LIVESTOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 15, 13 October 1919, Page 8

LIVESTOCK SALES

Jfesnra. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmeraton NorLh, report having a good entry of sheep and cuttle at their Keilding salo on Friday. There was a very fnir demand right throughout, and following are .prices realised:—Sheep, Cull hoggets, 17s. Id.; small do., Us. 7<1.; very fair hoggets, 275. to 28b. Id. j good hoggets, 32b. 9<i. to 345. 7d.; ewes unci lambe, 32a. tid., 375. to 4s. 3d.: fat ewes, 40s. 9d. Cattle: Heifers in milk, £9; springing heifers,£l2 10h.; cows in milk, £17; springing cows, £11 to £17 15b.; yearling Jersey heifers, £6 to £7 10s.; store cows, £7; 15-inonths steers, £5 7s. 6d. to £4 Us.; rough 2-year ateeri, £7 2s. to,£7 Us.; fat cows, £13 7s. id.;- 3-year steers, £111 2s. to £12 lis.; forward 4-year (bullocks, £15 10s.; yenrling bulla, £4 11b. to £7 lfli Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., J td„ •report having offered a large yarding of cattle at the Carterton sale on Friday. Although bidding win inclined to orag, the whole of the entry was disposed of ,at the following prices :-3-year steere (col-

onrcd), £9 55.; 2-year steers, £C to £7 7s. 6c1.: small yurling steers, £2 os,: cows and calves, £8; empty cowb, to £7 Ks.; cows iu calf, £5 17s. 6d. to £9; 2-year heifers in calf, £5; empty 2-year heifers, £6 3b. yearling heifora, £3. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Taihape, on Wednesday, wo had sranll entries of both sheep and cattle. Quotations:—Medium hoggets, 255. 9d.; empty etoro cows, £4 55., £4 lts. 6d.; springing heifers, £5 17s. 6d., £B; Fpringing cows, £10. Jfesqrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that at Feilding on October 10 they had a.good entry of both Bheop and cattle. There waß a good attendance of buyerß present, and practically the whole yarding, changed hands at the following prices:—Sheep: Fat ewes, 32b Zd to £2 12s 6d; fat hoggets, 26s 6tl, ,26s 9d lo 36b 6d; mixed hoggets, 255, 25s 9d to 31s; woolly hoggets. 52s ; 2 and 4-tooth ewes, 325. 2d. Cuttle: Put cows, £11 2a. (id., £14 'ss„ £14 15s. to- £16 12s. 6(1.; store and forward cows. £6 lis., £7, £7 10s. to £5 5a.; springing cowb, £9, £10 10s„ £1! 10s., £12 to £14 10s.; springing heifers, £9 10b., £10 to £1C 10s.; empty Jersey heifers, £8 'is. to £10 is.; yearling steers, £?, 10s. to £3 95.; mixed weaners, to £3. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that at Palmerston North, on October 9, a small yarding of sheep and a fair entry of cattle came forward, and changed hands at the following prices:— Ewes and lambs, 30s. 3d.; fat ewes, 325.; cull ewes, fls.; yearling heifers, £3 Is.; yearling S.H. bull, £8 IDs.; empty heifere, £4; store cows, £2 lis., £4. £o 17s. 6d., £6 10a. to £8 6b.; cows and calves, £5 12s. 6(1.; springing heifers, £9 to' £11; springing cows, is, £10, £11, £12 10s.