LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 171, 9 April 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgely and 00., Ltd., report having held their weekly .stock sale at Dannevirke at the "Miller's Eoad yards on March 5. There was a good yarding of stock. Bidding -was a bit dull, but prices in., most cas.es reached the vendors' rtservee. Quotations:— Sheep: Aged ewes, Ms.; cull lambs, ss. 2d. Cattle: Pat heifers, £8 17s. 6d. Pigs: Weaner pigs, 9s. 6d. to 15s. ■ The New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report having held a. most successful sale of dairy stock,' on account of Mr. P. H. Heap., at the farm, Kimberly lioad, Levin. There was a, large attendance of buyers, competition was brisk, and the Tesults proved highly satisfactory to the vendors. Quotations: Cows, calving May, £!2 10s. to £20 2s. 6d.; June, £13 10s.'to £20 55.; .Tulr. £9 10s. to £15 10s.; August, £10 2s. 6d. to £13 10s.; September, £10 2s. 6d. to £11 2s. 6d.;. Octo-, her, £8 4s.' to £10; average. £13 ss. per head. Heifers, r.w.b.. £5 7s. to , £3; weaner heifers, 355.; bull, £8 10s.; aged springcart mare, £10; sows, with litters, £4 11s.; sows, to farrow, 395. to £4 Is.; boar, 20b.; s.f. plough, £13 10a.; disc. £9; harrows, £5 55.; spring-cart, £16. On account outside vendors :-Spring-calving cows, £7 10s. to £9; store cows, £5 to £6 is.; springcart, £13 7s. 6d.; dogcart, £15 12s. 6d. Messre. Wright, Btephenson, and Co., Ltd., report hvaing held a highly successful horse sale in the Jtartinborough yards on Saturday, when they offered about 30 horses on account of Messrs. E. and V. ■Riddiford, and 25 Shetland ponies on account of Mr. W. Harris. There was a largo attendance oi buyers, and the whole yarding was sold , under the hammer. Most of the horses were unbroken halfdraughts and hacks, and fetched most satisfactory prices. Unbroken halfdraughts realised from £9 to £14 10s., whilst unbroken hacks made from £4 to £10 10s.; horses, broken to saddle, were sold at £6 55., £7, £9. £9 10s.; £10 10s., £11, and £12 55., most of them being aged; light harness horses, to £15 ss. The ponies elicited keen competition, and at the end of the sale the demand remained unsatisfied. The 25 ponies were all unbroken, tho ages ranginit from 1J to 3 years; an average price of over £13 was obtained, the top prices being £1», £19, £25, and £30, and the lowest £9.