LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 145, 8 March 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Jalmereton North, report having held their fortnightly Bale at Taihapo on Wednesday, when a good yarding of sheep came forward. Prices showed a. marked decrease ■ en recent tallies, and practically all lines : of stock were doll of pale. Eventually ' most of the lines were disposed of at : prices below Tenders' 'reserve. Quotations: —Two-tooth ewe 3; 21?. to 255.; mixed aged •ewes, 20s. to Mβ.; '4 and 5-year'ewes, 18s: :■ 7d. to 2Js.: 2-tooth wethers, 25b. to 275.: "■ 2 and 4-tootH wethers, 275.. to 315.; mixed ;: wo('i!y lambs. 155.; Miorn m:«.'d laiahs, .us. 6d: to 13s. 61 : Ewee fold on account of Mr.- 0. A. Wheeler, 'realised the following '■ prices:—l2o 4-tooth • Romnoy ewes, £2..1β.; : 230 2-tooth ewes,'s63.;. 141 6-tooth ewea, 335. ;■■ 10d. .Cattle: 18-month steers, £8 ss. to ' £9 ' ■ • . .■ '■ . Messrs. Wright, fitephenson and C 0.," Ltd.. report having offered a eood yarding of '' sh.'ep at their. ITasterlon °:il« tefore a large and representative attendance. Bidding was brisk throughout, and with the exception of one pen of e'.ws, a-total clear- ,. ance. was effected. A Une' of. *00 2tooth ewes, offered on account of Mr. J W. ■ Buchanan, fetter 3Ji. Other sales were-.- , 2-tooth ewes. 275. to 32e. 6d.; 2-tocth wethera to 275.; -light fat wethers obd ewes, 30m. M •'. forward ewes, 223. Id.; cull • 2-tootb. ewes; to 20e. 2d:; cull 4-ynar ewes, to 18s.: i ..cull f.mV v ewes, tblOs.f.ltnmney rams;.Si t074 "guineas.- • ; ... . The New Zealand Loan sad Mercantile Agency Co. report:-At V.anmai, on:Tues- ' day. a good yarding of h.ith sheep and ". -cattle -was' penned. BMdjng for sheep ■was dull; cattle.sold well. Ouotations:- '. Pm ' ewe?; 19s;; f.m/ *tud Romney ewes. ' ■ -guineas; 2-tooth. Romney •, ranie, 3} eul'neas; good weaner steers, £4 2s. 6d;; 18month.niEcoloured iteere, £4 Bs.; 2i-year Bteers, £10 3s. 6d.; 18-month Jersey heifers, £4 55.; 2i-year Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £7 ,■• 10b.; cows in calf, £7.135,;' 2-year-Hereford . heifera,'r.w.b./£l2 Us. -. •' •'. { i The Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative ; 'Association, ltd., Stock Department, report . on their annual sale at'tlangamahoe. wnioli . was held on Monday, in yardb lent for the ' occasion by the executors of the estate ol the late J. P. Heckler. The : yarding cayae ■ '" forward well up to expectations, and' some - ' good lines of sheep and cattle were offer-- : cd Owing to the inclement weather the : attendance ivas not as large as waa an- ': - -tictpated, but before the end of the day : : we disposed of practically the whole yard- ' ■ ing.' Quotations:-Fat ewes, 295. Id. to . '29a. 3d.; 5-year. Lincoliwross ewee, IM-; , S-year Komney-cross ewes 255. lUd.; s.m. )'' 'ewes, 15s. to 20s. ed.rw.f./ether lambs ■ ■ Srira good), 16s. 10d.; w.f. mixed sex :■!- amba (good), 15s. 10d : rwu. %s ; ;••• Cattle: 3-year steers, £13 15s. to £13 Wβ.i - 2 and 3-year steers, £12; 2 and 3-yoar jteer», : >' bad colours, £8 17s. £d; store-cows, £8 12s. -- £d.; 18-months steers £8 Is.; buUs, £10,.. •■-. The .Wairarapa Pftrmers Co-o.P erat "« . , 'Association, Ltd., Stock Department report having held their weekly sale in.. the . ■ Oolumba Eoad Yards, when they submitted ■ ■ ;aTery fairentry of' Bleep and cattle to •' '' a yery good attendance. Business at auc- ■■■■'■ Son was good, and the under&enlioned -prices were realised :-2-tootli «*, ismaUl . Wβ. 9d.; w.f. lambs, las. 4d. to 17=. Id. for - good sheep; 15-months steers, £i 10s.; store . fows -£4 18s.; yearling Bteers, bad colourj,, : ' jort-AtJotaisonville,- we ■ & large yardings of both sheep and - cattle and all lines met with a reaW fnouirV buyers being well representeft. WtlitW- exception of . tull-mouth, ewes, . fir which there was little or no ■ wquiry, : most other lines changed hands i»t satis- - factory .prices- duotationsi-Sheep: Fat pwes 28e 4d.; good forward wethers, 30s. ■: Mrgoodfonva?de W es:27s.; sra. breedmE " swes 25b.; 'a'ged ewes, Ms.,-I<3. 6d., 15s.i IBs., . ' Sk; lambs, best sort*.."lta, Ws. ? d. 14a- ■ HA to'l7s.; lambs,, small, sb.- lα.. 7a. w., ■ Itooth' wethers. 28s ; Boiriuey rams, £5 50. it t\ i 7 Oatt'e- Light fat cows, £11 55.; ; Mri «w« £9 ioi: *yew bullocks,. £14; : isSear sS. £10 12s. 6d., £11 6.. i weafcr 'ftfferß £2 12s. 6d.;- weaner steers £4; ■ nows £10 2s. 6d.: Mter-iniUs, £«, £8. us., ;"^sZ^ahlm , td^iams,LU !;S ■'-,sort:-At Levin, on Tueday. we yarded eood entries of both sheep and cattle, and : We to report a poo'l clearance, but at . .rices in buyers W.. O" 0 ' 1 * 0 "^ , l^heep::Fat ewes, M , -. 308 -,^V^-'-o/f ilambs. -295. 6d.;'forward ew'/s, ■%*■**■> ™:; ,26b -. itooth irethers. 265, 6i.; and 4-tootTi 1 'iwetnerr-28s ; 9d,;'2-tootli Itomney rame, ' SfiSSaf Md'4 guineas; Potter.rams 'JSB.V to 355.; pood woolly laniibs, 17s 7d; ißOod shorn lambs. ,13*. 81; '■ others, 10b. 4d. it «■. • cull lamb?. 6b. 7d., 7s. 10d. to 9s. ■3d' Cattle: Light fat cowfl. £11; store cows,. ' i& sb. f6 7s. 6d. to. £l 16b.; 3-year bul- . -Wks £» Wβ,; -2-year heifers in calf. £5 ■ Uβ, £6; Kood weanw heiferj, £3 10s.; good ' Conner stc»rs £4 Js.: small wcanerP. 205., . iSs 33S 61 rotter bulls. £B 10s.. £9 IPs. ■' lo £14 Vβ Pip-. -W-aners, 10s., 10s. 61, > '?,. H.: sUe. 235. Bp. W.. M-.i porkers, ; ■■ 'J£2, El Is., £2 Ws- 6d., £2 155..6 d.