LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 1, 23 September 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Meeers. Dalgety and Company. Limited, Palmorston North, report hsTine a very fair entry ot eheep and a good yarding of cattle at their Fcilding Bale on Friday. There was a. good inquiry for all classes at the following prices :-Shoep: Cull lioggete, 12s. 4d.; Email hoggets, 19s. 4d. to 203. 9d.j fair hoggets, 255. lid.;,very fair hoggets, 28s. 4d. Cattle: Yearling heifers, £3 175., £2 lie.; £2 195., £3 11s., to £5; mixed yearlings, £3 17s. 6d.;/ yearling eteers, £3 18b. to £6 155.; two-year, heifere, £5 12s. 6d. to £6 155.; springinsr heifers, £9 15b. to £10 2b. 6d.; dairy cows, £9 12s. 6d..£15, to £15 10s. ' Mqesre. Dalitety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report havinj a, fair yarding of both sheen and cattle at the Palmereton North yard on Thursday, when every lino offered changed hands. Following are prices-.-Sheep: Forward empty ewes, 22a. 10d. to 2Ss. 6d.; mixed hogftets, (fair). 255. Id. to 2«s. 6d. ' Cattle: RjrWing heifers, £7 10s.. £9 5b.. £11 155.. £12 10s.. £13 10s.: empty,. (owe,. £7; mixed yearlinfrs. £2 13s. to. £3 6s. The Wairarana. Farmers' Co-operative Association. Ltd., Jfasterton, report on their weokly oalo held at Carterton:—A good yardlngr of sheep, c.nttK and nige came.-forward, and met with keen competition from a large attendance of buyers. Wo made a total clearance at the following prices:—Fat shorn ewes. 28b.; rood black-facod hogffet3. 203. to 26a. 4d.; small hosgrets. 18s. ond 185.'6 d.: light fat cows, £12 to £12 2s. 6d.; swinging cows, £11 55., £12. £13 2s. 6d., to £14: springing heifers, £10 10s., £11 55., £12 10s.. £13. £i$ 155., to £14 10s.; fresh store cow?. £B. £8 10s.. £8 155., £9 55., £9 10r., to £9 155.; backward store cows, '£6.' £6 55.. £6 10s.. to £7 55.; cows with calves at foot, £9 10s., £9 165., to £10 2a. 6d.; good porkers, £3 3b.; wnaner pigs, £1 to £1 55.; milk-cans, £2 16s. I Tlio Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association. Ltd., Danevirke, report on their weekly sale held on Friday as follows:—A tnpdiiim entry of eheop and a, small yarding of cattle came forward. Hornets wore slightly easier than last sale's report, but a good clearance waR effected at satisfactory pricw. We Bold tho. following 'lines:—l7s medium woolly hogpnts. Ms. 3:1.; 63 black-facort hougeti , . 245. <d.: 20 email hosirete, 15s. Id.; 41 acred ewe's, 165.; 2 good hoggets. 32x; 3 nrime fat. cr.wfl, f-16; 4 station cows, in. calf. £14 10s.; 4 station heifers, £12 2s. 6&.: 1 dairy co«\ £11 5b, ; 4 weanere (small). £1 10s. The Wairarana Formers' Co-operative Association. Ltd., Pahiatun, renort on their special dairy etock sale held Manijahno yards on Thursday as follows:—Entries did not come forward Quito mi to advertised number. However, we offered a little over 150 head most of .which were disposed of under the hammer. The demand was keen for good duality hpifers in pooct condition, close to calving. Backward sorts, of which there were o. fair number yp.rdsd, however, wore in poor demand, and-theso were mostly tunic , out unsold. Buyers wore present from Tnkapan, Kketahuna, and Jfanawatu, these buyers securing the best line?. Thre?-year-old heifcra, in good condition, sold up to £17 per head; others at £13.' £14, to £15. We sold, on account of J. D, Piner, 34 heifere at from .« 12s. 6d.. £7, £7 10«., tn £S 10s. for backward calvers; £9 2s. 6d.. £9 is..- £9 10c, £10 Mb., fll £11 10b.. £12 55., to £13 7s. 6d. for those nearer profit. On account. Prieft's Estate, six heifers at £9 10b., M\ 155..- £12 10s.. to £13s on account E. Whitcmbi , . five heifere at £10. £10 55.. £10 125..6 d., £11. tn i>l2 10s.. and one spWnvinc cow at £14 55.; on account A. I Geangc, one npringin" heifer. £15 15s. . On account W. P. Hathev/s. four heifi , " at, £1S 2s. 6d.. £12 l«s.. £12 ISs.. to £12 175.. fd. On account J. T. Ross, ait hpifcra at £8 7?. (A,. £10 155., fiM, to £1!! 25.. £d. On tt<"-onn» W. J. Smith, \7. h«ifcr« nt. £6. £6 If- £9 Mβ.. £10 IC-. £10 12s. 6d., £14 55., to £17. On account >T. O. Sorpnson, on» foTwnrtl heifer. £14 ss. On account P. T,. X'fT, foveo h"ifers £7. £9 5«.. -*.9 17s. W. to £10 15a. On account ,T. Hand. 1C heifpra nt, £8. £10, £10 15a.. £11 10s.. m 55.. to £15. A fe.'V d-iiry cmvs. near profit, sold at £12, £13. £U. to FM 5?. W'iirhf. Ste.phen3on. and Co.. Ltd.. report having offered ,a fnir yarding of

catle ■at the Martinboroußh eale on Thursday, when a total clearance was effected under tho hammer. Springing cowe realised from ,£l2 10b. to £20 109.. Mr. P. Todd'a email herd averaging £15 14s. Cowa in milk, to £12 10a.: empty cows, to £9 12b. 6d.; small yearling steore, £4 to £4 12».; heifers, £3 12 6a. to £4; Shorthorn bull, £20. , MesEre. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report that at Palmereton. North on Thursday they had a. very' small yarding of both ehcep and cattle. Quotations:Sheep: Ewes in lamb, 26b. Id. to 275. 3d.; store ewes, 12e. to 155.; hoßcets, to 30b. 10d. Cattle: Cowb in milk, £10 10s. to£l2; springing heifers, to £12; empty heifers, £5 2s. to £6 155.; yearlings, mixed-sex, 305., £2 9a., £3 2s. 6d., to £4 35.; store cows, to £6 15s. llosers. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report at Peilding yards on September ?/) there was a fair yarding of ehcep and cattle. The yardine of sheep comprised mostly hoggets, which were slightly easier than the previous' sales. Prices realised were as follow :-Sheop: Fat wethers, to 375.; fat ewes, 375. 6d. to 395. Id.; mixed hoFKCts, 255. 10d., 265. Id., 27b.. to 305.; b.f. liogtrets. to 235. Cattle: Springing cowe, £9 7g. 6d., £10, to £15; springing heifers, £7, £7 2b. 6d., £8 12e. £d., £9, to'£lo.