethers, lfis. Bd.; ia 0 efwes, small. 12s. Id. to "f: four and six-tooth ewes, 16s. j light■'Sflfi ' iWethera, 215.; cull lambs, ss. cows, £7 ss. to £7-156.; fat heilers, ±5-155.; empty cows, £3 17s. to £4 125.; cows, £2 to £2 Be.; medium three-year-old fftfers, £5 16s. 6d.; two-year-old steers, fo; eighteen-month heifere, €3 9s. 6d.; flf-teen-month heifers, £3; yearling steers, £2 inii. springing heifers, £4; Dulls, £6 ICs. to £7? weanerJ, 28e. to 325. ■Messrs. Dalgeay and 00., litd.; report on their weekly Dannevirke sale, held on Friday, January 21, as follows:—An eicep.ucnaily heavy entry of eheep came, forwe offered to a larger attendance of buyers than usual, manrof whom came from outside distriots. we had a fau' sharo of the entries, all of which we cleared, at highly satisfactory prices, oneep in good forward condition were keeniy opmpeted for. "We quote as follows:— Oull larnbs, 3s. 6d., fe. 7d. to 4s. 3d.; medium ditto, 6s. 6d. to 76. 4d.; Eomneycross woolly lambs,. 9s. 6d.; aged ewes, Tt to 10s. 7d.; forward ditto, o+ * xi?"' 155.; fat owes, 195.; medium 2-tooth wethere, 12s. lOd. to 13s. 3d; for;Ifl8r condition ; 4-tooth wethere, 19b. to t ;.' 7 ".-. A. small entry of oattle met ■4 limited demand; and the following is a ust oI prices realised :-Light store cows and heifers, £2 to £2 lis.; ditto and calves, £3; medium fat cows,'£s 17s. 6d., £6 7s. 6d. ■1° $ dairy cows, close to profit, £5 ,ti £6 15e.; forward bullocks, £9 Bs.; bulls, to £6; weaner pigs, £8.

The New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile .Agency Co Ltd., report:—At JRongotea Bale, on Wednesday we had a full yarding. Competition was good except for young stock. We quote: Weaner heifers, lfo 205.: Tvcqner steere, 20b, to 255.; two-year hoi- . • „, 53 .v 6tore owe, £2 to £4; forward ie S?'- fat ®° wa > la, £ 55., £6 J7e. 6d„ £7; bulls, light, £3, £$ 10b.; heavy bulls, £C 17s, 6d. to £9 2s: 6d. iS? Zealand• Loan and Mercantile i e ™ c 7 S°- •. resorts :-At the weekly sale, held yesterday at tie Miller's Eoad yards, tilere was an exceptionally large °V f 5, hut only a medium one of cattle offered to a large attendance of the publio. - Sheep, with the exception of lambs, Bhowea a distinct hardening on late rates,, and sold very well indeed. Uattle are not now meeting with muoh competition. We Quote:— M.s. woolly hoggets, ss. 6d. ; two-tooth wethers, Us.'3d.; fourtooth wethers, 14s. 3d.; four and sax-tooth ewes, 14b. lOd.

H Messrs: Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Pahiatua-, report on their Pong-aroa stock eaJe, held on Thursday, January 21, os i follows.—We had a' very large yarding of sheep and a msdium one of cattle. We have to report a very good sale for sheep but little demand for oattlo, every line of sheep being disposed of before close of business. . Quotations:—S.m. ewes, Bs. 7d. ta 10s. Id.; forward ewes, 12s. 2d. and 10s. 2d.; 4 and 5-year cull ewes, ss. 10d.; 5year ewe 6, Bs. 9d.; 2-tooth wethers, 355. 6d.; cull. lambs, 3s. 7d., 3s. 9d. to 45.; woolly ewes lambs, Bs.; woolly wether lambs. Bs.; a line .of 600 4-tootn wethers, on account Franklin Bros.,' Weber, made 175.; bulls,. £4; empty heifers, £3.

.Messrs.; Abraham and Williame, Ltd., report on their Feilding sale, held on January 22:—We hod a very successful sale, yarding 4850 sheep, and- sold 4300 at pricts slightly behind last week's quotations. We qiiot-et-liixed age, 9s„ 9s. 2d„ 13s. 6d. to 14s Id.; 2-tooth wethers, 13s.' Id.. 14s. 6d., 16s. to 16s. 5d.; 4-tooth wethers, 6mall, 12s 7d ■ medium lambs, 9s. 3d., .9s. sd. to 10s.; culi lambs,-ss. 2d., ss: 6d. to 7s. 7d.; woolly lamb ; , small, 7s. 5d., 7s. Bd. to Bs, 6d.; mixed two:toothß, email, 9s. 2d.; cull ewes,■ 45;.8d. : Cattle: Fat cows, £6 17e., £7 7s. to £8 10s.; forward cows, £4 4 S . to £5; store cows, £2, /M H s " £ 19s. ito £3 is.; 15-montlis heifers, £2 10a.; fat-stag, £10: bulls,. £9' 10s.

ssr ?i Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Palmeirston on Thursday we offered, good.yardings of both sheep and cattle. Competition- was-maintained throughout the sale,:;and; we; sold practically the whole of the.entry.: Quotations:—Shorn rape lambs, 10s. Id.-and' 10s. 2d.; rape lambs, in the to 12s -: shorn lambs, 6s. 2d. to 7s. lod.; wo.olly- lambs, 6s. 2d. to 7s. 2d • two and four-tooth wethers, 17s. 6d.; fat ewes, lfe. to 16s. IGd.; 18-months st<«rs, £A 176.;-yearling Bteers, £3 to £3 Bs.: springing heifers, £5 7s. 6d.; 2i-year heifers, in. oalf,- £5 $e.j 18-months hellers, £2 to £2 6a.; fat cows, £6 Be. to £7 17s. 63.; forward cows* -£4 sb. to £4 155.; 15-months gpcyed heifers, £2 135.'6 d.; weencrs, 14*, to 245.