LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 153, 18 March 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Alc6sre.' Abraham and ■„ Williams, Bd., !«pprt:-At Peilding,' on March. 13, wo had .'. fc-larne yarding cf cheep and a moderate supply of cattle. The 6heep. market, owinj no' doubt to tho continued spell of dry . -weather, was dull, rut the vendor.) in most cases met the market, and practically the ': whole of our entry changed hand& ; Prices ruling for cattle were ,, Uirly good, and . we had a total clearance. Eueine'flß at the following rates w-is .transacted during the day:-Sheep Two-tooth'to f.f.c ewes. 27b.; and 5-year-old owes, 245.; 4-year-old breeding owes, £75.; fat e\Ves. 265. 6d. to. Ms.; small 2-toolb. owe 3, 20s. to Us.j fair 2-tooth c-wos, '/In. (A.-. cull ewes, 65. to 10s.; medium '4-tooth wethers, 29a.-. .. small 2-tootl wethers, 23a. to Sss. 10d. ; cull . 2-tooth wethers, 11s. 9d. to 15s. 6<i.: fat 2-tooth wethers, 31s. 6d.; forward blackface .lambs (shorn), lie., j fair woolly lamba, 17b.; small ditto, lls. 7d.; shorn lambs, 10s. 3fl. lo i 125.; small ditto. 7e. 7(1. fcn Bs. 3d.; 2-tooth s Romney α-acie (medium)." 4j guineas; aged ' ■ rams (potters), 18s. to 255.. Cattle: Hough 'fat cows, £11 155.; frejh-conditioned cowb. £9 to £9 10s.;' store cows, £6 se. to £7 35.; springing heifers, £8 10s. to £9 10s.; small v i bulls, £7.t0 £7 155.; Z».-yi>i».r to 3-year nteero (ordinary), £12 25.; 'i to' 25-yoar btcers, £10 . 2s. 6d. to £12 ?,s. 6d.; 18-month steers (good), ... £8 17s. 6d.; weancr heifers, £2 2s. to £3 10s. Ifc. Newton King reports:—At Douglas, on March 11. there was a good yarding, but the quality throughout was not up to previous yai'dings, consequently competition was hard; 2, 4. and {-tooth ewes made 235. Id; to 265. 3d.: forward weihers, 275. sd.;' f.f.m. ewce, up to 215.; f.ip. ewe 6, 10s. to 14s. 10d.; rams, t\ to 3} guineas; fat cowb, £13 14s. to £11 10s.; forward cowb, £9 to £9 18s.; store cows, £5 145..t0 £7 17b. 6d.; hulls, £9 10s. to £14 Gs.; 3-month steers, £6-17s. to £7 Is. 'At Stratford, on March 12, there was a full yarding of both sheep a.nd cattle, all yarding accommodation being well taxed. Competition on sheep was dull, but on cattle was good. Tho working bullocks offered on account of tho J: faw.Bon were a line lot,, and at..'"{racted considerable attention/ Two team? of six bullocks, with dray, yokes, and gear, made £120 and £125, and a pair of bullocks made £47; fat cows sold at from£U to £13 10s., and £16 129. 6d. for a par- ■ licularly fine cow; forward cows, £7 2s. 6d. to £8 -is. 6d.; small siore.cowe, £4 18s. to £6 Is. j 2-year ticifers in ealf, £5 155.; bulls, £9 325. 6d. to £13 :15b.; 18-month steers,'£B and £8 45.; mixed wcaners, uj, to £3 16s. for good; other sorts, 563. to £2 lie.; springing heifers, £6 to £10; fat wethers, 345, 4d.; f.m. ewes, 7s. to 15s. 2d.; 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 265. 9d.; good lambs, 15s. 9d. to 17s. for tops; 4-tooth wethers, .. 28b. 6d.; rame. 34 guineai. Oα'March 14, at Inglewood, for the supplementary sheep < fair-and cattle Bale,'ttjpro was a very - heavy .yarding, "one-of the biggCßt seen ." in-the dietrict.".There'was;.a good attend.' aiice of buyers; and'thoy made good cora- ■ petition tlirougliout,/a. very satisfactory sale resulting; 4-ye'ar ewes, 30b. 93.; 3tooth -wethers, 285.; Bmal l , 235. 3d.; Lincoln .'■ lambs (tops), 16s. Id.; Komney iambs (tops), 16b.; good lambs, iSa. 2<l. to 14s. 2d.; culle, ss. to Bs. Id.; 1.m. , cwts, Bs. Ed. to 14s. 6d.j itpoth to I.m ewes, in-forward condition, ■ 255.; rams, 2} guineas;:old rams. 13e. to 17s. 6d.; !at cows, £11 lSv'to £U 55.; forward cows, £8 IBs. Bα. to'£lo 12a..6d.; store cows, £7 to £8 lps.: email store cows, ■By to £6 55.; springing .lieifere, £9 ss. Mr. E., Shirley's dairy herd were a poor lot, and sold, from £7 7s. 6d. to £10; Jersey bull, : £11 10s.; 18-month steers, £6 lls. to £8 2s. ti.; small zj-year steers,*£9; 31-year Ayrenl?6 steers. £10 6s. ;• small' empty 20-montli ' heifere, £4 to .£4 1.45. 6d.; cows and calvoa, £8 bulls, £6 lSs.;to-£l4 10s. Some very wellErown mixed Weanere,were yarded, .and made £4; other vteaners iold well, according to quality, at.from 20s: to £3 7b. 6d., Messrs; Dalgcty and Company, Limited, talmerston Horth, report oh their Fcilding sale,..on Harch- 1 5,»as|below:— A large ■yarding; of<sheep".andlvjß.taifair :entry of •cattwrfiarae: to: hand;-wliich-Bold at reduced rates. Quotations^—SKceiJ:::; Small lamDs, IC-fa Eβ" ..6d:;; medium lambs, to 13s.'6d ; f.m. owes, to'lßs.'3d.;. Email 2-tooth'ewes. 19s. good 2-todtlx' ewes, 335. 9d.; backward wethers, Wβ, 4d. Cattle :.'Empty heifers, £4 ■' 17«. 6d.; fat cows, £10 17b; 6d., £11 sb.'to £12; forward cows,'£9'to £9 7s. . "■