LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 47, 19 November 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-oporativo Association, Ltd., stock department, report. having held their weekly sale at Carterton, when ft good yarding of cattle, sheep, and pigs was offered to a large attendance. Competition wns keen for all classes of stock, and with the exception of one small pen of cattle we have to re port a total clearance. Quotations:— .Sheep: A line of shorn, with lambs at foot (all counted), realised 235. 6d.; empty woolly ewes. 345.; two-tooth empty shoru ewes, 235.; ewes and lambs, 325. 6d. Cattle: j Pat cows, prime, £11 10s., £11 165., £12 I 12s. 6d. to £13 12s. 6d.; light, £10 Bs., £10 I lis., to £10 155.; ■ maiden fat heifers. £11 16b.; atoro cows, £7 18s.. £8, £8 2g. 6d., £8 17s. 6d., £9 10s., to £9 165.; cows and j calves, £8 15s„ £9, £9 2s. 6d. to £10; twoyear empty heifers, £7; yearling steers, £•7 2s. 6d.; yearling heifers (small), £4 12s. 6d.; bulls, £4 155., £5 10s., to £7 2s. I 6d. Pigs: Porkers, £2 os. 6d. to £2 35.; 1 slips, 18s. to '205.; weaners, 15s. 6d. to 18s. 6d. | The Wairarapa Farmer' Co-operative Asj soclation, Ltd., stock department, report j having held their fortnightly sale at Jlari tinborough, when they submitted an ex- | cepiionally heavy yarding. Bidding at auction wns brisk, and although one or I two pens were passed at auction we have I to report a very successful sale. FollowJ Ing are the quotations:—Sheep: Prime fat Bhorn ewes, 345. 6d., Cattle: A lino of 40 I three-year bullocks mfcde £15; two-year : steers, £9 12s. to £11 15.°.: forward-con-ditioned three-year empty heifers, £10 Is.; yearling steers, of wMch there was a largo entry, good colonrs and well-grotm £8 to £8 75.; others, £6 2s. 6d., £6 55., £(i 12s 6d., to £7; yearling heifers, £5 155., £5 Ife, £6 10s., to £7. I Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re- ! port:—At Palmerston- North on Novem- ; ber 15 we had a fairly good muster of j both sheep and cattle. The market was rather easier than of. late, but notwithstanding this a fair amount of business was transacted. Fat cows brought £11 | 10s.. to £13; forward cows, £9 6s. to £10 Is.; store cows, £7 10s. to £8 55.; dairy cows, £10 to £12; small springing heifers, £7 6s. to £9 10s.; yearling heifers, £3 lis. to £4 Is.; yearling steers (bad colours), £4 6b. to £4 125.; mixed weaners and yearlings, £3 12s. 6d.; two and three-year bulls, £14 15s. to £10 j fifteen-month bulls, £7 15s. to £10 10s.; f.m. ewes and lambs, 385.; mixed, woolly hoggets and two-tooth wethers, 335.; oull hoggets, 18s. 6d.; cull ewes, • 9s. *6d. to -14s. 6d. At Feildlng on November 16 we had a fairly good entry of sheop, while rather less cattle than usual were penned. The market for all classes of stock was eaßier and very erratlo. Prices, as follow, were obtained for various lincß:—Fat wothers and ewes (woolly), 365.; store wethers (woolly), 365. 3d.; fat ■ shorn ewes, 30s. 3d.; ewes and lambs, 375. 3d. to 38s. 6d.; shorn store ewes, 19s. sd. to 235. 6d.; woolly hoggets, 295. 3d. to 315.; do. (medium), 265. 3d. to 28s. 9d.; cull do., 20s, to 21s. 6(j.; fat Southdown hoggets, 265. Id. to 275. 7d.; fat. cows, £12 to £14 165.; forward cows, £8 15s. to £9 lOs.j store cows, £7 ss. to £7 12s. 6d.; good cows and calves, £12 to £14 55.; eighteen-month empty\helfcrs, £6; yearling heifers, £4 Bs. 6d. ,tO/ l £4 16s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Johnsonville on November 14 we had a fair yarding of both sheep, and cattle, which was submitted to a fair attendance of buyers, Cattle.wore rather dull, although, with the excoption of some two and three-year steers and a pen of yearlings, all those yarded were sold. Sheep sold rather well 'at prices in favour of'the vendors. Quotations:—Medium fat and forward shorn wethers, 325. 3d.; aged woolly ewes and lambs, 345.; medium shorn fat ewes, 28s. 4d.. to 255. 7d.; shorn forward ewes, 265. 6d.; shorn store ewes, 245. to 255. 6d.; aged uhoru owes, 19s. 7d.; 1 oull shorn rams, 245. 6d.; fat lambs, 18s.; ! fat heifers, £11; small store cows, £6 10s., £7 135.; two and a half-year heifers, £?, £7 2s. 6d.; good yearling heifers, £6; small coloured yearling steers, £5; fifteen-month Jersey bulls, £6; small vealers, £2 Bs.; 1 calves, 276.-6 d. to 308. i

