LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2610, 4 November 1915, Page 4

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Abraliam and Williams, Ltd., ro< port on their Johnfcnvillo gale as follows; —A good entry of sheep and cattle "came forward and sold at late rates. Prima heavy bullooks, £18 12s. 6d.; prime bullooks, £16, £16 10s., to £16 15a.; lighter, £14 15s, to £15 12s. 6d. : primo cows, £10; prima veal, £2 to £2i35.; lighter, 255. to 315.; extra primo heavy wethers, 28s. 2d.; light wethers, 235. lOd. to 24c.; good 235. 6d.; lighter, 21s. 6d. to 225.; prime lambs. J 6s. 10a. to 175.; lighter, 15s. to 15s. 6i.' Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report—Wo held one spring cattlo fair at Eketahuna on Monday. A heavy yarding of mostly good! quality cattle was submitted, which mot with particularly keen competition throughout the sale, and only two small pens were turned out unsold. Good threeyear steers mad® from £9 176. 6d. to £10 17s. £d.: coloured do.. £7 to £7 65.; twoyear steere, £7 to £7 155.; coloured do.. £4 12s. 6d. to £6 2a;; twenty-months Hereford steers, £6 55.; yearling Hereford 6toers, £j' 19s. to £5 45.; mixed yearling do., £3 to £4 55.; three-year empty heifers, £5 to £5 155.; yearling Hereford. heifers. £2 156. to £3 10s.; light fat cows, £9 2s. 6d.; forward 6toro cows, £6 to £6 155.; medium - do., £5 to £5 12.;. 6d.; eows and calves, £5 Bs. ' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Himatongi on Monday wc had. a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. Thore was a good im rjuiry for all classes of stock, and tho built of the yarding ohnnged hands at pood values. Good springing heifers wero in demand. Mixed age ewes with lambs, EBs. -7d.; small yearlings, 225, 6d.; yearling heifers, £2, £2 Is., £2 25.; good eighteenmonth heifers, £3 12s. 6d.: yearling steers, £3 Is.; com with calves; £4 2s. 6d., £4 14s. 6d„ £6 7s; 6d.: store cows. £2 ss„ £2 17s. 6d., £3 Bs., £4 65.; forward cows, £5 55., £6'4s. 6d„ £6 155.; forward speyed cows, £7 5a., £7 lis.; best springing heifcxe, £6 12s. 6d. £7 2s. 6d., £7 12s. 6d., £7 155.; others, £4 7s. 6d., £4 155., £5, to £6; good dairy cows, £8. £10. £10 10s„ £12 10s.j eighteen-month Shorthorn bull, £5 10s .

BURJfSIDB MARKET. Duncdin, November 3. Tlicro was a largo yarding of fat cattlo at Buraside. 200 being penned, and priced wove <i shade easier than last week. The bull; of the entry was of medium quality; ouly a few pens of prime bullocks being' forward, dad several pens \\;ere turned out unsold, l'rime bullocks, £90 to £22extra prime, to £23 6d.; medium to good.. £15 10s. to £1B; light, £12 10s. to £13 155.; best cons and heifers, £14 to £15 lOe.; extra, to £l<j 17s. 6d.; medium to goodV £11 to £12; lipht and agod. £9 to £10. Fat sheep: 2023 were, penned, tlie quality, being below Jo.st week's standard. Prices opened at about last week's rate?, but to■waids the close advanced Is. pel- head. Prime 445. to 475. 6d.; extra, prime, to 605.; medium to good, 325. to 385.; light, 245. 6d. to 28s;; best ewes,-'32s. to 365.; extra, to 515.: medium, 245. 6d. to 27«5.; light aid. unfinished, 19s. to 215.; prime shorn eires, to 355. 3d.; heavy do., to 365. Fat. lambs: 83 "were penned and sold uj to 245.