LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2765, 8 May 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

K- Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., ; Palmers- !','.-. ton North,, report having- a- good entry of l: both «sheep'and cattle, at their Feilding v-, Bale on' Friday, May-5. The domand for >:». sheep was not particularly keen, but cattle ■ ".met. with a ready ■ sale. Cull lambs, Vs..: Id. |Y: to Bs. Id.; smdUlambs.-llfi. to 125..4 d.; good v.; wether lambs, to 16e: 6d.;, small two-tooth n -wethers, to-205.; mixed age ewes,.in lamb; , ! --to "21s. lid.; fat and-forward ewes. to-. 21s. 6..:9 d.; fat ewes, to 25s,;.mixed weaner cattle, V. to/376.; weaner steers," to '£3; weaner. heii: fcrs, to' £2;. emptyJcowS,' to two end ;;■;■' a half-year* steers;;. £8 "7s.;' three-year bul- \ locks, £11 125".-, 6d.},.isprtnging cows, £9 to l/£10; heifers-at drop;"£U to ■ £11 7s. 6d.; j-V. light fat heifers, .to : £8 65.; a. line' of 37 ! V/well-bred mother-reared weaner steers, of- \'( ferod on account;of Mr. F., L. Jackson, ~ Pohangina, .realised.£s 6s. : ,-"..- ; [1.. ...The 'New: Zealand- Loan and .Mercantile j'i (Agency Co., Ltd., report having beld their i;vusual -weokly■ sale-a't' Eketahuna on ' Fri-. S; .'day, when .they offered 'a very;fair yardV. ingot sheep; throughout tho l-.'Lsale was fairly animated,;:and,we made allr°'Xdost a total clearance 1 at the'.-' following '■' rates:—Good _w\f. shorn lambs, 16b. Id. .to 17s. 4d.; medium, 12s>6d.- to 14s. 6d.; cull •do.. 9s.ld.;;gobd b'.f.lambs, 16s: lid.; small "do., 10s.;" aged ewes, in 'lamb, 10s. Id. to .- 165.; backward empty. e\res,'-'los.; 4d.. >:.-•■ The New: Zealand .'Loan, and .Mercantile j 'Agency Co., Ltd., reporton their fortnightf- ly stock" salo at Woodville on Monday :—Fat . [,; ewes, • 20s. 6d.,t0 235.. 6d.; .fat wethers,- 225. l'-:6d.; 'empty iforward ewes,' 14s. 6d. to 18s.; f:-: two-tooth. wethers,' 21s. .'■ to' 25e. lCd.; ■ four i: : and six-tooth wethers, : :2ss.''..3d;;-V woolly prlambs,. 14s. 4d. to" 17s.'. Id.; early shorn 1 lambs: (good), 155.. 3d.-; small early-shorn j, lambo; 7e..6d. to Ilia. (A.;, Jut cows, £6.105., ;,:C8 10s.;- to. £12 55.;-fat-heifers,'£s, £6 55., Ki.|o £7 10s.; two and a half-year steers, £10 j.-r'Ms.} two.and a half-year' Hereford..'steers, }'-■ 811 6s.;'two-ycar steers,-£5 12s...6d.';,weaner U- [alves,>to 395.; store-pigs, 145.'6d.-to'lOs. (;.-• Id.; Clearing..Eale on May. 3," on behalf [;, if. Mr.. G. S.. Oldridge, Riverside, Woodf, iUlei— There was a large attendance ;of the {-; public at the sale, and prices realised (■■■Jnust be considered satisfactory when the fc lateness of the season is taken into ton-J-'i ,>ideratipn. The cows snbmitted were [. mostly'-young ones, being second calvers, i; frith-.- a -few aged animals. Prices:—M.S. t-Jambs,43s.;-fat ewes, 225;. chestnut gcld-j-ing, £16; bay gelding, £10 2s. 6d.;'.pony, £7. 17s. 6a.; 'cows, £10 ,2s. 6d.;<£9 17s-. 6d., £8 1 12s. 6d.,' £7 10s. (2),-£7 7s. 6d., £7'(2),,£6 12s. P- 6d.,'£6'.105.' (2), £6 55".. £i -2s. (d., £6 (4), £5 f 17s. 6d. (2),. £5 155., £5 12s. 6d., to £4 155.; j: picked weaner heifers, £2 13e.; P.A.-cross | oalves, £2 165.;. pedigree Ayrshire bull," 6J rguiusas; 'S.f.. ploughs, £11 ss. and £10 155.; K tine £3 17s. 6d. and £4; spring'j tooth.;harrows, ,£6 55.; set discs,,- £4 '65.;~ r.mower.and"filter;.