LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 18, 16 October 1919, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Meesre. Levin and Co., Ltd., report holdins their weekly tale at Feilding-on Friday, when they had. a fair entry of sheep, and a large entry of cattl:. We had practically a clearance of all lines at pricee slightly in advance of hut week. Quotalioiiß:—Wether hoggets, M 3.; ewe hoggets, 32b. 4d.: mixed hoggets, 325.; mixed 2tooths, 395. 6c1.; 2-tooUi ewce, 32b.; forward ewcß 255. 10d.; fat and forward ewes, 325. fd.;-fat wethers, £2 10s.; fat ewes, 325. 6d. to 3os. 6d.;'dairy springing lieifcra, £6 10b., £8, £9, £9 10s., £15 to £16; cowe in milk, S3 10a.. .£l3, £13 10s. to £15;Bpringinß second culvers, £14; forward cowb, £9 2s. 6d.; heifers and calves, £7 to £11; etore cows, £4 17s. 6d.. £i, to £6 5a.;-2-year empty heifors. £0 Cβ. to £7 153.- yearling hcifcre, £3. £3 ICe, to £4 153.; yearling Bteers, £4; mixed jearlings, £2 17f1.; 2-year steers, £6 5f., AC ;5a.-io £8 Bs.; 21-year etcwe, £10 7b. 6d.; 3-year bullocks, £11 65.; 2-year Shorthorn bull, £12 Mr.; fat cows, £12 10b., £14 155., £16 78. 6d., to £19. . Jlcssrß. Levin and Co., Ltd., report :-At our annual cattle sale at Masterton we submitted an entry of 80ft cattle Aβ anticipated, grown bullooka showing quality aud ehc. met with keen competition; but owing to the backvard season younger cat-' tie were neglected and wcro oifllcult to quit. Prices realised ww'e:-'Jlullocka, 4 years old, on account Vaitawhiti Eatato, £,17- bnllocks, 3 and 4 yearn, un account Donald M'Kcniie, £17; bullocke. 3-year Polled AnsuG, on siccount Clifton Grovo, £15 23. 6rt'.; bullocks, on account D. H. Speedy, Flag Creole. £14 10s.; bullocks, K. Groves, £14; Waiteko, £14 55.; E. Crennwell. £13 17s. 6d.; oolounid bullocks. £14 10s. to £12 fat bullocks. light-wctehtß, £10 10a.: fat cowo, £12 12b. to £17; 2year Rteers, £10; yearling: steers, £7 17a. k. £7 Bs.'.'.-EC 103.; empty cows, £9 10a.i 2-year heifers, £7 2s. 6d. to £8 10*; mixed yenrlinga, £4 10n., £4 fid. A' supplementary sale in to be held towards tho end of November. The Sew Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.,/report having a i-mall entry of' rfieep and a good yarding of rattle at their Waikan.ie 3ale on Monday. There was a good demlmcl right thromtnout, and following are prices realised:— Good hoggets, 30«. 4d.; 2-year steeru (low condition). £6 9s. to £3 25.; 18-month Bteaw, £5 12s. 6d.; 12-rnoiit:i eteere (rough), £3 to £4 2e. M.; small wcauera, 255. to £2 45.; 15-month hi'iferh. £<i 63.; 12-juonth heifera. £3 10s. to £4 63.; etoro cowa, £5 Is.; bull, £8; oprliiTine ivifcrs, £7 15a., £9 5a.. £11, m m 7s. f/d. to JClil Jle.; diiiry cowa, £9; storo pigs, £2 lie., lo £?■ 10s. . Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report.—At our Unricintii fnle on Monday we had a largn jarding of cattle and a nuall rniry of sheep. lliddniK wan dull, hut we innnagiid to quit the yarding at. prices to-suit uiirclinsera. Ouotiitions:-Forwnrd cons, SI,"Si 155., to £9; Elore cowa, £6 12s. di. to K, 165.; cull cowb nnd calvps. £2 9n. : 2-ycar empty heifers, £5 7a. 6t1., £6 2,i. 6d. to £6 7n.; yearlinp: empty heifers, £3 183. Cd.. £4 2s. 6d., to £4 10b.; ycarlint' etners, £2 ss. to £2 17s. • 6d.; forward bullocks, £13 17a. /id.; Biiriniriiiß heifers, pood, £9 12s. 6d., £9 155., £11 10a., to £14 12s. 6d.; aprincjiiiK heifers, ainall, £5 10s. to ifi 5a.; dairy cows £9 10s. to £16; bulls, £5 !os. to £6 15s. Messrs. Dalgety aud Coropauy, Liuiitea,

report havini? held a special Hprii't: cattle Bale in the Levin yards on Tuesday, when they offered a irood yarding of all classes of cattle. Although a number of buyers was present, bidding ut auction for grown cattle was dull, aim a number of.lines were paused in under the lnimmer. Tho (liiality of the yarding wae very mixed, and the condition of tho cuttle all through could only be classed as medium. Townrdß the end of the pule, when tho younger cattle were offered, competition was much keener, and most ol thu lines were aold at auction. The principal sulci effected were «e under:—2S-year stcere, fair colours. £10 sn. to £10 15n.; noor conditioned coloured 3-yec.r Bteers, £9 11b to £10; 18-month to 2-year steers, £6 12b. 6d. £7 135.; small inhed sex yearlings, £5 in to £5 10a.; 2-year-old dry heifors, £7 9s, to £t. A pen of good fat wethers made iu lls. 7(1. 4 Messrs. Dalgcty ■ and Co., Ltd., report having- hold their monthly Bale at Wailiiinae on Monday, when they offered a email yarding of eattlc. Quota tioiia— Fat bullocks to £19; fat cowo t<, .£ll 2 B 6d ■ store cows, to £6 10s.; empty lielfera, to £6 10s.; springing heifers, to £10; heifere to £11 10s.; epringlng cowb, to