LIVE STOCKSALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2439, 19 April 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCKSALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Masterton; report having held their usual weekly sole at Solway on Wednesday, when there ■was the usual attendance and a good yarding of 6tock, which met with only a fair demand at the ■ following prices :—Forward condition B.F. 2-tooth, ewes, 155.; small 2'tooth ewes (empty), 13«. Id.; .4 and 5-year •etoro ewes, "12s. 6d.; cull 2-tooth ewes. 9s. •id. to lis. 3d.; 1 small B.F. lambs, 7s.' Id. 1

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Mastertom Jreport having held their usual fortnightly •sale at Grey town on Thursday, when there •was a good attendance and a large entry of sheep, which met with keen competition .•end a total clearance was made at the folMowing prices :—Sheep, 2, 4, and 6-tooth ewes, iffi.W. Leicester rams, 225. 9d.; M.S. shorn N.F. lambs, lis. 6d. to 12s. 6d.; B.F. woolly iambs, 7s. 6d„ 95., to 12s. 4d.; cull ewes, 7s. 'iOattle: M.S. weauers, 21s.

. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held a successful clearing 6ale of ■Mr. E. Bowe's stock at Gladstone on .Tuesday. There was quite, a good attendance ,of buyers from the surrounding districts;: and the .stock submitted found a ready ,6alc. Sheep were tn especially keen demand, and there was no difficulty in disposing of the .various lots- offered. Mr. ' llowo's stock camo 'forward in nice condition. A good line of 100 5-year ewes realised the satisfactory price of 205., a fair '3ine of mix. aged ewes were, knocked down at 185.,' fat .ewes, 195.; fat and..forward ewes, 165.;-and a very nice little .lot of "fat and forward' lambs found a purchaser at 15s. 7il.cattle! .t,he'following prices were ,obtained: -Cows in milk, £7; 18-month -steers, £3 '3s.J'~and £4; 'fat and 'forward' •cows, £3 12s. bd,, £5 Bs., £5.95.;.2-year heifers in calf, £3 15s

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report havins held their usual weekly sale at Lovin on Friday when they offered a very heavy .yarding of both sheep and.cattle, and the was well attended by a large number 'of the public. Competition for'.all classes 'of .stock was very, keen .and. breeding owes and lambs sold remarkably well, and fat sheep and cattle realised very high prices. ' Cattl© fllso met with, a- pood c3rcci■ally fat cows-and-bullocks,- ancj-they-have Uo report almost a total clmra.nc©_ under .itho hammer aud 'privatcly . at .very. EatieIfactory prices. Lambs, 6s. 9d., fe. 10d., 7s. 4i, 75., 6d.,-' 7s. lid., Bs., Bs. 6d., 9s. 4d., Bs. Md. to .135..; lid.; fat lambs, 14s„ 15b. 3d. 'jto 16b. sd.r s.m. ewes to-155.; empty s.m. .Metres, 95.'4 d.; fat ewes,-20s:: 2d.",' 235.' 3d„Jfto 275. 3d.; 2 and 4-tooth-..wethers,! 21a. ".Cattle: -Fat cows, £5 10s„-£5'•15s.y £6'2s„ £7 55..'£7" lis., £7 17s. 6d.," £10 16s.', £11 Ss., £13 12s. 6d., £13 155.; springing heifers, :'£! 155.; £5 13s. 6d., £7; £7 10s. to ' £10 '«s.; fat heifers, £5 to £7; weaners,' 19s. to .816.; IS-TOontks to 2-year-old steers, £5 to £5 Is. .Bulls, £4 10s„ £9 10s., £10s.; a line of . 62 3-year bullocks, £6 55.; a line of 91 Si-ycar. bullocks. £7 14s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, ■Palmerston North, report:—At our Feilddng sale' on Friday, April 16, we have to report having an exceptionally, good entry of both, sheep and cattle.- While there was a good demand for good, breeding ewes and forwaird wethers and, lambs iu good contdition. medium lambs and low-conditioned -owes showed a dwuded drop, and a numiber of pens of thi-s class were turned out unsold., All lines of cattle met with'a ready "sale, arid.practically evei'y pen- changed Sands. Ive quote: Small mixed, lambs, 7s' 4d. to 7ft fld-; cull lambs, ss. sd. to 65.medium tombs, 10s. 6d. to lis.; very fair [lambs, 125.-..8 d., 13s. 6d., to 145.; empty ewes, (to 14s. 7d.;. fat and forward ewes to 18s. Id.; fat - ewes, to 21s. lid.; 2 and 4-tooths, ■20s. Bd. to '21s. 6d.; mixed age ewes, 14s„ Uss. 6d„ 175.. Bd., to 18s. 3d.; 2-tooth Southdown rams, 3 guineas; yearling steers, £2 •145.; bulls, .to £4; weaner steers, -£2; ■ 18•months st-dera, £4; 20-months steers, '£4 'S6s. to .£4, 18s.; empty, cows, .£2 10s., £1 155., to £4 18s. 6d.; light.fat cows, £6 10s. Messrs.. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report'on their Darincvirke sale held-on Thursday. iWo offered a small entry of sheep and. cat tlo to a fair attendance of buyers. In 6hoep, ewes in lamb were not inquired for, 'but there was a fair sale of good lambs and wethers. We managed, to dispose of •the bulk of our entry principally by private treaty at the following list of prices: Puli-mouth ewes in lamb, 95.; sonnd-mouth ditto, to 14s. 6d.; 2-tooth ewes in lamb, 15s. 6d. Oatle: Small weaners, to 10;.; store cows, 30s. to £2 15s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as lollows on their fortnightly Ealo at Wonagnut on Wednesday, and at on Thursday. At Wangamii -we had a good yarding o£ sheep and a, medium yarding of cattle. The bulk of cheep offered were irom outside districts, a. large proportion icing from the Marlborough province. The tone of the market was somewhat easier than it has been of late, and though we dkposod of practically ovehything yarded prices were in. favour of buyers: Wo quote: Good store wethers, 20s„ 20g. 6d. to 21s. Jd.; 2-tooth. wethers, 165., 16e. 6d., ISs. 10d., 17s. 7d., 18s., to 205.; mixed fat and forward 6heep, 19s. 6d. to 215.; fat ewes, plain, 17s. 9d.; others, 19s. 4d. to 215.; 2, 4, 6, and i.f.ra. breeding ewes, 145.; 6-tooth and f.f.ra. ewes, 15s. Bd., 15e. 9d„ 165.; 4. find 5-ycar breeding ewes, 13s, 13s. 7d., 155.; store ewes, lis. to 12s. 3d.; shorn, wether lambs, to lis. 7d.; good whoolly lambs, le. to lie. 2d.; cull lambs, 6e. 7d.; Romaey raras to 2} guineas. Cattle: Wconers, 235.; dairy cows, poor duality, £4 to £5 to.; medium ti to 3-year heifers, £4 10s.; store cows, £4, £4 ss. £', 10s. to £5. Waveriey—2-tooth ewes, 17s. 6d.; fat and forward ewes, 17«. 3d.; store wethers, 19s. 104. to.ga. -feVSk

