LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2932, 18 November 1916, Page 12

LIVE STOCK SALES

Tlio New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co,, Ltd., roport:—At Eanglotu or Monday wo lia<l «, lair yarding, all lots selling readily at lato ratios:—Mixed weaners, 30b.; yearling heifers, small, £3; lair yearling holl'ors, £3 17s. 6d.; yearling steers, small, £3 Is., £3 75.; fifteen to eighteen-month stoors, £5, £5 17s. 6d.; twoyear empty heifers, £6 10s., £6 Us.; store cows, £5 13s„ £7 25., £7 165.; forward cows, £9 65., £9 75., £9 10a., £9 12s. 6d.; light fat cows, £10 10s., £11; cuv.'h and calves, £9 25.; dairy cows, £8 155.; eighteen-month Jersey hulls, £4 15s„ £5 7s. 6d., £6 12s. 6d., £6 155.; two-year Jersey bulls, £7 7s. 6d. to £8. The Now Zealand Loan and Mcrcantilo Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Palmerston North on Thursday wo had a fair entry of cattle. Tho attendance was large, and competition keen, all lots selling at prices m favour of vendors. . Yearling heifers, £4 Us., £5 12s. 6d.; two-year heifers, £7 Is.; cows with, calves, £9 9s. 6d.; forward cows, £10 155.; springing heifers, £9 55.; heavy bull, £11; Invo-year bulls, £7 103. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at their Upper Hutt yardß on Thursday tliey submitted a pen of small mixed-sex lioggets, and a largo entry of cattle to a fair- attendance of buyers both from the Walrurapa and Manawatu districts, tinder very spirited competition they cleared their entry at tho following prices:—Small mU-ed-sox hoggets. 245. 6d.; yearling steers (mixed colours), £2 19s. to £5 145.; yearling heifers, to £5 125.; two-year emntv hoifers, £6 135., £7 ls„ to £7 145.: mixed .two to three-year do., £S to £8 45.; forward heifers, £8 18s. to £9 Is.; forward cows (small), £7 155., £8 45., to £8 15s • fat and forward cows, to £10 175.; springing heifers, £8 2s. 6d.; heifers (late calvera), £9 Is. : yearling Jersey bulls, £4 10s. . Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly sale at the Uppor Hutt on Thursday, when they offered a small yarding of sheep and a full yarding of cattle to a good attendance of buyers. Tho competition for sheep was not over-keen, but cattle sold very readily at prices well up to lato sales. They quote as follows:—Fat lambs, £1 Is.; forward wethers and ewes, £2 25.; thTee'-ycar bullocks. £11 10s. to £13; two-year bullocks, £8; fat cows, £12 10s. to £14 is • forward cows, £8 10s. to £10; cows raid calves, £8 9s. to £10 145.; yearling bulls, £4 Is. to £7 65.; potter bulls, to £11 15s Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a very good entry of cattlo at their Palmer6~ton North Ealo on Thursday. ' Every lot changed hands at tho following prices:—Tearlin" heifers, £5 is. to £5 155.; small yearling steers, £5; two-year heifers, £7 10s.; small mixed yearlings, £4 7s.;'storo cows. .££ to £9 95.; medium emnty cows, £10, £10 Js„ to £10 lis.; fat and forward cows, £11 3s. to £12; light fat cows, £12 ss. to £12 155.; cows and calves, £9 10s. to £9 165.; fat bullocks, £16 55.; young bulls, £7 to Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Levin sals on Tuesday—We had a fair yarding of sheep and a,'heavy one of cattle. All stock was keenly competed for and sold at lato rates. Quotar tions: Fat wethers, 345.; fat ewes and wethers, in wool, 395. 2d.; empty owes 265, to 275.; shorn hoggets. 265. Bd. ; four-tooth wetherß, 295. 6d.; aged owes, 75.; fat cows, £11, £12 155., £13, £13 2s. 6d„ to £15 7s. fat heifers, £9 10s. to £12 25.; vealerE (small), 31s. 6d.; forward cows, £8 6s„ £! Is., £9 10s., £9 155., £10 7s. 6d„ to £11; twoyear hoifers, £6 14s. 6d„ £6 17s. 6d., tc £7 125.; eighteen-montlis heifers, £5 6s. 6d to £5 15s.fifteen-months heifers, £5 to £1 Us.; throe-year steers, £13 10s.; eighteenmonths steers, £6; flftecn-monthg steers £5 165.; springing hoifers, £8 7s. 6d.. £5 10s., £10, £11 ss„ .to £12 55.; bulls, & 10s., £8 7s. 6d., £10. Pigs: Weaners, 12s 6d. to £1 os. 6d.; porkers, 265. 6d. to £2 Is.; baconcrs, £2 15s. Mossrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd., roport on their Masterton cattlo fair as follows:—All tho cattlo advertised canu forward and wore oxcoptionally well drafted. Competition was exceedingly animated, with tho result that wo sold 97i head out of a total of 996 under the ham mer, at an average of £12 2s. per head !?• i F, e - Wrings, cows and heifors. W< tnink this most bo a, record for tho Dominion. Tho quality of cattle submitted was excellent, and it would havo beer difficult to _ find flnor lines of bullock: Lanywhoro in tho Dominion than thos< sold on behalf of Messrs. Hugh -Morrison Awatoitoi; E. T. Williams,. Mamaku; It I Liverton, Carsewells; T. W. Wardell, Strou var, and others. .Our chief sales were as follow:—On account H. Morrison: 52 stori bullocks, £16 155.; 83 do., £15 135.; 40 stow covrs i £15; 18 store cows £12 2s. On account E. T. Williams: 21 store bullocks. £16 17s. 6d.; 12 ,three-yeaj heifors, £12 15s. On account of T. W Wardell: 14 store bullock?, £16 10s.; 1' Polled Angus steers, £15 '165.; 14 steers £15 75.; 32 steers, £13 Is. On account It Inverton: 45 two-year steers, £13 195.; r two-year steers, £10 17s. On account F F-allooa: 7 four-year do., £17. The ful range of rices were as follow:—Fat bul locks, £18 55.; four-year store bullocks , , u'° ' three and four-year bul locks, £15 13s. to £16 17s. 6d.; three-yeai oln 1 to £14; two-year steers £10 175., £13 Is., to £13 155.; three-yeai forward heifers, £10 2s. 6d. to £12 15s two-yoar heifers, £8 135., £9 Si.. £9 ids to £10: yearling licifers. £4 13s, -6d £; 10s„ £6 2s„ £6 55., £6 155., £7 10s., to £ 165.; yearling steers, £6 Bs. 6d.. £7 14s„ £( in') 135.: fat cows, £13 S? ? 5 - ; forward store cows £11, £11 10s., £12 2s„ £12 125., to £13; stori cows, ■ £8 165.. £9 Bs.. £9 10s„ to £10 2s. and £9 2s. 6d„ £10 Is., ti £10 55.: fat heifars, £12 55.: springinsr hoi fers, £9 55.; bulls, £10. £10 ss. to £10 15s bheen—Ewes and lambs, 525., 55s 6d U 56s 2d.; woolly hoggets, 335. 2d.; fat ewe and wethers, 41s, to 445. ; forward ewe and wethers, 365. 6d.; halfbred wethers MS. oa.