LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3089, 21 May 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

MeEsrf. Dalgely end Company, Limited, Masterton. roport. having ..held their weekly sale at, KkeUhun* 'on Friday. There was n fair yarding of sheep, which was' Offered to a. limited number-of bnycrs, and fonsuo.uentdy competiUon waft nut kecu. The firm were sukosfiul, however, in.disposing of prnct.ica.lly of tho yarding at prices ranging . a,s under:—Four <uid 6-tooth ewes, in lamb to l?omney rams, 263.; β-yenr do., 225,: mixed ecx lambs, 13s. to lfo. 6d.

Messrs. 'Dalgoty and Company, Limited, Mastcrtoii, report having held their weekly salo at on Friday, when there was a. good yarding of sheep and cattle, submitted tfl the ÜBual allendanre. I'herc \\es fair competition right throuuhoni. tho sale, and a, good clearanco wna made at the Xollowiug prices:-Kheep: Twotaotli wethefs, 275. 7d.; woolly ewe lambs, 2fe. 9d.; ni.s. woolly lambs. 255. 9d.; shorn wether Inmlis. 16s. Bd.; forwnrd b.f. lambs. 15s. 2d. to 19s. Bd. Cattle: 3-year heifers, comiuff to prolit. £11; springing dairy cons, £6 Is. to £8 ss.' Pigs: Wcancrs, 7s. to Bs.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, 'Limited. Palmcrston North, report having held n, highly-successful clearing salo on account of Mr. W. Searlc. Piikeokahu. on Thursday. The stock were in good condition, and prices realised throughout tho dav were highly satisfactory to the vendors. Quotations:-4-6-looth'owes, 355. 10d.; 4;icar ewes, JJs.: mixed lambs. 17s. 7d.; cull lambs, 9s. 6d.; 4-tooth Lincoln Tarns, 3 guineas; light unbroken horses. £4 10s.. £5. £5 is., £5 10s. to £6; half-draught aged horßcs. £9 10s. to £22 53.; Polled Angue Jieifc.rs; :r.w. hull. £10 355.; Shorthorn heifers, i.v. bull, £10 13s. to £11 125.; Jfcroford heifers, r.w. bull. £15 155.; ;:airy cows, £7 55., £12 7s. 6d. to £15 10s.; Ayear Polled .Angus bull, 22 guineas. A eix-cylinder Buick car realised £400. Messrs: Abraham a.nd Williams, Limited, l'aumarunui, rcyort:—'J'ho monthly stock sale was held at Tauma,vunui on May 15. Wo submitted a good yarding of stock to o. good attendance, our ontry comprising 1179 sheep (all sold) and 326 cattle '286 6old). There was a, good demnnd for all classes, and fair avcrago prices weTo obtained for all lots offered. Shorthorn cows brought £11; forward cows, £9 12s. 6d. to £11 to.; small cowe and calves, £8 55.; sood store cows, £7 15s. to £8 55.: 3-year steers,'£l3-165.; 3-year heifore, in calf £9 55.; 20-month heifers, in calf, £6 is. to £6 10s.; HolsUin weaner heifers. £4 Iβ.; woancr etecrs (medium), £5; cull ditto, £3 55.; weaner bulls, £5 155.; mixed weaners, £3 15s. to £3 193.; 2-tooth wethers, 325.-4 a. to 335.> lid.; cull ditto, 265. 6d • 2 to 6-tooth bush, wethers, 295. M-; full-mouth ewes, .in lamh, 235. 9d.; --ged ditto. 17e. 6d.; mixed aged owes, in lamb, 24s 9d.; small store lambs, 11s. 7d.; fair ditto, 16s. Id.; small woolly lambs ■Kβ. Bd.; cull lam-be, 7e.; cull ewes, 155.. 64. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Masterton. report having held thenmonthly sale at Pongaroa. on May .0, when there was a large yarding of toth sheep and cattle submitted to a. large attendance. ComDelition was only fair nrioes being hardly -un to the standard of the previous sale. However, practically a, total clearance was ma.de under the hammer at the following prices tooth wethers, 33e. lid.; miied aged breeding ewes, in lamb to Lincoln roma, 275. 4d! 31s. Id. to 31s. 3d.; cull ewes, 125.: small woolly lambs. Us. to 135.: good shorn lambs, 16s. 3d.; cull lambs, ss. Bd.