LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2572, 21 September 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

• Messrs, Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., Palmerston ..North, report having a small. entry of •ghcej- aixl a .very good yarding of'caMe at •their Feilding sale on Friday last, which jsold at prices as .follow;— Good fat hog'Bcts, 255.6 d.; prime fat ewes,'.to' 335. 7d.; ►coloured • yearling jsteers,- £2. 12s. 6d.; 15- ! months heifers, to £Z 155.-6 d.: 20-months ' eteers, £5-9s. -to £5 12s. 6d.'; good-condi-jtioned. heifers, £5 12s.fid. to £5 155.; storo I cows, £3 4s. to £3 135.; empty cows; £5 Us., 12s. 6d„ £S'l3s.; backward.dairy heifers,' ;£3 10s., £3 l-ss. to £3 17s. 6d.; young bulls, ■to £2. lQs.; bulls, to. £7; 3 to"3J-year buli locks, to _£9 lbs.; 3J to, 4-year , bullocks, to ;£ll 10s.;flight fat bullocks,:to £14'3s. . ■ , r 'The New Zealand Loan and Jlercantilc ! 'Agency .Co. report:—At Feilding on Friday Iwe hod a small entry of both sheep and , cattle Bat sheep were easier,' but stores :-werc. keenly competed for, and showed a ; alPtinct rise.. Cattle of all. . classes- were reader, and several lines were passed: in. . Forward ewes, 215.; aged ewes with lambs I at: foot,-'23s. Ud.; light fat wethers, 325.; [fat ewes.'and wethers, 285.; yearling-steers, |:£2 325.; small, springing heifers, £3 12s. i6d.; springing heifers, £5 to £7 75.; spring-, jlng cows (good), £10 to £12; springing cows, i£B;'bows in milk, £6. . ■'■

- Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., r<v ■port on ,their Feilding sale, held on Friday:—Wo. had, a very fair yarding of : sheep, including a number of pens of very' gooJ fat woolly and shorn sheep, ana n. ■'Heavy ,ya'rding of cattle.. All sheep sold 1 well, - although, the fat market' was iuicljned to drag a bit, but ;we managed to lauit every pen under tho hammer/ Steers and, grown bullocks -were hard to sell. We :quote:—Fat sheep, on account, J. Green, ;.Wai'tuna, 21. shorn' ewes, 2.1s 6d., and 71 Jllglit ewes and wethers, shorn, 725.; on ; account, L. Pleasants, Halcombc, .15 shorn jewes, 20s, lOd.; on account H. Gaisfonl, Oringi, 5 extra heavy shorn ewes, 275. ,3d.; '53 woolly-wethers, 325. 3d.! on account W. :J. Sbarnon,' Makino. 24 wether 3 295. 7d., '27 do. 30s. ld., and-35 wethers 525.; on account o.,'Managh, Halcombc, 37 light cows, 235.: on .account D. Bell. Feilding, heavy ;cwe3,-.345: Skrfe sheep: On account W. 11. ' Gaisford," 181 Iteavy-skinnecl wethers, ■ 325. Id.; on account W. .T. Shannon, 52 forward :-wethers, ' 28s. 9d.; .'.empty ewes, 17s. ?d. 'Cattle: 3 and 4-ycar bullocks, £11; do., £10 17s. 6d.; fat bullocks, £15. 55.; fat, cow:'. £8 4s. to £11 10s.; springing cows, to £7; Springing heifers, £8 ss. to £7; store cows, :£2 10s. lo £4 15?. . ' : . • ..

' . Messrs." W. and G. Turnbull and Co., ; Ltd:, report having held their usual weeki3y. istlo In their Carterton salo yards on :.Vriday. ■ An excellent yarding of sheep and cattle came forward, and met with 'fair competition, and a good. clcarancr iwas made at the following prices:—Woolly ihoegets, IBs. 2a.; medium hoggets, Us. 1 , 9d.; i'cull hoggets, 10s.; "Store owes,' 145.; fat ;ecws, £6: springing heifers (close, to profit), i£s 10s.; £6, to £7 55.;.:1at6 calvcrs, £4 45., i£4 15s. to £5; dairy cows • (close to profit), j£s to £6; cows, in calf to S.H. bull, £4 35.; forward store cows, £3 155.. £3 17s. to :£4 fe.; store cows, £2 6s. to £2 10s.; cows ;iuid calves. £3 6s. to £3 175.; yearling h.->i. jfers, £2 55.; heifers, oalves,' 265.; bulls ■ :calves, 215.; weaner pigs, 14s. 6d.'to 14s. ;90.; porker?, 205.,' 255. 3(1. to 2'rs.; baconers, |J3s. £[1.; sows in pig. £4 to £5; store sows, 465. • '