LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2736, 3 April 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

'Messrs. Delgety-'and Company, Limited-. Palmerston'~North, "report having a small yarding of sheep and a good entry of <»ttle. at; liheir Huntarvillo sale on March 28, practically oil of which changed hands at the' follpwing- prices :~Small mixed 2tooths. 19s. 2d.; suigs,. £4 12s. 6d.j bulls, £5 55.-to £5 10&-.; 2-year steers, to £6 10s. •• 25.; fat cows, £7 165., £8 Bs., £8 Bs. 6d. to £10; 2|-year Hereford cross steers, £8 Es.i . The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile . Co. roports—At ..Palmcrstou, on Thursday, we had a. .fair' yarding of both snoop and cattle, and all lines sold readily, .with, slightly better demand. Mixed lambs,M.2s. 7d.; fat wethers, 255. 2d.; mixed age. ewes ..(good), 225. 6d„ 25a.; IS-month heifer 6, _££ 145.; 18-month. Jci'sey heifers, 6d;j, stor&_ cows, £2 • 95., £3 155.; for-' £ J n 18s- £9; springing hcifers*. 5g.», £7 105.',: '£8, £8 55.; cows in ff f 2 ®' SiPringlng cows, . A* Feeding, oa Friday, we had a good entry of sheep and a moderate yarding of cattta .Wo quitted i}\ our sheep at a level with last week's prices. Cull Jambs, 7s. small Blackface lambs, lis. to ,-i3s.> 2d.; Tat© shorn medium iambs, lis. i!ti J lis. ICd.; fad r to good lambs, us. oa. to 14b. lid.; mixed age ewes, 225. .'a.; small wethers, 18s. 6d.; forward weth- • era," 245. to 245. .Bd.; wean©rs, 165.-to 358,}~gtore cows, £4 3s. to £4 Mm: fat."'Cqws, £6 Us. to £7 145.; and,up to £B.ss.;',springing caws, £7 15sV; B P r "\gJng heifers, £7 55.; bulls, £5 155.. A.t Ekotahuna, on Friday, wo offered a very lau'-yarding of sheep and cattle. Sheep fail'" demand, but cattle' were ? a sale. We quote :—Fat 'and forward L" a - ~ •• 4*to°th > wethers • aud maiden owe 6, tts. 10a.; 4 and 5-year ewes, 12s. lid. to 165.;. shorn lambs, lis. 6d. to 125.; .light fat cows, £7 10s.; store cows, £A 125.; 2year' steers,- £4 15e. to £5 4s. 6d. At Pongairoa, on Thursday, we had a. very entry-'of sheep and a fair one of cattle. ' ( .The usual attendance of buyers were present; and .competition was animated throughout the sale.: .We are pleased to report a. total clearance 'of all classes at tlie following rates—Mixed aged eweß, 19s. 4d. , to. 216.; aged ewes, 10s. to 11b. 6d.; 2tooth- wethers,- 205.; good woolly lambs, 175.; shorn d0.,t125. Id. to 145.; culMambs, /s.;--9d.-to Bs. 9d.; fat heifers, £5 to £7; yeaning, Hereford hollers, SA 55.; meaner hoifers, •. £1 16s. to £5 35.; store cows, £4 Wb.; weaner steers, £1 15s. Two canaries, donated V by,' Mr?,' Souness, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, brought one ginned 7' At' Pahiatua, on Tuesday, we. had.a very good entry of both* ehcep find oattle. There was a good attendance of buyers from local and. outßide districts, and competition "was animated throughout the sale. . . Good ewes And' whi'fceface lambs to iparUcular were keenly sought after. With the exception of-two small pens of oattle we made a . total clearance under ~the ..hammer., at],the, following rates:—Fat and - forward >wethers, 245. 83..; mixed aged* - ewes,'lOe. IJd. to 17s. 7d.; medium w.f v woolly lambs, •.13s.;H- : to.-165.