LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 49, 21 November 1919, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Daltfetv and Co. T.M., r rt nort having held t'uii" monthly ?t'>ck sate at Otaki on \Vcdnepday when they niTercd a good ynrdins if sbe"-i :mic! cattle. A good clearance at satisfactory j.ricos wan effected, and (he following are the principal (|Uotntio:iF:—Fit V'tlre l '?, 42-*. to 465.; fat fo-n-a.vd e-ea. 31a to • ewes -with iaml.s. 2Sh. to .Ms. 6d.; m.s. woolly hnnjelß 2> t- 26s r.-l.; w.k. shorn hotrg'-tp, 20s R:l. 2^s.; prim? fat cows, , £1?, ss. to .£l7 12p.: ,Ter?"v row-, £10 t" £10 55.; einaty I'ci'crs .Pj 1-. 6d. to ,fll Is.; 18-me'?th be'Tcrs it. to £7; 3-vear steers. r 7 '5?. In £3 2*-.ve«v steers. £7 to £7 14h.; bililp, .£5 lCs. to .€6; Short* horn bull. £?•>. Messrs. UalOTty and '".-impniiy. Tjimilod. report having he'd their weekly stock • sale at Levin in T ii"=d-iv. when th»y offered a "«"d yarding of bolb shep and eattle. Ridding v.as animated and practically all lin"s were cleared at sat'sfnetory prices. The followine ar- the nrine.ipnl Fat e-es. 2?.;. 3d. to J3s.; ewes with lamK ?K to Ms. M.; empty shorn ewes. J'--. 6d. to ?<». 9<1.; m.s. -woolly hogr-'ts, 2C-s.- M.s. dhorn li'icgeK 255. to 2v. od.; fat. oo'vs, £7 17s Io .£lO Its.; store eows, ."4 10s. to £6 Iff.: -.'dairy, tiva .nil f n £12 10n.: .Jersey hei'crs, £'0 .■•». to •J1 -w.; ?- month heifers, M Ids. t;» 17n.; month steers, f-5 IPs. to -fi ll . The Xe"' Z n "land Loan and Mercantile Auencv Co.. Ltd.. report having conducted n "elearii's F.''le of -dairy stnci., on e.eeount, of Mr. Tmntkl Wehlncjhn.n" at j the farm Ohan. on November R there was a good attendance of buyers nre- ' Bent, -and. competili"u f , was kee". ■ ' 1! Peyt'cows Aollins -from £22 to -&A rhodium, &U 10a. -to '■ mV, »pm' •_ ( Hliree-auartnred nn\rs, £1» to - +,u • ' acfo price iier head. .€l9 3-year Shorthorn bull. .€26; 15-monllt bull, £«; calves on bucket. 7s. to 15s. On ijcemint of other vendors: 2-.vear empty heifers. -.7 •Bs.; yea.rlitie heifers, £5 sfl. to £>' »'• 6.1.; light orier. £14. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re-

port: At Otaki, on Wednesday, ve liad a Bmall entry of Bheep and a good one of cattle, which was submitted to a fair attendance o[ buyers, but owing to tho inclement Btate of the weather bidding was not brisk. Wo quote: Empty ewes, to 30a. 4d.; 2, 4, and 6-tooth wethers, 395. 3d.; forward empty cows, to £9; store cows, £4, .£6 3s, 6d„ £6 10s„ £6 12s. 6d.; empty heifers £6 15s, fid.; bulls, £9: dairy cowb, £8. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Levin on Tuesday we had a. fair entry of sheep, and a large one of cattle, which was submitted to a fair attendance of buycrß, but- competition was not keen:—>'at ewes, £2 3s. to £2 3g. 2d.; fat sheep, £2; fat lambs. 245. 6d.; shorn store hoggets. 155.; vealers, £2, £3 145., to £4 12a.; fat bullocks, £17 155.; fat coivs and heifers, £11 10s., £12, to £13 125.; forward aows, £9 17s. 6d., £10 55.; store cows. £5 i7s. bd., £6 35., to £6 155.; bulls,' £10 to £10 as.; dairy cows, £12: springing heifers, £13; empty dairy heifers (good), to £7 10s.; wcancr pigs, 385., £2, to £2 Os. 6d.; store pigs, £2 Is., £2 ss„ £3 lis., to £2 145.; porkers, £3 10s., £4 45., £4 IDs., £4 19s. 6d„ to £5 17s. fid.