LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 307, 16 September 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

:. .-The;New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile : Agencyjagi. reports:-At bur'Palmerston !.North'sale \on Thursday wo had a small '■; yarding, of both 'sheep and cattle, and stock U ; |old. in .favour of buyers. We quote:-. '-'. Small!b:f.\hoggets, 13s. 3d.; small hoggets, : 12s..'2d.;,medium hoggets, 19s.'2d. to 235.; : ewes'.with lamb'af foot, 255.; yearling hex -'■ten; £6; cows in milk,' £11; bulls, £4. ;".- .5116. Wairarapa .'Farmers Co-operative ;-' Co-operative Association- Ltd., Dannevir'Ke. i>repb'rt:fA medium.entry, of sheep' ;prihJ' ( cipally, hoggets): were offered Vj a .good . ■,'attendance of buyers on Friday last. -All : ■■. lines.' were keenly, sought after, prices'show- ; 'ing : asharp rise on last sale's report.' A ' .nice line of 126 mixed sex woolly hoggets i-661d.;0n account of Mr. George Charterie. ■ tho market at.33s. 6d. Shorn !owe ; hoggets, on account of,the 'same vendor, : ;iealised.3o6. sd; A few pens of cattle were li.yarded, which eold at lato,rat«a. Wo re- ; port "the following sale's:—l 26 woolly hog- ;, gets;'33s. 6d.; 69 good shorn hoggets, 325. i ': Ud.j 86 shorn ewe hoggets,. 30s. 3d.; 24 ;.' Bhoni ,'ewe hoggets, 235. 10d.; 194 nixed sex i .medium hoggets?' 2ss. 6d.; 24. mixed sex- :• nifflinm( hoggets, 20s. Zd.; 22 mixed sex !. mediumvhoggets, 175.-3d.; 1 aged dairy ..cow{at .drop, £8; 1 springing heifer, £8 : 15s.; ; l 15-month P.A.-cross bull, £7. The. ! association, reports on their weekly sale at '-.X'arterton:—Bidding was exceptionally i keen.'ia'nd we have to report a total clear. :'.ance at.the following'.prices:-S.D. ewes, '.with lambs at; foot, 355.; fat ; ewes and' ; wethers, 38s. Bd. On account of. the es- ; tate'-late 0. 0. Cooper, heifers, on drop, j £14 10s., '.£ls 10a., £15 15s. to £20 iss.. .On : account other vendors, heifers on drop, £12 ; 10s., '■■ £12 .125'.,; £14,' £14 2s. 6d. to £14 155.; ' store :cows, £6 155.,,£1 4s. to £9', 10s.; yearJing heifers and steers, £4 ss. to £4>- 75.i Pigs: Weaners, 125., 16s. 6d., 17s. to 255.; 51ip5,,,215., 245. 6d., 255.,, 27b. 6d. to 285.;.. , pork.ers,'£2, £2 6s. 6d. to £2 10s.; sow and i 1 litter, £9 2s. 6d. Sundries: Kay, 3b. 6d, ;. per bale. ' .. ■■-.(.■-. !' I Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.; re- .-. port:—At Palmerston North, oh September , 12...there was.a small yarding'of ,' cattle. 'There-was. a .fair attendance of :• buyers, and all lots changed owners at ;', the following prices :—Fat and forward ewes 'to Ms. 6d.; b.f. - hoggets (good), 20?. to • 235'.; fat heifers, to £9 12s. 6d.; store cows, i,\£B 17s. <d.,to £9; 175.;, springing cows,. £7 1.25:,6 d. to £10; cows'in. milk. £8.25.6 d., , '£8 15s: to £ll'"10s.; springing heifers, £8 : 155.. £9, £10 12s. 6d„ £12 15s. to £13; mixed • yearlings,. £2 10s,: ito £3; 18-month- steers, ] tb k .£s 155.; yearling bulls (Holßtoin),. to' £7 2s. ■ 6d. At Feilding;'-. on . September 13, , a small.yarding. of both,'.sheep and'eattio ; was otfered,- the yarding of sheep'com- , prising, .mostly good hoggets, every lot" -changing hands under the hammer. Prices i:realised :were'as'follow:-Fat wethers, 375., : 39b. to £2; fat ewes," 325„ 335„ 355. 6d! to- ; 335.; ewe hoggets, 30s, to 33b.; wether hog- ' gets,-27b., 295. to 305.; mixed hoggets, 295„ ~3lb. to 335.; b.f. hoggets, to 235. 3d.; forr t 'ward cows, to £10,10s.; store cows, £4 10s., ,;£5 -14s. to £6,"l6s:;''springing cows, £10 !;15s. tb£l2; springing heifers, £8 to £12. ;' Mr. Newton King report?:-At Stratford, i on'September'. 10, there was keen comp«:tif tion'fon all ; clasEes. Yearling steers sold j up to £5 19s.;' yearling' lieifera, £4 12s. 6d. .to ,'£s 15a. - for best, medium sorts, £2 . 18s.'6d. to''£3;'lis.; empty.two-year heifers, ;£5 18s. 6d. to £6 15s. The two-year-x>ld j eteers were of.second, gi'ade,, and were not. .-inquired'for.- 1 Backward two-year heifers, ■ in calf; £6 155.; forward cows, £9 6s. to •£10:lCs.; good store cows, £8 2s. to £8 18s.; i store. cows, -£5 -18s.-to £7 -6s: ;■ small stores,' v£3 ~lßs."to'.;'£s 125... At liiglcwood, .'on Sep- : tcmber .11,' there..was a full' yarding of : cattle and a small entryof sheep. All store i cattle, sold well. Heifers and cowsj.ihct '.with- spirited-competition, -but backward/ ■■ i and' poor-conditioned .sorts were hard :to ,-sell. Prices were: Yearling'steers ina'de '.from £6 6s. to £6 lis. 6d.; smaller.'£4 ss. to i£s . 2s'.';, Shorthorn yearling' 'heifers," £6;' :Jers6y yearling heifers, £5 to £5 IDs.; yearlings, £3' 6n. to £4 12s. 6d.; ; empty two-year heifers, from £5 10s., for i«niall, : ;to jE6J6s:.vfolvgoocl n'ohtcins;,rough two-year steers,' £7 Vs.; forward cows, £9 "Is., t0.,£9..105.; store coivs, from £4 Bs.' ■ 6d. fpr.-.jight,;;to;£B:l6s; for good empty cow's; hoggets, 20s. 2d.; best dairy cows, ,£7;118.,,t0:£19;'105.; others. £8 to £11 10s.'; {'springing heifers, £7 15s. to £13 10s. ■■:. Stephenson .and Co., Ltd., '/report;having held the'ii'' weekly sale at X'arterton'-bn-Friday,''when they offered a ' vgood yarding.of cattle before a largo,atteiidance;., Bidding was brisk, and a total clearancii.wai effected at the following ' iipricesfrPat cows, to £16; forward i-:owf;'£9' 1 8s.'to,£10.10s.'; store cows, £5 to £6; spring-' 'inij..heifers, to. £11 10s., The demand for .pigs! was-not so keen as'at last week's sale. , Weaners fetched 18s. 6d., and porkers ;.«i....-.- ■■■■■.