LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2669, 14 January 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Wellington, report having held their u'suai monthly sale at Waikanae on Tuesday, when they offered a good yarding of sheep and a fair entry of cattle. The sheep came forward well above advertised numbers, and competition for all classes was very keen right the sale. Cattle also sold well under the hammer, and at the close of the sale 'they had a total clearance of sheep, and eold the bulk of their entry of cattle. The prices were as follow:—A line of 200 shorn lambs, 9s. 7d.; email "woolly lambs,' 6s. 3d.; woolly lambs, 10s. 6d.; two-tooth wethers, 19s. Id., 19s. 9d., Ms. 3d.; maiden ewes, to 20s. 3d.; two-tooth f.m. ewes, shorn, 14s. 2d.; fat cows, £5 10s. to £7 12s. fid.; eighteen-month steers, £4 95.; bulls, to £6'los. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Wellington, ; report having commenced their Levin sales for the Jfew Year on Wednesday, when they submitted a good yarding of both sheep and cattle to a good attendance of buyers. The lines of stock' offered were good lots,, and consequently met with rather a good gale, and. they sold practio ally all of the entry under the hammer at the following prices ;—I'our and sixtooth shorn wethers, 225. 10d.; four-tooth to f.m. ewes, shorn, 20s. to 215.; forward ewea 21s. Id.; fat ewes,'2os„ 225. id. to 235.; fatcows, to £8 55.; maiden heifers, to £6 135.-lifteen-month steers, to £3 10s. 6d.; eight-een-month steers, £3 10g„ £4, to £5 10s: - two-year steers, £i 10s.; two and a half to three-year 6teers, £6 10s. to £7 7s. 6d.; cows and calves, to £5 125.; smell weaners, 9s. to.lis. The. New Zc«!*nd Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., rcnort:—At Paliiatua on Tuesday we had only a. small entry of eheep and eattlr. There was a jrcod demand for all classes, and a total clearance was made at the following rates:-Good mixed-eex two-tooths, £1 l*. «jd,; cull do., ; fat cows, £10 55.; forward 6tore cows, £/: bulls, £4 15s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., report:—At Eketahuna. on fcriaay we had a small entry of sheep and a fair one of cattle. Competition was not particularly keen, but almost a total clearance was made at the following rates; Ta i- u m ! s ; i2s - two-tooth ewes, 20s. 6d.; light fat cows. £8 55.; forwn rd empty cows, £6 backward do., £4 7s, 6d.* thiee-year emnty heifers, £6 5g.; sprincrincr lieifers,- £5 ss. Ihc New Zealand Loau and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At Kaumai on Tues* day -we had.a fair yarding. All classes of Stock were in keen demand, and we sold all olts at auction at uood values. We S!I 0l ?i fwi ? a , nd foi'r-tooth wethers, good. 245. Id.; mixed weaners. 295. 6d.; Hereford mixed weaners, £2 75.; yearling bulls. 355" eichtecii-inonths <lt£coiourcd steers. £2 10s' fid.; eigliteen-months empty heifers, £2 iS S 'I heavy bulls, £8, £8 10s., £9 10s. ' Mcjers. W. and G. Turn bull and Co., Ltd report having held,their usual weekly sale in t-heir Watpoua (Masterton) ■jaloyarfl on Wednesday, when they offered a KO od jaidmg of sheep and cattle as advertised Competition for sheep (except lamb?) was not keen, but «, good clearance was made Ihc cattle entry comprised fat cows ax* f™,", st 9 re c .ows, which were all sold The following is the range of Sheen: Fat ewes 2835.; : fat wethe?" Ms • wooly w.f. lainbs, 14s. 4d.. (small) Ms" b.f. lambs, 13s. 2<1.; small. Us. Id. Cattle - Fat cows, £8 2s. to £9 Efi.; fat and fori waid cows, £7 18s.; fat and forward youiiK cows and heifers. £6 15s. to £6 ISs - two year-old steers, £6 18s.; calves, 35s