LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2373, 1 February 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

R- Messrs. '.Abraham and Williams, Ltd., I Xoport:—Wo held our weekly sale at Levin f '" on Friday,', when we yarded large entries [.'..-of. both sheep and cattle, which met with ■■'• -'-a ready demand at late rates. We quitted ! ; practically'the whole yarding attho follow- .' -ins price*iT-Fat wethers; 235. 6d.;. fat: ewes, '■','-.'■: 185.,-198.-6d.v-t6-19s. Bd.; fat lambs, 165.. 6d.i - :; "two-tooth twethers, 16s. 6d.; two>and four-;''".-"-tooth- wetnelis'i;-175.;, woolly lambs, 10s;, ,115.,- '■■■: - -io 129.; two-tooth ewes,' 14s.- 4d.,- two and ; ''• -<=ix-tooth ;eweß. 15s. t6-155.:|5d.; foll-mputtt -; - ; ; eweß,- 155.-2d;;-fat cows - ,. £5,i £5 495.,, £6, £6 ".'• il6s:, £6 175.-6 d., £7, £7 45.-,- £7;105'...'£7;,155., -:'■ to £7 19s. : ;','.'i5tore .cows, .£3 to £4 2s. 6d.; .^eighteen-month'steers,-£3-16s. 6d. to £4 Is. '- > : 6d.; wearier'6teer6,,/288;,"6d.Y 335.f6d.,'345.; '-, ; .-tweaner .heifer's; 255; 305.,:t0 £2;-bulls, £5, ; . _'£7, £7 lOsV'Yto £7 15e.; yearling heifers,': !■■•-■ --£4; springing ;cow6,-£6 2s. 6d.;porkers, 245., : iffisv26e. 6d:;;275. 6d., 30b., «5..6 d„ to £2 to :' ?£2 ;&.;'. choppers,-£2 45.;- 6tores;--155.,- 21s. !;-. : . lid..to 225.,'6i;".wcanere,.96. : ..t0'.105,'.. , -..-.-. ;■'■':' f\ - Messrs. TJalgety'•'and'Company,"'Limited,' ; ': -report on their weekly sale held at Miller's i i'.-Boad -yards, Donnevirke, on Friday:—We goffered a good yarding of sheen and a 5 ■ medium entry of cattle. We quote the H - -following prices: Sheep—Two-tooth wethers, £•'. ,;155. : 11d.; two-tooth .ewes,- 15s. 6d.; email p; ' owes "and ' wethers, lis., 10d.'; • full-mouth fu"store ewes, 12s. 3d.; mixed-sei woolly lambs, M*-'•■■•&;; small ditto, 45.; cull r lambs, shorn, &. p( - : iM. to Is: 9d. Cattle: -Fat.cows, £6. £6 10a.,' f.-'V 'to' £7; three-year steers, £7 2b.; two-year '■Si. -tfitecrs, £3 18s. to £s'.ss'.'; store' cows, £4 Bs., [' ; :-S ;j3 lis. 1 , £3; eighteen-month, heifers, £3; j- enmU.ditto, «';. ' "-- I -Messrs. DaljefcyJ'aiia Company, Limited, I ;; jreport having ; held-their weekly sale at a-•".■ Levin .yards on'";.Friday,:"wheri a heavy 6 gentry ofoboth -sheep"'and-cattle-camo forgji'.'ward. weather on tho [■(fr;'West- effect fefi .''on the •. sales,-and* 'bidding is 'inclined to' pi:-■'. drag.; -"i;6r speyat''l6tß^.p|^:'.'lamb'6rand. : . £:,: -wethers atstbo,-r*ale-i'oh-,.- Friday ,-very eatis-.. SH;i. factory business' was-done;-although-there; [:?; was ;not mucKT'keenhes'sVirii'the, :buyingi' £.*'•' 'Our principal-saleßjavero -ae ',. tinder:—For f-.-'-'Wack-faced lambs,-lis;>6d.;-medium, black- |..<"': ifaced. lambs, 86r:"3a;;-to'":'7s;'.''2d.;: ; medium r -whito-foced lambs,;6s'.'7d.-'to. 7s. 9d.; four ;■-',,: -and five-year-old ewes (low condition),' 135.;-?V-;.-.'.',fati ewes—wc hadjv,very.:.heayy. entry,'.9so: j (•--. '■being'the yarding.. -■.:> Wo: aro^plea-sedto'-bo, ■',- ' :able to report a;,'total clearance,- prices I-/:' : . realising from 17sJM."i6 <216:'.'6d. ...Cattle ■'. i 1;... Fat cows, £6 4s. to-£7 95..-'^-three-year-old V'■:■'--'■■. steers,. £6 95.; twb.iyear-old-eteers; £5.'105.[5 -"to £5 145.; eighteehTmonth to. two-year-old' p\ steers, £4 55.; two-year-old-.heifers,-£3'6s. p..'; 125.; empty," cows': (fair/condition); £4 k:;.':1o £4 '75.; mixed..yearlingsV£2--ls. Id.- to

