LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2886, 26 September 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalßety and Co.. Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a, good entry of cattlo and,a email yarding of sheep at their Fcilding Bale on Friday. Several pen 3 of sheep were turned out unsold, but practically all the cattle changed hands. Quotations:—Ewes and lambs, to £2 4s.' 6d.; 15-month hoifera, £3 55.: s"carling steers, £4 to £6 55.; 2-ycar heifers, empty, £5 Us. to £& Its.; 2-year steers, 10 £9 Is.; 21-year Polled Angus steers, £12 165.; fat and forward cows, to £9 10s.; fat cows, to £15 2s. 6d.; 31 and 4-ycar bullocks, £14 to £14 6s. 6d. Messrs. Levin and 00. report:—During the past week we hold yard sates at Bulls and r'eiiding, a dairy rale on account of Mr. W\ Boneham, and a olearing sale in conjunction with Messrs. Dalßety oud Co.. on account of Mr. F. Thompson. At Hulls, considerably more stock came forward than advertised. The entry of sheep consisted chiefly of fat ewes, which were in good demand. In cattle we offered some good sorts of springing hotfers, which wero well competed for. Other classes wore in fair demand. At the sale of dairy cattle on account of Mr. W. Bonchaiii, held in conjunction with Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.; good prices were paid for best evade cows. At Mr Fairfield Thompson's salo tho various lines of ewes with lambs wero well competed for, and made satisfactory prices. At Feuding wo had a small offering of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle. All sheep sold well. Tho demand for dairy stock was good. Fats and yoirnsr cattle also sold well, but grown.oattlo wero not in much demand, buyers being Shy to operate at present high prices. Quotations:—At Bulls, best tot ewes, 38s. 6d.: others, 31s. 6d. to 335.; tot and forward ewes, Zfe. 6d. to 27e. 3d. Oattlo: Fat oows, £9 55.; fat and forward cows, £6 23. 6d. to £7 12s. 6d.; store oows£4 15b.; bost apring'ing heifers, £9 10s.; other springers. £7 7s. 6d.. to £7 10s.; -Shorthorn bulls, 9 to 12 guineas. - Pigs: Baconers. £2 155.: best stores, 255. to 305.; slips, 15s. to 17s. 6d. At IV. Boneham's sale of dairy herd'(purchased •by him from Mr, F. Thompson), best oows, in milk, £13 to £18 10s.; others, ,£8 10s. to £12 55.; unsound, £8 to £9 10s.; heifers in milk, £5 ss. to £14 10s.; best springing oows, £15.t0 £20 10s.; others, £10 to £14 155.; late calvers, £9 to £9 10s.; springing heifers, £11 10s. This season's calves, 55., 10s., 255., 30s. to £2 7s. 6d. At this sale Mr. Fairfield Thompson sold Jersey bull, Ovid of Bulls, at 14 guineas; Barlty of Meadow Brook, at 26. guineas; a weaner bull at 51 guineas; springing heifers, £8; weaner heifers. 275. 6d. to £3 16a.; weaner steers, inferior, 335.; sis» pigs, 325. 6d.; empty sows, £2 55.; sows with, litters, £4 to £4 10s.> At Mr. Fairfield Thompson's sale, owes, with lambs at foot, £2 Is. 3d. to £2 2s. Id.: medium hoggets, 20s. 7d.; wethers, 325. 3d.; 4-tooth Southdown rams, 2ji guineas: aged draughts. £18 to £20 10s.; aged mare aud foal. £22 10s. At Fcilding, prime fat ev?ea, £2 2s. to £2 35.; ewe hoggets, 265. 6d.; wether hoggets. 28s. Id.;, mixed hoggets, medium, 245. 9d.; ewes, 'with lambs at foot, £2 Os. Id.; fat cows, £8 19s. to £11; fat heifers, £16; light ditto, £8; stare cows, £5 10s.; empty heifers, £4 lis. to £4 145.: best springing heifers, £9 10s. to £10 2s. 6d.; others, £7 to £8 10s.; late calvers, £5 15s. to £6 12s. 6d.; weaner fteers, medium, £2 10s. .