LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3024, 10 March 1917, Page 12

LIVE STOCK SALES

Ihe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report :-At Hauinai. ou Tuesday, we had a fair entry of stock, competition was good, and all lots sold at lato rates. Quotations:—Fail , two-tooth - ewes 325. 9d.; f.ui. ewes, 255. 2d. : four-tooth S.D. ewes, 315.; cull lambs, 75.; weaner steers, £3 45.; springing heifers. £9; fat heifers, £10 18s.; Rood fat cows, £13 125.; heavy bulls, £10 15s. The New Zealand Loan and liercantilo Agency Co,, Ltd., report that at their upper Butt sale on Thursday, tliey submitted a large yarding of both sheep and cattle to a, medium attendance of buyers. Bidding was slack owing to the continued dry weather.•■• However, they cleared a large proportion of. fiieir yarding at reduced rates. They duote:—Two and four-tooth ewes, 295. 10d.; cull lambs, ss. to 125.; sis-tooth Lincoln rams. sJeiis. ; aged rams. £1 Is.; fat and forward fouryear bullocks, £17 75.; four-year forward ditto, £15. 155.; two-year steers, £9 Bs.: Jfcftward cows. £8 10s'.; mixed weaners, £2 Be. fid.; calves, £1 95.; eighteen-month heifers, £4: eighteen-month bull, £5 13s. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, report having held their for'.'iiehtly sale at. the .Upper Hutt on Thursday, when they offered an exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep and a big yarding of cattle. Despite the very dry weather which is now being experienced, there was a large attendance of buyers, and all classes of sheep were keenly competed for. '■ The market for sheep is still very firm" with tho exception of breeding ewes, which have eased off. They yarded close on 3000 sheep, and practically the whole yarding changed hands by the close of the day. Tho cattle also met with a good sale, and sold well under the hammer. They quote :-F.F.J,I. ewes, 235. 6d. Jo 265.; twotooth to f.f.in. ewes. 20s. 4d., 215., 225. Id., 265.; woolly. lambs, 10s. 3d., 12s. Id., 13s. 2d., 13s. 6d., 175., 18s. 6d., 203.; two-tooth wethers, 275.; two and four-tooth'wethers, to 335. 6d. A line of wethers, Bold on behalf of Messrs. Whiteman Bros, realised 345. 4d.; forward ewes and wethers, 275. 6d.; eighteen-mqnth heifers. £3 7s. 6d. to £5; empty 6tore cows, £6 to £6 155.; heifers and calves. £5 to £8 10s.; empty heifers, £6 12s. 6d. to £7 55.; springing heifers, £12 to £12 10s.; springing cows, £12; yearling heifers, to £5; bulls, £5 16s. 6d., £8, £9; weaners, £2, £2 9a., to £3 65.; yearling steers, £4.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly sale last, Tuesday, when they offered a fairly good yarding of both sheep and cattle to a good attendance of the public. Despite the very dry weather up the coast, they managed to dispose of all linos of Bheep. The demand for store cattle has Blackened off owing to the great shortage of feed, but fat cows and bulls met with a good sale. The quote as follows:—Pat ewes. 31s. 6d. to , 335. 10d.; fat and forward wethers, to 325. 3d.; m.s. shorn lambs, 7s. Sd. to 165.; s.m. ewes, to 225.; fat cows, £15 17s. 6d, : fat heifers, to £13; cows and calves, £13 55.; empty store cows, £5; Shorthorn'bulls. £9 to £12.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held a clearing sale on Wednesday last on behalf of Messrs. Law and Halliday, of Tawa Plat. There was a, good attendqnco of buyers. Tho herd came forward in very good condition for this timo of the year, and sold well under the hammer; some of the prices realised are as follows:—August-September calvers, £7, £8, £8 55.. to £9 10s.; cichteen-month. heifers, £6 23. 6d.;- weaner heifers, £2; bulls, to £7 10s.

Messrs. Balgety and Company, Limited, report having a very good yarding at their Taihape sale on Wednesday. Although bidding was not at all keen, vendors were in nearly all cases prepared to accept prices offered and practically a total clearance ivas effected. Quotations :— Cull ewes, 10s. to 10s. 6d.; small lambs, 13s. Id.;, medium lambs, to 15s. 6d.; fiveyear ewes, 225. 6d.; four and five-year owes, 265. to 265. 10d.; two-tooth -wethers, small, 245. 6d.. 255. 6d., 275. 6d., to 295.; two-tooth wethers. 305., 325., to 325. 9d.;, two-tooth ewes, 295. Bd., 30s. 3d., to 335.: five Eomney rams, 4gns. Cattle :-Sm all ■weaner steers, £2 65.; fifteen-month heifers, £7 ss. to.£7 65.; three-year heifers. £8 Bs. 6d.; store cows. £5 15s. j forvard cows, £8 Bs.; two and a half-year steers. £12, £12 55., to £13; cowo and calves. £9 Bs. ■