ewes, Ife.'fid.; good lambs, 13s. Id.; small ditto. Ss. 3d.; cull 2-tooth ewes, lis. 9d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams report on their Foilding sale held on Friday as fol--OW6:—Wo had a very heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. Ewes in lamb were decidedly easier, hut wotherß and lambs sold freely. We quote: 2, 4. 6, and 4-year ewes in lamb to Romney rams, good line, 225.; low , conditioned ewes in lamb, 135., 145., to 14s. 9d.; fat owes, 19s. 4d. to 225. 7d.;-fat maiden ewes and wethers, 235. 3d. to 27e.; store wethers, 20s. 4d. to 235. 6d.; empty.ewes, 15s. 3d.; small lambs, Bs. 10d.; pood sorts, lis. 2d., 14s. to 14b. 10d.; cull lambs, 2s.- Cattle: Store cows, £2 Bs., £2 155., to £3 1&. 6d.: forward cows, £4 to £4 10s.; weaners, i9s., 255., to 285.;. 18months heifers, £2, £2 Bs. to £2 10b.; small bulls, £3 to £4 10s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report- having hold their usual weekly sale at Eketahuna on Friday when they offered a good yarding of sheep and a. fair one of cattle. There woe a pood attendance of buyers, but competition -was hardly as keen- as at the previous sale, but almost it total clearance was made at the following rates:—Fat and forward wethers, £1 Is. lOd.; fat ewes, 18«.; backward ewes, in lamb, 9s. Bd.; good shorn lambs, 95.; cull do., 7s. 4d.; cull ewes, ss. 3d.; forward store cows, £4 17*. 6d. to £5 lis.; springing heifers, £5 10s.; weaner steers, £1 175.; mixed weaners, 12s. to 16s.