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Danncvirke, report on their-stock sales for tho week as followB: —November 12: At our fortnightly sale a ) tVooaville there was a large yarding of both sheep and cattle. There were very few buyers operating and prices were easier, bidding in some cases not reaching vendors reserves., We quote:-Cattlo: Fat COWS, from £11; store cows. £7; yearling heifers, £5. Sheepr Bhorn two-tooth wethers, 275. On November 14, at Makotuku sale, only a small number of nhecp were penned, with but a moderato yarding of cattle. Bidding was extremely slack and sales hard to make. We quote: Cattle: Yearling heifers, £3 17s. On Noc,r 16, at Da -nnevirke sale, held in Millars Koad yards, there was a fair yarding of Bheep and cattle, and the attendance was good. The demand, however, was very limited, and bidding slack. Wo So ote . : T Cattle: bringing Jersey heifers, £B; eighteen-month Jersey steers, £7 lis • forward cows, from £9; empty heifers, 165.; yearling steers. £5. Sheep: Ewes and lambs, 335. to ,425.; shorn two-tooth owes, 255. to 275.; shorn fat sheep, 30s. 6d • woolly fat sheep, 425. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report :—At Palmerston North on rhursday we had a fair entry of sheep and a good entry of cattle. Bhecp sold at late rates. Cattle, particularly young heifers and Btore cows, were easier; other classes sold at late rateß. Quotations: rair mixed hoggets, 295. 3d.; forward woolly owes, 30s 6d.; good mixed shorn twotooths 28s. 6d.; aged ewes, with lambs, fc " 6s " : fair yearling heifers, £3 lis., £3 195.; small yearling steers, £5 10s • two-year empty heifers, £6 55., £7; cows ?j ve3, forward cows, £8 12s. 6d., £10 65.; fat cows, £11 7s. 6d.; small springing heifers, £6 10b., £6 17s„ £9; good springing heifers, £11. £11 55.; guaranteed springing cows, £11 12b. 6d„ £11 15s • three-year purebred Shorthorn bull, 20 guineas.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—The first of tho seasons sales waa held at, Pongaroa on ■Thursday, when a fair entry of sheep and cattle came forward. Sheep met with fairly good competition, but cattle were somewhat neglected. r c quote :-Four-tooth shorn wethers, 305.; shorn fat ewes, 27s 6d.; yearling steers, £7 2s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report:—We held our annual spring cattle fair in the P.F.A. yards, Pahiatua, on Wednesday, when wo yarded over 900 head of cattle, including several lines of exceptionally good Shorthorn, Polled Angus, and Hereford bullocks. Buyers were present from Manawatu, Wairarapa, Kangitikei, and the local and surrounding districts. Competition for tho bullocks, to a certain point, was fairly good, but owners reserves were not reached at auction, though some of tho lines wero sold privately There was more demand for tho younger cattle, and most of these changed hands at satisfactory prices. We quote:—Four and fivc-yenr Shorthorn bullocks, £17 15s. to £18; four and fiveyear Polled-Angus bullocks, £17 12b. 6d ■ three-year bullocks, £13 ss. to £14 155.: fifteen-months and two-year Hereford £13 Is.; yearling Hereford steers, £10 55.: m.s. Polled-Angus yearlings (small), £8 165.; yearling steers, coloured, £4 ss. to £6 17s. 6d.; yearling heifers, coloured, £4 to £5 155.: m.s. yearlings, £5 lis. to £6 7s. 6d.; light fat cows. £11 125.; store cows, £4 10s. to £8 12s. 6d.; bulls, £6 to £16 16s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report !-At Pahiatua on luesday wo had only a. small yarding of cattle, which sold as follows Dairy cons £12 10s.; dairy heifers, £11 155.; store cows, £4 tp £8 2s. 6d. Messrs. Dnlgety and Co., Ltd., Palmersloii North, report having a small entry of sheep and a large yarding of cattlo at their Palmerston ■ North sale on Thursday. Although bidding was not keen at auction, a satisfactory clearance was' effected at the following prices :-Shccp: Empty shorn ewes. 225. Oattle: Bad-col-oured yearling steers, £5; yearling heifers, £5 Zs. 6d.. £5 7s. fid.; store cows, £6 10s., £7 155., £8 10a.; empty heifers, £6 to £7 10s.; forward cows, £10 to £10 65.; fat and forward cows, £11; 10s.; light fat cows, £12 155.; springing heifers, £9, 10s., to £13 10s.; springing cows, to £12 155.; bulls, £9.

Messrs.' Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Pjilmcrston North, report having a very good entry of sheep and a fair yarding of cattlo at their Feilding sale on Friday. With the exception of two pens all lines of sheep changed hands, but cattle were hard to quit. Quotations:—Sheep: Medium two-tooth wethers, 275.; Bmall twotooth wethers, 235. lOd.; mixed-age ewes and lambs, 345. 10d.; light fat shorn ewes, 28s. 2d.; mixed hoggets, 295. 7d„ 31s. 2d., 325. lid., 335. Id.. 345.; good wether hoggets. 365. Bd.; good ewe hoggets, 3Bs. Id. Oattle: Yearling Bteers, bad colours, £4 to £6; empty heifers, £6 17s. 6d.; backward dairy heifers, £9; two and a half and three-year steors, £12 17s 6d.