LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 265, 29 July 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs, Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston Borth, report having «, very fair entry of sheep and cattle at their Fellding sale on Friday, which aold freely j at following pricefl;—Sheep i Gull hoggets, ills. 9d.; small do., 14s. 4d„ 14s. Bd.; fair j do., 163. 9d., 198. 10d.; good do., 255.; light Ifat wethers, 365.; light fat ewes, 31s. Oat--1 tie: Small weanors, Z6s.;. backward dairy j cows, £5 175., ti 123. 6d., to £7 7s. 6d. ' -Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, I report having held their Upper Hutt Bale i on July 25, when they offered a fair yardline; of sheep and oattlo. Prices realised • were on a par with lata rates. The folI lowing were the principal salea effected:— ! Fat wethers, 345.; fat and forward ewes, j 225. i storo bulls, £11 j fat hoifers, £9; yearnings' to £i Bs. i The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile I Agonoy Company, Limited, Dannevirko, reI port:—On Thursday we held a very sueI cessful olearing sale at Kauruatl, on ac- ! count of Mr. E. W. Pilchcr. There was a [good attendance of buyers, and although some of th'o cows wero a bit low in condition, yet they showed plenty of quality, and wo consequently received brißk bidding and cleared the herd at the average of £15 12s. Two old cows and one very l«to calvei realised £9 to £6 10s. Pedigree cows, well on In years, realised from £29 'to £10j springing purebred heifers, £18 18s.; grade springers from £16 6s. to £15 10s.; purebred weaner heifers, £8, and grado woaner heifers, £4 65.; bulls from £6 to £3, On Friday, at the weekly Dannovirko sale, wo offered a lair yarding of sheep to a fair attendance of buyers. Wo quoto for this sale: Woolly M.S. hoggets, 2?5..t0 223. 7d.; shorn do., 20s, 7d. to 18s. 7d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At our weekly salo at I'almeraton North, on July 25, there was a small yarding of both sheep and cattle, and. the market was dull. Wo quoto:—Kheep: I'ut ewes, to 355.; fat hoggets, to 175.; ewes in lamb, 14b. to 16s.i hoggets, 10s. 6d.; springing cows, to £13; cows in milk, £8 14s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report ft good yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattlo at Feilding on July 26. The tone of the ahecp market was much improved, ospeoially hoggets, ono lino of 'wether hoggets making up to 275. 6d. Other pTlcea ruling wbro as follow :-Shcep: ' Fat wethers, 355. to £2 os. 6d.; fat hogt gets 243. Id. to 255. 6d.; ewes, in lamb, 215., 1 21s. 3d., to 225. Id.; guaranteed empty cows, 245. 3d. to 28s. 6d.; empty ewos, 19s. 7d. to 245.; mixed hoggets, 215., 245, Id., to 25s ; wether hoggets, 245. to 275. Cd.; small I hoggets, 13s. to 15s. 6d. Cattle: Fat heifers, | £8 to £9 10s.; 20-month steers, £4 19s. to i £6; weaners miicd, £2 ss, to £2105.j spring- < ing cows, £10 to £11; Springing heifers, I £8 2s. 6u.; cows in profit, £6 53. I Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reI port' having held a successful clearing Bale j of pedigreo Holetein cattle on account of ! Mr. S. J. Siavcrs, on Thursday last. The , two imported cows, Mutual Maggie of Hock i and De Kol Gem Lady Kival. realised rej'speotively 109 and 91 guineas, and the ; other four catalogued cows made 25. 34, ■ 39, and 71 guineas. The 2-year heifers ■ reached 35 and 44 guinea*. The yearling ; heiter3 brought 15. 20, 22 and 30 guineas, ! and the yearling bulls 14. 19, and 20 guini cas. The dairy hold of Shorthorn and Jersey grade cows were sold at prices i ranging from £10, £12 10a., £13, £15, £17 1 10s., £21, to as high as £24. | Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., rci port:—At Levin on Tuesday we yarded a ! large entry of sheep, and h snmll one of ' cattle. Bidding was not animated except. ! for good linos of well forward slu-en. We | also offered, on behalf of Mr. F. o. Eas. i ton, tho Te Kauawa purebred flock of : Homney ewes recently taken over by him ' from Mr. J. Kobboll. The Hock comprised ! 22 2-tooth ewes. 13 4-tootbs, 36 6-tootbs, 77 I 4 and 6-year-olds, and wero distributed be- ; tween Mr. W. E. M'Leod of Tapnkau, H. 8.. Mr. A. L. Wheeler of Huntcivillo, Mrs. IF. Itannon, Levin, and Mr. A. J. Jtnlhcrford ! of Alfredton Tho prices ranged from 5 ! to 10 guinea*. The flock of 148 averaged 6 i cuinoas per head. Other quotations:-!• at i wethers. 38s. 6d.; light, fnt ewes, 28s. 3d.; ! forward ewes. 245.: medium hoggets, Us. I'M.i oull hoggets, 10s., 125.; a nice line of I well-bred Ilonmev owes in liimb, i% 7i1.; ! store cows, £4 12s. 6d„ £5.