LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 158, 23 March 1918, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Mesßrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Paiwerstou Aorth, report having a very lair Viwdnig of sueep and catue at their i'almei'Bton Kortli sine ou Thursday. All lilies of siieep caange'd liauds. but cattle v/ero dull of sale. Quotations:— Sheep: Cull liimos,,4a. 6a.; small lambs, Bs. Yd. to Db. la.; liediam lambs, 12s. to 12s. 6d.; 4 and 5-year ewes, 225., 2s!s. ld.j light tat ewes, 2?s. 3d. C'atile: brnail weauor steeis, 255. to £2 55.; wuaiier steers to £u 195.; weaner hcifora, £3 !)s.; store, corn. £7. A lamb donated by Mr. J. Hastings to the Campbell Street School i'rincess l?uad realised £3 18s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: At Palmerstou North oil Thursday we had a fair yarding of sheep and a Bmall yarding of cattle which sold at late rates:—Quotations: Mixed Uunbs, 123. 2d.; fat ewes, 27a. Bd.; aged awes, 55., 6s, 9d., 10s. 6d., 14b.; fair mixed age ewes, 205.; forward cows, £8 135.; bulls, £10 lOe. The New Zealand Loan ami Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: At Alfredton, on Thursday, we had a heavy yarding of sheep and a fair ono of cattle. Competition throughout the sale was animated, and with the exception of one pen of cattle we made a total clearance at prices above those ruling at late sales., We quote: Medium 2-tootl) ewes, 275. Bd. to 28s. 9d.; 4 and 5-year ewes, 265. 6d., 265., 245. Id., 245., 235. lid., 22b. 3d., 21s. 4d.; fullmouth ditto, 10s. to 15s. 3d.; backward 4year ditto, 15s. 7d.; medium 2-tooth wethers, 275. Id. to 28s. 3d.; light fat cows, £11 155.; 3-year steers, £10 10b. to £14 2b.; fat wethers, £11; 10-month Hereford steers, £9; ditto heifers, £8 18s.; m.s. weaners, £3; and bulls, to £8. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report:—We held our usual sale at Taumarunui on March 19, when a record entry came forward, totalling 6000 sheep and 300 head of cattle. The expected number of out6ide buyers were not present, and the sale of sheep was not too brisk; however, the bulk of sheep changed hands at reduced prices on most lines. Practically the whole entry of cattle changcd hands at late rates. We quote :-Pat ewes, from 28b. to 325.; forward wethors from 30s. to 34b]; store 2-tooth wethers, from 20s. to 285.; cull 2-tooth wethers, 18s.; 2-tooth ewes, from 245. to 305.; 4 and 6-tooth ewes, from 235. to 285.; full-mouthed ewes, from 20s. to 24b. ; inferior ewes, from 10b. to 17s. 6d.; good woolly lambs, from 13s. to 175.; other sorts, from Bs. to 12s. 6d.; cull lambs, from 43. to 6b. 6d.; rams, from £2 2s. to 3Jgn6. Cattle: Pat cow, £10 10s. to £12 10s.; fat heifers, from £8 10s. to £10 103.; 3-year bullocks, £13 10s.; * to 25-year steers, from £10 to £12 10s.; 18month steers, £6 10s. to £8 155.; yearling steers, from £4 2s, od. to £6 7a. fid.; store cows from £5 to £7 155.; 3-year-old heifers, from £9 to £10 2b. fid.; 18-month heifers, from £5 15b. to £6 65.; yearling heifers, from £2 to £3 15b.; weaners, from 15b. to £1 155.; bulls, £8 to £10. Jteß6rß. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having offered a good yarding of sheep at their Jlartinborough yards on Thursday. Competition was good for better class sheep, and a total clearance was effected. They quote: Forward ewes, to 275.; s.m. ewes, to 245.; f.m. ewca to 165.; cull 2-tooth ewes, 205.; small lambs, 7b. 7d. to lis.; old ewes, 9s. to lis. 7d.; cull lambß, 4s. 6d.; potter rams, 16s. In addition to the usual entry, the auctioneers were associated in offering a large number of sheep and cattlo given by the farmers of'the surrounding districts to be sold in aid of the Salvation Army's work at the front. The settlers generously gave of their best, and the gift stock was of uniformly high quality. Prices obtained were: Eomney rams to 23gns.; fat wethers, to 405.; fat eweß to 315.; forward ewes, 25s 7d to 28d. 6d.; mixed age ewes, 21s. 6d'to 255. 3d.; m.s. 2-tooths to 305.; woolly lambs to 205.; S.D. rams to 2Jgns.; fat lieifers to £12 155.; store cowb to £8; weaEcrs, £3 10b.; potter bulls, to £9 10a.