LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3072, 7 May 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

i Tho A T /w 'Zealand Loan and. Mercantile lAgoncy'Oo., Ltd., reports:—At Feuding .■on Friday we had a good entry of sheep •and cattle. Several pens of sheep were 'passed at auction, but with the exception of one smaU line all lots were quitted. Fat cattle were in strong demand, and sold well. Oull lambs, Bs. 6d.; medium lambs, 16s. 6d. .to 17s. 6d.; fair lambs, 18s. 2d. to 215.; good lambs, 225. 3d.; fat lambs, 225. 6d. to 255.; store weth- • ers, :285.; light fat ewes, 335.; light fat wethers, 325. 6d.; heavy fat wethers, £2; : store cows, £5 165.; forward cows, £9 55.; MzM fat cows, £10 2s. fid. to £11 Bs. fid.; 'fair cows, £13 2s. 6d\ to £14; prime heifers, £15 3s. 6d. to £16; prime cows, £15 7s. At Eketehuna on Friday, we had a •good yarding of sheep and t, small one of cattle, which we submitted to a smaller attendance of buyers than usual. Good lambs were in demand, but other, stock 1 met with limited competition. With the exception of one pen we mado a total clearance, as follows:—Good Bhorn-wether lambs, 225. 7d.; medium woolly lambs, 18s. *d.; small do:, 12s. 4d.; good b.f. lambs, 17s. to 17s. 4d,; small do., 9s. lCd. to lis. 3d.; low-conditioned ewes, in lamb, 16s. to 195.'6 d.; cull ewes,, lis. to 12s. 4d.; m.s. ■wcaners, £3 65.; store cows, £6; bulls, to JB6. ' '• The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports :—At. Palmerston JJorth we had a good yarding of both eheep and cattle. Sheep sold well, but there was little inquiry for cattle ' Wo quote as under:—Good mixed lambs, 19s. 8d.,. 205.; ewe lambs, 21s. 9d.; aged ewes, in lamb, 175.; aged empty ewes, 215.; twotooth empty ewes, 3Js. 3d.; fat ewes, 295. 3d. to. 31s. 9d.; two-tooth wethers, 325. to 345. 3d.; weaner heifers, £2 65., £2 75.; fair mixed weaners, £2 10s., £2 12s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, ' Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At Bauraaion ITay 1 wo had a fairly good entry of stock which met with an excellent demand. Practically everything yarded was disposed of, all lines realising satisfactory prices. Light fat ewen bronght 335. 9d.; fat twos and wethers, 375. 3d.; two-tooth . wethers. 325.; wether lambs. 245. 4d.; mixed forward lambs. 225.: small store lambs, I4s. 9d.; fat cows, £13; forward cows, £10 to £10 155.; store cows, £6 17s. 6d. to £7 165.; small and aged do., £5 7b. to £6 155.; forward empty heifers, £7 9s. to £8; twenty-month steers, £8 ss. to £8 18s. 6d.; ■ Shorthorn mixed ' weaners, £4 13s. 6d.;

weaner heifers, £3 ss. The usual weekly stock salo was held in the Palmerston North yards on May 3. Wo had a good entry of sheep and a fair muster of cattle. Sheep wcro in good demand, and with tho exception of ono pen of aged owea all weresdisposcd of at prices slightly in advance of late quotations. Cattle on tho whole were rather dull. Small light fat owes brought from 31s. 3d. to 31s. lOd.; fat and forward owes, 30s. fid. to 31s. 6d.; store and forward ewes, 275. to 275. 6d.; store ewes, 245, 4d. to 255. 9d;; aged «wes in lamb, 235. 3d.; two-tooth ftomney wethers (small), 325. Id.; Southdown-cross Store lambs, 18s. 9d.; black-faco forward lambs. 31s. 6d.; aged storo cows. £3 13s. to £5; twenty-month steers, £9 10s.; eighteen-month coloured steers, £7; good, mixed weaners, £5; smalt wcaners, £2 15s. to £3 65.; cull weaner steers, £2 Is.. At Feildinff On May 4, wo had a good entry of both sheep and cattle, all of which sold hinder good competition. Lambs in particular were in demand, and prices showed a further substantial advance. Forward wethers brought 355. 2d.; fat ewes, 35e, 10d.; fat lambs, .265. 2d.; forward ewes. 275. 6d.: five-year ewes, in lainb, 355.; aged ewes, 20s. 6d.; cull owes, 13s. 2d.; wether lambs, 275. Id.; store do., 205.; small ewe lambs, 225. 9d. to 235. 9d.: mixed store lambs. 18s. to 20s. 3d.; cull lambs, 13s. 4d.; light fat heifers, £11 10s.; forward heifers, £9 10s. to £9 165.; storo cows, £6 Is. to £6 155.; small Shorthorn weaner steers, £5- to £5 25.; Shorthorn weaner. heifers, £4; small mixed wcaners, £2 6s. 6d. to £2 16s.

Tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operativo Association,- Ltd., stock department,, report on their autumn cattle fair at Pahiatua:—Wo offered 320& head, and, generally speaking, the yarding was a record ono for Wairarapa, Tho quality all round was exceptionally good, and the manner in which the cattle were drafted was favourably commented on by buyers. The' attendance was very large, buyers from a distance being prominent, including Gisbornc, Hawke's Bay, Taranato, Manawatu, and Wanganui, 'whilst the Wairarapa was strongly represented. Business at auction was animated for all classes, with, the exception of grown steers in low condition, and a highly successful sale has to be reported. All classes, especially buUocks with condition, sold readily, and tho demand for young cattle was especially keen. Our principal sales were as follow:—91 three and a half to four and a half-year-old steers, forward, £18 lis.; 30 do., £18 10s.; 17 do., £18; 77 do., £17 55.! 3B do., £17; 22 do., £16 12s. 6d.; 35 do., £16; 11 do., £16; 20 three and a' half-year-old steers, £15 10s. ; 14 do., £15 155.; 26 do., £15; 52 do., £15; 40 do., £15 2s. 6d.; 24 do., £16; 12 do., £15 10s.; 22 do., £16 55.; 28 do., £15 10s.; 14 do., £16 155.; 64 two and a half and three and a half-year-old steers, £15 2s. 6d.; 26 do., £15 17s. 6d.; 26 do., £15; 35 do., £14 17s. fid.; 17 do.. £14; 32 do., £14 ss. 6d.; 23 do'., £13 7b. 6d.; 32 do., £12 17s. 6d.; 25 do., £12 17s. 6d.; 40 do.. £12 155.; 37 do., £12 155.; 32 two and a half-year-old steers, £15: 26 do., £14; 10 do.. £14: 23 do.. £13 65.; £2 do., £13 10s.; 17 do., £13 55.; 16 do., £11 155.; 25 twenty-months steers, £11 17s. 6d.; 48 do., £11 155.; 32 do., £11 2s. 6d.; 42 do.,' £11; 23 do., £10 155.; 50 do., £10 7s. fid.; 20 do., £10 55.-; 144 cishtecn-months steers, £9 195.; 23 do., £9 12s. 6d.; 32 do.. £9 2s. fid.; 21 do., £9; .35 mother-reared weaners, £8; 10 do., £8; 22 do., £7 12s. 6d.; 15 do., £7; 50 bucket-fed weaners, £5; 30 do., £4 155.; 22 do., £4,25. 6d.; 21 do., £4; 19 fat and forward P\A. cows, £14 Us.; 17 do., £14; 10 fat cows, 1 £14 155.; 5 do., £13 10s.; 22 do.. £12 155.; 24 do., £11 lis.; 23 forward cows, £9 95.; 12 do., £9 175.; 16 P:A. heifers', in calf. £11 55.; 22 forward heifers, £8 17s. 6d.; 22 do., £8 2s. 6d.; 15 cows and .'calves, £17; and other numerous smaller sales. Prices ranged as follow:—Forward-conditioned three and a half and four and a half-year-old.steers, £17 ss. to £18 lis.; fresh-conditionedthrco and a half-year-old steers, £15 16s. to £17; station-bred two and a half-year-old steers, £13 10s. to £15 2s. 6d.; two and a hAlf-ycar-old steers, £11 10s. to £12 17s. 6d.; sta-tion-bred eighteen to twenty-months steers, £11 to £13 55.; well-bred dairy cightcenmonths steers, £9 19s. to £11 17s. 6d.; mo-ther-reared weaners, £6 ss. to £8; bucketfed weaners. 355. to £5; fat cows, £10 ss. to £14 Us.; fat heifers, £10 10s. to £13 10s.; forward cows, £8 to £11 Us.; store cows, £4 to £7 10s.; cows and calves, £9 15s. to £17; P.A. heifers,.in calf (low condition), £11 55.; dairy heifers, in calf, £6 10s. to £8 ss.

Mr, Newton Kins (New Plymouth) reports :—At Awakino on Wednesday, May 2, cattle and sheep cam(\ forward up to advertised numbers, with the exception of a line of two and a half-year steers. The bullocks made £16, £15 17s. 6d., £14 65., and £14 55.; others, £13 to. £13 10s.: fat cows. £11 9s. 6A. to £12 Is.; fat heifers. £10 3s. to £10 10b.; rough sioro cows, £5 195.; small bulls. £4 12s. 6d.; in calf twenty-month heifers, £7 55.; lambs, small,. 14s. 3d.: mixed wethers, 255. 6d.; f.m. ewes. 19s. 9d. At, Okp.n on Thursday, there was a, good entry, all of which was cleared,, with the exception of one lino of two-year steers. A good Udc of bullocks made £14: twenty-month steers (in demand), £3 ss. to £8 65.; in calf twentymonth heifers, £5 Bs. to £7 65.; cows and calvcs, : £6 to £10" Is.: prime heavy' fat cows, £15 ss. to £16 25.; good cows, £12 75.; others, £10 10s.; fat two and a halfyear hoifars, £9 17s. to £10 55.; forward cows. £9 7s. 1o £10 55.; store cows, £7 7s. to £8 12s. 6d.: bulls, £7 10s.; orapty heifers,'£s.Bs.; small wean>crs. £2 175.; two, four, and six-tooth wethers, (small). 2Rs. IM.; six-tooth Lincoln wethf't, 355. 5d.; four and six-tooth wethers. 345.: fat and forward ewes, 275. 3d.; sound-mouth ewes, in lamb. 265. 9d.; f.m. ewes. 14s. ti 19«. 9d.; lambs, 175.; culls, 10s. 3d. to 12s. 7d.

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