LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 202, 21 May 1919, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

y Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., ■ report:—We held a most successful clearing 6ale on Thursday and Friday last on i behalf ofHhc trustees.in the estate of i tho late John Davies, at Koputnrua. The \ stock came forward in excellent order and i. condition/- and;' considering the dull state ■ of the market at present, the prices real- ; iaod must bo considered highly satisfac- ; tory. Quotations:—Four-yoar. ewes in I. lainbT.22s.:6a:, 255., 25b. Id.. 275.; two-tooth [ owesin lamb, 215., 305., 31a. Bd., 355. 3d.; ■ two-tooth'.wethers. 265. "Id.; ewe hoggets, I 155.--.8 d.- -18e.V -20s. 4d.; wether \ hoggets, 18s. ; i&.iu purebred Eoscommon ewo hoggets, ; Ugns.; purebred Roscommon two-tooth i ewes in lamb, lggns.; purebred Komney j rani hoggets, 3Jgns.; M.A. rams, 1 from , 15s, 6d. to ljgns.; cull hoggets, Bs. Id., 55.,,.11.3. 3d.; purebred Shorthorn cowb, i aged,, 16, 18, 21. 25, 27, 33, to 40 guineas; : purebred Shorthorn bulls, aged, 20 to 30 i B'm'nea'a;, '..purebred -Shorthorn two-year '■ bull, 28gns.; purebred weuner heifers, '8 . to'"l 3 'guih'eas'.' - ■ . ■ Mr. Newton King reports:-At Itahotn, | on May 8, there was a small entry. Best . weauers made £2 125.; otherß, £1 16a.; , store cows, .€3 10s. to £6 65.; forward cowb, : £7 ss. to £8 Is.; rough twenty-month : steors, £3 19s. On May 9, lit Corhctt Road, ; the dispersal salo of pedigree Friesians, ' iu the estate of the late William Jamea, : was held. Buyers were" presont from all parts, and competition was good, "tost ■ , of the stud remained in Taranalri, but ; two" yearlings were purchased for out- . 6idc--districts, Opotiki and Springston i (Oautorbury). Priceß were:-I'edigreecows, U/22 to 200 guineas; pedigreo two-year hcif- ; ers, 32 to 66 guineas; two and a half-year ; pisiligree bulls, 23 to 15 guineas; eighteen- ; month'bulls, 15 and 18 guineas; pedigreo ! "weaner bulls, 12 to 30 guineas; grado cows, '■ £17 to £25; grade wcaners, £2 to £2 55.; I hursc, £17; implements and sundries <at ; satisfactory prices. At Urenui, on May ; 12, in-calf two and two and a half-year ■ li«ifera made £8 to £8 55.; store cows, £b 18s. to £7 lis.; empty hoifera (good). .£5 ! 10-,.; cow and calf,. £5 155.; mixed wcaners, ! 26b.; pony,'£6. At' Stoney Itivcr. on' May : 10, there was a good entry, most of which : was cleared, but prices (with the exception 1 of in-calf heifers) showed no improvement. 1 Weaners made 20s. to 355.; rough eighteen- ; mouth steers, £2 165.-, in-calf two-year i Shorthorn heifera, £8 2s. to £8 55.; Hob '■■ steins, £8 10s.; mixed sorts, £7 35.; Short- ' horn three-year, £10; bulls, £6 10b.; small/ : cows, £2 13s. 6d. and £2 155.; store cows,' , £1 15s. to £6 12s. 6d.; fat cow. £10 15b.; ; fnt three-year bullock, £12 12s. 6d.; lambs,. 16s. 4d. At Waiwakaiho, on May 16, : wtaocrs made 275. to 425. 6d.: store cows, '£4 fe. to £5 10s.; bulls, £4 10s. to £5 155.; I hoifers, calved, £6 15s. to £7 10s.: