LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 15, 12 October 1918, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

r-\Messrs. Dalgety" and Co., Ltd., report having a Bmall yarding of Bhsep and a ■'fair • entry ofcattle at their Pulmerston l;North sale on Thursday last. Quotations: "Empty ewes, 255.; mixed-age ewes and I'i&mbß, 34a.; 6d;;: woolly hoggets, 345. .«d. i Yearling heifers, £4 lis.; two-year heifers,. ;£5;. tweuty-month steers, £71 dairy, tows, ■£13: dairy heifers, £8 7s. 6d., £9 10s., £10 10s., to £13. At Eketahuna on Thursday [•they offered a fair yardinj ofisheep •'and cattle to the usual attendance. Prices irealised were as follow: —Pat ewes, to 33 1 :. <Bd.; ewes, with lambs at foot, 395.; springTing heifers, £6 to £12; yearling heifers, i;£3 17a. 6d.; empty cows, £6«-17b. 6d: to £9; ■ Jersey bull, £4. ; . , I ;Messrs.-Abraham and Williams, Ltd., rc{port:—At Levin on Tuesday we offered a (good yarding of both 6heep and cattle to |a', good attendance'of buyers.. The de-f-znand for all classes of stock was keen, Eand most lines changed hands at ruling '-market rates. Quotations:—Fat ewes, to ?£2 ,9s. 6d.; fat hoggets, 245. to £2 25.: rempty ewes, 195.; ewes and lambs, 295. 3d. ■ ;to 355. 3d.; hoggets, 255. to 355. 6d.; shorn i!hoggets,' 19s. 3d.; 'cull hoggets, 12s. Id.; I : springing heifers, £11 to £ii 10s.; cows in Sinilk (poor), £5 6s. to '£6; vealers, £2 65.; VBtore cows, £5 65., £7 Bs. 6d., to £8; cows tand oalves, £5 18s. to ,£6 iOs.; two-year {steers,V'£s ls.'to £6 2s. 6d.; yearling hei£fers,:£2 Jls. to • £4.105.; : eignteeri-months shelters, £5 3s. 6d. to £5.105.; yearling Jerfsey 'bulls, £2 10s.; . purebred Shorthorn ;bulls< £12 to £21; store.pigs, 21s. to 275.; fweaner pigs, 235. to 255.; porkers, £2 10a., 195., £3, £3 3s.', £3 Bs. 6d., £3 lis., £3 to £A -4a. 6d. j • S~. The' New Zealand Loan and Mercantile i'Agenoy Company, Ltd.,-.'report as follows ,;On their-sale, of iho dairy stock of Mr. (J. Donaldson, of -Kangiotu. on Tuesday olast;— I The cows were rather low in conedition, but the herd, being recognised as f?one of the best in the district, attracted ["a; large number .of buyers, and record (iprices were obtained. The 67 cows in milk leveraged £20 13a. 6d., the best cows mat ilng £23 to £31 10s. Good, cowb, £17 to |£22; others, :£l2 to v£l6; weak quarter. ! bows, £9-10s. to £12; springing cows, £9 Ho £27 10s:, averaging £16; two-year - helpers, iin milk, ,£ll 10s./.to £15; two-year j'aprinsing heifers, £10 10s. .to £14 10s.; bull, 12gna.; Shorthorn bul}, |34gns. Pigs; Boar, £4.55.;. bow and'litter, lof 5,-£ lO 55.; sows in pig, £7 55., £8, to. >r«3; weaner pigs, £2 ss. 5; .The New, Zealand Loan and Mercantile [•'Agency Co., Ltd.,, report:—ln conjunction (•with.other firms, we held the annual bull ffair.at Palmerston North on Wednesday, e. The ' bulls, generally, Showed the effects fof tho late spring, and were somewhat flow in condition,' but, there being a good of buyers, a very (fair sale ret suited. With the exception of two small Plots.-.we quitted the whole of our entry [at the following prices:—On account of It. iGilmour: Yearling Holstein bulls, lOgns., £19gns:, to 22gnB. On account of W. Taylor, ; Klwitea: Two-year Shorthorn bulls, 26" to >29ens,; aged bull, 20gns.; grade two-year, l-lOgns.; On oooount of M. Oreaven: Aged •-bull,' 14gns. On account of other breeders: ! Three-year, Shorthorn bulls, 194 to 27gns., | and 10 to 16gns,; yearling bulls, 7to Bgns.. n The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile '.Agency Co, Ltd., reports:—At our Palf .meraton North sale on Thursday we had Sja/moderate yarding of both sheep and [cattle. Bidding was dull and in favour J,of the purchasers.. Quotations :-Shorn [..store ewes, 10s. id.; light fat ewes, 275.; »'oad coloured yearling steers, £3 12s. 6d. i,;to £4 155.; yearling heifers, £4 16s;;. spring-fiing-;heifers,-.£7 15s.;' '£8,-, to .-£lO 10b.; cows ;,in calf,-£7 10s. : , '