LIVE STOCK SALES,

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3171, 23 August 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES,

Messrs. Abraham and W/illiams, Ltd!, report :-Our monthly stock sale was held at Baumai on Tuesday. There was a fairly good muster, praotically tho whole of which sold under good competition, good prices ruling. Mixed hoggets (good) brought 275. 10d.; small ditto, 205.; 4-tooth wethers, 375.; good dairy cows, £12, .£l3; fair ditto, £8 10s. to £11 Is.; good springing heifers, £10 10s: to £12 10s.; others, £8 t> £9 55.; 2-year heifers, in calf (small), £6 10s.; forward oows, £8 ss. io £5 55.; storo cows, £7 Is. to £7 155.; 15 to 18month steers, £8; yearling steers," £6 10s.; yearling heifers, £4 135.;" mixed vcarliags (small), £4 4s.

The Wairarapa, Farmers' Co-operative Association ,Ltd., Stock Department, report having held a successful clearing sale on account of Mr. A. T. Hawke.. Ctarcville. Bidding at auction was animated, Sjid everything was disposed of under tho hammer.. Quotations:—Sheep: Ewes with lamb*,- at foot, the majority of which. 1-avo been docked, made 335.; ewes in lamh to h.f. ras.ols.; empty owes. 265. 6d.; medium hoggets. 225. ML; S.D. rams, f.m., 21s. 6d. Oattle: Cows in milk, £12 to £12 155.; cows on drop.. £8 10s., £9 10s.. £9 17s. 6d. to £10; medium weaner.heifers, £5 175.; calves, 3 weeks old, £1 Is. Horses: Draught geldings. £27 to £38; aged trap horse, £6. Implements and sundries: M.H. drill, £39: Cambridge roller, £24 10s.: spring cart. £18; Duncan s.f. plough, £11 155.; R. and G. d.f. plough, £7 10s.; set. 4-loa.f tine harrows, £11 10s.; horse covers, 205..t0 275. 6d.; tubular separator, £5 25.; Methven copper. £5; hay, £3 2s. per truss; wire netting, £2 2s. per coil: totara, strainers. 7s. 6d. each; ducks, 4s. 3d, each; cockerels, 4s. 6d. each. Account other venders: Brooders. £4 4s. to £6 195.; milk cans. 20s. to 325.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Tcpor't that.at their weekly stock ea.le, held at Levin yards, on Tuesday, they submitted a, medium entry of sheep (principally hoggets), whioh met with a, keen demand, and prices realised well over vendors' reserves. ■ A good yarding cf cattle' also met with a ready sale. Quotations:—Fat -\yethers. £2 25.-; good hoggets, 26a., 275. Id. to 275. 4d.: 21-year- steers, £U 55.; yearling steers (mixed colours), £3 16s. to £5 155.; 12-mortths dairy heifers, £3 to £4; cows with calves, £9 2s. 6d.; medium store cows, £7 10s. to £8; 2-year empty heifers, £4 10s. to £5 55.; yea lor, £4 10s.; bulls. £4 to £10 2s. 6d.: springing cows. £10 7s. 6d. to £12 10s.; good weaner pigs. 19s. to 205.; small ditto, 12s. 6d. to 14s. 6d.; light porkers, 355.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., 'uM., report:—A fair yarding of stock on Tuesday was submitted to a good attendant of buyers et their Pahiatua. sale. Competition was brisk throughout the sale, and a . complcto clearance was offectpd at the following prices:—Medium ra.s. hoggets, 255. 2d.; springing heifers, £9 2s. 6d. to £S 155.. storo cows. £7 2s. f.d.. £7 153. to £8 10s.; cows (low condition), £5 15s. to £7.

Messrs. Wright. Stephenson and Co., Ltd.. report having effected the following sales through their Pahiatua branch during the past week:—Sheep: 150 ewes in lamb, 325. ta:; 200 m.s. hoggets. 225. 6d.; 590 m.s. hoggets. 21s. 3d.; '540 m.s. hoggets, 235. 6d.; 100 ni.s. hoggets, 205.; 50' m.s. hoggets. 175.: 120 m.s. hoggets, 205.; 13 cull hoggets, 15s. 6d.; 13 cull hoggets, 15s. Bd.; 53 ewes In lamb, 275.: 198 m.s. hoggets, 253. 2d.; '350 2, 4, and 6-looth wethers (off shear?), 315.; 600 woolly lambs (January delivery), 145.; 800 woolly wether lambs (January deliv-

cry), 14s. Cattlo: 53 20-monl.hs steers, £9 12s. 6d.: 8 Z-.vear steers, £14; 13 m.r. wcaiicrs. £9 10=.; 2 store heifers, £7; 25 rat cows, £15: 4 fa.t cows. £14; 2 tat, cows, .£l2 10s.; 7 store Heifers, £6 155.; FfoUt.-in bull, £22; 19 dairy cows, £10; 7 dairy heifers, £9 2s. 6d.; 10 weaners, £4 lCs.; 4 dairy cows, £10 10s.; 5 springing heifers. £7 12s. 6d.; 5 springing heifers, £9..?5.'6(1.; 3 store cows, £8 10s.; 9 store cows, £7 155.: 5 ph. herd Hereford bulls (yearlings), ex Waimahako, Estate, Invercargill, £42 each.