LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2927, 13 November 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at their monthly stock sale, held at lVaikanac on Wednesday (owing to the unfavourable weather), only a small entry of Bheep and cattlo were yarded. They quote:— .Light fat wethers (Ehorn), 325.; rams (potters), 225. 6d.; Xat heifftrs, £11 355.;' fat cows, £11 12s;; forward cows, £8 10s.; dairy cow. £11. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report having held their weekly sale at Pahiatua on Tuesday, when they hod a fair yarding of sheep and a small one of cattle. The following are the /prices realised:—Aged ewes with lambs, £1 18s. 9d.; good b.f. hoggets, £1 95.; wS. do., £1 fo. 6d.; empty ewes,. £1 6s. 6cL; bulls, £8 to £8 10s. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We held our annual spriig cattle fair at Pablatua. on Wednesday, when he had a heavy yarding of all classes. A large 'attendance of buyers was present from Hawke's Bay, Dannovirke. Wanganui, M&na-watu, Masterton, and local districts. Bidding from the start to the finish of the sale was particularly keen, and with, tho ercoption of two small pens wo made a total clearance under the hammer. A nice lino'of .104 4-year-old bullocks offered on account of. Mr. It. E. Meeoh, made £16 95.; and another line of 56 • lighter bullocks ■. offered on bolialf of Mr: ">[. D. Ooßjuhoun, maxlo £14 19s. The rango of prices was as follows:—Fat bullocks, ,£23 165.; 4-year-old bullocks, £14 195., £15 IBs. 6d..t0.£16 95.; good o-year do., ,£*3 15s. to £14 12s. 63.; medium 'do., £12 14s. to £13 Bs. 6d.; backward and coloured do., £10 IBs. to £11 155.; medium store cows, £8 2s. to £10 2s. 6d.; backward do.. £7 2s. 6d. -to £7 ss. 6d.; yearling heifers, £5 12s. to £6 13s. 6d.; mixed sex yearlingo, £5 10s. to £5 195.; springing heifers, £7 7s. 6d.; 2-year empty Belters, £8 "25.-J empty Polled Angus cows, £1113s.; yearling bulls, £8 10s. to £9; aged bulls, £10 to £11 2s. 6d. i . The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At Himitangi, on Monday, we had a 'good entry. There was a large attendance, and all lots sold under the hammer at prices in favour of vendors. Aged ewes and lambs, 205.; mixed hoggets, 31s. 3d.; store ewes in wool, 245. Bd.; small mixed yearlings, £3, £3 75.; yearling steers, £3, £5 145.; 18-month steers. £6 95., £7 45.; 18month heifers, £4 155., £5 95.: 2-year 6.H. steers. £10 14b. ; 3-year bullocks, £14 10s.; 2-year empty B.E. heifers, £8 103.; 3-ycar empty forward heifers, £9 4s. 6d.; store cows, £5, £6 155.. £6 165., £7 ISs.; forward cows, £9, £9 Is.. £9 45.; Jat cows, £11 J7s. 65.; good cows with' calves, £12 2s. 6d.; springing heifers, £7, £7 55., £8; S.H. bulls, £6 to £12; 2-year Holstein bull, £11 ss. :• p.b. Jersey bull. £13. At Apiti on Tuesday only a small yarding came forward. All lota sold readily at, rate r2itesStore cows,. £6 165.; forward cows, £9, £9 7s. 6d.. £9 10s.; yearling heifers, £3 7s. 6d„ £4 75.; SDrlngißg»heifers, £6 17s. 6d. to £7 12s. 6d.; dairy cows in milk.. £7. £8 17s. 6d.; weancr pig 3, Bs, 6d„ 125.. 145.; store pigs, 31s. 6d. At Palmerston North on Thursday wn we had an average yarding of cattle, all of which met with strong competition at recent rates:—Pat cows, £11, £12 25.. £12 2s. 6d„ £14; forward cows, £8 19s. to £10 65.; store cowe, £6 7s„ £7 165.; cows with calves. £10; 18-month steers. £6 10s.; yearling Jersey ulls, £3 17s. 6d„ £4 12s. 6d.; S.H. bulls, £10 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly sale at Eketahuaa on Friday,

