LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 44, 15 November 1919, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.. report that they held a sale at Upper Hutt on Thursday, -when they offered a pood yarding of eattlo. Although bidding was somewhat slack the majority' of the lots changed hands at the following prices;— Milking co.ws, £9 to £tt 10s.; forward.store cows, £6 16s. to £8; lowcouditiou' iftorc'cows, £4 7s. 6d.,- eightecnniontli low-condition steers, £2 lEs.; eighteen-month bulls, £5. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, Teport having held their fortnightly sale at Upper llutt on Thursday,. ivhcn they offered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. ' Quotations:—i!at. wethers, to 455. ; two and four-tooth ewes and wethers, to 29a. 6d.; forward shorn ewes, to Ms.; store cows, £6 ss. to £7 7s, 6d.; cows with calves. £7 to £7 10a.; two anjl a half-year empty heifers, £7 7s. fid. to £7' 13s.;' eighteenmonth empty heifers, £6 2s. to £6 14s'.; fifteen-month empty heifers, £5 4a, to £6; yearling ompty heifers, £3 Is. to £3 17s. fid.; -yearling- steers, £3 2b. 6d. to £3 175.; springing cows, £10 to ' £11' 7s. 6d.; springing heifers, £8 i7s. 6d. to £9 95.; yearling, bulls, £4.45. .to £4 10s. •

Messrs. Dalgety and Company Limited, report having held their monthly atocs sale at Waika'nae on Wednesday, when they offered a fair yarding of cattle. The principal quotations are as follow:— 'Knipty cows, £5 sb. to £7; dairy.cows, £12 ■to £12 10s.; Jersey heifers, £10 to £.11 10s.; empty heifers, £5 16s. to £6 10s.; bullocks. £10 to £11 55.; two and a half-year steers, £8 to £8 155.; three-year steers, £8 15b. to £9; bulls, £5 15s. to £8; calves, 9«. .to 19s. fid.

The New Zealand' Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., report nn Palmerbton North cattle lair:—Cattle came forward in cxccbb of advertised numbers, and there was a fair attendance of the public," but the demand for all ciascs of cattlo was .very Bmall, and few lineß changed hands. Wo quote.—Fat cows, £12; forward cows, £7 7s. to £10; store cows, £5 10s.; two-year 6teers, £5 10s.; small Bteers, ,£3; 155.; yearling steers, £2 155.; P.A. heifers. £7-,' empty dairy heifers, £5 to £7; Jersey heifers,' £8 25.. £9 Is'., to £10 7s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £6 155.; cows and calves, ,£6 ss, to £7.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams Ltd., report:—At Levin on Tuesday we yarded 1750 head'of cattle for our spring cattle fair, which was submitted to a large attendance of buyers. However, in common. with all other districts, the demand was not keen, although a fair proportion of tlie yarding changed >-hands. Sheep: Fat Bhorn ewes, 295. Id. to 31b.'3d.; light fat woolly hoggets, 345. 6d.; bullocks, £11 15s„ £12 Us./ £14, to £15; two-year Btcers, £7 to £8 7s. 6d.j yearling steers. £5; fat cows, £10 7s. 6d„ £11 15s. to £14 25.; vealers, £2 95., £2 155., to £4; forward cows, £6 lis., £7, £7 165., to £B 55.; store cows, £3 2s. 6d„ £3 55., £4 55.; P.A. cows and calvos, £10 Ib. to £10 10s.; two-year P.A. heifers, £6 355.; yearling dairy heifers, £6. £6-10s.. £7 12s. fid., £8, to £8 Bs.; yearling heifers, £3, £5, £5 7s. 'Gd.; mixed P.A. yearlings, £5 lis.; dairy bulls, £12, £16; yearling bulls, £3 10s,; dairy oowb, £8 to £11 10s.; Utoro pigs, £2 Is., £2 65., £2 165., £2 18s.; porkers.. £3 17s. 6d., £4 2s. 6d., £4 12s. 6d., £5 2s. 6d. f to £6;. sows, £5 15s Mossrs. Abraham and 'Williams Ltd., report on Marton sale, held on Tuesday. Good yardings of both - sheep and cattle camo to . hand. Sheep sold extremely well, most of the cattle found buyers at late rates. Quotations:—M.S. hoggetj, 245. 3d., 265. 6d. : wether do., 295. 10d„ 31b. 3d.; best do ,'36b.; m.s. twotnoths, 335.; m.s. two-tooths, shorn, 24n. • wether do., small, 19s. Id., 19s. 7<L.; fourtooth Bhorn wethers, 295;, 31s. 3d.; forward shorn ewes, 245. 6d.; fat do.. 295„ 30s. 6d • m.s. wcaners. £2 10s., £3 135.; m.s. year' lings, £6 65., £6 Bs. id.; yearling steers, £5 £6 155.; fair do., £4 10s„ £4 145.; yearling heifers; £4 Bs, 6d., £6;. two-year do., £7 2s. 6d., £8; heifers In calf, £7, £8 15s • m ■ £13 10s ': three-year steers, £9. £10 155.; empty cowa, £6 sb„ £7 12s • f^ n J' ar l do " £8 10a -- £1 ° Ws '; dairy bulls, ±5 to £8.