LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

, / : llossis. Lovin and 06. Toport:—During ; tho j)a£t wook wo hold our yard salos at ' liuntervillo, Koniotea, and Feilding, and ! -s. clearing sale in oonjunotion with tlie , Loan .'jmd MorcentH® Company, on ao- ; 'count of Mr.'Buchanan. At lluntcrville ...we had a small yarding of sheep and & ; heavy one ol cattlo. A ffood demand ex- | , _ isted Sox all classes, and although prices i tor oattle wore hardly up to previous ' sale rotes, a clearance was made. At ■ .ltoneotea, too inquiry for mUtle nraa ;■ .godd. Forward and store cows were in rttemand. and mada exceptionally high. / ' 'pricos, loung cattle , also sold well, but . glairy heifers were negleoted. At Feilding wo eobmitted a good' offering. All classes 'of sheep sold wall, at late prices. iVvt nhoe® yreiQ. however, sllprhtly easier. In •cattle wo had a good offering of exceptionally pood caw beef, which made good ./prices, p. peiii of mime oows, on account . of Measra, Wileon Bros., ol Ngaio, making .■■£l7, whloh la the highest price paid for. I 1 cow 3 this season. AH store oattle,' with ! . 'the exception of grown bullocks, were in demand, ond-solif wellatlato rates. At . Mr, Bnohanan'i tale had a good, at"4endanco, and & good sale, the cows and : '..helfera njailng (ho satisfactory average ■at 10». per head. Quotations:—At HiinterviUo: Good-siiod hoggets, 295. 3d.; "fat forward wethers, 36a.; fat oowb. £10 '12s. (A. to £12; fat and forward cows, £S i > "25.; yearling. steer?, ffj 10s. to.£7; threeyoar ptoers, £11 10a. At Bongotea: Ewes ••■with. lambs, 36a.; fat ewes, 315.: f.e. hog- ' . jfets, 28s. j fat cow*. £12 to'. £12 10s.;. fat and forward oows, £7 17s. 6d. to £8 10s.; forward oowb, £6 7s. 6d. to £7 125.: springing heifers, £6 to £6 65.; mixed yearlings, £3 165.; yearling heifers, £2 3s. to fii; two and a • half-year stecrß,' £10 65.; Jersey trulls, llgns. Pigs: Blips, 20s. to j ! , ■- 235. 6d. i good stores, 28s. At Feildipg: IleaYy fat owes, £2 to £2 os. fid.; lighter, _S2s. Id.; Hgljt fat mixed two-tooths, 345.; best hoggots, 295. 3d. to 305.; good ho''i . ceta.- 255. fid. to 285.; medium do., 23b. Sa. ! "to 235. 9d-; forward -wethers, 365. to 365. ~6d.; forward shorn owes, 19s. Bd. to 215.; •mixed two-tooths, 355. id. Qattlo:. Fat ...oowfl (be6t), £15 15s. to £17; othors f £10 i • ...ft. to £14 10s.;,fat heifers, £8 15s. to . ~,£12 155.; forward oows, £6; springing oows/£9 lis: to £10; springing heifers, i £6 17s. fid. to £8 10s.; yearling heifers, I--,- ""£3 Is. to £4 155.; three-year steerß, £12 ;■ fa. to £13 10s,; yearling steers, £4 135.; •bulls, Jersey, £5 15s. to £7; Ayrshire, £10 I _ :; 10s - _ ■ I " • SBooring'will probably commence,on I one or two Masterton stations in the I "eourso of a. few days. • > "Grass Seeds that suocecd!" The only j : "kind 'avery farmer, wants to sow. But i ' -how to get them—and where? Eesults ! of oareful testa relative to germination ! ■ «nd purity are given gratis with 6am- ■ ■ pier, of all our grata seeds. Write toi -day. Hodder ana Tolley, Ltd., Dept. D, falmerston North.—judvt. • .