LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 179, 24 April 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Wairarapa, Farmers' Co-operatlvo Association, Ltd., Fuhiatua, report on tho und9tnientioned sales:—At our fortnightly Balo at Woodville, on Holiday, April 19, a good yarding o£ sheep and a lieavy entry of cattle came forward, which sold at late rates. Wo report the following principal sales:—l4l lambs, 208.; 50 do., l'/s. 3d.; 241 do., 17s. 2d.; 157 do.. 17s. Id.; 70 do., 17C; 155 .do., 13s. 6d.; 79 do., 14s. lid.; 30 ivethcrs, 31s, lid.; 8 do., 28s. 3d.; 70 ewes, 255.; 175 do., 235. Id.; 130 do., 14a.; 8 fat cows, from £8 to £8 155.; 2 dairy cows. £9 12s. (id. and £16 6b.; 1 store cow, £4 2s. 6d.; 1 springing licifer, £13; fat do., £10 10s.; steers, to £8 155.; pigs from 245., 245. 6d., 295. to 3fe. At our weekly sale held at the Mangahao yardß, I'ahiatua, on April 20, wo offered to a fair attendance of buyers a good yarding of Blieep, and a medium entry of cattle. Tho demand for sheep was limited, but wa placed the bulk of our entry by auction and by private treaty, at priceß rather easior than previous sales report. Tho cattle met with a poor market throughout. The following principal sales will indicate tho values:-40 m.B, lambs,.l2s, Id.; 84 do., 12a.; 24 do., 18a. 4d.; SCO 4-tooth wethers, 31s. 6d.; GO 4 and 5-year ewes, 27b. 6d.; 9 fat ewes, 265. Bd.; 17 do., 245,; 54 empty ewes, 17b. 4d.; 1 fat sheep, 375.; fat cows, to £9; fat steers, £9 2b.; 1 heifer, £5; 2 do., £6 10s.; 3 do., £6 10s.; 1 cow and calf, £12; 1 second calver, £11 10s,; weaners from 15s, to £2 16s. ' . . ... Messrs.-Dalgety and Company; Limited, report having held their autumn cattle fair at Huntervillo on Saturday. A very yarding camo to hand, jand a good clearance was effected at tne following prices:—Quotations:—Weancr steers, £2 10s. to £3; weancr heifers. £3 to £4; 18-munth steers, £4 10b., £5, to £6 65.; 2-year steers, £8 10s., £9, £9 10s„ to £10 Ss.; 3-year Btcers, £11, £12, £12 10b. to £12 12s. 6d.; 3* and 4-year bullocks, £13, £13 14s. to £14; store cows, £5 165., £6, £7 5a.; forward cows, to £9; fat cows, £11 13s. 9d., £11 15s. to £12 10b.; bulls, £5 15s. to £7. .Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report liaving a very good entry of both shefen and cattle at their Feilding sale on April 16. There was n good demand right throughout, and the following prices were realised:—Quotations: -Sheep: Cull lambs, ss. to 6s. 10d.; small lambs, 14s. 3d. to 15s. 9d. : very fair lambs, 18s. 8d„ 19s. Id., 19s. 3d.; good lambs, 21s. 6d., 225. to 235. 3d.;; niixed age empty ewes, 17s 6d. to 195.; 2-tootli wetlierß, 31s. to 325. 7d, Cattle: 13-month heifers, £3 75., £3 16s. to £4 18s.; 18-month steers, £4 12s-. 