LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 58, 2 December 1919, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile .'.'Agency Co., Ltd., report tjiat at To Horo -on !i small entry of =heep " and a heavy yarding of cuttle met -with. a good' <lemand. They quote: Woolly fat ■ ewes and wethers. £i; shorn store owes, "223.;" fat'cows, £10 ss. to £11 95.: forward condition cows, £8 ss. to £9 16a.; light ■ .store cows, £4 17s. 6(1. to £6 45.; .vealers, • 48S. to £i 65.; 2-year empty heifers, £6 "to £7; small yearling heifers, £2 18«. 6d. to £3 13s. 6d.; P.A. yearling meers, £6 4a.; otherß, £2' to £4 138.; potted bulla, £10 to £12 55.; eitra heavy. £17' 155.; vcatier , jiiga, £2 11b. to £2 135.; young sows, in pig. £5 Us. to £6 10a. « Tho New Zealand Lonn iind Mercantile Agency Co., Lid., report that at their Upper Hutt 6iile on Thursday they offered • -'a fair entry of sheep and cattle, flattie were rather better than at their jrevloua Bale, and. they sold everything uuder the hammer at the following- prices:—Small mixed hoggets, 255.; ewes and lambs, 265. . ii.) 4-tooth -wethers, 365. (id.;- fat ewea, 305.; 18-month heifers, £5 Bs.: light store cows, £4 125.; springing heifers, £6 15a. to £8; yearlinc steers, £3. The quality of the sheep -was below, but the cattle were juat about the average of the district. Tho New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd.. report having held ■" their second sale at Taihape on Wednesday last. Owing to shearing being in full ewing several lines advertised did not come forward, but ivith the exception of one lino of ewes and lambs our -whole yarding -was quitted at satisfactory prices. Quotations :-Fonvanl ewes, 245. ; 4 and , 6-tooth etorc wctliers, 28s. 3d.; m.e. 2-tooths, 235. 2<t., 245. id., Ms. 6d.; fat Jieifer, £12; heifer, calf nt foot, £6 165.; SO m.s. Hereford yearlings, £6; smaller Bortß, £3; herses,' £25. £20. £6 15p. • Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on Fcilding supplementary cattle fair: Our yarding consisted of 1300 head, comprising some nice station lines of young cattle. Bidding was very Black and a largo proportion of the stock was pasa«d under the hammer, a good deal being eventually fold at reduced prices. We quote: 4 and 5-year bullocks, £13; 2-year etocrg, £7 to £8 5b.; yearling Hereford eteers, £6 Is., £6 Sβ., to £6 11s.; P.A. yearling steers, £5 ss. to £6 55.; Hereford heifers, £3 17s. to £5; mixed Hereford yearlings, £3 Is. to £3 12s. 6d.; P.A. yearling heifer.?, £5 sb. to £6 os.; Hereford cows '■ and calves, to £9 10s.; coloured steers, £2 5f1., £4 10s., to £4 !Is.; empty dairy heifers. £4, £4 10s.. £5 55., £6 3s. fd.. £6 16s. Sheep: Fat fihorn ewes. 29a. to 30s. Id.; forward ewes, 245. M.: empty store ewes, £1 to 21s. 6d.: 4 and 6-tooth wethers, Ms. 2d.; woolly hoggets, 295. 3d.

TAILOW MARKET

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, have received tho following cablegram from their Loni.l don house under date November 29, 1919: "Tallow: Fine mutton, £5 ss. per cwt.; good beef, £5 3s. per cwt:; mixed, £4 16s. per cwt.. Market dull with downward 'tendency."