LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2570, 18 September 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

■The jSew Zealand Loan and Mercantile . - iAgimcy^Oo/'iepdrt:—At Valmerston North, ;. on Thursday, we had a good; yarding- of , both, sheep: and. cattle.: Competition' for . all lots-:ol' sheep.' .was Jteen, aiatt cattle sold. . well.- T-Wo'-'-qjiote:—yorwardi jwethers, - 285.•'.':2 d.;: 29s."!.^;::small^wether3,-'jl9s.'-' ! >d,;: aged' ■ ewes mth. 30-.-per-.-.cent, lamibs, 165.; . tm. 1 qwes S.;D."i, rams, >-28s.'"-"Sd.";''" light fat ' 1 eweei '245.. weaner. 'heifere, -:-17fl. 6d.;.. year;v ling heil'«6, l 6s:;.yea-rJing , -..Btoers, £2 65,,;. " Bs.'; /• good. fdx. cowSti£&t 128*- 6d! r vto' ,: £lo 10s.; heavy ='-<»wsi £is;i'light; : fat' hiilloolis,. £l 4 ;; spring•irig, heil'ers, '-,'£7. rlOs.' springiiag cows,' xS /12s. : 6d:i £6;.-.-15s. : jr i 'two-year'..-ij : .ll. bull, '£4 -'-,12s; 6d;-j-"/;: "// " ... - vMesßrs.: Dalgety and Company, Limited, • -ireport;having.:held their monthly . sale at Waikanao on ' Tuesday. !A :'sinaU , yarding of both'- sheep and cattle came- forward. . The: bidding, -noweveiy for some lines olfercd ,\vo«v good,.' and satisfactory, sales-i.ivere: .. The - prices/ were; de '■ Tinder':'— Store. twcHtootli wethers; :2/ts.'/10d.-./spring-. ;/ ing. heifere, £4-t»,i'£s' 35.; two-yeax empty : heifersiV£3 ,Is. i-: At'.tthe:.Levin yards ,'ou /; Wednesday, 'the ' tenie'i firm": report - having: ■/had a fair yard\r.£ of."slicenand a heavy- ■ : yarding: of . Competition was good, end' late rates -for store sheep were. maintainedi;, . Pat ' sheep/were 'over Is. to .1 :..'6d.. per head: dearer than. at.:'rthe ; previous sale; ■ also empty forwar'ilcoWs v sh6wedan increased- price,: andkeen.'-competition . took piac-e.: for "ail :n:cii lilies ottered. The : principal sales/effected., were, as under:—. -,Medmn£ woolly:hOßgets,' ! l7sl ldl : ;to 175.-lid.;' . fat ewes-aaid,wethers, i 355 .: M.; medium fat ■ /ewes,-275. =4d. to 285.';.6d. : ; fat hoggets,' 21s. 7d. Cattb : .Idglifcweight 'fat; cows,: £518s. .-'to: mixed'-.weaner«,'i2ss. ; to-325..'6d.; '; mixed- jearlings,-, 40s. .to !48«.;- vealers, 155.. to 235.; v.empty heifers (poor, condition),'. £3 H4s.; forvdird store'cowis, £4-10s.'to £4 -18s.'; .'JyeaTling; steers, (bad coloui's),. £2 25.; .two-' i yeai-old.i-steers,;: £4: 7s.' 6d.;. heifers, dote to profit, £6 10s. to £7; dairy cows in milk, . ,-£6 17s. 6d. to £6 19s/; '" , -'. At the Upper ,-Hutt on Thursday,. Messre. Dalgoty.i and Co.; Ltd., offered a small yarduig-'of. sheep and' a. heavy yardinE' of • cattle, the' entry meeting with good com- .: jetiuorilv '. Sales .• were - as ;■ Tinder.:—Pat iwethersy' 348i/"v7Cdttle: ■ Fat cows, £6 4s". to. : £6 12a. 16d,: /forward-store.-.'cows,: £4 £e. to : £s:7s.'.fid.;, pooricbhdition",'stor6, cows,. £3 : : fe.-to £3; 12s. 6d.;, 6pringiiig.T heifere, £3 15s". ( to; £4. 10s.:bulla,'. : £4 .15s. .to ;£5 18s. ; 18,'.3nontli heifers,? £2 19s.':- Oa-accdunt of-tlio /'Woundeii'.Soldiere- Fund, ■ttib heifera, don-' : eted by ,Mr.. James Stevens,-.uwcre sold, and lreaiised.vthe/sum'.of -:jeil- 7s. -6d.— - ; - - Messrs. Dalgety,-, and..Company,- Limited, .' Talmereton' North, report:—Wo had a , - small /yarding _of cattle "at ..oasr Pclmerston, (North . safe . on . There was.: a very . good\ demand.: for sheep, and prac- : ...ticaUy"all,'lines-of cattle 1 were quitted, at tatisfiotory / prices : to' vendors :-Cull hos- ,. gets. mixed :hoggets, 18s. lid. 1 to .2Cs. 9d.; aged empty ewes, to 16s. 94. j empty : store cows, £3 lis. to £3 155.; empty ' • cows,' £4,/£4 17s. 6d;, £5, to £5 175.;6d.;' empty, two-year heifere,' to £4:- empty two ■ and a'■ half to three-year' heifers. £4 183. j6d;; small-yeaTlihg: steers,-to £2; mixed ' J,-mrliiigs, '395. to £2' 10s.backward spring-

inc'•-heiferi;- £4 : ..75. 6d. to £6; springing heifersv-£6 sfl.i ;- £o 17s. 6d., £7. £7 55., to £7 171*6 d.; two-yearisteers, £6. : -The New Zealand Loan and Hercantilo •■Agenoy Co., Ltd:, Report that at their Upper Hutt yands on Thursday they submitted a email yarding of sheep and. a rood entry of cattle to a small attendance. They sold light empty store cows, £3 9a., £3 19a, to £4 155.; w&aner steers, to 355.; 15-montlt steers, to £3; diiiry'cows in mill;, ,: £4; 'ddiry cows; ju6t l calved,-- £5 10s. to £8 17s. fid.; fat cows, to £8 Bs. ■■