LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 198, 16 May 1919, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

{ Messrs. Dalgety and Company, , ' Limited, falmerston North, report haying held ■ their annual : autumn cattle' fair at Tai--1 tape on,' 'Wednesday, when a'.'gobii- entry ;of cattle came forward. There wan a • large attendance, but owing to dry \\ea■ther and.the probable shortage of winter. ! feed Competition was - restricted, and a ! 'failed to,- change hands. i at. auction? • TariSus-' lines found buyers) ; after flie/.sale, anft;eenerally.y_endorß''wcre.' : •atiefleS- with prices realisßoT-* Quotations? [—3 and 4-year- bullocks, £12 sb. j oj-year" j bullocks, £10 17s. "fid.; 2|-year 6tflers, £8 I 17e. 6d. to £9 Bs. 6dl; 20-month steera, £6 I 7s. 6d. to £8; 20-month Polled Angus steers 1 (good), £8; rweaner Hereford steers, £4 ,7s. 6d. to £5 Is.; heifers, £4 3s. 6d. to £i; weaner S.H. steers, £4 to £4 10s.; ! heifers', £3 12s. 6d. to £4-55.; coloured ! iveaners, 15s. to £2 65.; breeding cows, to i,fc.H. bulls, £6 Is. to £6 15s.j store cows, j '£4 17a. 6d. to £6 ss. . ' i Messrs:, Dalgety.. and Company, Limited, r-report having hold /their monthly 'eale i at Te Horo on Wednesday, when only a 'email yarding came forward. Quota- : tions:— Forward ewes, to 20s. 6d.; small ■woolly lambs, to Bs. 9d.j fat heifers, to £8 j 7s. 6d.; empty cowb, to £5 2s. 6d.; boners, I to £3 155.; weaners, 25b. to 605.: springing !, heifers,., to £11 55.;. ]•;. JlCßsre.'Wright'Stephenson and Co., Ltd., -report having offered a fair yarding of I cattle at the Colombo Koad yards on wed.nesday,, Bidding was , slack,'and.prices:on i'ft par with late rates, but vendors were ■ prepared to meet the market, and a total : clearance w'as effected under the hammer. i'Quotationß:-3J-year steers, £10 155.; 25i and"3J-year. steers,-£B, 13s. to £9; small' [.coloured' steers,: £4' ss.*; 20-moiiths stcerei ■ £4 7s; to-£6; 20-monthe heifers, £3 ss. to i £475.6d.j yearling steers, £2 Sβ.-to £4; * pearling heifere, £2 6s. to "£3. •■'-.' ;.