LIVE STOCK SALE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 35, 5 November 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALE

|Tlie New Zealand Loan au'd Mercantile, leency Co.. Ltd,', reports :-On. Thursday; le held a sale >cf pedigree stock. at the ho\ygrounds, Palnierstoii.' The cattle submitted were all of particularly good qualSy, but there was'little inquiry and few ales resulted. We quote: On account iames Hodge, Eapanui, 1 three-year milkbg Shorthorn {mil at wens.,-i yearling iilking Shortl;orn'<bull, . 2igns.; John Col's, Kairanga, 3 two-year, milking. Shoft;orn: heifers, 1 at 35gns.j'- 2 at' 27gns. -At leilding w,o had a small yardng 'of. sheep and a good yarding of attle. Sheep were hardly up to. recent irices. ' Cattle vsold well. ,Shorn store wes, 18s. 6d.; forward cows. £9 135.;. store bws, £7 7s. 6d., £.8; twenty-month steers, J9; ei«htcen-month steers, £6 12s. 6d.; fearling steers, £3 105.,. £5 155.: yearling jeifers (small), £3 18s. 6d.; yearling Hereprd hcifei's, \E6; yearling Shorthorn bulla, 18, £10 10s.; two-year' Shorthorn bu11,.£9

's. \ ■ ,-... r \.-.: : The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile .gency Co., Ltd., report on/their 'Alfredbn spring cattle fair held on Friday,-last. |hey had a full yarding of mostly wellred cattle. A good many ,-of the youwj attic were a bit,backward in condition jnd 'rough,in the coat, owing -to'the'cold ret weather this spring. -the; ullocks, however, , had cleaned-up well' iid were showing a lot of condition. Comletition was fairly keen, and although lie 'firm passed several lines .at' auction, hey were successful in disposing of near/the whole of their entry before tho nd of the day. Quotations i—Four and )ve-ycar bullocks, £14. .155. to' '£15 Us.; nrec-year steers, £12 to £12 55.;; two-year jeers, £10 155.; yearling steers, £8 ss.', £9 j., to £10 55.; yearling heifers, £9 Is. to/ ;9. 55.-, m.s. yearlings, £7 10s. ,to £8 195.; pws and calves, £10 6s. to' £12 10s.; store dws, £8 to £lt; Hereford yearling bullfl, ■8 Bs. to £15 15s. Some of the sales made iere.ak follow;— 39 four rnd five-year bulDcka on account of A..- J. Rutherford, sl4 155.; 12 on account, of IT. J. Percy. !14 155.;-3 <on t-ccatint of T.'Freei-i £15 Is.; 5 on account of TV. S. Algie, £15 3V; three-year steers:- 70 on account of LfVR. Clapham, £12'55.;.'10, on account |f'.W. J. Percy,..£l2 ;'• two-year. steers: 8 n account of R. M. George, £10 155.; yearIng steers: 17' Hereford?, on account of It. Cebhell, £10 ss'.; 13 on account of W. S. ilffie, £9 4a.; 10 on account of W..T. tercy, £10 Bs.; 7 on account of A. D. .titton, £8 55.; yearling heifers: 9 Herebrd on account of R. Knbbelt, £9 Is.; 14 ].L, ~£9 55.; m.s. yearlings: 49 on acbunt, of A. G. Edmonds; £7 10s.; 14' on 'recount of A. Harris, £8 19s.