LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 187, 4 May 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

' Messrs. Wrichi. '■■ -iiiienson and Co.. , Ltd., report havimr offered a fair ynrdiuc of sheep and onttlc at the weekly Carterton sale on Friday, wlun a clearance waß effected at ruling prices :-Quot ntion.« :- W.F. lambs, 12s, lOd. to Job. (id.; cull lambs, 6b. 3d.: one and a half-year heifers in i-ilf. ,CT 35.; empty heifors, .£4; store cows, I £3 15b. to ,-£4 5d.: bulls, £6 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00.. Ltd.. report:—At Palmer=ton North on Thursday we had a inodcrato I yarding of sheen and a Bmnll entry of I cattle. Ridding was dull, tart all the sheep changed hands at prices in favour of I purchasers. Lamhs. 155.; cull lambs. Bs. ' 3d.; fat c"'e3, 305.: f.f. cjves, 24b.: cwcb (runnimr with Southdcwn rams). 255.: store j ewes, 20». i Messrs. DaLrctY and Co.. Ltd., Palmcr- ' Bton North, report on their- nionthlr sale

it Ashhurst on April 28. We had a fair entry of sheep and. cattle, whirh met a ■eoDd demand at price* as undei-.-_('.K ta-fions:-vSheep: Small lambs. Ho., 12s. .d., to 13s 7d.: lambs, 19s. Id. to 20u.; emptv" eweß. Ms. Cattle: M.xed weancrs, 375.. 37a. 6d., £2 155.. to .€3: r.sinq threevear steers. £5 17s. 6(1. to £7: store rows, 5 /t to Ji fu. (A.: H-rht fat heifer. & It. 6d • two-vear heifers (rimnine witli w.U). £7 I'k to £8 17g. 6d.: three-year licvts (vini in» with bull). £10 10... £11. to £12 or. The New Zealand Loan and -Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd.. report on their Eketaiumn sale held on Thursday :--We had a coed entry of sheen and ,\ Fniall one of cattle, which we anbmitW lo a small attendance of buyers BiddmK was blow a.t auction, and several irood lines of sheep failed to reach vendors' reserves. We wotc :-Tv;o-tootJi wethers, 275. 6d. to 305.; w.f. lambs. 19.=. lCd.; snia do 6s to 10s.; heifers (runnnnr with bull). £5 15s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aitcney' Co.. L'd.. reiort- that at their Upper Hutt yards on Thursday they offered a. fair vardins? of phcen and n larno entry of cattle. Biddinir was spirited throughout, with the exception cf a cousin of pens of cattle, They cflected a total clearance at the following pricee:-Small two-t-ooth wethers, £1 55.: a?ed ewes, 15s. Id. to 18s. 6d.; cull lambs. 7s. 6d.: fair lambs, 18s. 6d.: fat and forward cows from £7 12s. 6d. to £11 Ha.; store cows, from £4 10s. to £7 Bs. 6d.; dairy cows, £12. £13 10s.. £15. £16; snrinniw heiferß, £9 to £11 10s.: weaner heifers. £3 105..: two and a half-year steers, £7 10s.: v-nrh'vr steers £3 4s. 6d.: bulls (light). £4 10s.. £5 75.-* d.. £6 ss. Mr. Newton .Kinc reports :—At Intrlej-ood on April 21 a fair entry of both sheep and cattle came forward. The market showed little ohan.EC small in-calf hefers If anvUUng selUnc elicWly.. better. Weaner heifers. £2 IBs. to £3 Bs.: small do., £1 ss. to £2 Is.: mixed weaner*. PZ; weaner bulls, £2 2s. 6d.: small ero>y lioifers, £4 12a. 6d.; twenty-month steers. £4 14b.; two and a half-year steers £5 195.; Jersey do., £4: store cows. £6 ss. to £7' two-year In-calf heifers, £8 10b. to £9 10s.; 'small do., £7 12s. 6d.; heifer (calved). £13 10s.: dairy cow (snnrcnnir), £13 10s.: lambs, 15s. M. At Okan. on April 23. there was a very (rood yardine of both sheen and cattle, deonite the nrofh weather on the days previous. Both classes sold at decidedly improved rates, compared with recent sales, practically everything being cleared at the hammer. Sheen: Mh-ed-aoed ewes (in lamb). 295.; fat and forward eweß, 26b. Bd.; empty f.m. ewes. 15s. to 17s. 6d.: cull do., 7°. 6d. to 10s,; four and sjx-tooth wethers, 31s. to 335, 4d,; f.m. d 0.,. 215.: wether hmbß, 13s. 9d.; mixed lambs (tens), 15s. 2d. to 15b. 9d,; cull do., 7b, to 9b. 6d. to 12s, Oattle: Pat cows, £12 to £12 10s.; forward do., £9 10s. to £10'2s. 6d.j store do. £5 10b. to £7 55.: bullß. £5 10s. to £7 10s.: good twenty-month Shorthorn steers. £5 lis.; mixed-coloured do.. £4 ss. to £4 Bs.: two and a half-year Jerßey do.. £5 65.; rood three and a half-year bullocks. £11 155.; well-crown two and a half-year incalf heifers, £11 10s. to £12 155.; two and a half-year heifers, eprinejni:. £10: small twenty-month in-calf heifers, £5 ss. and £5 7s. 6d.: twenty-month empty heifers. £6 55.; dairy cows (sprlngine). £11 10b. r.nd £13 10s.; Jersey weaner heifers. £4 45.: Holstein do., £2 15s.j Shorthorn do., £2 75.; weaner steors, £2. At Uruti. the following day stock came, forward in full advertised numbers, all of which was clearod under spirited competition, l'ricen for all classes showed a much imwoved tone. Quotations aB follow i-Shecp, Small two-tooth ewes. 235. 6d.: mixed-aoed ewes (in lamb), 245. 2d.; fja. empty cwcb, 19s. 6d.; cull do.. 9b. 6d.; fat jnd forward ewes, 275.: two-tooth wethers, 295.; small do., 235. 9d.: four and six-tootn do.. ■•",%■ id. to 335. lid.; fat ajid forward do.. 306. 9d.; f.m. do.. 20b. 6d.; n«xcd lambs (to'.isl. 16s. to 17s. 5d.: medium uo.. l4s. 4d.: do., Bs. to 10s. Cattle: Fat "3\vs, i'lo 10s. to £11 10b.: store cows. £5 to ±7 2a. 6d.; cows. and calves, £7; bulls. ;-9 2s. 6d.; twenty-month steers £5 to £5 !65.: small and coloured do., £4 Is. to £4 13s; tv o and a half-yoar do., £5 16s. io £7 25.; three and n half to four-year bullocks. £9 2s. 6d. to £11 2b. 6d.; throe and a halfyear Jersey do.. £7 2s. 6d.: iwonty-uionth empty Shorthorn heiferß, £3 Is. td. to £5 16b.: small do.. £4 to £4 Us.; Ho year Jersey in-calf heifers, £15 Ins.; smull mixed in-calf, £7 to £9 10b.; weaner heilers, £4 2s, 6d,