The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report:—At Rongotea on Wednesday we had a full yarding. There was a very large attendance of buyers, and we have to report a, good sale. Aged empty ewes, l2s. 10d.; medium' lambs, 9s. lid.; small wcanerß, 106. to 205.; fair mixed weaners, 235. 6d, to 276.; 20-months heifers, R.W.8., £2 125.; aged store cows, £2 10s. to £2 18s.; store cows, £2 ss. to £4 10s.; forward cows, £4 15s. to £5 71. 6d.; forward empty heifers, £4 Is.; light fat cows, £5 to £6 10s.; good fat cows, £7 35., £7 75., £8 10s., to £8 195.; bulls, £5 6s. to £5 12s. 6d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report:'—At Palmerston North on Thursday we hod a fair entry of sheep *»d a heavy yarding of cattle. -Sheep were dull of Gale; cattle selling, at late rates, forward cows being in demand. We quote: 2-tooth wethers, 17s. Id.; small weaners, 15s. to 18s.: good weaner heifers, 295.; store cows, £2 10s., £3 10s., £3 155.; fat cows, £5, £6 7s. 6d„ £6 155., £7. £7 4s„ £7 12s. 6d., .£8; 4-year bullocks, £9 19s. fid.; bulls, £3 10s., to £4.

The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Wellington, Teport: At our Upper Hutt 'sale, held on Thursday, we submitted a largo yarding of both 6heep and cattle and cleared practically tho whole yarding at satisfactory prices. We quote: Fat and forward 2-tooth wethers, 17s. Bd. to 21s. 7d.; cull lambs, 6s. fid-; aged rams. 18s.; springing heifers. £6 to £7; springing cow 6, £8 to £9; 18-months heifers, R.W.8., £4 25.; empty heifers, 15 months, £2 Bs.; store cows, £2 Is.; forward cows to £5 7s. 6d.j cows with calves, £4 17e. 6d.; 2}-year 6teers, £5 Is.; 18-months et-eers, low condition, £3 os. 6d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Dannevirke, report:—During the week we held sales at Woodville on Monday and Miller's Road Saleyards, Dannevirke, on Thursday. At tho former, there was a very large yarding, especially of sheep, of which wejiad a fair proportion. Cattle wero hard to quit, but we disposed of all our sheep with the exception of one pen, at prices on a, parity with other recent sales. The Dannevirke sale being held on an "off" day. on account of Messrs. Rose, Ltd.'s annual horse fira, falling, on the usual day (Friday), the yarding was not up to the average, and the attendance also was rather meagre. Bidding was slack. We quote: 2-tooth wethers, 16s. 10d.; m.s. lambs, lis.; s.d. lambs, 9s. 5d.; fat cows, up to £6 17s. 6d.; fat steers (small), £8 10s.; 6tore cows, £2 10s. to £3 7s. '

. Mossrs. W. and 0. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly sale in their. Carterton saleyards on Friday. A good yarding. of sheep, cattle, and pig 6 oame. forward and wa-s offered to a good attendance of buyers from all part 6 of tho district, consequently bidding was animated throughout the Bale, and there was practically a clearance at the following priccs: Forward ?, and 4-tooth. wethers, 19s. Bd.; forward shorn lambs, 10s. 3d. to 12s. lid.; woolly lambs, lis. 4d.; s.m. ewe 6 in lamb, 15s. lid. to 16s. 3d.; medium, 12s. sd.j f.m. empty ewes, 7s. 7d. Pigs: Porkers, 245. 6di; slips, 7s. to 10s. 3d.; weaners, 4s. to ss. Cattle: Fat cows, £5 12s„ £5 135., to £9 2s. (extra good); fat wethers, £7- 5b.; 2yeax 6teers, £5; store cows, £2 75., £3, £3 Is., £3 25., to £3 65.; old store cows, 235. to 375.; springing heifers, due factory dates, £3, £3 125., to £4; yearling heifers, £2; weaner heifers, 205., 225„ 245. 6d. to 265. ;■ bull ealves, 13s. 6d., 165., to 265.. 6d.; small weaner calves, 95.; bulls, £3, £4 10s., to £4 18s.

Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., of Feilding, report medium entries of both poultry and pigs. There was a slightly better demand for pigs with an advance in price for smaller kinds, porkers and slips selling lati Jast week's rates. Quotations :— Poultry: Hens, Is. 9d„ 25., 2s. 6d.; P. 8., 55.; roosters, Is. 9d., 2s. 6d.; cockerels, ls„ Is. 6d.,>.35. 3d.; ducks, 45., ali at per pair. Pigs. Weaners; 55., 65., 6s. 6d., 7s. 6d.; slips, lis 6d., 125., 12s. 6d., 155.; porkers 355., 40s. 6d.; bow, 365. Pony, £6 10s.; aged mare, £1 17s. 6d. Produce: Potatoes, Bs. 6d. to 10s. 6d. sack -for good table sample; pig potatoes, 3s. fid. and 4s. sack, with good demand; onions, up to 10s. cwt.; passion fruit, 2s. 6d., 35.; apples, 3c., 3s. 6d., 4s. i case; pears, 2s. fid., 3s. 6d.; quinccG, Is. 6d., 25.; bag, tomatoes'. 3b., to 3s. 6d. '