LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2823, 14 July 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile • A£©n<sY Co., Ltd., report tTi&t at "their ; ' , monthly stock sale at Te Horo on Tuesday,-' they offered, a 'fair entry of botU. '" sheep and cattle. Competition - was brisK,. "v and a good £-ale resulted. Quotations: S ; .EWes . iii lamb. 293.- 3d., 225. 6d., _275. od.;, ■ st6re wethers, 28s. Id. to 305.; fair lambs, . . .. 16s. 4d.; light fat cows, £7 to £8 55.; for- ; -pard condition cows, £5 12s. to £6 17s. od.-,; i ! :Store cows, £4 to £4 Ids. ; cows in. calf,; ! ' £6-to £7; ten-months heifers. £2-10s. to F^f~- V; £2 15s.'; ten-months bulls, £2 75.; cows in : - : : os.;. springing heifers, £7 Us. i . Messrs. Dalgety. and' Co.. Ltd., report : having held their weekly eale at Levin on ■Wednesday, when they offered d good ! '■ - Yarding of -sheep and catLle. ..They quote the.-following .prices:—Fat ewes, 275„ 275. !' ' '9d:j 'to -295.- 6d.; forward ■ ewes, 21s. 9d.; 1 wodlly lambs, SCs.three and a hall-year bullocks; £11'45.; light-weight fat wira, . £7.--itfs.; store'cows,'-£i 7s. ,6.d.; yearling : Steers,'£7;7s.. £8 145.,.t0.£10; cows in calf, V, to" £7 155.; bulls, to £8. ! . '■ •, Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.,'instruct- ■... .' ed by t.he trustees of the . late J. B. M'Donald, report having- hold ; a highly. '■ successful sale of- dairy- stock at the ' : . homestead, Heatherlea, Levin, on Tuesday.*. There was. a large attendance, and ; •: . the" Whole'herd of 120 cow's was disposed '' . the hammer. The prices for the ■"voiinger cows and heifers ranged from £8 ; 10s. to £13„.whilst,-.the ; average for . the • . herd touchcd:"£7,-' a ; : very, satisfactory. result, seeing that no dates were given, and many of i; the- cows were aged.-'- The-pigs and. implements offered -also found .pur- • chasers at ruling prices." ■ Messrs. 'Wright. Stephenson and Co. ..(late YT.'and.-G.-Tnrnbull and Co., Ltd.); , report havingvlield their weekly 6ale in ; their Waipouai-(Masterton) sale yards on ' Wednesday." . .Owing to the very wet wea- •••;• ,-ther.the .advertisedVnumber of- sheep did : ,jiofclcomevforward,;_but; a v good yarding . . ..ofj;cattle swag.- offered. Competition was '. ..iiot.j'o'o. keen. :but a good clearance was . I'-inade-atr ■ the prices :-SheeD: Ettt :325. 7d.; i fat- ewes, 265. 2d.; I- ' ;; fnt'"and' -forward ewee, 235. lOd. Cattle: . FOur-year-pld:?bullocks, £14 tq £14 155.; 'v three-year-old";-steers, £11 to £11 135.;

two and a half-year empty heifers. £5 ,135.; fat heifers, £8 2s. M. to £9 75.; store cows, £5 ss. to £5 ISs.; cow and calf, £10; spy. heifer, £7 3s. 6d. ! Mr.-'Jieivton King j-euorts:-On July 4. St Stmtford, there was a fair yarding of «heep and cattle. Cattle were in keen de•majid,' selling' very - readily. Yearling , steers made £4 4s. 6d. to £4As.; small, £3 35.;. yearling.heifer's, £2 15s. to £3 6s. 6d.; ; twenty-month st«ors, £5 ...155... to £6 165.; rough two and a-half-year ateers, £8 165.; yearling ,Shorthorn bull, £5 165.; empty twenty-month heifers, £4 10s.; store cows, ; £6 ;45.-to £7 165.; forward and fat cows, £B 16s. to £11 12s; 6d.; bulls, £7 to £9; small lambs, 18s. 4d.; four and five-year ewos, in lamb, 323. (/}.; two, four, and six- ■ tooth and f.m. ewes mode 345. 5d.; soundmouthed ewes, in lamb, 30s. 3d. In the daivy pens there was a good entry, in- , eluding several advertised lines. Jlr. P. 'Walsh's' dairy cows were mostly backward and were not, competed for eo .readily as for some of the other dairy cattle offered. Mr. 