LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2606, 30 October 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

i, Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., toport that on Thursday they held a successful unreserved, clearing 1 sale oil account of Mr. W. Coulter, IVoodville. They offered. 15 'cows; which sold ot from £5 10s. to"-£10,'.'-averaging .out at £6 lis., which, cohsiderihg-'tliat' the cowc havo been in milk for ne&rly three months, was exceptionally good. Sows in pig sold at £2 17s. 6d„ £i 55., to £4 13s. 6d.; porkers made as high as 285.: slips, np to 16s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report on the cattle fair held at Masterton on Tuesday as follows:—Tho total yarding was. considerably, in excess- of advertised numbers, several of tho smaller lots having to be accommodated hi the sheep pens. Taken on the whole, ths quality was good and equal to that of recent years, after allowance being made for tho disastrous dry season tho previous year. The absehco of grown bullocks was decidedly noticeable, - and those that, were offored lacked condition, but the competition was decidedly 'keen. ' Tho' sale went with a swing from the start, competition being animated throughout, and a total clearance resulted. Our principal sales wctc as follow:—90 2-year steers, on. behalf of Annedale Station, made £8 53.; 169 aged cattle, ciri account of Brancepeth 3tatio v n, made £8 Is.-; 2-year steers; on behalfjof.Str. Hugh Williams, Kumukumti, mode £8;' Messrs. Shaw and Son's 2-year steers made £8 2s. 6d.,-and -heifers of same description made £6 25.; 2-year store bullocks on behalf of Air. Erl Williams, somewhat low-condi-tioned, made ' £12; fat ■ bullocks from Brancepeth made £18, and cows from tho same, station made £9 10s., £10 2s. 6d„ and £10 10s.; . oows and calves offered by Mr. G. E.' Allen made'£7 325.'6 d. Several lots of "dairy" sorts were offered, all of which sold readily, and, taken on tho whole, the oattle fair can be described as the best sale of the kind ever conducted in. the ;Wairarapa. ' ' ' The New-Zealand lioan and Mercantile Agency. Co.'; Ltd., reports on the. Feilding oattle fair as follows:—There was & very large entry of good. Quality cattle at tho fair on. Friday. Of "a total -entry of 27C0 head bur offering consisted of 830, and with the exception of one small lino wo quitted every pen under the hanuner. The sale went. with, a swiiig from start to'finish, .bidding' being brisk, 'and prices in every case being ■in favour of vendors. TVo topped the market for store bullocks with a pen of fresh, good duality bullocks, offered on', account of Messrs. bhannon Bros., which realised the good price of £14 7s. 6d. The fair was.the most successful that has ever been held in the district.-- A fair entry of sheej) also came forward, and mot with a' good demand. Shannon Bros., 4-year bullocks, £14 7s. 6(L; 3-year bullocks, £12 55., £10 lis.; W. E. L. Banks, 3 and . 4-ycar bullocks ,£l2 125.; It. A.. M'Kenzie, 3-year .steers, £10,153.; 2-yeor P.A. steers, £7 2s. 6d.;'yearling S.H. steers, £5-35.: yoarling S.H. heifers, £4 2s. 6d:; H. G. Kilford; 4-year bullocks flow condition), £6-Bs.; E. D. Sogers, 3-year steers. £8 15s.; '2-year stcrs, £6 95.; springing cows, £6 15s.e '6d.; J. H. Waugh, fat cows £9 17s„ 6d.; store cows, £4 135.; yearling steers, £3 12s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 ls.-r Porlong and Suisted, 3-year steers, £9 7s.;* 'W. Bcitt and Son, 2-year'P.A. steers, £7 95.; -2-yoar sfeers!trough), '£5175.; empty heifers, £4 165.; yearling heifers, £2 Us.; Eilnes, Ltd., 25-year steers; £8 65.; 2-year steers, '£6 lis. and. £5 65.; 'H.-.W- -ODiwr, 2-year steers (rough), £5 \ss. and £5 os.; 2-vear heifers, £3'lls".';"-G. :0. Aiken, 2-year ttolstein-croas heifers, £4; 1 2-year _ Jersey* cross heifers, £3 18s.; 2-year Ayrshirc-cross heifers;' £3 15&.; £. A. Twigg, 2-year -P.A. heifers, £5 J. Oasey, yearling steers, £4 95.; Jas. Fergusson, yearling steers. £3 45. : ; yearling heifer (small), 365.; H. Smith, !8 month .heifers, £3 Os. 6d.; yearling hei:'fers. '38s. 6d.; G. yearling steers, £3 10s.; - springing cows, £5 10s. A .line of 1000 ; sheep, offered! jointly with Messrs. 'Co. i.inade v 18s. to 18s. ,-ld.; small 2-tooth 'l&o.' ld.; woolly hoggoft (Mtra-Bood),"®: Idr; fat ewes (shorn), 20s::r;;vV" :

