LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2938, 25 November 1916, Page 12

LIVE STOCK SALES

MeL s th M? t , alii s , al S on Wednesday, 'M(?d vn?dlS Ud -- offe rcd a PnmnJft- e 1)001 sllee P '®-nd cattle, and DrwfS.n?i th ? hamm « was brisk, mads f" , total clearance was as un<W. ra tes. They quota kmk v; 1 ? cw > cs ', with 60 Pei' cent, lambs, 365.; iat and forward owes, 31s. 3d 2™? hoggets, 325. to 365. k°SS et s. 255. 2d.; fat woolly wethers, 475. (kittle: Fat cows, £13 7s. to n, « 15s ' ; forward empty cows. £11 : ' wo " year " old 3 ' ''s.; eighteen-month steers, £6 10s. to £7 45.; shorn heifers, £4; wearier steers. £2 10s. I,?,ii. h «ifers, £9 ss. to £11; bulls, £7 to £9 10s. Messrs. Dalgety ' arid Co., Ltd., report rpn held their weekly Levin sale-on luesday, when they offered a good yarding ot both sheep and cattle. Bidding au through was animated, and a total fiV?! 31 !?. 6 -?' as ma{ io of all lots entered under tho hammer. Prices for most classes ot stock again showed -an increased valuo qver _ the previous week's rates. Tho Principal sales were as under:—Lightweight fat shorn wethers, 335. 6d. to 345.) light-weight lat ewes and wethers, 28s. 7d. to 305.; small shorn hoggets, 19s. 9d. to 215.; ewes and lambs, 48s. 6d.; .empty ewes, 2os. to 28s. - . Cattle: Pat cows, £15 155.; lorward empty "cows, £10 ss. to £11 25.; forward three-year-old bullocks, £15; vealerß, £2 Us. to £3; medium three-year-old steers, £12 165.; cows and calves, £10 125.;; two-year-old steers, £9 3s. to £9 125.; eighteen-month steers, £7; two-year-old heifers, £8 155.; springing heifers, £10 12s. to £13; bulls, £7 to £8 10s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report Mvmg a very fair entry of cattlo at their Balmerston North sale on Thursday, every lot of which changed -hands at the following prices:—Fifteen-month heifers, £5 16s. 6d., £6, £6 Us., to £7 Is.; wcaner heifers, £2 10s.; forward cows, £10 13s. to £11 18s.; empty two-year iheifers, £8 14s. 6d. , The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:—At Boiigotea, on "Wednesday, wo had a, good yarding of both sheep and cattle. Tho quality of the stock was good, which caused keen competition, and we have to report a particularly satisfactory sale. Small shorn two-tooths, 225. 6d.; fat ewes, on »i ' £° shorn two*tootli Tvethers, • Zos. 7a. to 295.; shorn four-tooth Tvcthors, 30s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £4 65.; eighteenmonth heifers, £6 to £6 10s.; two-year empty heifers. £8. £8 12s. 6d., to £8 16s. 6d.store cows, £7 55., £7 10s., to £7 125.; forward cows, £9 6s. 6d„ £9 Bs., £10 ss„ £11 9s„ to £11 lis.; light fat cows, £11, £11 12s. 6d., to £12; heavy fat cows, £12 10s.. £12 155., £13 7s. 6d., £14 17s. 6d.; cows and calves, £11 155.; bulls, £8 to £9; baconers, £2 175.-. At Palmerston Horth, on Thursday, only a small entry came forward, and this sold at late rates. Dairy cows, £7 12s; to £8 12s. 6d.; fat heifers, £11 10s.; fat cows, £11 17s. fid.; cows and. calves, £8 25.; eighteen-month heifers, £5 13s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £5 25.;. yearling,.steers, £6 10s. to £6 165.; small mixed yearlings, £3 6s.'; eighteen-month bulls, £4 17s. 6d., £5 10s., £5 15s„ £6 55.; two-year hulls, £7 10s. to £10; fat hoggets, 38s. 3d. to £2. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having held their weekly sale in their Waipoua (Masterton) sale yards, on Wednesday. There was only a small yarding of sheep and pigs, submitted to a small attendance of buyers, but competition was keen, and a total clearance resulted, at tho following prices. Fat woolly ewes, 48s. 9d.; fat ewes and wethers, 416.; fat hoggets, 345. 3d.; fat b.f. hoggets. 28s. 10d.; f.m.'ewe and lambs, 505.; weaner pigs, 14s. , 6d. to 18s. Messrs. "Wright, Stephenson, and Co. Ltd., report having held their weekly sale at Pahiatua (this week at tho Farmers' yards) on Tuesday, when they offered a small yarding of sheep and cattle. There was only a small attendance of buyers, but competition was keen throughout the sale, and a good clearance was mado at the following prices: Sheep—Woolly hoggets, 375. Cattle—Springing cows.- £8 9s. 6d. to £S 145.; two-year store heifers, £7 95.; eighteen-month .heifers, £4 10s. to £6 155.; forward store cows, £10 175., £10 17s. 6d., to £11 13s. 4d.; cows and calves. £8 2s. 6d. to £10 10s.; Jersey bulls, to £6 10s.; forward cows. £8 4s. 6d.