LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3006, 17 February 1917, Page 12

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston .North, report having- a Very pood I cutry of both. Bliecp and cattle at thoir Taihape sale ou Wednesday. There was ! £ good. demand right throughout the day, and practically everything changed haude at prices satisfactory to vendors. Quota/tions are as follow:—Sheep: Cull lambs, Bs. to lis. 9d.; shorn wether lambs, 165.; live-year ewes, 205., 21s. 5d., 225. Id., 235. 4d.-, 245. Id.; four and five-year ewes, to 30s. Id.; two-tooth 'wethers, 2/s. to 535. 9d.; agfod rams, 225.; two-tooth ewes, 28s. lOd. to 355.; fat ewes. 335. to 365. 2d. Oattlc: Weaners, 355.,; £3 Is., to £4 75.; yeoxling heifers, £3 195.; yearling steers, £5; tiven-ty-woiitii steers, £9 25.: two-year steers, £10 15s. to £11 10s.; two and a half-year steers, £12 155., £14 2s. 6d., £14 Bs., to £14 18s.; two and a half-year Hereford steers, £15 45.; three and a half-year bullocks, £15 17s. 6d.; empty cows, £7 15s. to £8; fat cows, £11, £13 45., to £14 55.; bulls, ,£9 12s. 6d.; fat bullocks. £18 55.; hacks, £1, £2, £2 7s. 6d., £2 17s. 6d. to-£B. The Neiv Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At flongotea oil -we had. a. good yarding of both sheep end. cattle. Competition "was good throughout, ' and practically the ■whole entry changed hands at recent prices. Small lambs, 12s. 6d., 13s. 2d., 14s. 6d.; b.f. lambs, 14s. 10d.. 16s. 6d.; fair store Jambs, 16s. 6d., l?s. 6d.; agwi ewes, 12s. 6d., 155., 205.; s.h. ewes, 255.; twotooth wethers, 315.; -weaner steers, £2 17s. 6d.; heifers, r.Tv.b., £5 17s. 6d.; aged store cows, £3 2s. 6d., £4 7s. 6d.; store cows, £5 2s. 6d., £6 10s., £7 2s. 6d.; forward cows, £7 155., £7 17s. 6d., £8; light fat cows, £9 155., £10 7s. 6d., £10 125.; good fat cows, £11, £11 10s., £12. £12 ,35.. £12 165.; twoyeae bulls, £5, £6 10s„ £6 17s. 6d., £7; heavy bulls, £9 2s. 6d., £9 55., £9 10b., £12. The New Zealand. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, JStd., report:—At Palmerston North on Thursday we had a fair yarding of sheep, which sold well, but cattle were nst in demand. < We-quote:— Small lambs, 14s. 10d.; aged ewes, 13s. 6d.; s,m. ewes,. 255. 6d.; two-tooth wetherSr 295. 6d.; mixed fat tu'o-tooths, 355. 6d.; small "weaners, 375. 6d.; good weaner heifers, £2 165.,■, £3 55.; twelve-month steers, £7 cows, £5 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. Co.; Ltd., Teport:—At Alfredton on Thursday we had a large yaraing of sheep. Competition was keen throughout the sale. W&. made a total clearance under the hammer at the following rates'c— 309 three, four and five-year ewes, 325. 6d.: 331 four and six-tooth ewes, 355. 6d. and 355. 4d.; 123 mixed aged ewes, 28s. 9d.; 124 i.f.m. ewes, 255.; 164 woolly wether lambs, | 20s. 6d.; 111 do., 20s. 6d.; 52 b.f. lambs, ! '175.; 550 shorn lambs (in conjunction with "Wright, Stephenson and Co.), 13s. 5d.; small m.s. lambs, 125.. 10d.; two-tootli Lincoln rams, 6*gns.; aged Homney rams, i-Sgn. to lAgns. ; Messrs. Dalgety and Co., -Ltd., Teport j having held their -weekly sale at Levin on 1 Tuesday, when ,they submitted a good yarding of sheep and a fair one of oattle. There was keen competition for all classes of sheep, but cattle were slow of sale; They quote:—Fat and forward wethers, to 345.; fat ewes, to 31s. 9d.; mixed age wethers, 295. 6d.; a.m. ewes, 225. llkl., 23., to 255.; cull ewes, to 17s. 9d.; cull lambs, to lis. 3d.; Shropshire rams, 3£ guineas; light-weight fat .bullocks, £16 155.: forward cows, to £9; store cows, £3 10s. to £5 75.; springing heifers, to £9 95.; weaner heifers, £3 55.; steer calves! 355., The Wairarapa 'Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., stock department report having held their weekly sdlc in the Columba Road yards at Masterton yesterday, •when. they oifered a very good yarding of sheep to a large" attendance. We sold the whole of theo'arding with the exception of a pen of lambs qt very satisfactory prices. J. S. Holmes's 2-tooth ewes made £2 to £2 Is. 6d., and W. J. Welch's Lincoln ewes made to 6J guineas. Following are the prices 2-tooth ewes, £2 to £2 la. '6d.; 4-yec.r ewes, 325. 9d.; aged ewes, 245., 255., to 275.; cull ewes, 19s. 4d. to 205.; fat ewes, 31s. 6d.; 2-tooth wethers, 3is.; 650 shorn wether lambs (qy account of Messr-. Caselberg and Laing) made tfs. *9d., others 17s. to 17s, Id.; rape lambs, 18s., 18s. sd„ to 21s. 7d.; &mall lambs, lis. 6d., 125., to 12s. lid.; stud Lincoln ewes, 6-tooth to f.f.ra., 4J guineas, 5£ guineas, to 6J guineas; small' 2-tooths, 2$ to 2£ guineas; Lincoln ewe. lambs, 1? guineas. Messrs. Dalgety and- report as follows on their Otaki sale on Wednesday: We ottered an exceptionally heavy yardins of sheep, and havb to report a highly successful sale, the entire entry being disposed -of under the hammer. Prices wero firm, and bidding was brisk throughout.' We quote:—Woolly ewes with lambs, 445.; fat wethers, 345. 3d.; fat ewes, to 335. ,3d.; forward 4-tooth wethers, 325. 3d., 335.; 4 and-5-year ewes, 25?. 4d. to 30s. 7d.; s.m. ewes, to 265.; f.m. ewes, to ZOs. Id.; •a nice even line of 450 woolly lambs fetched 19s. 7d.; others. 18s. 2d. and 14s. Id.; cull lambs, 75.; Lincoln rams, to 3 guineas; Potter rams' to 275. 6d. "We also offered a fair yarding of cattle, but most lots were passed, chiefly owing to vendors' ideas'.of value being too high. Xiignt■weight fat cows fetched up to £10; empty heifers, to £9 55.; mixed"-weaners, £3 3s. to £3 165.; .weaner steers to £4; springing heifers, U} 10s.