LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 224, 16 June 1919, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

: alio W.F.0.A., Ltd., Dannevirke, report ; on their weekly sale, held on Friday, as ; follows:—To a lal'ge attendance of buyers ■we offered a good entry of sheep and a . email yarding of cattle. 'J.'he demand for r sheep was good, prices being well mainj tained throughout the salo, all lines of : medium to -eood lioggels selling exceptionj ally well. With the exception of a small i pen of wethers we effected a total clear- ; anco at auction. Cattle v. ere rot inquir- !• cd for. We effected the following sales:— ! 271 2-tooth. wethers (small), 245. Bd.; SO do. | (medium), 255. 6d.; 19 do., 265,. 4d.; 14 cull do., 145.; 155 empty ewes (good), 235. 6d/; : 15 do., 80s. Id.; 30 do., 20a. 2d.; 110 do. ! (lots), 12s. 9d. to 18s.; 41 fat ewes, 315.: j - 360 medium hoggets (lots), 125., 12s. 7d„ to < Us. 6d.; •• 150 do (small), lots, 7s. 3d. to ■ 7s. 6d.; 119 b.f. do. (lots), 13a. 9d„ 14s. 6d., to 14s. 6d.; 13 store cows (lots), £A 12s. ! 6d., £5 105., to £5 155.; 1 iight fat heifer, i £7: 1 dairy cow, £8 2s. 6d. i' , The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile | . Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows:-On | Tuesday we held a clearing. sale of dairy ! stock and sundries on account of Messrs, ! B. W. .and Silas Locke; at Taikorea. ' Mr. ; It. W. Locke's herd was an exceptionally i good line of-young cows in great condl- [ tion, the herd averaging £16 16s. Mr. Silas liocke'B cows were a fine lot, alF though a. good proportion were aged cows ■ carrying a fair amount of condition, l'hey | averaged £11 18s. Quotations:—Beat cows, | to"£20; good'cows, £16 to £19 155.; la'ter I. cabers, ..£ll 10s. to £14;. aged cows, £8 | to £11. At Mr W. W. Wilsher's sale, on . the same date, wo had a fair atrendance j of buyors.' Bidding was slow and in faj -vour of purchasers, Quotations:—2-tooth ! wethers, 275. fid.; 4 and 5-year cwcb, 235.; j aged ewes, 125.; cull ewes, is.: culi irixed 2-tooths, 135.; mixed lambs, 12?. 6d.; cull i lambs, 6s. Id. and 6s. 2d.; cnli'S.D. rams, I 6s. dairy cows,'£3 10a. to £16 ?fs.: mixed ; yearlings, - 305.; mixed weaners, 165.; ! inorsea, £5 10a. to £17 10s.; siu.dries at I late rates.

! The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 1 'Agency Co., Ltd., report on their Eketaliuna salo as follows:—We fi.bmittcd a i small entry, of sheep and cuttle to a good attendance of buyers. Competition ' was fairly animated and wo report the following prices ;—Empty owea, in poor ■ condition, 13s. 9d.; b.f. lambs, 13s. Id.; ! cuU b.f. lambs, 6s; 7d.; dairy heifers, £7 ! to £10 2s. 6d. ' i. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative .'Association, Ltd.. report having held their ! weekly salo at Carterton ou .Friday, when r. they offered a full yarding of cattle and l a very large entry of horses, implements, t poultry,; eto. Tho whole of the yarding ! was disposed of under tho hammer at i the following prices;— Springing dairy heifers, £9, £9 10a. t £10,. £11, £11 7s. 6d„ '£11 17s. 6d„ £12 ss„ £12 17b. 6d.; cairy ; cows, due August and September, £9, £9 v 12s. 6d., £10., £10 12s. 6d„ £10 15s„ £11, ' ' £12, £13, to £14; store cows. £4 10s„ £5, '£5 10s., £6 2s. 6d., £7. £17 165.; light ! fat cows, £8 10s.. to £9 25.; bulls, £4 2s. 6d. to £6. Horses: Maro and foal, £5 10b.; draughts, £10, £11, £13 to £19; express horses,. £10 to £14 133. 