LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2457, 10 May 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having a very good yarding of both. &n€ep and cattle' at their Feilding sale on Fri-. day. May 7, which sold as below -.-Medium lambs, Bs. 9d., 9e., 9s. ild., to 10s.; twotooth aethers, to 16s. lid.; mixed-age e ,^ cs in lamb, to 125.; light fat cows. £5. 156., £6 55.. £6 165., to £7; thrcs and a halfyear bullocks, to £8 155.; fat bullocks, to £13 Is.; eighteen-month heifers, £3 os.; eighteen-month steere, to £4 2s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their weekly sale held in Milla-r b Read yards on Friday as follows:—We yaracC a fair entry of sheep and cattle, but competition among the small number of buyers present wa6 anything but spirited. We disposed of practically tho whole of our offering, however, at the prices: Sheep: Kmpty ewee, to !s.; ewes in lambs, to 12s. 6d.; store lambs, Bs. 3d. Cattle: Fat cows, £4175. 6d., £6 10s., to £6 15s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Palmerston on Tliursday we had a large yarding ot sheep and cattle, and prices on all lines eicept fats were easier in sympathy witu other markets. Fat ewes, 235. 9d. to 245. Bd.: fat wethers, 265. 6d.; forward lambs, 135.; good woolly lambs, 12s. 5d.; shorn lambs, Es. lid. to 9s. 7d.; small lambs. 65.; f.m. ewe 3 in lamb, lis. Id.; mixed-age ewes in lamb, 15s. sd.- Two-tooth ewes, 15s. 10d.; four-tooth ewee, 16s. Bd.; su-tootn ewes, 165." 3d.; f.f.m. ewes, 15s. lid.; twotooth p.b. ewes r.w. rams, 2&5.; weaners, 12s. 6d., 195., 255. 6d.; aged cows, 35e.; forward cows, £4 10s. to £4 lis.; store cows, £2 17s. 6d. to £3105.; dairy cows, to £6, £6 105.,. to £12. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report : r At Bangiwahia. on Tuesday, we had a fair entry ox sheep and cattle. ' There was a good attendance of the public, and. good prices were realised. We quote: —Small lambs, 9s. to 10s. 9d.; fair .lambs, 135.; good lambs. 136. 6d. to 145.; store ewes, 125.; ewes in lamb, 21s. 4d., 21s. 6d„ to 225. Id.; wethers, 20s. td. to 21s. Cattle; Weaners, 135.; empty heifers, £2 17s. 6d. to £3 fs.; forward" heifers, £4 75.; springing heifers, £6 2s. 6d.; twentymonth steers, £4 Ss.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:-At Feilding, on Friday, we had a small entry of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle. We quote:— Sheep: Medium lambs, 10b. lid.; fat lambs, 16s. 10d.; store wethers, _ 206.; heht fat werthers, 245. £d.; ewes in lambs, 18s. 3d. Cattle: Weaners, 15e.; heavy fat cows, £9 7s. 6d.; good fat cows, £7 10s.; light fat cows, £6 lis. to £6 155.; fat and forward cows, £5 145.; bull, £7 106.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their sale held at Feildinc on Friday:—We- had a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle, which sold at prices on a par with last week's quotations. We quote Fat ewes, 215., 225.. to 235.; fat lambs, 16s. to 175.; fat wethers, Ms. to 265.; fat and forward lambs; 14s. Id. to 14s. 4d.; three, four, end five-year ewe, in lamn, lis. lOd. to 17a.; small four-tooth .ewes in lamb, 15s. 4d.; old owes in lamb. 9s. 4d. to lis. 3d.; good lambs, 9s. Id., 9s. 4d„ to 12s. 6d.; small lambs, ss. 3d. to 75.; ewe lambs, 125.. 6d. to 13s. 6d.; two-tooth wethers (small), 195.; empty ewes (no condition), 9s. 4d. to lis. 3d.; twenty-month P.A. steerß (low conditions), £3 10s.-; ditto heifers. £2 13s.'; store cows, £2 to £2 145.; weaner heifers, £2 3s. 6d.; cows in calf, £4 2b. 64.; light cows, £5 12s. to £6 15s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., , report:—At Levin, on Friday, we submitted , a fair entry of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle to a. large attendance of buyers. . Bidding throughout was fairly brisk, end we have to report a very successful sale, the bulk of-the yarding clianßin™ hands at satisfactory prices. Wo auote:—Fat ewes, 19s. '4d.. 19s. 10d., Ms.. 235. 3(L. to 245. 1 9d.; fat wethers, 22a. 9d„-?,25. lid., to 235. 4d.; fat woolly lambs, 215.; fat shorn lamb 6, 13s. 6d.; forward wethers, 20s„ 20s. Id., to 21s. fid.; forward ewes, 145.; shorn lambs, 7s. Bd., 7s. 10d.. 9s. Id. Cattle: Fat cows. £7 55., £7 65., £7 75.; forward COW 6, £5 55., £5 10s., £S 165.; three and four-year steers, £7 10s„ £7 lie. 6d., £8, £8 25.; three-year steers. £7 Wp.: three-year steers, low conditioned, £6, £{ Is.; two-year dairy heifers in calf, £4 135.; heifers, close to profit, £7 10s.. £8, £9; store cows, £1, £2 25., £2 4s. 6d., £2 12s. 6d.. £3 Is.; mother-reared weaners. heifers. 265. 6d., 295. 6d.; steers. 355.; bull 6, £7 15s. Pigs: Practically nil lots were sold under the hammer at tho following prices:—Stores, 10s., tlf., 145,., 15s. 6d.; wooners. Ss„ 4s. 6d„ 65., 95.; porters, 275. 6d.. 295., 305., 345. 6d, 355.; haconeTß, £1 ss„ £2 fe. Jtessrs. W. and G. Turbull and Co., Ltd., report having held their -weekly rale In their Carterton Eale yards on Friday. , A yarding as advertised came forward, ana was offered to a fair number of buyers, but competition was not too keen, and vendors In several eases had to Tefluco tlicir reserves. The following prices were realised:—Sheep: Fat ewes, 19s. 9d.: fat twotooths, 205.; cull ewes, ss. Bd. Pies: Weaner pigs. Bs. 9(1., 9s. 9d., to 10s. Cattle: Fat eows, £5 25.; forward cows. £3 Is., £3 35., £S 17s. 6d„ to £4 125.; store cotvs, £2 35., £2 55.. to £2 12s. 6d.; old store cows. 25«.. 305.. tn 325.: dairy eows. in calf, due August and September. £2 55., £i 10s., to £3 165.; two-year heifers in calf. £4 4e.: eighteen-month heifers, in calf. £2 45.. £2' 10s., to £2 165.; weaner calves, 175.: weaner steers (trond), 305.; yearlin'g bulls. 255.; Jersey threc-year-bnlls, £2 10s.. lbs., FA Sr. We olsn sold, on account of the ■nelitinn Helief Fund, one sack of wheat, donated- hy Mrs. A. Caireron, "Moreton Itn;«l, Carterton, which Tealised 30s. Ifr. Newton King reports:—On Thursday, at Bahotu, I had a fair entry, which sold as follows:—Weedy weaners, 15s. to £1 35.; empty eighteen-month heifers, £2 fis. 6d.; In-calf two and a. half-year heifers (nice line), £6 5e.: in-calf twenty-month heifers (small), £2 10s. and £3; bulls, £6 ss. to £7 10s.; yearling bulls. £2 6s. to £2 175.; twenty-month steers, £3 18s.; store cows, £3 3s. to £4 75.; slip pigs, 15s. 6d.