LIVESTOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 12, 9 October 1919, Page 8

LIVESTOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report having held a cle.iriiig Bale of horsce and contracting plant in the Colombo Road yards, Masterton, on account of Mr. James Farrolly. Competition was keen throughout the sale, and very satisfactory prices.were obtained, particularly tor the horses, which were an exceptionally good lot. Following prices wero realised:—Draught horses, £52 10s., £49, £47, £45, £57, £31, £29, £27, £18. Drays made trom £17 to £41. Mossrs.. Dalgcty ; a«d Co.. Ltd.,. report having held their' annual spring cattlo fair at Martinborough on Tuesday, when they soibmitted * full yarding of cattlo to a large attendance. Oyi'mg to the backward tiasnn competition was not linen, but the built of the yarding was quitted at thK following prices'.-Yearling steers, £7 «s., £7 Is., £5 155., £5 Mis., £5 7s. 6d. ; yearling heifers, £4 173.; two-year fitenre, £12 10s., £10," £8 Is., £6 10s., £6 Is.; twoyear heifers, £8 19b., £8 145., £7 95., £6 15s. j empty cows, £10 17s. (A., £9, £7 4e., U, 10b. Messrs. Dalgety and C 0.,, Ltd., report having held.their weekly sale at Levin on Tuesday, when they effected a- total clearance- of a fair yarding of sheep and cattle. Quotations :-Fat wethers, to 50b.; fat and forward wutbern, to 455. ed.; uves and lambs, to 425. 6d.;fat cows, to £11 17s. Id.; itoro cows, to £6 55.; yearling heifera, to £3 155.; yearling steers, to £5 17b.; lioiforH on the drop, £i 2 to £27; springing heifers, £8 to £10; springing cows. £1J to •Sli The New Zea'lnd Loan ..nd Mercantile Agnncy Co., Ltd., report :-At our Himatangi sale on Monday we had an average yarding of both sheep and cattle. Tho attendance was fair and bidding very dragging, but wo managed to quit the yitrding at prices to,tuit «ndorß. We quote:— Flit hoggets, 455. 6d. to 53b. 6d.; fat even. Kid withers, £2 Bs.; fat coiv, £12; forwardcow, £7 75.; empty heifere, £3 17b. 6d., £4 11s., to £5;. yearling heifers, £2 17s, 6d.; wringing heifers, £9 Us. 6d.. £10, £10 10s.. £11, to £13 55.; springing cow, £15 55.; Shorthorn bull, £7. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency fio., Ltd., report on their Pahiatua sale, as follows :-\Ve\ had a fair entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle, which we offered to a good attendance. Our yarding comprised several pens of wellbred Hereford and P.A. yearlinge, hut competition for cattle was dull and lifeless, and a good many lines failed to find purchasers. x Quotations :---M.S. hoggets, fair line, 255.; forward empty ewes, 30b.; , empty ewes, £1; dairy heifers, £6 to £10; three-year-bullocks, £10 17b. «d. to £12 195.; two year steers, bad coloure, £7-; yearling steers, £i Us. to £5; yearling heifere, dairy eorts, £4, £4 10b., to £4 155.; P.A. yearling heifere, small, £5. \ • The Jfew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at Levin on Tuesday they offered -a BmaC. entry of eheep, and a good yarding ! of cattle, the bulk of which changed hands at the following prices :-Wether hoggets, 275.;mixed sex do, SSa. 2d.; fat J eifera, £13 25.; fat cows, £13; good store cows, £6 6a. to tS 18b.; yearling hbifers, £4 to £5 10s.; dairy cows, £11 to £17 10b.; heifere, close to -profit, £9 10s.- io £12 55.; late calvere,.£6 2b. 6d. to £7"10s.; bulla, £5 to'£ll. At To Koro yards on Wednesday they offered !i fair entry of sheep and cattle;, Sheep sold 'woll, but cattle were easy. They quote:—Fat and forward ewoe, 345. 2d.; medium hoggets, 27s ; mixed hoggeta and small two-tooths, 303.; ewes and lambs, 15s.' to 47a.; store cowe, £4 15s. to £6; springing ! heifers, £10; cows, £12. . ; The New Zealand Loin uid Mercantile i Agency 00., Ltd., report that at Levin on Tuesday they ofl'ared a small nntry of eheep. and a good yarding of store cattlo and dairy cows. Prices generally for all classes .were better, and practically the whole of their yarding changed hands atthe following prices:- -Mixed-age ewee with lambs, 425.: small hoggets, 245.; four-tooth rams, 2gns. to 2Jgnf.; forward condition cows, £10; store cowb. £5 15s. to £8 55.; two and a half-year steers (mixed colours), £7 tOs.; yearling uteors, £4 75.; poor condition mixed-sex yearlings, £3 12s. 6d.; bull, £5 12s. 6d. to £7 155.; heifers,Jate calvers, £7; springing cows, £15 to £22. On account Mr. P. E, Palme's, well-bred Jersey cross cows, calved August-September, realised m 165.. £15,-£l7. £22, £25. £26. and £28. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Age"noy Co., Ltd.,- report having conducted a clearing Bale on account ■ f Mr." P. A. Evan's at the farm, Te Horo, on Monday. There was a goad attendance of'buyers, and competition was keim, <md the prices realieed' proved highly, satisfactory to tho vendor. They quote:—Best '..owe, 'close to profit-,-£2O to £29 10s.; ditto in milk, calved iugust' and September, £18 to- £26, 10s.j medium cowb iri- milk, £14 to £17 10a.; three-quartered and" late calvers, £9,.M5. to £13 10s.; empty forward condition dry cows, £9 is.; Shorthorn bull, £16; mixed eheep, 335.-to 39b.; ympty bow, £8 2s. 6d.; nrnall woaner pigs, 33b.; eight-year apringoart mare, £26 10s.; uetdlhg, £i 5; hack, £5; spring dray .and-narness, £26 5b.; block dray and harness, £11; drill, £30; roller, £20 j disc harrows, £15; s.f. plough, £9. ■