-lld,; small do., 7s'6d;..shorn no., 13s, 7d. to 145.; cull do., 75.; medium b.f.'•lambs, 13s. 7d.; email do.', lis.; 3-year cteoTS, £10; fat cows, £8- I2sl 6d.; store do., £3 175.; weaner heifers, £1' Bs. to £110s.; 16-inonth heifers, £2 ss. to £2 19s. Messffe. Dalgety and Company," Limited, Masterton, report having held <a, most, successful-, dispersal sale! of iiolstein-Frtesion iiattlo, on ; account of Mr. W. H. Bayliss, ;itogatiinoka, on; Thursday, MUcc£ 30. There' was a large -and representative attendance, buyers being' present fram Canterbury,. Wellington',' .tfcvJa, : Palmerston Worth, Taranaki,.- Waikato, HawkeV Bay, ana the ' aurroundiujr. district Buyers were,unanimous in. = xaeir • comments -as to thefoagh standard uuality of the cattle sub-mitted,-especially.->as regards the female, and -these were : ;-well borne out by the high prices realised. The cows and helpers shoeing, strains- of the Brundee breeder?!??,"given- ' particular •' attention,- a number, ,of_the?o. bringing from 50 to 61 guineas.-' ■■Particulars of the sale are .as follow Annette • V of Brundee, 61' guineas, to a Wellington . client; Ella of Brundee, 61guineas, v to W. Bemn, Levin; Minnie of Brundee', and "Know-not 111 of Bruit dee, 50 guineas each, to H. G afford, Daunevirko; Cinderella, 51 guineas, to H. Gais-. ford, of -Damnevirke; Martha II of Brundee,' 30? guineas/ to' a Wellington client; Coiantha./la Fivourite,- '28 guineas, to Q. A. Marchant; Ed-ding Agnes tand Milkmaid. Pafch, 26 guineas each n to J. BurgcßS; Colantha's Topuy Ann, 26 guineas, to J. Bur.geSs,l? Duiteandd; aanterbury; Colantha •guyder Zee/24 guineas, to G.'A. Marchant; Colantha'Manor Lady, 24J guineas, to D. Dick, Eketahuna; Do. Kol Orea.melle oi Notherland, 24£ guineas, to W. Bevan. Tho' othei 4 females ranged from 18 to 22 guineas. 2J-year pedigree bulls, 15 to; 25 guineas; ;pedigt^e--weaner bulls, 8i to 11 guineas; .pfcdigree 15. guineas; crossbred cows, £10 55., £10 10s., £11 76. 6d., £irios.,:.£l3 + o Implements and, sundrieis sold up to current Hate?., . .. . ' :

, : ll.eßsr6.:<Dalgety and Company, limited, report .having offered «. fairly good: entry of both' sheep and cattle at their. Sonnehold Friday,. jßaroh 31.' Top ' prieej for two-tooth wethers was obtained by us for a- hke lino of 140, sold on account vol Mr. H. Cotter, which realised the'goodj prioe/of 265. 7d. We quitted tha bullr of our cattle, entry at prices ou a par with last sales report. Following Is a list" of .prices:—Sheep: Cull lamb-j, Bs. 1d... Bs. 6d.,-10s* 'Bd'.' to lis. 3d.; medium ditto',"l3s''ld? to'l3s.'6d.; best lino Homney-Lincoln-droes''!lambs,. 16b. 9d. to 16s. lid.; Blackface lambs, 15s. 10d.; aged ewes, IZs. 4d.,.135., ,145.'.1 d. ,to 14s. 5d.; good-skinned full-mouth ewes, 18s. 3d., 19a. Id- to. Id.; fat. ewes," 21s. 9d;j medium 2-tooth wethers, 238. 3d. best, lines; to 265. 7d.; shearling Southdown -rams, 3J guineas. Cattle:' Fair mixed £2, 65.; small, 12-15-month heifers, £3 16b.;-aged cows, to £3; store cows/'fait'condition, £5 25., £5 35.-to £5 75.; light fat cows, £7; 3-year bull,'£7 l l7y'. "6d..-;At Feilding, on Friday:—Weaner heifers, lis., ''205., 245. 6d. to 255.; mixed Weaners, to Jin;;,empty cows, to £4 10s.; -year, empty, .heifers, £5 16s.';'2j-year to .3-