6d., £5 7s. 6d„ to £5 18s.; forward cows, £S to £8 55.; light fat cows, to £10; bulls, to £10 ss. Tho N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., retort:—At our Himatangi sale on Monday wo had a fair yarding of both sheep and 'cattle. We cleared the yard under the hammer at prices in advance of recent sales. Cull lambs, 9s. 4d. to 10s. 4d.; medium lambs, 13s. Bd. t to 14b. Bd.; fair lambs* 17s. 4d.; store cwcb, 12s. lOd. to 14s. 4d.; 18-month steers, £4 ss„ £5 Is. to £6; cows and calvus, £5 17s. 6d.; heiferß, r.w.b., £12'10a. to £13; S.H. heifers, r.w.b., £10 to £10 10s. At Mr. Hyde's clearing sale on Tuesday cows sold exceptionally well, and tho average for the herd, including everything, was £22. Best cows made from'£2s to £30; heifers, i.w.b., Jersey sorts, £17 10s. to £19 10s.; veaner Jersey heifers, £12 10s. Sundrieß sold well at late rates. , * Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly Hale in tho Colombo Road yards,. IJastertou, on Wednesday, when they submitted a good yarding of sheep and a small , entry of cattle to tho usual attendance. Included in tho yarding was a particularly nico line of mixed sex woolly lambs from Mr. H. T. Hume's Abbotsford Estate, and theso realised the satisfactory price of 255. Following aro tho prices obtained.— Woolly w.f. lambß, 20s. to 255.; 6horn w.f. lambs, 195.; b.f. lambs, 225. 7d.; wethers, 285.; empty owes, 16s. Id.; springing dairy heifers mado £10 '

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report for the week ending Marti 17:—At Kakaramca on Monday wo had a good yarding. Wo-Quote:—Fat and forward cows, £10 Is.: store cows, £5 10s, to £5 65.; springing heifers, £11; bulls, £7 to £15; 20-monlh Jersey heifers, £8; 20-month steers, £4 55.; weaner heifers, £2 7s. to £3; lambs, 15s. 6d. to 16s. 6d; On Wednesday, at Eltham, we had a lull yarding of all classes of stock. Trices were on a par with late rates. We quote: —Fat and forward cows, £10 to £10 IBs.; store cowa, £5 to £8 55.; springing heifers. £13 10s.; bulls, £7 10s. to £10; weaner heirers, £3 10s.; weaner steers, 31s. to £2 Ms.; 4 and 6-tooth forward wethers, 325. Id.; fat ewes, 30s. to, 31s. 3d.: s.m. ewes,, 19s. lid.; lambs (good), 19s. lid.; cull- latnbs, 12s, 9d. to 13s. Id. At Hawcra, on Thursday, we had a good ontry of both sheep and cattle. Competition for sheep' was not "brisk, but we quitted mo3t of the entry after tho sale. We quote:-Fat and forward cows, £9 17s. to £11; store cows, £5 16s. to £3 155.; dairy heifers. £11 to £13; heifers, r.iv.b., £12; fat empty heifers, £8; ompty heiterß, £6 25.; weaner heifers, £2 Bs. to £4 155.; bulls, £5 15s. to £10 2s. 6d.; fat and forward ewes, 265. io 28s. ,9d.; fm. ewes. 20s. 6d.; 4 and 6-tooth owes, 205.: fat lambß, 235. 3d.; woolly lambs, 21s. 6d.; lambs, 16s. to 18s.; cull lambs, 9s. 10d.; storo pigo (small), £2 35.; weaners, 255. On Friday, at Waverley, we held our initial sale in Messrs. F. R. Jackson and Co.'s yards, this firm and Messrs. Dalgety and Co. also operating. Thero Vfas a large attendance of buyers, and wo had a very successful sale. We quote:— Store cows, £5 Bs, to £8 2s. 6d.; empty .heifers, £6 16s. to £7; 2J-yenr steers, £5 to £7 Is.; yearling steers, £3 11b.; 6-tooth and f.f.m. ewes, 275. 2d.; f.m. wethers, 335.; 6-tooth and f.f.m. .-wethers. 3aa. 6d.; 4-tooth and 6-tooth wethers, 325. 2d. to 355. 10d.; fat m.6., 288. 6d.; lambs (good). 