LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 25, 24 October 1918, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report, haviitji lield tJieir weuKly stock tail) at iiovm on xuesuay, when uiey onered a, fair yarding of sheep and cattle. The pnuciptti suies cUuclcU uro ua lollow :— a1.5.l iioi'gets, 24b.; I'at maiden heiters, £8 iuii.i empty cows, au lt)u. to £*■~ ss-ycar eteers, *6 19s. to £7 55.; yearling. steers, m 103, to £5.

. Messrs. Duigcty and Co., Ltd., report haying held their annual spnug cattle fair .on 'mcsduy, when they onercu a laruu yarding ot cattle. Bidding for all iines ol good quality was keen, and with tho exception ol' tivo dous, a total clcai-auue was made at the following prices:—Account 'i'lMtnpu Eetate, 43 3-year bullocks, at £16. Accouut W. Taylor, 5-ycar stooru, I at JiH 10s.; i-year lieuers, <u £14. Ac- ; count Kouro'rau Station, 67 2-year steers, at i!l3 %. Account Gray Bros., 20 Shorthorn steers, at £12 18e. Od.; .20 empty cows, at £12 14s. Account J. W. Buchanan, 24 yearling Hereford heifers, at JSIO. : Account other vendors, 2-year steers, at £D 18s. to £11 15e.; cows in calf, £3 Hβ. 6d. to £11; empty cows, £6 10s. to £1 95.; yearlinga, to £7 16s. Tho New Zealand Loan end Mercantile. Agency Company, Ltd., report that at their Levin yards on Tuesday, they offered a fair yarding of sheep and a uood entry of cattle. Sheep failed to reach vendors reserves, but cattle sold freely, and a clearance made at the following prices:— 'ij-year low-conditioned bullocks, good colours, £13 165.; three-year Jersey steers, £10 35.; 2-year steers .(good, colours), £19 11s.; empty forward .condition cows, £9 175.; storo cows, £4 Iβ.; 2-year empty heifers, £6 155.; 18-month Jersey hciieve, £4 14s. to £5 125.; yearling 'bulls. £5 15s. to £6 10s.; Shorthorn bulls, £8, £12, £14 5e.; good dairy cows, £14 10s. to •£« 103. Tho New Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on their Maaterton spring cattle fair, held on October 22, in Colombo Hoad yards. Buyers were present from tho Bush districts and Manawatu, and local men wqre well represented. Tho yarding on tho whole consisted of well-bred Hereford, Shorthorn, and Polled Angus cattle, Herefords predominating. Well-grown bullocks were not tt well represented as uttial, but there were some Bplendid lines of j'oung cattle. All good lines met with keen competition at satisfactory prices, and we report almost a total clearance under the hammer at the following prices:—loß Hereford, Shorthorn, and Polled Angus cross yearling steers, on account of Messrs. Percy Bros., £9 95.; 40 cows and calves.on account \V. Coulter, £14; 31 yearling steers on account Lansdon Bros., £9 155.; 19 2-year Hereford lieifere on account J. W. Buchanan, £12 2s. Gd.; 25 mixed sex Hereforda on account H. Buckeridge, £10 83! Other sales: Forward coirs, £5 17s. to £10 55.; 2 and 3-year steers, £11 18s.; fat cows, £11 2s. 6d. to £16; small Hereford yearling, £8 4s. .• The. Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., report, having held their annual - spring cattle fair at their tfasterton yards, when they offered a heavy yarding of oattle. The stock taken- on the whole ciimo forward in good.condition and mat with keen .competition from a large attendance. Fifty-seven 4-year bullocks, on acoount of Mrs. Williams.. Te Parae, made £16' 4-year bullocks on acount of. "Wil--1 low : Park," £16 55.; 4-year bullocks on account of Kobert Johnson, £17 85.; 3-year lmllccks on acconnt of other Tcndors, £13 12s. 6d., £14, to '£15 55.; 200 2-year itcers on account of "Brancepeth Station." £14 Iβ.; 2-veivr steers on account of "Kumu Kumu,'" £13; others, £10 55., £11 2s. 6d, .512, to £12 10s.: 2-year heifers, £10 55.; £10 11s., '£10 18s.. £11 Us. Fat cows., on account of "Tyneside. Stntion," £15;.-for-ward cows, £U 10s.! store cows, , £9 11s. to £9 If?.; yearling steers, £9 145., £9 65.. to £7 17s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £8 10s., £7'65,, £7 35., to £7 2". 6d.'; dairy yearling hoifere. £5 ?.s. to £6 ss. . Messrs. . Wright, Stophcnroh and Comnany, Limited'.- report havinff held their first spring cattle sale at, the Colombo Road yards on Tuesday. .Competition was keen for all classes of cattle, well-bred Korta in pood condition b?incr in particularly strorn; demand, With the exception .of one nen of bullocks and one pen of nows-a olcn-rance was effected. Quotations: 3 and 4-year bullocks, to £15 159.; Z-yenr sti-crs. to £1-3 9s.;■■mixed "aw steers (bad coVir's), £13 12b.: 2-v?<ir omnty Hereford J-eifcrs. fill) tOs. to £11-10.1.; 3-yar empty Hnri'f'ir'l heifffF. to £-13 «b.; yearline steci to f* 59.; yrarlin? 'heifors, to .CT: cull yearlings, £4 10s.; fat cows to £16 10s.