LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2451, 3 May 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. Palmerston North, report having a fair yarding of stock at their Fcilding sale on Friday, which sold as below:—Small lambs, ss. 6d., 6s. 7d.. Bs. 2d. to Bs. 4d.; medium lambs, Se. Bd., 9s. 5d., 96. lid., to 10s. 5d.; blackface lambs, to 125.; very fair mixed lambs, to 13s. 2d.; two and four-tooth wethers. to '19s. 7d.; empty cows, £2 155., £4 2s„ to £4 .'•Ms.; storo cows, 295., 305.. to 325. 6d.; springing cows, to £8. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report ■having held their usual weekly sale in iDannevirke yards on Friday, when they offered d small yaiding of both, sheep and cattle, which met with very little competition. ' Sheep did not meet owners' reserves and were passed in. Fat cows sold at £6 to £5 10s.; store cows, £2 to £3; heifers. in calf, £4 to £2 13s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Masterton, report :—We held our usual weekly sale at Sohray on Wednesday last. We had a small ontry of sheep and a. large yarding of cattle, tho bulk of which were good quality bullocks. The demand for all classes of stock was restrioted, as tho continued dry weather has not improved tho growth of feed for the winter. There was a largo attendance of buyers from the Lower Wairarapa and the surrounding districts. 'On account of Mr. 0. A. Bunny, Waipipi, we offered a tip-top lino of 3',! 45-year - Shorthorn bullocks, tho bulk of which were beef, but these failed to reach the owners' reserves. We, however, disposed of them privately later in the day. We offered, also on account of Mr. Bunny, a well-bred line of 100 threes and four-year Shorthorn-Hereford bullocks, which were, howover, passed in. In conjunction with Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., we ' sold on account of Messrs. Pain and Sutherland, Te Psrae. a line of 105 threeyear bullocks at £7 10s., and 39 two and three-year steers at £5 10s. On account of 'Messrs. Caselberg Bros, and Lang we sold ft splendidly-bred line of 154 mixed-sex ,'Hereford-Shorthorn-crosa weaners at' 325. 6d. Tho purchasers were. Messrs. Barton •Bros., Mataikona. Also, on account of the'same vendors, a line of 39 station cows,, .in low condition,- at £2 6s. We offered a. ifew lines of sheep; which met with a dragging sale. Messrs. Abraham and Williams report on f their Feildiug . sale on Friday- last:—We •had a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle, anything forward selling at late iate&, but inferior stuff was hard to ciuit. Wethers. 195., 19s. 6d„ 215., to 21s. lOd.f. . end f. lambs. 12s. 6d., 13s. lid.; empty ewes, 125,; fat ewes, 20s. sd„ 20s. 9d. to 215.; cull lambs, ss. 2d. ' Cattle: Medium fat ■bulls, £10 ss. to £10 15s. 6d., to £11 125.; two and «- half-year steers, £6 10s.; three and a half-year Hereford heifers. £5 7s. 6d.; springing heifers, £6 12s. to £7; small •.wcauers. ite. ' Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. reportAt Levin on Friday wo offered a yarding of 750 ,hcad of oattlo of all classes •and a medium.entry;of sheep. Bidding for ■sheep, with, the-exception of any pens of fats, was inclined, to, drag, but.the competition for cattle was fairly'keen, and ■'wo bare to report a good clearance, very few lots going out unsold. Quotations:— 23 fat and forward buliock6, £12 7s. 6d.; 60 three-year- Polled Angus- bullocks, £7 lis.; 30 two and a' half-year steers. £5 9s. fd.; twenty-months steers, £3 18s. 6d. to £3 ; 195.; 25 Shorthorn.cows and calves. £4 Is.: ■ : 43 cows and calves, £4 14s. 6d.; 43 well-bred '.breeding cows. £3 175.: 22 Hereford steer •calves, from above. £2 145.; 20 Hereford heifer calves, from above, £2 £s.; fat cows, '£6 2s. 6d. to £7 17s. 6d.; light fat cows, £5 10s. to £6; store cows, 30.-. to £3; IBmonths empty heifers. £2 lis. 6d. to £2 14s. €d.; twenty-month heifers, in calf, £2 lis.; weaner steers, 285., 325.: heifers at drop, £3 10s.: fat wethers. 2fe.; fat, ewes, 19s. 7d. to 245. 6(1.; empty forward ewes, 12s. lid.; mixed aged breeding ewes, 143. 6d.; cull lambs, 55.: cull two-tooth ewes, 10s. 2d.; baconers, £3 55.; porkers, 17s„ 245.. 265„ 395. to 345. 6U.; stores, 12s. to 14s. 6d.; weaners. 4s. Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., Fcilding, in their market report, report bettor prices ruling for nigs and a good inquiry for all classes of poultry. Small ■quantities only were offering on Friday. Potatoes of varying quality were in heavy supply. Good tablo sorts sold Tip to '9s. per bag. Quotations:—Heavy porkers made 38s. to 395.; light, 30s. to 315.; light stores, J4s.; weaners, 7s. to Bs. 6d.; slips, lis. 6d.; poor weaners. ss. to 65.; hacks, £3 to £6 15s. Poultry: Hens, 2s. 9d.; cockerels, 4s. per pair. Potatoes. 6s. to 9s. sack; pig potatoes, 3s. 6d. to 45.; barley, lis. per sack; tomatoes. 2s. to 3s. case; onions, 6s. to 9s. cwt.; apples, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. half-case; pears, 2s. 3d.: pumpkins, 6s. to 7s. bag. The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile 'Agency Co.. Ltd.. report on their Fcilding talc- held'on Friday:—At Fcilding on Friday we hod a small entry of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle to offer to a moderate attendance of buyers. Bidding for both sheep tind cattle was very full throughout, the sale, except for occasional pens of £riine fat sheep. We quote:—Sheep: Mixed tmbs, 6s. 7d. to 7s. 9d.; fat ewes, 19s. 9d. Cattle: Small weaners. 125.; forward cows, £4 55., £4 15s. to £5 17s. 6d.; dairy cows, £4. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 'Agency Co. report:—On Wednesday we held o, clearing sale of dairy stock on account of Mr.' F. W. Anderson-, Longbum. This herd had exceptional records, which were recognised by buyers, and in consequence tho cows sold well. The 25 head averaged tho satisfactory price of £11 3s. The top price was £26 10s„ fourteen Jersey heifers averaging £7 17s. Best cows, £13 55., £13 10s. £15, £16 15s. to £26 10s.: fair cows. £9, £10, £10 55., £1! 55.. £12 55.; late and throe-quarter cows. £6. £6 155., £8 55.; beet heifers £8 10s., £8 155., £9. £11; others, £6 to £8; pedigree Jersey bull. 22 guineas; yearlin" purebred bull. £2 155.; weaner heifers, £2 7s. 6d.; mixed lambs, lEs.; heavy gelding, £10 10s. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:-At Palmerston on Thursday wo had a good yarding of both ehocp and cattle, and sold the bulk of our yarding at- prices as follow:—Sinnll lamb*, 9R. 6d.; B.F. lambs, lis., lis. .id : woolly lambs, 10s. 7d.; Lincoln lambs, 125.; fat and forward ewes. 16s. 8d„ 17s. 7d„ to 18s. 6d.; sin/ill wcfl.iiors, 12s. 1/6., 205.; good wxiTwrr fiteors, 275. 6d., 295. 6d., its.; prooa weaner hcifere, 235. 6d„ 315., 325.; aged cow® 3fe- 375.. 385.; storo cows, £2 12s. 6d„ £3 10?.; forward cows. .64. £5; fat- cowe, £6 Bs.. £6 10s., £6 155.. £7 10s.; prime heavy cows, £11 7s; 6d„ £13 2s. 6d.; twenty-months steers, £4 7s. 6d.; bulls. £5 10s., £6, £6 10s. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd,, report:—At tho liual Dsmumrlft gate M.4 gft Scldfi; ta j.

the Miller's Road yards, sheep came forward in full numbers, and there iv«s a moderate yarding of cattle offering to a rather small' attendance of the public. There was a distinct fall in the priccs for all stock. Bidding throughout was slow and lines were hard to Quit, seldom reaching owners' -valuations. We quote Lambs, 9s. 6d. to 12s. 3d.; f.m. ewes, ss. to 125.; mixed two-tooths, 9s. 6d. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:—At Apiti an Tuesday we yarded 1115 head of cattle. There was a large attendance of buyer?, but owing to the dry season and shortage of crass bidding was not brisk. Id some eases, vendors' high l reserves also restricted business. However, by tho end' of the day the bulk of the yarding was quit-, ted at what may be deemed satisfactory pricc-s. Dairy weaners, 255..t0 295. 6d.) M.K. wcaneTß, £2 65.: eiehteen-month heifers, £3 36.- to £3 10s.; springing heifers, £6 10g.; spcyed bcifers, £4 63. to £4 175.; fat heifers- £7 2s. 6d.; store cows, £2 15s„ £3. to £3 135.; forward cows, £4 10s.. £4 145., £5 55., to £5 18s. 6d.; fat cows, £6 55., £6 tie., £7. £7 76. 6d. t to £8 10s.; eight-con-month steers, £3 Es. 6d., £3 10e., £4 2s. 6d. to £4 145.; two and a. half-year steers,. £5, £5 75., £5 165., to £6 lis.; three and a halfyear forward bullocks. £9 106.; bulls, £3, £1 lfe, £6 10s., £7, to £8; fat stags, £9 10s. Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly Fale in their Carterton sale yards on Friday. A good yarding of sheep ojid cattle and pigs camo forward, and was offered to a good attendance, but competition waa very dull, consequently the bulk of the sheep went out unsold. The cattle entry met with keener competition, and there was practically a clearance. The following prices were realised:—Sheep: Two-tooth B.F. -wethers, 15s. lOd.; store ewes, 12s. 6d.; poor condition, Bs. 5d.; forward B.F. lambs, 13s. ■'d.; f.f. and f.m. ©wee, in lamb to S.D.. 17s. Pigs: Weaner pigs, 6s. 6d., 9s. od., to 10s. 3d. Cattle; Fat cows, £5, £6, to £6-95.; forward cows, £4 10s. to £5; store cows, £2 10s., £3 55., £3 106., £3 125., to £4; old stow cows, 205.. 335. 6d. to 375.; springing heifers, on drop, £7 7s. 6d.; springing heifers, due factory dates. £4 10s.; springing cows, due factory dates, £4 to £4 5e.; two-year .Holstein- steers, £4; heifer calves, 265.; medium weaner calves (unsaleable). Mr. Newton King supplies the following weekly report:—At Waiwakaiho yards on Friday," April 23, I had a good entry, of which there was a fair clearance. Weaner steers were selling readily and Shorthorn weaner heifers showed an improvement. Store cows eased again in sympathy with outside sales, but Tendors were selling. Prices obtained were: "Weaner 6teers, from £1 Bs. -to £2 55.; weaner heifers. 18s. to £1 Js. 6d.; mixed weaners, 186. 6d. to £1 7s. 6d.; "'teen and eighteen-month steers, £3 9s. to £3 146.; two and a half-year steers, well cone, £6 10s.; springing heifers, £6 15s. to £7 9s. 6d.; dairy cows, £6 2s. 6d. to £9 55.; fat cows, £6 6s. to £8 2s. 6d.; forward cows, £4 4s. to £5 3s. 6d.; store cows, £2 6s. to £3.125. 6d.; small bulls, £3 17s. 6d.; mixed fat sheep. £1 Is. Id.; lambs, good 13s.;' small, Bs. 10d.; f.m. ewes, 10s. 9d. At Douglas on April 26 there was a fine yarding of both sheep and cattle, two or three lines of cattle being shut out. Competition waa (luicter, but fair business was done during tho day at the following prices: Weaner steers, £1 13s. to £2 65.; weaner leifore, 17s. to £1 45.; twenty-month to two-year steers, £4 ss„ £3 155., and £i 10s.; three and a half-year bullocks, £8 lis.; in-calf heifers, two and two and a half years, £3 19s. to £4 IDs.; in-calf twenty-month heifers, £2 165.; springing heifers, £6 10s.; empty fifteen-month heifers, £2 ss. to £2 Bs. 6d.; bulls, £3 15s. to ao 55.; fat cows, £7 7s to £8 95.; heavy forward good-condition-ed cows, £5 to £6 Bs.; fresh-conditioned to forward cows, £3 15s. to £4 12s. 6d.; store £ows, £2 12s. 6<L to £3 Bs.; aged cows, up to £2 35.; lambs, good, 13s. and 13s. 3d.; fair sorts, up to lis. Id.; small, ss. 3d.; f.m. ewes, 10s. to lis. 3d.; sound-mouthed- ewes in lamb, 17s. lid. to 18s. 7d.; two-tooth wethers, 18s. Bd. to 19s. 6d.; small twotooth, ewes, 16s. 3d. On Tuesday, at Stiie.tr ford, despite the heavy rain, I had.a full yarding of. cattlo and. sheep with a Tery representative attendance. The warm rain evidently made a movement on the day, as very fair bidding was obtained throni hout for oil classes, e. very satisfactory sale resulting. There were no good weaner steers' offering, but a good number ■ of weaner heifers were sold at the hammer at an. advance on Tecent sales. Fat cows met with keen competition, as did also lambs and-wethers. . I-supply prices:—"Weaner steers, fair, £1 ss. 6d. to £1 14s. 6d.; weanejs. heifers, £1 to £1 65.; smaller, 15s, to 19s. 6d.; young cows, small framed, £1 18s. to £2 18.3. 6d.; aged cows, £2 ss. to £4 Bs., according to condition; store cows, £3 4s. 6d. to £3 155.; fresh-conditioned cows, £4 to £4 116.; forward cows, mostly big framed, £5 2s. to £6-35.; fat cows, £9 ss„ £9 35., £9 Is., £8 se„ £8. £7 16s„ £7 155., £7 125., £7 7s„ £7 55., £7 4s. 6d„ £6 195.; dairy cows, springing, £8 10s.; in-calf heifers, £3 10s. to £4 15s;; fifteen-month steers, £3 7s. to £3 lfe 6d.; two to two and a half-year steera, good colour, even line. £4 15s. 6d.; bulls, £5 to £7 7s. 6d;; email, £2; empty twenty-month heifers, £2 Bs. 6d. to £2 175.; two-tooth wethers, 6maU, 17s. Ud.; lambs, 12s. lOd.; smaller, Bs. 7d.. to 106.; ewes in lamb, sound mouth, 17s. sd„ 17s„ 16s. 3d.. 146., 13s. 5d., 12s. 3d.