£9 10s.; hay"rake, £4 7s. Rod.; ■tip-'cart,-£9"; jarious'lots of 'sundries' ;:vrere'-'sold at full-market rates. Eale at !.: Miller's'-: Jtood .Yards, \at Dannevirkc, on '..Fi'iday.'-Fat: heavy ewes. 245. 6d. to 225. j 6d.; medium; ewes, 20s. 6d. to IBs.; fat wetht'firs, 295.;-. four and five-year'ewes, inlamb, ;.255. 6d.;to'22s. 6d.'; two-tooth.wethers, '235. «6d. to'22s.;'good woolly lambs, 145.-6d.'tq '■:'. 135.; shorn lambs, 13s. to 125.; small shorn' j-;3ambs, 10s. 'fcl. to -75.-6 d.; fat cows, £11 ?,fo. to £6 lCs.; fat heifers, £7 55..t0 £6 6s.;' •; forward empty te'ows,:£6 55.. to £4; springr [ng. heifers, -August-September calvers, £5 r.to £5 10s.;, weaner calves, £2 to 255.'; pork-- :■.- irs, 215...-to 16s. ;■■ i The,. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile {Agency Co., Ltd., .Teports:—At Feilding on had a good yarding of both ; i-.Eheep'dnd cattle. Cattle were in keen de-j-Maaudr Sheep .were difficult to quit under J >. the:'hammer, but -wo have to report »■ {.'total'clearance of-both sheep and" cattle, p,Cull .lambs, 7s. 3d..t0 95.; medium lambs, \lls. ,sd, to 135.. 9d.; good lambs, 14s. sd. ■ to 165,. 9d.;' two-tooth- wethers (small), 14s. / Id.;, store:ewes, 16s. 6d.; fat ewes, 235.; fat i: two-tooth. Wethers, 255.; four-taotn to f.f.m." .: ewes,-in lamb t0.8.F. rams, 19s. 103.'; wean- ; cr heifers, £112s. to £3 35.; eighteen-month fe.heifers, £2 19s. to £4 Us.; eighteen-month t r -6teers,. £6 Us.;.two and a- half-year steers, f £8 45. : . store cows, £3 12s. 6d. to £5. 65.; £ forward;cows, £5 15s. to £5 lOs.j'.fat cowb, i,;£ 7 6s:, £8 35., to £3 Is. 9d.; fat helfer3 t. (lighttV :£6 10s. to £7 Is.: bulls,. £11. ;■ . Messrs.: Abraliam and T?illiams, Ltd. re.'port:—At'Levin on Friday we yarded .fair rontries of both sheep and cattle, and re- '■ port'ia ■ good sale' at highly satisfactory, ./.-prices;—Fat ewes, 255. 9d.,. 265., 9d„ to 275.-r'-td.; fat-wethers, 285.. 6d.; forward ewes, 245.; [Mat lambs, 17s. 9d.; s.m. ewes in lamb to r f.f. rams,. 265.; a nice line of 250 four and' ;: fiix-tooth' wethers realised 295. 2d.; fat i/cows.-'heavy, £10, £11 65., to £12; fat" cows, ;■: light; "Si: 12s. 6d., £7 17s. 6d., to £8 3s 6d.; {.forward cows, £5 9s. 6d., £5 18s., £6 Is., !-£6' 14s. ;v .store cows, 356., £2 155.. £3 Bs., f/to £4.;. eighteen-months heifers, £3; cight-i:een-months and two-year heifer's, -r.w.b., |,;£3, £3 12s. 6d., to £4 7s. 6d.; heifer, just s calved," £10 2s. 6d..:.We-had an entry of 120 i,pigs,-.-which sold as under:—Woaricrs, 75., ,8s„ 95.-6 d., 10s. 6d.,t0 120. 6d.; stores, 165.., :205.:6d„ 225.; porkers, 295., 30s„ 355., to 455.; t ,baconers;i;£2 Ss., £2 10s: ;;' .Messrs;:;' Abraham and Williams, Limited, i report. on^their annual : cattle fair on Wcd- | nesday, .May 3, at which: they offered an j ; ontry '0f;:26C0 head of cattle. The yarding I;was of excellent quality throughout, the (condition 'of the-, cattle being, in most leases, very good,:. The of buyj. ors. .was large; tho-keenest buyers: being': "from Hawke's Bay, and the competition 1 throughout the sale was strong. Empty I'cows and-grown bullocks of quality in fori ward condition were much.in demand, and. [the prices'realised f were about 10s. to ! £l^ ; per, head-better-than -prices rjjiiig- in the' usual: market". "The.follbwing prices give'. Inn idca'of tho-sales -effected-.—Four-year.