S.. £2. 8s;; forward cows,' £4 '12s;'-to '£5; bulls, &V«Bs' ice. to; £9. ■ "^', l ~'";i':.-.:;;r:';,iV...:;,';.'..:.' : i,-J. The New Zealand" Loan-and Mercantile. % ij. Agency Co,, Ltd:,'".report i^At'JEketahuiia, j'.o'on Friday-,: wo had-a'good entry of sheep ■£.':.ianda fair one of'cattle..:. Competition \yas a-. - not particularly t.'aflimdte'd.V. but we made fee" good clearance '-at 1 .- the '''following. |y,: ; Mates:—Fonvard empty/ewee, 14s. 6d.; backKv .-Siward.do., Bs. to 8a 3d. ;Mwo-tobth wethers,

p 14e.; medium bJ. lambs, 7s. to 9s. 3d.; $■■ Ismail do., 6s. 3d.; yearling steers, £3 ,35.; ?;. l: "ryearling heifers, .£2 -12s.- 6d.;< store cows; f>';:,li3 95.;.. , ■ '-: ;■■ -■ '-'■ : " f : V. ! ,;. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile

f...(Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We "have held i r: . sales during the..week at Wobdville end \■■ ,'i ::Bannevlrke on Monday- end-: I'riday re- ■:. '„ epectively. Aat' Woodville, there was a good yarding of both cattle and sheep, [ : , ;,tho latter consisting principally of lamb 6. y./I'he quotations all round were on a. parity j.■-; /with:.outside';files.-. At Dannevirke there i. : .was-also a good yarding of both ehecp : and cattle. Prices generally showed an ;:■:' .-;• improvement/on late rates. We quote:— ; Shorn lambs, ss. lid.,' ss. 6d., 4s. 5d. ; cull •■.■ m -woolly lambs, Js. Sd., 3s';.-9d.; forward cows, ji '■-. £4 '19s. 6d<; store: cows, £4 2s. 6d.j fifteen- ;-,■■ month heifers, £l'7e. 6d„ £3 35.; cows and ,; ' calves, £4 Ss. . - .•-.•■ ;■■■'..;■: Mr.; Newton King Teports:-On, January r.'■:.,.'25,..at .tTrenui, I full-yarding of I'.:-;..:cattle. " A good number of fat cattlo came !•■..! : '•'forward, the quality ; of- which, however, r; ■' 'wos'not. up to previous "yardings," there I■;. . ifoemg.'Tcry few prime cows yarded. .Prices, • '■■'.ton fate, showed a >decline on;recent Efllcs, I ",;..-'fdac, of course, to the'conjestion in all the r : : rireezing works in the' Dominion;; Farmers ;■•. . 'iseneraliy will bo pleased to see the works [-..': !3n full swing again. Prices obtairied-were r ;.-'!ftj follow:-Jersey oighteen-jtnonth heifers,. ! • -i.£2 195.;. hhorthorn twenty-month 'empty \ ... . -heifers, ■£3 3a. 6d. to £3 10s.; younger f ■-,"--!cattle,<£2 £2 165.; two and two and l,;:;.a. half-year steers, £4 175.; twenty-month ;*'; /isteers, in good demand, £3 14s. to £4 25.; *;•"•'-small cattle and rough, £2 14s. 6d. to £3 !.:■■'.;9s. frd.; springing heifaw, £4 76. 6d. to £5 i,..-.lss:;.:yearling bulls. £1 17s. 6d. to £3 55.; ;;;: ;heavy bulls, £7' ss. to £11; fat cows, mostly J:,' .email; £7..t0 £7 155.; forward cows, £5 13s. :'....' 6a. to £7 £>s.; good store cows, £4 10s. to J: : £5. Ifo.; small-framed cows, £3 Is. to £3 •;,.,!l96.;Cfour and six-tooth wethers, in fors -ward condition, 19a. 2d.; mixed fat eheep, ;. •■■lßs.; forward to fat ewes; 15s. Id. to' 15s; Bd.; 'forward lambs, lis. Si.; good lambs, 10s. ';■:■'■.- . fid.; small, 7s. 9d.; store pigs; 31a.; meaner V ps*. -,Bs. At Kahotu, on January 26, I ;-.. had a foir entry, which sold as follows:— !. > *.Weaner bulls, £1 Ss. to £1 155.; mked I "•-.'. weancrs, £1 5a.; weancr bull 6, £2; yearling \:■■■ -..bulls, £3 35.; twenty-month steers, £4 ss. !':-;.'■■(& good-line); springing heifers, £5 155.; ;■.-... ' Mis,,£4.ss. to £9 155.; fat cows, £8 15s. ■ ■:-.*o £9; forward cows, £6 to £7 Cs.; store !:. caws, £4 2s. to £4 Bs.; fat ewes, 7s. 9d.

;■/;< '.. FEILDING > MAEKET EEPOET. - Messre. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., 'i.-;". : . {report' very little demand for store pigs '.:.. ;-.cu Friday, but porkers or forward; sorts ;■-'" celling well. Quotations:—Slips and wean- {-■'■ mers, 9s. 6d., 1Ga.,'125.; 135.; stores, 12s. 6d., ; ~ d.65., -205.; 245.,. 34a.;- porkers, 28s. 6d.', 335„ :", 1385.,'-395. Poultry: Hens, 2a, 2s. 3d., 2s. 6d„ 1/ )2s. 9d., 35., 3s. 6d.; cockerel chicks, 6d. to j; ;1(!., ls.\9d., to 35.; others, to 4b. 3d.; duck- (■•' pings. Is. 9d„ 25., 2s. 6d.; ducks, 3e. 9d., 4s. r.V :3d„ 45." 6d.', 55.; geese, Se.; pigeons. Is. 6d„ ' ,Is. 9d„ 35., all at per pair. Produce: '-. .! Plums, Is. 9d.'to 2e. 3d., 2s. 6d.- to 4a per j case l; apples, half-case, Is. 3d;, 2s, 3d., 2s. ;.-'.-.. 6d., 2s. 9d., 35., 3a.. 6d.; peaches, 45., 4s. 6d.; j '.tomatoes; 46.. to 6s. Potatoes, 6a. to 6s. ' ■■'•:.'.iier cwtfp peas, 6d. per peck; cabbages, ''.-. " 3s.''6d. :per, sack; onions, to 3s. 6d. per bag; ;.'. marrows, 4s. per bag; beet, 3d. and 6d. per j :■ Irandlo.