LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 257, 18 July 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

I Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having lield their weekly sale iu the Levin yards oil Tuesday, when they oiVorcd a good yarding of sheep aud a small one of cattle. Owing to tho exceptionally wet weather the usual attendance of buyers was missing, and competition throughout was dull. Principal sales effected were an under:—l!ediuni woolly lioggelii. Us. 3d. to 155.; good woolly hogget;, 18s. td. to 195.; light-weight fat not hers, 525. The Wairarapa Farmora' Co-opcrativo Association, Ltd., report having held a very successful clearing sale, on account of Mr. S. Garrity, of (Ireytown, on 'l'uesf (lay. The cows came forward in good condition, and mot with keen competition from - a good attendance of buyers, tho whole 1 herd making the satisfactory average of £1J is. I'liceß were:—£ll) 15s. 4 £12, Xl 2 10a„ ] £13 Zs. 6d„ £14 12s. 6(1., £15 10s., £16, . £16 10s„ £16 !55., £19; empty cows, £7 Is., £7 10s.; small springing heifers, £9; Holstein bull, £10 15s. Also, on tho same day, on account of Jfr. J. O'OaUos'lian, of Grcy- ' town, liia herd' met with keen competition, and averaged £13 10s., prices being £9, £11, ■ £12. £15. £15 2s. fid. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operativo " Association, Ltd., report liaTing horse sale iu the Colombo Road yards last Saturday, when tliey offered 62 horses to a large attendance of buyers from tho ' various parts of the district. Competition was not very keen over hacks or light horses, but draughts realised good prices. Quotations:— Draught horses, £27. £30, i-3'2 10s.. £35 to £37 10s.; half-draughts, £8, £9 95.. £11 to £15; hacks. £6 to £14. The firm also sold contractors plant, wool wagons, trace liaTnesß, etc., which met , with keen competition. , 'Hie Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative ' Association. Ltd., l'ahiatua, report oil " their weekly safe, held at the farmers yards ' on Tuesday, as follows—Owing to the very ' ronell -weather practically no stock came i forward, and very few buyers were in at- : lendauoc. The following lines were sold at auctionlol ewes in lamo, Ms.; <.4 2 and J 4-looth wethers, 315.; 1 lamb, 155.; 1 ram, . "05.