LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 173, 11 April 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At fllniitangi on Monday only a small entry oame forward, and Bold at lute rates. Quotations:—Aged owes, 10s. 6d.; fat 2-toothß (small), 265. 6d.j wcanor helfcrß (small), 325.; ncaner ateon, £2 Is., £3; forward oowb, £8 17a.; bulls, £8 12s. 6d., £11 15b. Messrs; Dalgety and Oompiny Limited, report having hold their weekly Levin sale on Tuesday, whon tliey offered a' small yarding of both theep and cattle. Competition throughout I>ho sale was extremely dull, and quite a number of lines failed ito find buyers under the hammer. Tho prinolpal snJes wore as under:—Lightweight fat owe 6, 275. 6d.; oull shorn lambs, 7n. 66\; cull woolly lambs, 95.; poor-con-ditioned empty owes. 135.; sound-mouth owes, Kb,; medium 2-tooth wethers, 26b.

M, Cattio: Yearling steers, £i fa.; lightweight fat cows, £9 Zs.; springing heifers Up to £11 10s. Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited, report having held a successful clearing, ■ale of dairy stock on account of Mr it. August, at'his farm, at Taita, on Saturday. At the commencement of the sale bidding-was 'a little slack, but after a few cows had been disposed of and when tho buyers present recognised tho sale was a genuine unrenewed one a considerable improvement > took place in tho bidding, and at tho end of the day an excellent average was made for all oowb disposed of. Ab the herd was a well-known one, and as each cow was guaranteed, buyers were able to bid with confidence. Somo of the best prices mado wero:-Cows in milk, £16 10b. to £18 155.! winter calvcrß, £10, ,£li 10b., £13 10s. to £14; spring .oalvers, £8 to' £10. There wero practically only 2 cull cow; in the herd, and these were sold at £5 and £6 respectively. The firm also offored, on account of Jfr.- J. Bentley, Taita, 9i good cows, the prices for these ranging as under :-Wintor calvors, £10 to £15 7a. 6d.; spring calvers £7 16s. to £9 12a." 6d. Messrs. Dalgety antf Company, Limited, Masterton, report having held a very suecesßful clearing Bale of daily stock on acoount of Mr. J. Lawty, i'etvtheraton. There was a good attendance from the surrounding districts. Competition woe very keen right throughout the sale,, and highly satisfactory prices wero realised, tho herd ave/aging £11 15s. The following is a. detail of prices:—Cows in profit, £9, £11, £11 ss. £11 15s. £12 6b.; £13, £3 10b., £14 to £16: oowifc close to profit, £14, £14 10s. to $17 sa'; May and June calverß, £10, £11 sa. "tif £13; July calvors, £9 lfc, £10, £10 10a. to £12; August and September calvors,, £9, £10 to £12; springing heifers, £11;' emptiy forward oowb, £9 la. Pigs: Baooaers, £5 lOb.j porkers 28b. to £2. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At lAvin on Tuesday we yarded good entries of both Bheep and ca.ttlo, and a fairly good sale resulted at prices slightly above late rates. Quotations:— Light fat wethers,- 335.; light fat ewes, 26a., 265. 2d. 28a.; forward wethers, 28s. 9d., 295. 5d,; 4 and .6-year ewes, 225. 9d.; cull ewes. 9s. 9d.; forward lambs (good), 18s. Id, 215.; small lambs, 9s. 6d. to 11«. 9d.; potter ramß, Bs. 6d„ 225., 25a.; fat bullocks, £18 10s.; good forward cowl, £9 10s., £9 14s. £10, £10 10a.; Btore cows, £5. £6 10b.; 15-months heifers, £4 17s. 6d„ £5 55.; mixed weaners (good colours), £2 7s. 6d ; cows close to profit, £13 ss v to £16 10b!; weaner pigs, Bs., lis., 12s. 6d„' 135.; store pigs, 18s. 6d. to 215.; porkers, £2 Is., £2 7b.. £2 Bs. at 12a., £2 155.. £2 16b. Tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op. 'Association, Ltd., Stock Department, Pahlatua. report on their weekly sale, held' in the farmors' yards, on Tuesday, as followB:— A fair entry of Bheep and Bmall yarding of cattle came forward. The demand for sheep waa only limited, prices realised not being up to last sale's report. Wo disposed of the bulk.of our entry, howovor, as follows:—393 2-tooth wethers, 26a. 6d ; 61 small do. 18a.; 45 forward ewes, 24b.; 28 store do., 19b. 3d.; 42 f.m. do., 15s. 6d.j 98 4 and 6-year do., !6s. 9d.; 62 2-tooth do., 18s; 91 aged do., 93.; 11 do., Bb. 7d.; 56 do., 6s. 4d.; 34 woolly lambs, 15s. 5d.; 57 small shorn lambs, 7b. lod.; 22 blackfaced lambs, 13b. Tho cattle offered throughout were a rough lot, and prices obtained for same were small; 6 cowi> in calf, £5 lis.; 2 18-month 6tecrs, £7.15.; 8 coloured weaners, £3 Bs.; 12 weaner steers, £2 Is.; 10 do. £2: 1 light, fat heifer, £8 6s. f The Wairarapa. Farmers' 00-op. Association, Ltd., and Messrs. Wright, Btcphenson and Co ,• Ltd., in conjunction, Teport on the sale hold on bohalf of Mr. A. 1). M'Master, who has disposed of tho homestead portion of tho estate aB under:— The sale waa l'eld in tho Martlnborough yards for the convenience of the public and, generally speaking, the stock was of extra good quality, and exceedingly well drafted. The attendance was not large mainly owing to ?ome confusion regarding advertising instructions. Buyers were, however, present, and business at auction on the-- whole satisfactory, although bidding oanfiot to described as animated. JToweyer, taken aB a whole, tho sale" can be regarded as a satisfactory one, and prices, with the exception of one line of breeding ewes, equalled full market rates. Quotations:—296 4-footh forward wetherß, 315.; 64 heavy-skinned wethers, 325. 6d.; 60 Romncy wethers, 285.: and 144 b.f. wether 6, 23s Ed.; small wethers, 295. to 29s 6d.; 36 fat ewes 295. 3d.; 70 forward ewes, 19s. 3d.; 512 4-ycar owes with b.f. rams, 28b. 9d.; 221 down lambs, 125.: 65 small, lis.; 39 tail-end. 10s. 6d.; 60 24-year P.A steers, forward-conditioned, £15 6a.; 15 3-year S.H. bullocks, £15 155.; 11, £15 10s.; 16, £15 95.; 13. £15 11b.; 'hmallSr lots, £12 17s. 6d. to [£13 2s. A line of 42 2-i-year Hereford steers mado £15.