when thoy offered a small yarding- of shoe]) and a fair 011 c of cuttle. The sheep' failed to reacli the vendors' reserves, but tho firm made a total clearance ol the cattle under the hammer 113 follows:— Cows aud calves, £8 10s.; two-year empty heifers, £6 55.; springing heifers, £6 15s. to £9; bulls, £6 2s. 6d. to £8 10s.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their oddments sale on Tuesday, when they submitted a largo catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. Prices generally showed a slight improvement on tho rates ruling at the previous sale,. while competition was very keen throughout he sale. Tho whole of tho catalogue was cleared at -prices us t follow;— Bead wool, up to 13Jd.; crutchings, to lljd. Sheepskins: Pine crossbred, 12id. to 13Jd.; modiuro crossbred, to 12d.; damaged and inferior, to 10|d.; good damp aud sol ted skins, 10s. 9d. to 14s. 9d. Hides: Good stout ox, to lid.; light ox, to 10Jd.; cows, lOd, to 10id.; prime calfskins, to 122(1.; pood to 12id.; slippy and cut, to IOJd. Tallow, 275. per cwt. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a very fair entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle at their Feilding 6nle 011 Fridrjr, all of which sold under keen competition at advanced rates. Quotations :-i>heep: JSmall mixed two-tooths, 245.; four and six-tooth shorn wethers, to 305.; small wether hoggets. 295. 6d.; small owe hoggets, 315.; good wether hoggets, to 365.; good ewe lioggets, 38s. 4d. to 38s. 6d. Cattle: Cows in milk, £8 to £10 7s. 6d.; springing cows, £9 7s. 6d„ £13 2s. 6d„ to £11 155.; forward empty heifers, to £11 175.; eightcen-months empty heifers, to £6 2s. 6d.; empty cows, £10 6s. to £10 165.; fat cows, to £13 195.; fat heifers, to £10 45.; eighteen-months steers, £7 175.; bulls, £3 to £7 55.; pedigree bulls, £16 16s. • . Mc.ssrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Dannevirke, report:—We held our weekly stock sale at the Miller's Tloa-d yards 011 Friday, when we offered a good yarding of cattle, but only a small entry of sheep, a lino of 400 owes with lambs at foot being tho only sheep to come forward. There was a good attendance of buyers, and though the sheep and a lino of 53 3-year Shorthorn steers failed to reach vendors' reserves at auction wo succeeded in placing tho cattlc passed after the 6alc at a TeiY satisfactory figure. We quote as follows 'Springing heifers, £8 10s. to £10 10s.; cows in milk, £H 15s. to £11;-fat cow, £11; empty heifers, two years, 11 at £6 14s. 6d.; empty heifers. Shorthorn, 20 at £8 175.; three-year Shorthorn bullocks. 58 at £14 7s. 6d.; Jersey bull, £10; pigs, wcancrs, 225. 6d.

