LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 234, 21 June 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Pahintua, report all their weekly sale, field in the. farmers yards on Tuesday last, m follows :r We offered a fair yarding or sheep and a small entrv of cattle to the usual altendance of buyer*, prices realised being rot quite up to recent, allies' reports. We uuote, as under:-305 4-tuoth and 5-yi.ar ewes in lamb, 255. 7d.: 71 ewes in lamb. Ms. (ill.; 70 f.ui. dc\, 2?,5.; 37 4 and 5-year do., 19s. 3d.; 15 fat ewes, 275.; 'id 2-t.oolli wethers, 31b. Bd.; 49 2-toolh do.. 295 ; . 7d..; U lambs, 145. ; i fat heifers, £9 1?». 6d.; 1 fat. row, £12; store rows. .C 7 10s.; steers, -17; 1 bull. £8 7s. M. On Tuesday, at I ho showgrounds, tlio iN.'/i. Loan and ll.erea.nt.lle Agency Co., in ton junction with Messrs. Dalgety and Co., lielil, on account. »r Mr. S. It. Lancaster, a salo of his registered English Leicester (look. The attendance was not large, but. we disposed of the entry at tho following pricrs:-2-Inoth ewes. ,€2 2s. to £»; 4 6 and f.f.ra. ewes, £2 2s. to £4 45.; ewe hoggets, £2 2s. to £3 35.; stud rams, £4 45., £5, £8 Re., £16 165.; ram hoggets, £2 2s. to £3 3s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile '.-eiiey Co. reports:--Al llimatangi on Monday we had a full yarding of sheep and a. fair yarding of cattle. Competition was dull and several lines weirt out unsold. We u.uote:-B.F. lambs, lis. 9d.; small lambs, 135.; s.m. empty ewes, 15s. 3d.. 235. 9d.; small weaners, 21f1.; store cows. £3 17s. 6d., £4 2fl. 6d., £4 10s., £5 155.; forward cows, £7 Is., £7 155., £8; 3-ycar forward heifers, £8 4b.; light fat cows, £9 lOs.i weaner pigs, 12s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report:-On Monday wo held a clearing Bale on account of Mr. Hy. Perry, Rtaherbert West. We had a good! attendance, an<t competition was | keen thrqughout, all lines being quitted at most satisfactory prices. Quotations:-

300 3 and 4-year ewes in lamb to Homnev rams, 285.; 230 ewe lambs, 19b. 6i1.; 170 wether lambs, 16s. 6d.; ISO fair woolly lambs, 155.: aged empty ewes, 12s. 6d.; 4-year draught, mare, JC24 10s.; 8-vear draught mare, .£2O; 3-year drauuht gelding, ,C 18; 2-year draught colt, £5; yearling filly, JEB; forward cows, £7 165.; da ! ry eows, £10 to £14 155.; mised vreancrs, £2. Account, Air. M. Matthews;—32o mixed age ewt'B in lamb to Komney rams, 3!s. 6i1.; low-conditioned ewes in lamb, 235. 'Jd.; dairy cows, £9 10s. to £13 10s.

The New Zealand lioun and Mercantile Agency (Jo. iDiiorti-.—At ['ahimuu, on Tuesday wo huii n tint entry of sheep anil cattle. Competition was hardly so lteeu as at- ihe |i*vioii« aales, and price* were sonicwlmv cnsio«. We (mote: Empty ewes In fait condition, 235. "Id.; m.a. ewes in lamb tr, K.fj. rains, 295. 7i1.; medium shorn innfn*. 16s. Bd.; coloured 2*-veur steers, ''9 10s.; 2J-j'car steers, £11 10s.; 'light fat cows, £10: ditto heifers. £9 55.; forward empty eows, £8 55.; medium ditto, £5 155.; cull (litln,' £2: in.fi. weauers, £2 6s.

The A'ew Zealand l,oan and Mercantile Agency (Jo., Ltd., report:—At our monthly stock sale held at Waikanae on Wednesday, we altered a good yarding of bolb sheep and cattle to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was good, and practically a clearance was made. Quotations: Mixed ewes and wet hern, 30s. lo 31s. Id.; small do., 20s. 3d.; small 2-tooth ewes, sd. to 20s. 9d.; aged ewes, Bs. 3d. to 12s. til.; small lambs, 6s. to lis. 3d.; medium wether lambs, 16s. Id.; medium ewo lambs, 175.; potter rams, 165.; fat heifers, £9 IBs. to £10 2s. 6d.; fat cow«, £9 to £10 Is.; store cows, £5 to £7 55.; 2S-yeur steers, £9 145.: mixed sex weauers, £2 175.; dairy eows (Hpring calvc-U £13 to £13 55.; spring calving heifers, j.J 15s.' to £10; heifers close to profit £12 17s. 6d.; heifers in milk, £8 to £8 10s.; light, hacks, £4 to £6 17a. 6ii.

Messrs. lmlgety ami Company, Ltd.. report having held their weekly Levin sale on Tuesday, when they otlered a good yarding of sheen.and a medium entry of caltlo to the ÜBital attendunce of buyers. Competition and inquiry for sheep were better than some weeks previously, and the.whole yarding was cleared under the hammer, at rates ahead of owners' reserves. There was poor competition for cattle, and a number of lines offered failed to find purchasers. The principal sales were as under.—Light-weight fat ewes, 245. 4d. to 24b. 7(1.; empty store ewes, 18s,; poor condition shorn lambs, Us. 6d. to lis. 10(1.; medium shorn lambs, 14s. 10d.; medium woolly lambs, 16s. 6d.; Hound-mouth breeding ewes, 275. to 275. sd. Cattle: Knipty store cows, £4 10s. to £6; forward empty cows. £7 10s. to £8. At, their Waikauae yards on Wednesday, Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. offered a small yarding of sheep and cattle. Competition. was only fair, but most, of the lots offered were disposed of at lato ruling rates. Tho sales effected wero as under:-Oull shorn lambs, 10s. 6d.: medium shorn lambs, Us. 2d.; cows and-calves, £9 2s. 6d.; forward empty cows, £9 55.; small weaner steers, £3 2s. 6i1.; .dairy cows. July ealvcrß, £11 10s.