LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3143, 28 July 1917, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The "Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Stock Department, report having held the -weekly salt in the Colombo lioa<l sale yards yesterday, v.'hen tb Tory fair offering of sheep and cattlo was submitted to a good attendance. Sheep "were hard to Quit, but competition was keen for cattle, and we cave to report a very good sale at the following prices:—Fat and forward ewes, 295. 9d.; oows in calf to Shorthorn bulls, £9 155.; mother-roared weaner calve c , i' 7to d:9 7s. 6d.; store cows, £7 12s. 6d. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having effected the following sales through their Pahiatua branch during tho pjist wecK:— Sheep: 39-m.s. woolly hoggets, 25=.; 38 shorn hoggets. 2ls. Id.; 360 m.s. hoggets, 215.; 144 aged ewes in lamb, £25.; 18 -woolly hoggets, ;?2s. 7d.: 22 m.s. hoggets, 225.; 55 m.s. hoggets. 235.; 55 4 and 5-year ewes, 255.; 21 cull ewes, 18s. 7d. Cattle. 2 forward storo cows, -.9 17?. 6d.; 5 18-months heifers, £8 12s. 6d.; 1 store oows, £9; 5 cows in calf, £8 55.; 12 veaner heifers, £4 55.; 2 weanors, £4 2s. 6d.; 5 20-months steers. £10 5.; 1 rpring-cart mare, £23; breeding cows. £3, £3 17s. 6d.to £4 155.; 518-months steers. £10 35.; 2 store cows, £7; 16 dairy cows, £11 7s. 6d.; 20 dairy cows. £11 135.: 9 weaners, £2 55.; 5 srringinir heifers. £8 10s.; 6 18-months heifers. £7 55.; 1 spring-cart gelding, £15 10s. " . Messrs. Wright. Stephenson and Co.. Ltd.. renort havin&r held their weekly sale at Pahiatua on Tuesday, when a yarding was snbmitted to i very large .'.ttendanco of buyers. Competition for hoggets and storo cattle was very keen, and we have to report a pool sale at prices in favour of tho vendors. Quotations aje as follow:—Sheep: Woolly hoggets 'medium), 21s. Id. to 225. 7d.: m.s. hoggets (fair condition). 935.: cull. ewes. 18s. 7d.; cull rams, 20s. Cattle: 18-mnnths steers. £10 55.: 2year heifers in calf, £8 12s. 6d.; springing cows. £9; store cows, £7; weaners, £2 10s. to £4 Bs. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Masterton, report having hold their weekly sale in the Colombo Road yards, when there was a fair yarding of stock, principally cattle, which met with keen competition, and resulted in a total clearance being made at the following prices :-2-year Polled Angus steers. £12 10s.: 2{-year Holstein cross steers, £9 10s. to £11; mother-reared Shorthorn cross weaners, m.fl., £7: m.s. weaners £4 Us.; yearling Hereford bull, £15 15s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report:—At Levin, on Tuesday, we had small vardings of sheep and rattle, bufc thoro was a keen inquiry for all lines submitted, and prices generally were inclined to harden. Quotations :-Sheen: Fat wethers (medium), £2 Os. fid.; light fat wethers, 365. 3d.; mixed light fat sheep, 345. 9d.: f.m. ewes in lamb, 305.: cull ewes in lamb, 17s. 10d., 225.; small store wethers, 285.; woolly 265. 6d. Cattle: Light fat cows, .£lO 95., £10 £11; forward cows. £7 "18s.. £8 6s. to £9 55.; store cows, £6 12s. 6d„ £7, £7 55,; cows, closc to profit. £13, £15 (good sorts), backward calvers, £7 £7 17s. fid. to £9 10s.; miW yearlings (low condition), £?. lis.. £2 13s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report having offered a large yarding of both sheen and

cattle, at their Te lloro sale on Wednesday. Bidding was brisk and they cleared practically the whole of I heir yarding at satisfactory prices. The tollowiug prices were realised Mixed aged owes, in lamb to Itomney ami iioutliuown ranis, 335.: mixed aged ewes, low condition, 24a. 7d.: cull hoggets, 17s. 7d.; fat ewes, 31a.; empty forward lieifery, £9 4s. to £9 165.; emnty forward cows, .£8 9s. to £9 55.; store heifers, £6 to £8 lis.; store cows, £6 to £7 165.; fat cows to £11 10s.; springing heifers. £10 to £10 10s.; springing heifers (small), £8 ss. to £9 li)s.; heifers with calves, £10 Is.; cows on drop, low conditioned, £8 10s. to £9 75.; weaners, mixed colours, £3 3s. to £4 75.; weaner Shorthorn heifers, £4 to .£4 Bs.; aged draught horses, £18 10s.; 3-year filly, unbroken, £7.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at their Upner Hutt salo on Thursday, they submitted a good yarding of cattle, a large nropdrtion of which were springing heifers of medium quality, which did not reach vendors' reserve. Other classes sold well. Tho following prices were realised:— Empty 18-month heifers, £5 10s. to £5; cows in milk, £9 155.; spring calving heifers, £7 10s.; yearling steers and heifers, £5; weaners, mixed colours, £3 15s. to £3 195.; small weaners, to £3 7s.

The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Paliiatna, report having offered a good entry of sheep at their weekly sale, held in the llangahao yards on Tuesday. Included in the offering were the stud Lincoln flock on account of tho Estate of the late Mr. Ohas. Avery, and tho Southdown flock, on account of Jfessrs. Kennerley and Co. The Lincolns wereall of good quality and in excellent condition. Tho- commanded keen competition, and were distributed amongst buyers from Dannevirke, Woodville. and Masterton. The Southdowns met with better competition than was anticipated, and prices realised must be considered satisfactory. The cattle entry was limited to a few entries only, and no resulted in this offering. The following is a list and range of prices:—lo Floe.k Book 9.tooth Lincoln ewes, in lamb (purchaser, S. Bolton), at 6irns.: 10 do. to same purchaser, 6ens.: 10 do., to L. C. Breakwpll. THnnevirke, sr!gus.; 10 to D. M'Laehlin, s'gns.: 10 to Fame purchaser. s"ns.; 10 to F. P. Jfelson. Alfredton. 53gns.; 13 to S. Bolton. ssrns.: II) 4-tonth Rt'id Lincoln ewes, in lamK 53gns.; 10 at s?trnp.; 9 nt s»gn=.: 9 at 4}gns.: 22 4 to 5-vear, at 43gns.: 10 at, Signs.; 13 2-tooth S.D. ewes, in lamb. : 20 4-tootli do., at 25gns.: (0 2. 4 and 6-tooth Stud Kotnnoy owes. ?.»rnk: 101 4 and 5-v»:ir 58s. 5c1.: ?.l ewe hoggets, 235.: 156 liogwts, 21s. 3d.: 1M do Ms.;" 165 do., 17s. Id.; 200 ewes in lamb, 225. Bd.