'Walsh's cows sold at from £7 to £11. ISs., averaging £9 95.; eight cows offered on account-of Mr. Clem Coleman realised from £10 to £18 15s. averaging £12 9s. 6d.; dairy cows on account of other vendors made from £9 sg. to £13; springing heifers, £7 10s. to £9 10s. On July ,5; Mr. I'l. J. ..Koirell's sale the attendance,was satisfactory;. The' dairy cows .were mostly very small and backward, and the heifers, uudergrown.' The..biggest cows made from £8 10s. 6d. to £9' 10s.; small, £o 10s. to £7 55.; small heifers, £5 to £7 155.: empty heifers, £3 17s. 6d. to £4 10s.; bnll, £7 ss.- On the' same day at Cardiff, for. Mr. 11. liacy-s clearing sale, the cows were mostly an aged line, but had shown very good returns," and made very satisfactory prices, as follows:—Dairy cows, best, £13 to £15: others, £10; a god, £5 to .€8 65.: tho herd averaging £U'2s.; 'springing heifers, £8 to £12; yearling heifers, £2 3s. to, £3 75.; bulls. £4 15s. to\£B 55.; breeding sows,, up to £5 155.; aged farm spring cart horses, £23 10s. and £24. On tho same day, at ' Inglowood, for the. weekly sale, there was a full yarding of cattle, of 1 -which the majority- of lines were cleared at satisfactory prices. The sheep yarded were a little hard of sale, vendors', reserves.being considered on tne - high side. Prices obtained were: choice springing •heifers. £9 ss.;to £12'7s; 65.; yearling heifers, £2 17s. to £2 195.; yearling tseers, £3 lis.; good springing heifers, £5 10s. to £8 -155.; in-calf two and three-year heifers, £6 7s. 6d.; store cows, £4 19s. to £7 55.; forward cows, up- to £8 165.; small bulls', £6 7s. 6d.: f.mi ewes, in lamb, 26e. to 335.; cull lambs, Us. Id. to 14s. 9d. On July 6, at Pukengaha, for Itr. E. T. Kneebone's clearing sale.there was good competition for the dairy - herd, which sold at from £9 to £16. averaging £13 Is. for the line' of 40; breeding sows made £4 15s. to £6;. yearling heifers, £2 16s. to £3 lis.;' lambs, 21s.;■■ ew'es in lamb, 28s. 6d. ■ On;-the..same day at Raliotu; for Messrs. Sreeii and.Tyrell's: clearing sale, buyers were present in good, numbers. The dariy 'cows'were' a'good lot, in very fair condition, but a good ■ number of them wero 'aged and showing backward in condition. The best cows. sold, at from £13 to £19;' good sorts, up to £12 10s.; backward oows, £7 15s. to £9 10s.;/empty cows, £6 10s. to £8 2s. 6d.; 'the -herd of 87. dairy cows averaging £10 9s. fd.; yearling heifers made £3 12s. 6d. to £4 10s.; in-calf heifers, £7 to £9; pedigree Holstein bull, 22Jgns.; grade bulls, £5 55., to £10 10s. At Kaponga yards on .July 7 there was a good. yarding, whibh sold as follows:— Empty twenty-month heifers,'£4 17s.;.store oows, £4 18s. to £7 165.; forward cows, £8 ss. to- £9 165.; bulls, £3 155.: to £9 55.; ■dairy cows, up to £17 10s.; 'springing heifers, up to £9. At Itahotu on the same day there was a full yarding with brisk . competition for all. lines offered. Springers wero in' good condition, and sold very .-roadily at record prices for these yards. Prices obtained were:—Yearling steei-6, up to £4 145.; wcaners,.'£2 to'£2 Bs.; yearling 'Holstein' heifers, £4 Is. to £4 Ba.; grade yearling heifers, £2 18s. to £3 ,4s. 6d.; mixed yearlings, £3 10s.; rough; twentymonth steers, £6; empty two-year heifers, £4 12s. to £4, 195.; bulls, £5 ss. to £8; store cows, £6 Bs. to £7 165.; forward cows. £8 Us. to £8 195.; fat cows. £11;' dairy cowb (guaranteed Bound), £8 15s. to £9;, choice Shorthorn two-year springing heifers, .nice line of five, at £11; good well grown three-year Shorthorn heifers, £9Ills, to £11; others. £7 12s. 6d. to £9; Jersey two-year heifers (small), £5 15s. to £7 17s. 6d. • ■