LIVE STOCK SALES
The Now Zealand Loan and Jlercantilo Agency Co., Ltd., report: At Feilding on Friday a moderato entry of sheep and cattle came forward. Sheep wero Inclined to drag, but cattio sold well. Small hi. hoggets, 235. 6d. to 235. 7d.; medium'ewe hoggets, Ms.; very fair ewo hoggets, 575. to 37b. 6d.; fair wether hoggets, 355. 6d. to 355. 9d.; fat ewes, 395. 9d.; Btoro cows. £6 18s. to £7; 18-month heifers, £7 lis.; light fat cows, £13 7s. 6d.: hulls, £10 to £15. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Stock Department, report having held their weekly sale at Carterton, when they oflered a small yarding of sheep and a good one of pigs and cattio to a very fair attendance. Bidding at auction was brisk, and a total clearance of sheep and pigs was made, also the cattle, with tho exception of two pens, Prices were as folow:—Hoggots, 30s. 3d. Cattle: 3-year steers,. £14 10s.; cows aud calves, £9 155., £10 55., to £10 12s. 6d.; springing wws, £11 55.; store cowb, £6, £7 35., £7 12s. 6d., £7 155., £8 55., £8 17s. 6d„ to £9; 2-year steers, £8 10s.; 2-year empty heifers, £7 3b. to £7" 65.; yearling steers, £5 6d., £6, £6 9s. to £8 55.; yearling heifers, £4 7s. 6d„ £5 2s. 6d„ £5 lis. to £5 145.; good herd bulls, 21}gns.; others £4 12s. 6d. Pigs, etc.: Light baconers, £2 95.; slips, and light porkers, 265. 6d., 275. 6d„ to 30s. 6d.; weaners, 155., 16s. 6d., 175., to 20b.: breeding sows, close to farrow, £2 9s„ £2 135., £3 ss„ to £3 10s.; hens, 3s. 9d. each. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., roport having effeoted the following sales through their Pahiatua branch during the past week:—26 P.A. -2-year heifers, £14; 5 I'.A. hulls, 25gns.; 4 P.A. bulls, 30gns.; 14 storo cows, £8; 17 fat cows, £14 75.; Sw 2-year steers, £10 10s.; 32 2-year P.A. and Hereford heifers, £12 12s. 6d.; 8 P.A. heiferß, £14 ss. fid.; 6 2-year P.A. steerß, £14 Bs.; 24 2-year steers, £9 10s.; 6 Shorthorn bullocks, £15 128. fid.; 23 3-year B.H. steers, £12 18s. 6d,; 18 P.A. yearling steers, £11 65.; 18 do., £12 Bs.; 15 P.A. yearling steers, £11 7s. 6d.; 18 2-year P.A. heifers, £14 2s. 6d.; 18 2-year, P.A. Bteers, £13 10s.; 18 3-year Jersey steers, £1113s. 6d.; 13 3-year 3.H. steers, £13 2s. fid.; 28 yearling S.H. steers, £7 Ib. ; 17 store cows, £7 14b.; 21 do., £8 3s. 6d.; 9 yearling steers, £5 15b. ; 4 store cows, £8; 3 springing heifers, £8 155.; 250 P.A. weaner steers (May delivery), £10 55.; 2-year S.H. bull, 18gns.; yearling Hereford bull, 30gns.; dairy cows, £10 to £13 10s.; 3 springing heifers, £10 17s. fid.; 22 hoggets, 345. lid.; 236 ewes and lambs, 325. 6d.; 43 owes and lambs, 40b.; 23 hog,getß, 30s. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having oflered a very good yarding on Friday to a fair attendance of buyers, competition being decidedly brisk. We liavo to report a good salo at tho following quotations :—Ewes and lambs, 265. Bd. to 415.; fat ewes, 415.; yearling S.H. and Hereford steers. £10 12b. 6d.; S.H. Cross yearing heifers, £10 55.; springing heifers, £12; yearling steers (rough), £8 7s. 6d.; yearling Hereford and P.A. bullß, 15}gns. to 18Jgns.
Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report having held the opening salo of tho season at their Pahautanui yards on Friday, when a largo entry of cattle and a small yarding of sheep were oflored before a good attendance of local and outside buyers. Competition was keen and the following prices were realised:—2 aud 4-tooth shorn storo wethers, 245. 6d. 4o 28s. 6d.; yearling steers, £5 4s. to £7 25.; lj-year steers to £8; empty store cows to £7; yearling heifers to £5 12s. fid.; Bpringing heifers to £10. A line of 35 to 4-year bullocks, on account of Mr. Ward Pcarce, realised £15 ss. Mjasis. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—We had a stock sale at Pahautapui on November 9, when our yards wero well filled with cattle of a useful class. Bidding was fairly brisk and the major portion of our yarding changed hands at priccs which were mostly in favour of tile vendors. A line of 4-year Shorthorn bullocks sold on account of Mr, J. Walker brought £17; others (rather bad colours), £15 ss. On account of other vendors :-Grown steers, £16 55.; forward cows, £10 10s. to £12 18s. 6d.; dairy cows in milk uow conditioned), £7 10s. to £9; store heifers, £7 55.; small springing heifers, £7 15b. to £8 15sl; 15-montli steers £10 ss; small yearling steers, £6: small yearling heifers, £5 58.; weaners, £2.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 41, 12 November 1917, Page 8
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785LIVE STOCK SALES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 41, 12 November 1917, Page 8
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