20s. 6d. to £1 Is.: lambs, 15s. to 18s. 3d, . The N.Z. Loan and- Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Dannevirke, report the following sales for tho past week:—At Norsewood on Monday, we had a fair entry of oattle, all of wliicli wore n disposed of under tlio hammer. We quote:—Dairy heifers. £8 to £6; fatcowß, £10; forwardcows £7 155.; storo cows, £4 10s. to £3; bulls (light), to £7 ss. At Maliarahara, on Thursday,. wo. conducted 'a most successful clearing sale on account Mr. E. E. Macdonald. There was a large, attendance of buyers, and bidding was very spirited. We quote:—2-tooths (medium), 265. 2d., «ss. 6d.; 2-tooths (small), 215.; empty ewes (aged), 18s.; weanerß, £2 75.; 20-month stcerß, £3 55.; light store cows, £4 Is.; empty heifers, £3; heifers in calf, £8 to £7 25.: implements and general sundries sold at usual rates. At Dannevirke, on Friday, wo held our annual cattle fair, and, ou a fair yarding, disposed of practically - all the cattle wo offered. The general tone of tho market showed a slight decreaso, but vendors generally wero quite prepared to meet same. We quote:— Empty 3-year heifers, £6 18s.;- 20-mouth P.A, Steers, £5 10s.; 2-year P.A. heifers. £6 65.: 18-month Hereford steers, £4 65.; 20-mqnth dairy heifers, to £6 10s. Me/srs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held a very successful clearing sale of dairy cows and heifers at White's Lino East, Lower Hutt, oil Friday, on account of Mrs. O. M. and Messrs. W. T. and J. N. Strand. Bidding was brisk throughout the sals and ft good clearance was effected at satisfactory priceß. The following are tho principal quotations:—Oows, calved one week, £1710s. to £30; cows, calved three weeks, £15 10s. to £27 10s.; springing cows, £18 to £30 10s.; cows, duo April, £18 10s. to £26 305.; cowb, due May, £16 to £21 10b. : cows, duo Juno, £17 to £23; cows, due July, £17 10s. to £22; cows, due August, £19 10s. to £22; cows, due September, £13 to £20; cows, duo October, £13 10s, to £20; threo-quarter cows, £10 to £20 10s.; springing heiferß, £17 10s. to £20.

The Wairarapa Farmers' Go-op. Asso elation, Dannovirko, report on their" autumn cattle fair, held on Friday, nB followb:—A good yarding-of nil classes cmne forward, but very few, grown bullocks wore, penned, and for any entries of this class competition wan only moderate. There was a fair inquiry for beat quality two-year floors, but Konerally the Ealc throughout was dragging. We yarded clobo on 000 head, and disposed of about 310 by auction and private treaty. Tiro followinir particulars will indicate the range of prices :-10 3-year P.A. steers, £10 55.: 32 3year steers, £8: 20 3-year steers, ''£8; 47 3-year fteers, £4 ss. 6d.; 2 4-ycur bulloclts. £6 2s. 6d.: 26 Hereford heifers, £8 155.; 10 heifers, £5 55.; 9 cows. £7 55.; \i empty cows, £3 18s.; 34 yearlings, £4 95.; 30 m.e. weaners, £4 Is.; 31 m.s. vrcaners, £?. 55.; 10 m.s. wennevs. £2 35.; 10 wonner heifers, £2 10s.; i dairy heifers, £10 6s. 5d.; dairy and'other lines. £4 2s. 6d. to £9 15«.-; bulls, .£4 to £10 Ss. Jtp'Pi's. llntecty and (;<)., Tjtmitcd, report on their iruntcrvillo Bale on' Tuesday:-We had a fair yarding of sheep and cattle which mot a dull market, lambs being considerably easier. Quotations :~-Sheep: Small lambs, 13s. 9d.; wether lambs, ?-Cs. Oattle: Wcancr heifers, £3 7b. 6d.; wellbred Shorthorn 2-yoar-old steers, £9 Is.