Tlie Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operativo Assn., Ltd., report on their sales held during the past week as folloive:— At WoodviUo last Monday we offered a good yarding of sheep an a 6mall entry of cattle to a good attendance of buyers. Sheep met -with fair competition, store cows were very hard of E-alo. We effected the following snles:—B4 two-tooth -wethers 295.; 10 cull wethers. 21s. 6d.; 53 two-tooth ewes, 305.; 50 aged ewes, 245. 3d.; 69 twotooth -Tvethers, 345.; 160 full-mouth ewes (poor), 235. 6d.; aged Lincoln rams, 3Jgns.: store cows, £6 ss. to £8 2s. 6d.: forward cows, £8 2s. 6d. to £9 55.; eighteen-month. Shorthorn heifers, £7; two and a half-jvar steers, £12 ss-.; weoners, £2 6s. 6d.. £2'125., £2 19s. At our Jfangahao yards, last

Tuesday, wo offered a Rood yarding- of sheep and small entry of cattle to a, very fair attendnoo of buyers. We have to report a Flight rise on the lust two previous, salei and wo cleared our yarding at very satisfactory prices. We effected the following sales:—l 22 shorn wether lambs, 205.; 100 ditto, 19s. 3d. ; IB? ditto, 17s. 5d.; 54 cull lambs, 12s. 6d.; 340 four and nvc-year ewes, 325. 2d.; 120 ditto, 30s. 6d.; 54 store, owes. 255.; 21 ditto." 255. 6d.; 114 ditto, 225. 4d.; four-tooth Lincoln rams, 9gns.; Southdown rams, 4gns., sgns., and 6gns. Oattlo: Eighteen-month steers, £9 18s.; cows and calves (small), £8; heifer in calf (small), £5 55.; store cows, £7, £7 12s. 6i1., £7 18s.. £8 55., .£8 15s.- bulls, £8 10s., £9 10a., £14. At Bollancc last Wednesday wo held a clearing sa'.e ou account of Mr. J. Miller. Considering the time of the year we consider the cows made very satisfactory prices. Prices rnn"ed as follows:— £t 55., £8, £8 10s., £9, £10 155., £11, £12 10s.: two and a half-year-old heifers in calf, £6 155., £8 2s. 6(1., £10 55.heifers with calves at foot £9: Shorthorn bull. £15 12s. 6d.; weaner Bs. to 9s. At "Pongaroa. we offered a pood yarding of sheep and cattle to a large attendance of those interested. Compared with the last sole held, a much better tone- prevailed in the market, and we have to report a sharp rise in ell classes of sheep, especially was this noticeable in food ewes and two-tooth wethers showing any quality. We .created a record for the Pongaroa. Yards, obtaining £2 6s. 4d. for a- pen of four-tooth owes, bred by and offered on account of Mr. C. Martin. We effected tho following sales:—l 42 four-'vear ewes. 345. lid.; 137 two-tooth wethers.' 345. Id.; 42 four-tooth ewes, £2 6s. 4d.; 112 shorn lonibs, 14s. 9d.: 34 ditlo. 16?. 6;!.: 61 ditto culls, 11s ; 26 ditto, 9s. 3d.; 19 ditto. 4s. 7d.; 27 two and four-tooth ewes (small) 29=.22 nsed ewes, 24*. Id.; 45 ditlo, 2's. 6d.; 14 ditto, 25?.; 25 two-tooth ewes. 31s. Id.; six fat. lambs. 20s. 9d.; P.omney rams. 3gns. and IJgns. Cattle: Eighteen two and a. half-year steers. £11 17s. 6d.; 26 ditto, .£ll 11s.; eight, ditto, £12 55.; two fifteen-month steers. £6 5«.; fat cows. £12 Bs.: store cows. £9; cull emptv cows, ,C 2 to £2 15s. Messrs. Wright, Stepbenson. and Co., Ltd.. Pahiatua, report having held a successful clearing sale at Donncvirke. on Wednesday on account of J. H. Anderson. Tipapaknku. There was a large attendance of buyers, who competed freely, -with tho result that a complete clearance was effected at auction at prices ruling as follows:—Dairy cows. £8 2s. 6d., £8 10s, £9, £11 7s. 6d., to £11 155.: forward store cows, £10 ss. to £12 7s. 6d. : heifers. £6 Is. to £8; two-year steers. £12 7s. 6d.; weaners, 325., 485., to 565. 6d., and £4 25.; baconers, £4 6s.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson. nnd Co., Ltd.. Pahiatua., report on their Dannevirke sale held on Thursday as follows — We submitted a, full yarding of cattle and medium entry of sheep, which did not come up to advertised numbers, to an average attendance, of buyers. Competition was not very Iteen at auction for lines of a?ed ewes, but anything showing finality realised full values. Prices ruling were as follows :-fihcep: Pour, six. and f.f.m. ewes, 405.: cull ewes. Ms.: smalt cull lambs. 13s. 6d.; fnt lambs. 255.; potter rums, 155.. 165., 235.. 295.. to 30s. CattlePif teen-month steers. £8; flfteen-moutli heifers, £5 12s. 6d.; two and a. half-year I steers, £11 155.; store cows. £8 10s.. £10 10s., to £10 15s.