Messrs. Abraham' and Williams, Ltd., report on their annual cattle fair, held at Levin on Tuosday" last:—Wc submitted a total yarding of 1200 head of cattle to a largo and representative number of buyers, and havo to report a highly successful sale, practically aH lots changing hands. The entry of cattle comprised some nice lines of two and ttoee-yoar 6teers and heifers, and for these competition was particularly brisk, and good prices wore obtained. Some of tho principal sales were:—On account of Dr. Wall: 37 fifteen-months steers, £6 19s. 6d.; 18 fif-teen-months heifers, £6 Is. On account of H. G. E. tswainson: 20 three-year steers, £14 16s. On account of Edward Newman: 30 three-year steers, £13 Bs.; 8 two and a half-year steers, £12 3s. On account of Miss M. Roots: 60 two and a half-year and three year steers, £11 10s. (low conditioned). On account of Arapcti Company: 43 two and a half and three-year steers, £11 10s. (low conditioned). On ao-count-of W. S. Carter: 26 three and a half-year steers, £14 4s. 6d.; 48 three-year steers, £13 Ss.; 16 throe-year steers, £13 35.; 35 two and a half and. threo-year empty heifers, £9 7s. 6d. On account of Davics Estato: Shorthorn bulls, £21, £25, £30. Other sales :-®lccp: Fat shorn ewes, 235. 4d.; fat woolly wethers, £2 Is. 6d., £2 75.; fat woolly ewe 6, 375. 6d„ 38s. 9d.; shorn wethers, 31s. 6d. - Oattle: Fat cows (heavy), £14 Us., £15 18s. fid.; fat cows (light), £11 25.. £11 12s. 6d„ £11 17s. 6d.. £12 18s.j vealcrs, 31s„ £2 165., £2 18s.; fat heifers, £10 10s., £10 12s. 6d.; fat bullocks, £18, £19; fifteen and eightcen-months steers, £7 Is.; fifteen and eighteen-months Jieifers, £5 65., £5 10s., ,£5 15s. ; yearling Steers, £5 Is., £5 lis., £5 175.; yearling heifers, £3 14s. to £4 Bs.;. two-year heifers, £7, £7 55., £7 106.; two-year steers, £9 75.; eighteenmonths' and two-year steers, £8, £8 55., £8 14b.; two and a half-year steers, £10 9b. ; store cows, £7 Is., £8 Is., £8 4b., £8 195.; forward cows, £9 10s„. £9 12s„ £10.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly sale of sheepskins, hides, etc., on Friday. There was a good bench of buyers, and competition was exceedingly keen throughout the sale. Sheepskins showed an advance of from par to a farthing for good oombing skins. Hides wore firm at late rates, with the exception of calf skins, which were in very keen demand, realising from 2d. to 3d. above laßt Bale rates. Tallow was firm.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., Pahiatua, report having held, their initial cattlo fair at their Mangahao Road Yards and W.F.C.A., Ltd. (stook department) Yards (kindly lent for tho occaas follow:—Wo offered a very large yarding of cattle to a big attendance of buyers from the Main Trunk, Wanganui. Haw&e's Bay, Manawatu, AVairarapa, and surrounding districts, and have to report a highly successful sale at tip-top prices'. Some of our principal sales made "were: — On account W. Wright, Pongaroa: 4-year Polled Angus bullocks, '£16 155.; 4-year Shorthorn bullocks, £16 lis.; 3-year Shorthorn bullocks, £14 15s. On account H. Billon, Hangatiti: 3-year Hereford-cross steers, £12 ,135.; 4-year Hereford-cross bul* locks, £13 175.; 2-ye*tr Bereford-<sros3 steers, £11 6s. On.acqount W. 11. Taylor; 3-year Shorthorn steers, £13 Us. On account W. Anderson: Pat and forward cows, £11 15s. On account S. M. Diamond: 3year steers. £10 16s. Other sales were made as follow4-ycar bullocks, £13 lis., £13 175., £14 lis., to £16 155.; 3-year steors, £11 ss. 6d., £11 14s. 6d., £11 155., £12 65., £12 10s., £12 135., £13 2s„ £13 ss„ £14 7s„ to £14 155.; 2-year steers, £6 10s., £7 165., £8 25., £9 45., £8 155., £10 ls„ to £10 165.; 2-year heifers, £7 Is., £7 8s„ £7 165.; yearling heifers, £3 18s. 6d., £4 14s. 6d., £5 4s„ £5 55., £5 17s„ £6. £6 75., £7 55.; Vcariing steers, £5 Us. 6d., £5 145., £5 155., £7 Is., £7 55.; fat cows, £10 45.. £10 55., £10 65., £10 17s„ £11 45., £11 55., to £12; forward cows, £8 135., £8 175., £9 145.; store oows, £7 6s„ £7 8s„ £7 135., £7 15s„ ot £8; empty forward heifers, £5 2s. 6d„ £7 65., £5 10g., £9 Bs., £9 Us.; oows and calves, £9 10s. to £10 Is.; mixed yearlings, £3 10s. to £6 12s. 6d.