6d. Implements: Gig, £17: spring-cart. £8: double-furrow plough. £11; single-furrow, £10: disc harrows. £9 .10s. Fowls, 2s. 3d,, 2s. 6d„ >35., Is. 6d. to Ba. ! Messrs. Abraham ntid Williams. Ltd., report:—At our Feilding sale, held on Friday, we had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. All sheep, with the exception ! of three pens, changed hands at prices in' advance of .previous sales. There was a good inquiry for good lambs. The bulk of tie yarding of cattle was heifers in calf, -which failed to reach the vendors' reserves, We tiuoto:—Fat eweß, 23p. 6d. ,to I' 27a. 7d.s fat lambs, 13s. 6d. to 225. 6d.; eves in lamb, 20s. 10d„ 255. 7d„ to 32b."; empty ! ewes; 17s. 3d. to 19s. 3d.:- 4 and 6-tooth wethers. 265. 6d. to ?7s. 6d.; good, woolly lambs. 205.; 20s. 10d., to 253.; K3)rn lambs, I 153., 163. 3d.. 17s. 2d., to 195.; s'mall lambs. ; Bs. 7d„ 9s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. Cattle: Forward cows, £7, £3 17s. 6d.. to £9 12s„ storo cows, £3 lQs,, £4 65., £5 7s. 6d, to £6 10s.; yearling steers, £2 195., £3, to £3 12s. ; 6d.; yearling heifers, £3 ss. to £3 12s. fid.; springing heiferß, £3 10b„ £9 10s.; £11 10s., , £12 to £12 105.; springing cows, £10, £11, to £12. Messrs. Lovin and Co. report:-At our Feilding sale we had a- fair yarding of cattle and a very good yarding of sheep. ' Bidding was brisk on sheep from the ■ start. Ewes in lamb were in better demand, -while lambs aold exceptionally well, ' changing hands at better prices than lato sales. We had a good clearance, few lines being pa-SBCd in. Oattlo sold at late rates. We (Kioto tho following prices:— On account F. W. Allerby, Colyton: 2-tooth to 4-year ewes, r.w. S.l). rams, 235. On account R. D. Rogers, Ltd., Feilding: Empty ewes, 14s. lUd.; mixed lambs, 12s. 7d„ 225. Id. On account J. .Busaell, Colyton: Ewes, r.w. Romney rams, 225.; mixed small lambs, Us. 9d. On account H. J. Geruschkat, Ashhurst: Mixed lambs, 18s. On account 'I'. Hughes, Colyton: Mixed woolly lambs, 21s. On account'F. Krull, Kimbolton: Good wether lambs, 19s. Bd.; 2-tooth wethers, 263 . 3d.; ewe lambs, 15s. 2i.; cull lambs, 7s. 3d. On account W. Hopping, Feilding: Small mixed lambo, i 10s. 6d. Oil account G. Hobbs, Hawera: ' S.m. ewes, r.w. S.D. ramß, 265., 235. Bd., 19b. On account I!. 11. M. Aitken, Colyton: Fat ewes, 255. Id. Ou account A. E. Shalders, Ridgelandß: S.m. ewes, r.w. S.D. I rams, 19s. 9d. On account J. T. Ross, Bunny thorpe: Small* b.f. lambß, Bs. 7d. On account J. Cameron, Sanaon: Mixed lambs, : 14s. Id. On account M. Beazcr, Lee's Line: ! B.f. lambs, 12s. On account H. E. Gosi nell, Feilding: S.m. owes, r.w. S.D. and i' Romney rams, 13s. 6d.; 2-tooth ewes, r.w. , Romney rams, 255, 6d. On account J. C. " Hare, Cheltenham: Good conditioned b.f. lambs, 18s. 6d. On account R. A. M'Keni- zle, Palmorston North: Empty ewes. 19b. ' 6d„ 19s. 6d. On account G. Fanner, Himitangi: 2 and 4-tooth Lincoln ewes, r.w. Romney, rams,' 265. 9d. Cattlo: Springing Jieifera, £9; store cows, £4 6s„ £4 10s., £5 7s. 6d„ £5 155., £5; yearling heifers. '£3 12a. 6d.; 2frmonth steers, £4 6s„ £4 Us., £6 Is., £7 10s.; bad colour steers, £3 35.; fat cows, £7 12a. 6d., £8 lis., £9 i 10-.-Sd.. £10 to £12 ss.