LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3011, 23 February 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

f The Wairarapa FannereT Co-operative Iwsociation, Ltd., stpcjc department, ro(port that they yajjeo an exceptionally gwavy yarding o!. Sleep and cattle at f*ne Carterton eale, ITho yards were tai*4. t» their utmost, two lines of ehcep gieing turned , Sway, trices were as foT- \ !Iow : -Six-tooOi teLtm. en-es, 395-. ld. ; s.m. !«wcs, 28s. 6d, t6T&.» light fat ewes, 305., (803. 6d.; fat wWliers, <585.; two-tooth weth!exß, 30s. to 308. iOd.;' rape lambs. 19s. to rJSOs. 7d.; medlnm ldmbs, 16s. 34. to 175,; I'tanall lamba, 14s. 7d.; cows and calves, ■!£7, £3. £9,' to £11 155.;-.eighteen-months £6 Is. to £6 10s. s store cows, £o 147*. 6d., £7 Eβ. 6d., to £7 45.; weaner iftialves, £2 10s, Si £J IDs., to £4 165.; TMills, £5 65., , £7, £9, to £1Q 2s. 6d,, acrtiording to, weleht; weaneE"i>isß, 13a, to i The VaiTarapa Farmera' 00-operathe ! v lAssociatdon report on their PaMatua, sale as follows offered: over 53000'eheep and a. small entry of cattle to ';& -very fair attendance of . buyers. All classes of ewos wore in Bood, demand, hnt ,lhe demand for lambs wethers was !Dot so Bood as at the urevlons «eK How•ever, out of the total number yarded, we ijsold slightly over 2500. and prices obtain■ed' must bo considered , very satisfactory (•to the vendors: We effected the following- sales:—150 fotrr-year ewes (good). Us.; ,-163, do.. 33a Bd.; 91 eix-tooth to four-year :ewes, 345.; 60 {vt-o-tooth ewes, 345.; 147 ifiveTyear evfes, 505.; 162 four and five-year ewes flow condition), 275.; 39 do., 276. ■6d;';' 46 two-tooth ewes'(email), 28s. 6d.;, B9 fltofe ewes', 235.' Ud.;'B9 do., 225. 6d.; ■26 .'do., 245. 6d.J H do., 195.; 130 do., 20e. Id.; (SI do., 25a.'; 222 shorn lambs (good). 195.; |«7 -owe lambs, do., 18s. 3d.; 71 wether (Jambs, 17s. 6d.; 192 slorn lambs (small), Ms. 5d.; 55 do., 13s. 4d.; 48 do., 145.; 55 do., 14s. 7d.j 77 do.. 14s. M.j 16 do.. Mβ. 6d.;'84 do., 135.; 39 <io., 83. 6d.; 10 do., ills. 9d.; 15 do., 10s. 7d.; 72 do., lCs. Bd.; i 9 fat wethers, 345.; 73 two-tooth wethers, •'2Bs. 3d.; fat cows. £10 15s. to £11 7s. 6d.; ietore cows, £7 10s. to £8 10s.; weaner iisteers and heifers, £3 2s. 6d.; bulls, £6 ass. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., r«M»rt having offered at Levin on Tuesday B. good yarding of sheep, which mot wiUi ;«. ready sale,. most of the linos offered fetching prices abovo tho vendors' Te- -- jserves. Cattle were again slow of sale, most peng submitted being passed. They ■iqnote:—On account of tho Weraroa Experimental Harm: Kvro and four-tooth IBtud Eomney ewes, £4 45.; f.f.m. stud JRomney ewes, 3igns.; woolly, cwo lambs, ■'Ais/'il On account estate late A. Drake: ■350 two, four, six. and eight-tooth ewes, !«35. ; Id. On account of other vendors: JTFat ewee, 30s. to 355. 2d.; woolly lambs. ■tlB3. "6d., 18s. 9d., 205.; cull ewos, 155.; cull :-3ambs. 7?. 4d.; cull mixed-age ivethera, il6s.'od.: Eomuey rams, 2} to 31gns.; lat ■ cows (light), £9 to £11; forward bullocks, £15 to. 6d. r A. J. Parton, Pembroke Street, Carterton, reports an increasing demand for fihis famous Victor Cheese Vats. These (tVats ha%-e the new middle drainage and ,-flloping bottom—features wliich, greatly 'facilitate output. Orders are being ex- , ecuted in. rotation—place your order, 'now: In any case write for prices and Jiparticulars—write NOW while you think jof it!-Advt