LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2995, 5 February 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—Wo held our weekly sal© at Eketahuna on Friday, jvhen we had a very fair yarding ;o£ shefp. There was a good attendance of buyers, and competition for all classes, was fairly animated. "We quote:—Good-conditioned mixed aged ewes, 31s: Id.; cull do., 18s. 3d.; 4-tooth wethers, 325. 6d.; good woolly, lambs, 20s. 5d.; small do., 14s. sd. to 155.; small shorn wether lambs, 14s. 3d.; do. ewe lambs, 13s. lid.; 3-shear S.I), ram, £3 3s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—On "Wednesday, Rongotea, we held our annual weaner jjur, and yarded 550 out of a total of 1000. Buyers from Main Trunk, Hawke's Bay, and back country districts were well represented, and competition, was sustained throughout. "We sold the whole of .'our yaTding, with the exception of one ' or two pens, at very satisfactory figures. We quote :-Best eteers, £4 to £5 4s. 6d.; best heifers, £3 to £4; medium steers, £2 10s., £3 145.; medium heifers, £2, £2 17s. 6d.; mixed sex, lots, £2 Bs. 6d., £2 16b., £3 65., £3 135.; small tyeaners, 265., 275., 365., £2, £2 ss. At Palmerston North on Thursday we had. a good yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle. Late rates" were maintained throughout, whitefaced lambs showing a slight improvement. Fat wethers 365., 365. 4d.; fat ewes, 28s. 6d. to 335. 6d.; heavy fat lambs, 255. 5d.; breeding ewes, 295.; whitefaced lambs, 175., 17s. Id.; fair b.f. lambs 14s. Bd., 15s 6d.: small lambs, 10s., lto., 12s. 6d.; forward cows, £8 95.; fat cows, £10 55., £10 175.; dairy cows, £$, £8 17s. 6d. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report having a good yarding of stock at their Feilding salo on Friday. Practically all lines of eheep were sold, but several pens of cattle faileu to reach vendors' reserves. Quotations:— Sheep: Cull lambs, 9a. 7d. to lis. 7d. ? *mall lambs, x to 135.; mixed lambs, fair condition, 16s, 16s. Id.; mixed 2-tooth®, 295.; 2-tooth ewes, 295. to 345. 9d.; forward owes, 235. 4a.; fat shorn lambs, 235. 3d.; fat' ewes, 325.; 4 and 5-year ewes, medium, 255., 28s. 4d. Cattle: Weanerp, £3 2a. 6d., £3* 3s. to £4 165.; dairy cows, £6 155., £8, £8 17s. 6d., £9 -to £10; light fat cows, £10 to £11. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held thefr monthly gale at Waikanae, on Thursday last, when they offered a fair yarding of sheep to a good attendance. Competition was much brisker than has been the case at recent fc'ales in the district, and all lines offered were sold under the hammer, with th« exception of one pen of young owes, which wa-3 passed in ai, 375. 4d. Prices ruled as follow:—Fat wethers, 325. 10d.; forward 4-tooth wethers, 325., 31s. Bd.; good woolly lambs, to 215.; m.s. shorn lambs, 12s. Bd.; cull lambs, 10s. 5d.; young bulls, to £6 6h. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—"We held our weekly stock salo at ' Dannevirko yards on Friday, when wo offered a fair yarding of sheep and cattle to a good attendance of farmera . and buyers. Our sheep entry was principally fat ewes, 2-tooth wethers, and aged ewcH. We quote as follows:—Fat ewes, 35b, to 355. 6d.; 2-tooth wcther6. 295. 4d. to 30«.j forward ewes, 285.; aged ewcß, 20s. Cattle: 18-month dairy heifers, £6; 15-month steers, £6 10s.; fat cows, light. £9 12s. 6d. to £10 10s.; bulls, £9. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report holding a surplus stock' salo at Mangahuia on account Mi*. A. J. Toxward and others, when they yarded 3605 sheep, 44 rama, and 60 head of cattle. The attendance of buyers was small, but competition for most lines was spirited, and most of the yarding changed hands well up to market. rates. The following sales were made:—339 4, 6, and 8-tooth owes, 355.: 450 4, 6, and 8-tooth ewes, 325. 10d.; 383 5-year owes, 305.; 712 5 and 6-year ewes, 295.; 120 2-tooth ewes (small), 305.; 350 hi.h. lambs, lis. 4d.; 105 cull ewes, 40 cull ewes, 15e. Hams: 7 6-tooth Eomne/ rams, at 3gns.: 4 6-tooth Itomney rams, at 81gns.; 4 6-tooth Romncy rams, at 6Jgns.; 13 2tooth Romney rams, at 3gns.; 11 4-tooth Itomney Tarns, at 2gns.; 5 f.f.in. Romney Rams, at liens. The lino of 60 head of Btecrs, tixe entry of Mr. A. M'Lean, of ! Braeside, failed to reach the reserve, ahd I was pasted In. j Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report having a good i yarding of sheep and a small entry of ! cattle at their Palmerst-on North wile on Thursday, _ when sheep were in good demand, but cattlo were dull of sale. Quotations:—Sheep: Cull lambs, Bs., 95., 10s. 4d t , 10s. sd«; small lambs, lis, 1«q

112s. Bd.; mixed shorn. lambs, 15k. sd. to 16s. 5d.; 2-tooth ewes, 345.; mixed fat sheep, 31s. to 33e. Cattle: 20-inonths steers, £8 155.; bulls, £8 15s.