LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 230, 17 June 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

I„ i '„™ d I tl ieir weekly sale at LeTin yards vLJ- (la /' , w,len ,he y oBer(: « «■ ""-(linm >a ding fl f sheep „ ml ~„,•,,._ Competition '•}' * 11(, . D P J™ 3 S °"»<l anil a fair demand ako ousted tor young cattle, grown steers, ww«vpr, bainy very dull of tale, and in most instances owners' reserves were riot leacned. I'ho principal sules were as mi-««r:—Lisht-wjiyi,,. [ At fKei!i 235. 7(1. to 255.; medium /at wcthen. 315.; forward condition cmiity owes, 21s. Si.; medium shorn lambs 12s. M. to 14s. id.: medium woolly uitto, IGb. 6d.; 2-tooth wethers, 265. 3d.; poor conditioned station cows, in calf, £? lOri. to £8 10s.

n i♦'? sa ' B °" Wednesday Dalgety and offered a good yurding ot sheep ana cattle to tjie usual attendance of buyers. Competition all through for yhrtu was good. Tile cattle, however, met with a_ dragging sale. The eaies cli'eetsd were' as under:-Empty store ewes, Ms. to 20s. «l.; good woolly lambs. 18s. 6d.; small shorn ditto, lis. lOd.; 2-tootii welhers, 2-ie. SCI. 2j:i. 2d.; cull ewes, 10s. Id. to 12s. c , ' J ilsht-weight empty cows. £'/ w. to ,t» 35.; poor condition empty ditto, i?./ r.!? 155,: heavy bulls. £16; Hsiu uitto, X 9 Vs. Get.; 2i-year steers, £8 155.: good dairy cows, close to profit, £15; mediuin ditto, July-August calvers, £7 Is. to £7 10s. At the Upper Hmt sale on June 13 Dalgefy and Co., Ltd., offered a small yarding of sheen and a uooil yarding of cattle, competition throughout being fair, lhe principal sales ellected were as rollow:—Medium woolly lambs, 15.-. 6d.; forward empty cor.s, £7 7s. 6d. to £8; poor condition empiy cows. £5 3s. to £5 Bs.; 3-year-old steers, mixed colours, £9 Bs.; milk cows, July cah-ers, £') 10s. to £10. Messrs. and Company, Limited, Palhierston Ncrtli, report having a f&ir entry of shee.p and a Bmall yarding of' " K '"' Palmei-stou sale on Ihtirsday. ■ Quotations:—Sheep: Empty ewes, 14s. to los. 3d.; light fat lamDs, 19s. 6d.; mixed lambe, 15s. 6d. to 165.; mucd 2-tooths, 265. to 275. Cattio: Hulls, £6; empty store cows, £6 ss. to £7 lis.; dairy cows, £6, £9, £10 Ills., £11, £12, £12 10s., £12 15s. to £13 12s. 6d.

31os?(fs. Abraham and Williams, Marlon, report:—Car Jlui'ton' sale was held on iucsday. Very [air entries of both sheep and eaitle came to hand and sold well up to late rates. Quotations:—Uest lambs, 225. Id.; good do., 19s. 2d., 19s. 3d.; very fair do., 14a. 6d. to 17s. 7d,; medium do., lis. to 135.; cull do., 6s. to 95.; poor do.. 55.; cull lu.s. 2-tooths, 16s. Bd.; store ewes, 9s. to 125.; hotter do., 15s. 9d. to 16s. 7d.; tonvant, 225„ 255. 6d.; fat do., 31s 6d., 335. 3d.; yearling heifers, £3 10a.: 18-month steers, £5 35.; 2-year do., £8 10a.; springing heifers to £10 7s. 6d.; fat cows, £11 10s.; fat. heifors, £11; bullocks, £14 ss, On Wednesday the firm held a most successful dairy sale oil account of Mr. 11. Ark weight, at Overton. The cows were a nice Jot and sold from £10 to £21, averaging in the vicinity of £14. The heifers wero not so keenly in demand, but all were sold at prices ranging from £6 10s. 10 £12 10s.; weaner heifers made £4 35.; empty ewes, 19s. 6d.;* fat ewes, 275. 10d.; breeding soWB,/£2 ss. to £6.'

Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report:—At our weekly sale, held at I'atnierstou JX'orth on June 13, ft l'air yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle was entered. I>he bidding throughout forboth sheep and cattle was somewhat dragging, hut we managed to unit practically all lots at reduced prices. We quote:— Sheep: fat wethers, light, 31s. 3d.; ..fat eives, 245. 9d. to 265. 3d.; liojfgets, 13s. 2d., 14s. 3d., 15s. 6d. to 16s. Id.; empty eweH, 18s. 9d. to 235. Cattie: Store cows, £7 Bs. to £9 2s. 6d.; springing tows, £11 2s. 6a.; weaners, small, oOs. to £3.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, fitd., report having held their weekly salo at Feilding on June 14, with a very heavy yarding of sheep and a good yarding of cattle. There was a big attendance ol' buyers and most ot\ the lots changed hands at satisfactory prices. We quote:— Sheep: fat wethers to £2 10s.; fat ewes, 275., 28e., to 295. 3d.; .storo wethei'B to 265.; ewes, ill lamb, 21s. 7d. io 235.; lambs, 175., 19s. Bd. to 21b. Cattle: fat cows, £10, £11 10s., £12 Is. to £14 45.; store cow?, f£s 65., £6 10s., £7 17s„ £8 7s. 6d. to £9 Bs.; cows and calves, £7 12s. Ml. to £9; springing cows, £8, £10, £11, £13 17s. 6d.. to £14 17b. 6d.

The New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report having held a highly successful clearing sale of dairy cows, etc., on behalf of the executors in the estate of the late i\ Koband, at Nireaha, on Friday. A large attendance of buyers were present, mid' bidding was animated throughout the sale. The dairy cows made from £11 to £17 10s., the whole herd averaging .£l4 4s. Two-year heifers, in calf brought. £8; Jersey weaner steers, £2 155.; weaner heifers, £3; Bmall m.s. huggets, 14s. 9d.; weaner pigs, 18s.: bows, £3 10s. to £4 10s.; aged light draught horses, £9 to £13 10s.; milking plant, £160 roller. £17; mower. £12; trap, £3110s.: hay, £29 10s.: s.f. plough, £13 15b.; discs, £12.

TOio Xew Zealand: Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At our "Upper Hutt yards we mbmitted a large entry of l both sheep and cattle to a- fair attendance. The sheep, which citmij forward in good condition, sold well under spirited com- [ petition. The sale for cattle was erratic, hut wo - c old practically the whole, yarding at satisfactory prices. Miiod age'cwes (good),'3os. 7d.; medium, 255. £d.; 2-tooth wethers. 28s. 6d.; shorn m.s. lambs. 17s. Id.; shorn m.s. medium lambs, 145.; heiferi with calves, £12 2s. 6d.; springing heiferi, £12 10s.; spring calving cows. £9 16b. to £11 55.: store heifers. £4 159. to .£4 195.; forward cows, £3 10s. to £9 135.; fat oows, £12 to £13; vealtrj, £4 'Zi.; potter bulls. £9 10s.: van mares, £5 to £10. 'Jlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Sangiotu on Monday we had a good yarding, and all lots sold readily at auction at- late rates. B.f. forward' lambs, 15s. 3d.; fat ewes, 295.; yearling steers. £4; aged cows, £2 ss. Cd„ £4 15«.; forward cows, ££ 5?., £6 65.. £7 i 10s.. £7 155.; Jal, cowb. £10, £10 Its.; dairy cows (good), £11 4s. 6d„ £17- 10s„ £25. The New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency C 0.,. Ltd., report:—On Tuesday we held a sale of dairy stock on account of Mr. P. Pedersen, Ohafcea. There was a good attendance. The stock was good, and competition was keen throughout. The herd of 61 cows made an averftgo of £13, the best prices being £16. £16 55,, £16 10s., £16 155., £18 155., and £21; heifers. T.w.b;, £6.105., £8 12s, 6d.; S.li. bulls, £10 10s., £13; mare and foal. £11 10s.; milking plant, £135; Alpha separator. £25; spring dray, £13; sundries sold well. > The New.Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report:—At Eketahiuia, on Thursday, we had a very fair yarding of nheep. Competition was fairly animated, and with tho exception of one pen we made a total clearance under Ilie hammer as follows:—Forward empty owes, 275. to 275. 6d.; 4-year ewes, in iamb to liomiiey rams, 265.; 2-tooth wethers, 27b. 6d., woolly ewe lambs, 245. 2d.; medium wether lambs. 18s.; small lambs, 10s. 6d.; b.f. lambs, 12s. lid.; trap horse, £14 10s.