yearsteers £8 10s.; Jj-year bulloolfc, £11 .A t o„ 1 8-montt steers, £4; mixed lambs, w> Lis. 10a.; owe lambs, to 15s. 6d. At Pahautanui Yards, on. Tuesday :-a.m. ewes, i 66 to 16s. 6d. ; onU woolly Jambs. ss. 3d., 2-yoar steers, £6 95.; forward empty I y: ~? l f dlum wci Bht. fat ewes, 33s fat lambs, 16s 61; forward 2-tooth wethers «». 4d.; small 2-touth wethers, 13s. 9d • forward store ewea, 17s. to 18s. 3d.; condition ewes, Ms. Cd. ; e.m. ewes, 18s 3d • a_ good line of 4 and 6-tooth wethers made 255.; cull lambs. 7s. 6d. to Bs. 5d.; weaner steer* «s. to 32,. 6d.; weaner heifers, i„« , .2 os " : , hßht ?' eisllt fa t£Ows, £7 12e. 1? ni'V for ward store cows, £S 8?., £5 ■ ''. ~^;i. li * t weight fat heifers. £5 i»s. to ±6 15s.r,storo cows. £4 12s. to £4 186.; Z-year empty heifers, £3 10s. to £4 12s : cowp m cnlf, £4 16s. to £5 45.; bulls, £6 14a'. to £7 145. ; cows in milk, £6 ICe. to £7. Messrs. W; and G. Turnbull and 00., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly hub in their Carterton Bale yards, on Friday, March 31, 1916. A small yarding of sheep and pigs, but a heavy yarding oi cattle, came .torward, and mel, with very good competition, and .practically tho .?nole yarding was sold at the following prions ;-0n account of Messrs. Ocllcr and Kemble, 4-year bullocks, £14 135.; 3 and 4yoar bullocks. £12; 2-year steers. £7; 16-' month steers, £4 10s.; 2-year heifers £4; cows and calves, £7 10s.; S.H. bull, £U £ 0" "Mount, of Messrs. Earner, and oon; la.t COWS, £7 175., £8 10s. to £10- 4y« ar hullocks, £14 75.; 3-yoar steers,' £9 Its. On account of other vendors: Fat « I !i , '*L 4s - £i 2s - forward cows, $i? }!' 6d „" £5 7s - 8s " £S 10s - & 12s. to £5 165.; 2-year stoern, f.i 125.; yearling steers. £3 75.; 18-month steers, €6 Ik,; 2-ycar hcrfere, £2 10s. to £3-Is.; Holstcin-cross ihelfoni. tts. 6*.; <tlwr oulvcs, 325. '6d • small calves. Us.; Holsteiti bulls. £9 IK ,to £10 Zs.; Jersey-cross bull, £5 155.; fat wethers, ffls. Bd.; fat ewes, 19a. 9d.- w.f. lombs, 13s. 6d.; b.f. lambs, 145.; small lambs. Bs. 9d.; f.m. owes, 13s. 6d. Bacon,«r,s, 355. 6d. to 575. 6d.; porkers, 235. to 305.; store pigs, Ms. 3d.; slips, 10s.' ; weaners; as. M. We also sold, on account Soldiers' Queen. Jersey heifer, donated by T. W Jl Kenzie, Mastcrton, which realised £18 los. , Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Fcilding sale, .held March .Jl:—Wo had a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle, which mot with a good sale at l?*a^'lf■ Wo auoto:-l'attifl)iog ewes 14s. 9d., 15s. Id., 16s. Id. to 17s. Id* 4 year ewes, 21s. u„ Ms. sd. to 24s *a. Cattle: Wcaners, 20s. ,225. to 26« • fat cows, £5 155., £6 155., £8 10s., £8 15s. to £10 105.,: dairy cows, £6 to £6 155.; forward cows, £4 to £5 103. Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and 00.. Ltd., leport prices as under:-Weanor j)tgs, 4s It- wto ? 6 ' : ' 6lips - m - to 16s -: Stores. As.; light porkers, 30s. to 385.; sows, 505.trap horse, ■ £2; hens, per pair, 3s. 6d. to a ,; sn J*H cockerels, 3s.i to 3s. 6d.; ducks, 4s. 6d. ..to 65.; drakes, to Bs. 6d : turkey, gobblers,-205.; table potatoes,' 325! S£*j SB. tej applw. &. to ss. case.; peais, 2s. to 45.; pumpkins, Vs. 6d. bag; onions 6s. to 7s. cwt.; chaff, £5 10s. tonoats 4s. to. 4s. 6d bushel; barley. 55.; 6cotoh tares, 16s.'