LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3161, 13 August 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

• Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. Palmeri Won North, report having a. very fail' en- .. try-of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle ' at their Feilding sale on Friday. i tition was good throughout the day,, and practically a. total clearance effected. ; Quotations:—Cull. hoggets, lis. 7d. to 12s. 3d.; smalf hoggets. 15s. 4d., 16s. 5d..-Ws. lCd.: ( fair hoggets, to 19s. 6d.; good. Hoggets, ' 235. 6d., Ms sd, 255, 255. 4d.. 265. 5d.. 2ob. ' £d., to 275. Id 1 '; weaner steers, £4; yearling steers. £6 95.; backward store oows, £5 55., £6"175. 6d„ to £7 155.; dairy heifers, to £10 16s. . ~ The Zealand Loan and Mercantile ' 'Agency Co. report:-At Feilding, on Friday. a small cutry came forward and. root irith a. fair sale. Small hoggets, 21s. od.; fetoro ewes. 16s. 7(L; f.m. owes m lamu, S4s. fid. [ yearling heifers, £4 10s.: spring- < Ing heifers. £7 7s. to .£9 65.; springing ■' cows, £11; light fat cows, £Wlos. Messrs. Abraham' and Williams, Ltd., | " leport,At Feilding, on August 10, we offered:a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle. The market for all classes showcd a ma-rked improvement. Prices were SB follow:—Fat wethers, 41s. 6d.: fat'ewes. S6»„ 285., 295., 355.. to 395. 6d.; two-tooth : wethers, 50s. Id. to 36;. 6d: small wethers. : 385.; hoggets. 225., 255., 265. Bd., to .30!., ewes in lamb, 325. Id.; small hoggets, i7s. Cattle: Store cows, £5 iOs. to £7 10s.; empty Tieifers, £8 Bs. 6d.; springing cows, £6 155.. '£9 10s., £10, £12. to £13 155.; sprdJguiK heifers, £8 1(?8. to £10; f« Brl,n B/ 1 ff £ . eT Il s ; 10s. to £5; railed yearlings, £5 55., bulls. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ud. ; report:—At Palmerston Jiort-h on Ttnirsda-j we had a fair yarding of sheep, which - changed hands at fair prices, and ahca-vv xardrng of cattle. Prices were as follow:■Bwcs in lamb, 225.; two-tooth wethers, Js. fid.; raised hoggets,,26s.; cull ewes lis. to 155.; fat cows. £10, £10 2s. 6d.. to £11 ■ f° r : ward cows, £3 to £9 12s. 6d.: store, cove, '£4 10s., £6. to £7 65.; cows in milk,, £8 10s., £10, to £12 10s.; yearling steers, £4 10s. t-o '£s': mixed yearlings. £2 12s. 6d. to£j ss. At at I/tivin sale yards la& u week a luie of halfhrcd Jioscommon two-tooth wetticr?,, bred by Mr. Fred.fDa.yies (John Davies Estate, Kopntaroa), realised tlio high prico ■ of £2 15s. 4d„ while a. lino of tw aid a half-veai'-old bullocks realisod £19 12s. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report liaving held a very, successful sale of dairy utock at Kaitawa, ,I'ahiatua. oil Wednesdaylast on behalf'of Mr T. F. Williams. The cows, which were yarded in nrsl-clasb; condition, comprised Shorthorn and Jersey cross, mostly yonnjr, oxcitod keen compc--lit ion from a fair attendance of buyers. Prices realised from £10 15s. to £16# the herd of 35 cows making satisfactory average of £12 17b. 6d. each. heifers realised an average of £? 3s. 6d. Vrices recorded as follov.*Cows, clost to profit, 2nd and 3rd calvers, £14 10s.. £15, £15 58./ £15 7s. 6d., £15 10s., £15 155., to £16; September calvers (young); £12, £.12 10s - £13, £13 ss„ £15 10b., to £14; asrd cows, close to profit, £10 155., £11, £11 10s., r £i2,&£l2 ss„ to £12 10s.: springing, heifers, £9 To £10; Hoistein bull, £15 15s.