LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2630, 27 November 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

illessrs. .Dalgety and. Company, Limited, report. having; held "their fortnightly sale at their .Upper Hutt Tarda on Thursday, when they offered a.fair yarding of shettp and., a heavy yarding'.of,, cattle.. .. Bidding at auction for" both' classes ' of- stock was good, fat " sheep and cattle' being' .especially well competed for. -Female .stock was 'a little '(tail of sale;.'but at .the end of the'day we Buoceeded in-disposing of practically' -the whole . catalogue under tho hammer.-' The principal sales effected were as, under:—Fat', ewes," 235;; fat ewes and wethers, 335. 6d.; fat'lambs, 145.; fat and iforward'wethers;^22s.. 6d. Cattle: ,Fat oows (a''large: entry),,'primo heavy-weights, £9 12s' fid.; medium weights, £8 Is. to £8 10s.; lighter,'£s'lss."to-£7;' forward empty cows, £5 . ti' £5: 10s.; ■ springing. heifers, £4 _16s. to £5 45.; *;store - cows, £3 lis. to £4 155.; ■yearling steers,: £2 ,Bs.; 18-month .heifers, £2 125.; cows' and calves, £6 75.; bulls, up to £4 ' 10s. ■ ■'< .. 'v .' '' .. 1. .< , Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly-stock salo at Palmerston North on. Thursday, when •they, offered a .fair yarding of cattle to a good-attendance of the public.-vKie firm quote as follows:—Store cows, £5, £5 15s. to £8 75.; yearling heifers, £2 95.; yearling steers, £3 25.; forward cows, £8 17s. 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency . Co., . T>t/1., ; report that ■ .at their weeklv- stock sale, held at Levin' "lards on Wednesday, they offered a good yarding of cattle. Competition was slack.. Sales were made at the following pricos:-For-ivard cows, £5 18s.'.to 175.; mw .Mcl calf, £i 25.; heifers, Ul nulk, £6; 18-months steers. £4 10s. 6d.; yearling steers,. £3 Bs. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 ss. 6d.; mixed y.ear* Unas, small, £2. - Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., toport on their; istoro stock sale, held at Johnsopville, on Thursday, as follows:—A fair yarding of sheep aiid cattle came forward and sold readily under the hammer, all pens changing hands at the following prices :—A line of 400 4-tooth wethers, 21s. id.; 2-tooth wethers. 17s. Id. to '17s. 6d.; 2-tooth ewes,. 165.. lOd.; 24 to 3-year steers. £B'to £8 165.; others. £6 to £7; springine heifers. £4 Bs. to £4 10s.; empty cows* £5 Bs. to £5 16s; to £6 7s.