FARMING & COMMERCIAL AUCTION SALES LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 274, 15 August 1919, Page 10

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

AUCTION SALES

LIVE STOCK SALES

,:::.i;:;...' HEWS AND NOTES

7' .;' FOBTHOOMNG PIXTDBEfI. i/.'-V,TO-DAY. ! -'$s.,.Manners. .Street, Wellington, 2 p.m.r- , Furnituro aale (Kadford and Co.). i MONDAY. ' "llaii Eoa<l, Linton, 12 noon.—Salo of stock ' and implements '(Abraham and WUllama).- -—: .'AValk'auae, 1' p.m.—Sale of stock, iniplomenta, oto- (X.Z. Loan Co.). Kai Nai, Lower llutt, 1,30 p.m.-flalo of stockiand imploments (N.Z. Loan Co.). Arapaepa&.lload, Levin, 1.30 p.m.—Salo ot ■' stock and implements (Dalgety 'and Co.). : WHOLESALE PRODUCE . .. . PRICES .Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen 1 Street, reports wholesale prices as follow Fowl wheat,-, ehoico, 7s. id. per bushel,. sacks extra; feed barley, ss. i)d. per- bushol, sacks extra; feed peas, 65..9 d. ■pet' bushel, sacks extra; blue peas, 12s. 1 tid'.Jtfor 'Boiling) pe* bushel,' sacks extra: jiiits, feed . Algerians, ss. to ,ss. Ild. per 1 bushel, sacks extra; oats,- feed Gartons, 'Ss. ;!d. to as. -Id. per bushel, sacks extra; oats,. Dun, Gs. per bsuhcl, sicks extra; . IJ-aukura oats, seed, ss. 3d. per bushel, "sacks" extra; chaff oaten sheaf, good bright; .£lO 7s. (id. per ton, sacks m. 'on'trucks or f.0.b., Wellington; floiiv. ' jn "sacks. XIG ss. per ton; pollard, ill) is." bran".£B; liav, Canterbury meadow, ,£B'lDs. to 155.; hay, clover,ton; potatoes, whites, <£10 15s: per ton, sacks 'included; Dakotas, ill ss. per ton; oatmeal, 25's,' iS2Ba walnuts (Ji-A) Is Id. ■'lb.; potatoes, seed, Northern Stars, 'per tun; Gamekeepers, i£9; Up-to-Dates, . ,5:10; Breeze's Prolific, .£!) 10s.; linnsh • Queen, JJ10; onions, 17s. Otl. ewt.; fowls, '6j. Gd. to 7s. Gd.; choice roosters. 7s. fin.to Bs. Gd. pair; heavy, l.urd.3, Us pair; ■'"ducks, 9s. to 10s. pair; white ducks. 12s. '•pair; geese, os. to 10s.; turkeys, .Is, -m. to Is. Jd. lb., dead weight.; butler, iarrners' separator, in. bulk, and m ly''riots, Is. Gd.; eggs, fresh, orates. Is. lid.; ' ffesh cases, Is'. ll)d.; dressed pork, choice 70's to !)i)'s, 10(1. to lid. lb.; 1)0 s, to 'ifs,' g?,d.; choppers, sd, to lid.; beeswax;\2s: 4d. to Gd.; chesse. lactqry, iriedium, caso lots, lljd. lb.; carbide, feplendid quality in 1001b.. drums, 40j>. <huiu; bluestoiie, £\ 10s. per cwt.; salt (coarse), (12 "sacks to ton), .US iOs. per ,;ton; ailt (line), (cwt.),- f per ton; i seainiui' twine, 5-ply, Is. «l. lb.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantils .'Agency Company, Lid., report oiv their l'uhiaiua salo held on lucEtiay. We had a good entry of both' sheep and cattle, which we "offered to a good attendance of local and ontside buyers. Competition was .not quite so kcon as at sales, especially'for: low-conditioned and inferior lines. "'•Wo-pasWa' 'several lines at auction, but 'quitted' all but two lines before .tho cloao -of-'tho sale-at tlic following prices :-Low- ■ 'conditioned- hoggets, 10s. 2d.; to 18s. 3cL| good woolly hos-get 6, dairy cows, f , £13, to £16; dairy heifers, late caneis, to £9 10s.; good-conditioned early calv--,:ers„ £10 10s.. £11 55., £11 108., to £11 155.; - light fat cows, £10; fat- cows, £7 155.; m.s. " ;V 'TOo ri'ew- Zealand- Loan and Mercantile -•Agency' Co'.,' Ltd:, report/.that on Monday ' t'hoy'held a clearing sale of dairy stock, - horses, and implements oil . account pi Messrs. August "Bros., Te Horo. There .was a large- attendance of buyers, and com- , petition wasV.iiveljv throughout the sale, tho,result proving highly satisfactory to tlic "vendors. They iiuote;— August-calwng .cow, .from.£l9 to £32 10s.; September do., £16"to £35: October do., £15 to £21, tho average price for 40 spring calvcrs being over £19 per. bead; cows in mills (mostly milked throughout the winter), best, S.A -to £21.;.-lair, £10 10s. to £16 10s.; others, empty and practically dry, £7 10b. to £10, ' average price for 59 cows in milk, £12-On.; •• wbrliteen-month heifers, r.w.b., £6 to £12 •fs;; woaner heifers, £2 45.; pedigree -Jersey bull. 26gns.; .Uolstein-cross bull,. £11 "10i-'.'- v fOur-yoar< springcart mare, £34; agecl ■ "do.-, fiMi.agefl, black mare, £11 10s.; light, m'brokon hacks, £6 ss. to £20 10s.; sow ■ with little of nine, £18 55.; sows, to far- • row, £9 sb. to £12.155.; empty sows,- £5; 'hoar;' £5; small woaner pigs, S& to 415.; • <iogcart and harness, £42 10a.; spring dray and harness, £35 55.; tine harrows, £a 2s. 6d ; roller, £22; diss, £15; d.f. plough, £20. The Wair'arapa Farmers' Co-operative Atconation, Ltd., report a cllearlug salo on account of Mr. J. Furze. Tho ' '-entrv met with keen competition from a largo attendance. Prices were mixed. Aged owes, iu lamb, '243.; shorn hoggets, ,2s £d 19s 9(1., to 12s. 6d.; small two-tooth wethers, 2Ss. 2d. to 275. lOd.: coloured twoiear steers, £7 10s.; eigliteen ; months steers, -11 4s"; yearling. £3 175.; gig, £23;..horsc. ..;£l6 10s.; .dog, £17. - ■ ■