LIVESTOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3175, 28 August 1917, Page 8

LIVESTOCK SALES

I Messrs. Dalgety' and ; Company, Limited, ■report iamg. held their fortnightly stock fsale - at Woodville Yards, on .August 20. jjthcro.was a good, yarding and, practically :;eVerytliijig sold. • TCe-auote as foUo«-6:— 1 Sheep: Gull ewes in lamb to ' blackface ; rains,! 10s. Cattle: Cows in forward .condition, £9 155.; springers, £8 15s. to' JM. Ss Potatoes:'Table,''lo3...to 12s.'6d."per sack. IWβ also hold our weekly stock sale at -the Eoad Yards, on August 24. The; being rough, there was aot a iiTcry large yarding. We auote as. folnlows:—Cattle: 3-year Eteers, in' loiv condition. £13 Bs. 6d.; empty cows £6 12s. 6d.; springing heifers, £6 55.; springing cows,' ■!£7 ss. tri!:£7 15. . .'.'.. •The Wairarapa Farmers' 00-op.' Associa- ■ tion.' Lt4., t Dannevirke, repoTfc 'en the '. iJKdormentidned sales. On August 23, * we' >held a. clearing sale of dairy stock on 'account Ifr. L. Stewart. Cow's near pro•;Jit solu readily, but late ealvers were not '(•in Jemand. Wo quote as' follows:—Low conditioned, backward calvers, £$ 10s., .f.S 'JM 12a. 6d. to £9. 155.; .September oalvers, V-9 175.'6 d., £10 55., ivlO-lUs. to £11; cows at] <lcop and in profit. £12, £13 Ss. to £14 55.: iThe herd of cows averaged £10 Aged.j ' iharness horse, £10 55.; disc harrows, £t '.-Ms. A few outside entries, consisting of Iftaokward springing heifers sold at £i; forward ditto and Eecond calvers. ■ £10 ss.', v£l2. £12 15s. to £14. At Dannovirke, ou ;iAugust 24, we offered and sold tho "undernnentionod stock. Hoggets were in good .'demand, and prices realised slowed an (advance on • last sale's report:—34 mixed l ,sex hoggets, £1 65.; 184 mixed sex hogsets, j£\ 3e.;-7 bad-coloured rising 3-year steers, \ !£tt 7s. 6d.; 3 21-ycar ditto, £10 18s. 6d.; ',e 20-month steers. £10 15s. ;■ 4 rising £yea,r VSjmpty heifers. £6 14s. Id.; 1 2-year heifer (In «jf, £11 7s. 6d.; 1 oged cow in calf. i!£B 15s: - ; ■ 1 empty cow, £7: 2 small weaner ifctceH, £2.25..6 d..'.