The Xo'.y Zralnnd Loan ' and Ifercantilo Agency,"Co.^'Ltd., report.:—At the annual spring* cattle fair <it Sol way yards on Tuesday, w© had a large yarding. Tho gale opened briskly, end - competition remained keen until the last pgn was sola. With the exception of one pen, we mado a; total clearance at prices which must have been highly 'satisfactory to . the Tendors. We 1 quote Three-year . Shorthorn steers j £9 lfe. 6d. i§ two-year -thTee. stews, £4 10s. to ">£4 IBs.'; twenty-month Hereford cto&s steers,. £6 r'fo'nv'aTd empty cows. £6 to £7 125.; bacKwaird empty £3.105. to £5 55.; cull empty cows, £2 to £3;; yearling steers,, £3 od.;; mixed yeaTlings,' £2 ss. 6d. to £2 lEg.; bulls; t<J.£l2. 'Messrs. W. and G.'Tui-hbull and-Oo.v'-'Ltd., repoTt having held their usual.weekly;sale at their TVaipoua- (Masterton) Yards, on Tuesday.*. A good yarding, of -and cattle .camo forward, and met* withvgood competition, consequently a good clearance was made • -atthe . following prices :-rPat shorn ewes, 21s. .to 235. 4d.; forward store shorn ewes, 18s.; store shorn ewes, lis. 3d.; woolly fat wethers and ewes, 2fls. ld.; forward woolly :ewes, 235.-!9d.,; .woolly f.ra. ewes and lambs, :24s:;'forwaTd store, cows, £5,115.;..2-'year-old i steers,-'£s,los.';. yearling steers, £3 10s.; light cows'. £6 175.; storo' cot»s, £3 15a.; guaranteed dairy cows, £9 se.

: ..The iNew. •. Zealand_.liOan : . : and. Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At our annual cattle fair at Palmerston North yards, on Thursday, We yarded about 800 head, chiefly forward'oows and empty heifers. Bidding was 6pirited throughout. Forward cows and empty heifers-.sold at Talues on a. i>ar with those'Tealised at our Feilding fair. Wo sold a line of 132 forward cows, in conjunction with • Mcesrs. Dalgety and Co., at £7 6s. Yearling heifers, 335. 6d., £2 Is., £2 65., £2 15s. 6d.; eighteen-mo'nth coloured heifers, £2 lis., £3 7s. 6d., £3 103., £3 145., £3 18s., £3 19s. 6d.; two-year empty heifere, £4, £4 55., £5; springing heifere. £5 ss.'; .yearling steers, small, 365. 6d., £2 125., £4'Bs.; two-year steers, £5 10s. to £6 Bs.; three-year steers, £10 7e. 6d.; storo cows, £4, £4 135.; cows with calves, £5 4s. -fid., £5 75.; forward cows. £6 7e. 6d., £6 95., £7, £7 6a.,- Xat cows,' £8 10s. to £11 195.: fat bullocks,' £14. -