bullocks, 7 at £13 55., 20 at £13 2s. 6d., 15 at £13, 8 at £13, three and four-year bullocks, 17 at £10 lis., 15 at £10 7s. 6d., 13 at £10 los., 4 at £7 12s. 6d., « at £10 10s., 26 at £12 12s. 6d.; three and a half-year bullocks, 5 at £10 10s., £9 at £9, 7 at £9 10s., 29 at £12 55.; two and a half-year bullocks, 18 at £7 165., 31 at. £6 Us., 15 at £10 17s. 6d.; one and. a half-year 6'o«rs, £6 14s. to £8 Is.; twenty-months steers,.£4 lie. to £6 125.; weaner steers, £2 to £2 Is. 6d.; oneyear heifers, £3 2s. to £3 10s.; weanor heifers, 28s. 6d. to.£2; fat bullocks, £13 10s., £10 16s. 6d., £11 Bs., £10 10s., £12; fat cows, £9 15s. to £10; empty cows, £5 7s. to £6 10s.

Messrs. W. and G. Turnbnlland Co., Ltd., report on their .weekly sale in the Carterton sale yards on Friday. Good yarding of sheep and cattle, buyers from all parts of the district, and competition keen, with a good clearance nt tho following prices: —Fat two-tooth ewes, 235. 2d.; fat twotooth wethers, 245. Id.; forward store ewce, 17s. Bd., 18s., to 215.; store ewes, lis. 6d., 135., to 165.; f.m. ewes, in lamb, 18s. to 20s. Id.; four, six, and eight-tooth ewes in lamb, to Southdown rams, 235.; two and four-tooth wethers (stores), ZOs. 6d. to 22b. Bd.; woolly lambs, 175.; b.f. lambs, 14s. to 14s. 6d.; small shorn lambs, lis. 6d.; small porkers, 15s. 6d., 16s. 9d. to 175.; porkers, 205., 22a., to 365.; fat cows, £8 125., £9 55., £9 Bs., £10, to £10 25.; forward store cows, £6 10s.. £6 135., £6 195., £7, £7 25., to £7 Bs.; store cows, £4 125., £4 165., £5, £5 65., £5 Bs., £5 Us., to £6; two-year steers, £5 .to £5 Bs. 6d.; eighteen-mbnths steers, £A 75.; fifteen-months heifers, £3 55.,, to £3 7s. 6d.; yearling steers, £2 ICe., £2 125., to ' v £3 55.: heifer calves, 275.; steer - calves, 30s. to 365. We also offered on account of Wounded Soldiers' Fund one blaek mare, donated by Mr. P. C. Anderson, Parkvalc, which realised £5. Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., Teport on their usual weekly Eale in their Masterton (Waipoua) yards on May 3:—Good- yarding of Bheep and cattle, far in- excess of advertised numbers; good attendance of buyers* and competition keen. Prices: Fat forward wethers, 275., 275. 3d., to 275. 6d.; fat ewes, 265. Id.; fat and forward ewes, 17b., 17s. Id., 17s. '3d., to 18s.'8d.; store ewes, Bs. 6d., 10s., 145.; woolly lambs (medium), 14s. 9d. to 15s. lid.; b.f. lambs (medium), 13s. 9d. to 16s. Id.; shorn lambs, 13s. ■ lOd.; cull lambs, 75.7 d.; two, four and six-tooth- ewes. In lamb to Lincoln rams, 265. Id.; eight-tooth ewes in lamb to Lincoln rams, 235. 6d.; s.m. ewes 'in lamb, 20s. to 21s. id.; four, six, and eight-tooth ewes in lamb, 215.; weaner pigs, 9s. to Us.; fat cows,-£8: 65., £8 135., £9, £9 35., £9 l«s., £10. to £10 Bs. 6d.; forward store cows, £6 19s. to £7 195.; store cows, £4 125., £5, to £5 55.; forward hei•fcrs, £5 75.. £5 10s., to £5. 145.; two-year heifers, £3 18s., £3 195.,- cow and calf, £4; N.R. yearling heifers, £3 175.; three-year heifers, £4 55.;. two-year steers, £5 15s. to £6 135.; springing cows, £6 16s. to £7 10s.

. Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., sold on Friday at following prices :—Weaner pigs, 7s. to 95.;- slips, 10s. 6d. to Us. 6d.; small stores,* 16s. 6d. to 18s.; good stores, 275; to 365.; hens, per pair, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.; cockerels, 3s. 3d. to 55.; ducks, 4s.' 6d.; potatoes, jEs. to Us. sack; onions, 9s. to 12s. cwt.; apples, Is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. half-case; hay, £5 top; chaff, £6 10s.; oats, 4s. to ss. bushel; maize,' ss. 6d.