LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2867, 4 September 1916, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Jtessrß. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerßton North, hold their weekly Bale at I'almerston North yards on Ausust 41, •when there was fair yarding of cattle. The following prices wero realised:—J-year e.h. heifers at drop £t2 to £12 10s.: store cows, light, £4 155.; epeyed co-ws, £8 75.; fat cows, heavy, £13 12s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £3 25.; pedigree 3-year s.h. bull realised 24 guineas. • The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Danuevirke, report:—"We held our weekly stock sale at the Millar's Road saleyards, Dannevirke, on September 1. Only a small yarding of both sheep and cattle came forward. Bidding for steers "was brisk, but for othey classes of stock bidding was only moderate, tihe market for dairy. stock being particularly dull. We quote for tills sale: Cattle Dairy heifers, £6 10s., £7 Is., £8 55.; dairy oows, £10, £9, £8 10s.j empty heifere, £5 Bs. 6d:; yearling heifers,. £3 95.; yearling steers, £5 lis. Sheep—Ewes in lamb, .273, 2d. to 345. 6d.; hoggets, 215., 225. 6d., 265." 4d.; 2-tooth wethers, 28s. 3d.; 2-tootfo. ewes, 335. 9d. . 1 . Messrs. Levin audi Company, Feilding, report: During tbo past week we held our yard sales at Hunterville, Kougotea,-£*lrt Fcilding. At Huntcrvillo we had a small yarding. The demand for all classes was good, and prices were well maintained. At Itongotca. we submitted an average yarding of ■ both sheep aid cattle. Hoggets were in. good demand, and prices were slightly better then at last sale. Dairy - cows and stores were well competed for. Heifers, backward, in oalf ; were hard to quit. At I'eilding we had' a, medium entry for sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle. Buyers for hoggets were present from outside districts, and prices were' considerably in advanco of late prices. The drop in the hogget market, 'reported recently, has more than rooovcred, and there is keen inquiry from up-country districts. Pat sheep were hardly, up to the quality of late yardirigs; and prices ruled accordingly. For . all olasses of cattlc there was keen competition, and prices, right through wore, in sellers' favour. Prices for store cattle have, we think,' reached <t dangerously high level; . Quotations; At Hunterville, best hoggets 255. to 27s. t good ditto 235. lid.,' medium ditto, 19s. 6d„ springing heilers £3 . 55., empty forward heifers i,B 10©. :At ltongotea, fat hoggets 245.; 10d., ! good : hoggets 255. 6d. to 235. 9d., cmpjj ewes 18s. bd., fat cows (light) £8 2s. to £8 10s., fat and forward cows £6 ss:. to £7 155., store cows £5 to £5 17s. 6d., spring cows (account Deal's Estate) £16 10s., £15, £13 to 4SIO 7a. 6d., other springing cows £9 7s. 6d., springing Jieifcrs £6 7s. 6d, Pigs: Good storo pigs 3&a. 6d. to £2 lg„ I slips 19s. At Feilding, accouut Dr. Wall: 140 Lincoln ewe hoggets 265. 2d.; ecoounfc IW. T. F. Craine, 34 wether hoggets 235. I 9d., 96 ewe hoggets 235. 3d.; account Job Palmer, 60 ewe hoggets 255. lid., 26 mixed i hoggets 245., 27 fat ewes 285., 20 ditto 265. I 2d., 7 ditto light 245.; account Geo. Hitch- ! man, 11 fat b.f. hoggets 225. Bd.; account !K. Bcazcr, 45 fat cweß (light) 245. 6d., • b.f. hoggeta 19s. Id. Oattle: Account Mabin Hume, 50.4 and 5-ycar buk , locks £14 125., 65 3 and 4-year i ditto £13 65.; account other ven--1 dors, fat cows £9-. Los, to £10, fat and for--' ward cows £7 12s. 6d. to £8 10s., springing' cows £6 2s. 6d. to £9 155., s-pringnig heifers, best £7 15s. to heifers in calf £5 2a. 6d. to £6 10s., yearlings, mixed, £3 189. I 6u, to £4 10s.