LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 295, 2 September 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

.' llossrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited,; Kasterton, report on their, Bale at Carteri ton on -Friday, when' they offered a small : yarding of Sheep, and a fair yarding of '■. cattle to &:Bood attendance of buyers. Ilfte' demand for, oil olaesea of sheep was itosen. Quotations:—WJ. wwlly hogget?, up to 235. 2d.; azed ewea-ln lamb. 235.. 6d. . . In,dairy stock cows olose to profit Fold at -from £11 16s, t0,£15 6b„. and springing heifers at £12, , Messrs. Dalgety and. Company, Limited,Pahnerstxra North, report havine a very, fair yarding of sheep-and oattlo at their Feilding sale on Irlday last. Quotations:— Empty 2-tooth ewes; 30s. 6d.; cull hoggets, 12b. 6d.; wether hoggets,' 255. 6d.; ewe hoggets, 245. Si.; store cowb, £7 ss„ £7; 15s. . to £8 165.; backward dairy- heiferß, £7, £7 2s, 6d. to £8 2s. 6d.; backward dairy ..• cows, £7 to £8; springing cowb, to £15. . The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. reports:—At Fcilding on Friday •we had a. lair yarding of both sheop and cattle. Hoggets chiefly sold freely, and ' cattle about late rates. Good mixed hog-' gets, 24a." 6d. to 265. 3d ; fair, hoggets, 205.,t Ms., 21s. 2d. to 225. 3d.:-email hogget?, ■ 12s. 7d. to 15s. i b.t. hoggets. 20s. to 215.; ' fat -wethers, 395. 6d.; good fat b.f. ewes, 26b. Id. to 345.; fat ewes, 28s 3d. to 31s. 9d.; mixed yearlings (small), £2-13s. Gd.; ' fat bullocks. £16 17s. 64 to £18 7s. 6(1.; ■' springing cowa, £8 10s. •

Tho Walrarapa Farmers' Co-operative, Association, Ltd., Stock Department; Teport ' on their Carterton sale :-Wc ottered a medium yarding o£ sheep and a good ono of cattle and ipigs. Competition -was exceptionally keen lor all 'lots. Prices were:—Ewes and wethers, 30b. ; medium whitefaced hoggets, 175.,6 d. to 19s. 6d.; \ blackfaced hoggets, 17a. 6d.; culls, 12a. 9d.; springing heifers, on account of 0. O. Cooper's Estate, isl2, £15 Bs.. £15 55., £15 '■ 15s. to £17 £s., aToruco'£isr clobb close to proht, £11 10s,, £18.6b., £1J 2s. 6d, £13 sd„ £14 10s. to £19; cows and calves, £8 95.; store cows, £6 6s„ £7. £7 ss: to £8; empty heifers, £8 16b. to £7; light fat ootvb, £10 to £10 65.; bull. £9; sow with litter of six, '£11 7s. 6d.; woaner pigs, 195.,/255.,. 295. to 318.Y bitr slipa, 335., 355. to 385.; ducks. 3s. 4d. each At Pahiatua wo offered a fair yarding, of sheop and a Bmall entry of ; cattle. Owing to rough weather attenil- , ' ance was small, and bidding was not very ' animated, but we managed to dispose of .. the bulk of our entries privately: We quote as follows:—Small pen of fat hoggets (very good), 305.; cull, hoggets (small), 12b.; 30 empty ewes, 19s.:' cows in milk, £7 75,'6d.; 4 good, young dairy cows, £16. Mobsts; Abraham 'and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Paimerston North on Thursday we had a small yarding of both :'■,• sheep and cattle; Pat wethers, 393. bd.; fat ewes, to-353.; store wethers, to 335.; \ ' mixed' hoggets (small), to 10s. Cattle: Pat -cows to ( £11; springing oows, £6 15s, £8 10s. to £10; springing heifera, £8 155., £10 to £11 ss. At the-PeildinK yards on Friday practically all lot* changed hands at previous iprices. I'ollOwing are some of-'the prioes realised:—Forward-wctnera, 295. 9a.; ewes in lamb, to 265. 2d.; hog' gets,. 17a..' 9d., '20b. 9d„ ,225. 4d„ 24b. to 255: 3d.; cull ewes, 9b., 10s.; cull hoggeta, 7s. 3d. to 10a.; store cows. S\ to £7 10s.; empty heifers, £6 18s,: £7 to £8 3s; 6d.; 20-month, steers, to £10 Zs.; springing cows; : £9 ss„ £11, £13,165. to £15 10b. ■ Mr. STewton King, reports:—At.'gUratford and Inglowood on Tiießday and Wednesday last, owing to the very Tough days, . the advertised yardings did,not come for-' ward, but prices for. the stook yarded were in -most.cases In-advance of late-sales, considering the quality; Stratford prices: Yeariins Jersey heifers, £4 10s.; rough,2year empty heifers, £5 7s. 6d.to £s'l2s. 6d;; store and forward cows, £fi Bs." to £8 15s;; ewes and lambs, 285.; fat and forward eweß, 295. B<L; forward ©wea, ftis. t& } ; springing heifers, £815s; to £12'10s.';'dairy cows, £9 to £14 Inglewood prices :—F.ni. ewes in lamb, 18s. 6d.; small yearlings, £4 . to £4 103.; empty heifera,:£s 7e.-to £6 4s.;' '• empty 'cows, £6 4s. to.'£7 '10a,'; cow and veal calf/ £12; dairy heifera, up to £11 5b,; springs effwei £8,155, : to £12.