LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 196, 14 May 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

'I The Now Zoaland Loan and Marcantil Agency Company, Ltd., report that n Levin sale on Tuesday they offered ; heavy yarding of both sheep and enttl to a food' attendance; of buyers Vhe: ouote:—Primo fat lambß, 325.; fat ewes 255. 6d. to 365. 9d.; aged store ewes, 17s Id.; mixed-age ewes in lamb (goodi, 33b. : small lambs, 13s. 9d. to 14s. 4d.; mediun " do., 16s. to 17f1.; food do., 21s. 9d.; vealers £2 ss. to £3 15s.'; forward condition cows £7 to £7 10s.; atore do., £4 to £6; eighteen month stecrß, £5 155.; weaner steers, 30s • to 455.; yearling heifers. £4 2s. 6d. to £ 155.; eighteen-month bulls, £5 to £5 10s. potter bulla. £7 10s. '.o £810s.; fat porkers £2 ss. to £3 la. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd- report that at thoir To Horn sale, held on May 7, they offered a small entry of sheep and a tail yarding of cattle to a small attendance of buyers. They quote-Small woolly lambß, 14s. 6(1.; medium fat ewes, 275. 6(1.; vealers, £2 10s.; aged store cows, £3, forward condition do., £6 17s. 6(1.; yearling steers. £4 10s.; springing cows, £13 to £14 17s. 6d.; Bpringins heil'ars, £11. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report having held a clearing sale of stoclt. ImploinonU, and furniture on account, of Mr Percy Maddock, at tho farm, tain, on Monday. I'horo was a largo attendance of buyers; competition was good, and the results proved satisfactory to the vendor. They quote :-Mcdinm lambs, 17s. 6d.; store- owes, 235.; home. ck. and harness, £47; dairy cows, £14 to £16; yearling bull, £8; ducks, 17b. 6d. per pair; weaner heifers, £2 16a.; potnto-planter, £38 55.; toger, £27 10s. woolpreßS, £15. On account of other vendors, medium lambs. 15s. 6d. to 17s. 10d.; yaarlincr steers. £4 Is.; yearling heifers, low condition, ,£3 25.; heifer, r.w.b., £12; cull dairv cows, .£5 to £7. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile s Agency Company, Ltd., report on llicir Paaiatua Halo held on Tuesday.—Wo bad

a good yarding of sheep Innd a nmall entry af cattle. There was a small attendance at the start of tho sale, but it improved »3 time went on. Competition was fairly good, and we managed to dispose of the whole of our entry at satisfactory prices. Wo quote:—Erapty two-tootu ewea, Ms. 10d.; six-tooth to four-year empty ewes, Us. 2d. to Ms- Id.; e.m. empty ew, £1; B.m. owes in lamb, £1; b.f. lambs.. 16s. 5d.; small owes. 10s. 9d. to 13s. 5d.; Bto'e cows, £7 to £8 Vs. 6d. Messrs. Dalgetv and Company, Limited, report having a fair yarding of sheep and cattle at their llulla sale on Monday. Quotations :-Shcep: Cull lambs, ss. 6d.; email lamhs, 17s. Id.; two-tooth to fourvear owes in lamb to Tiomnoy rams Ms. Cattle: Weaner heifers. 265-.; light fat and forward cows, £8 to £9 15s. , Messrs. Daletoty and Company, Limited, report having- a, very good entry, of both sheen and cattlo at their Feilding sale on Friday. Thoro was a pood demand right throughout for all lines of sheep, and tho majority of cattle also changed hands. Quotations :-Shccp: Small .-lambs, 12s Id. to 15s. 7d.; medium lambs. 17a. 4d., 18s'., to 18s. W.; fair lambs, 19a. to 19a. 6d.j trood lambs, 215., 225. 7d., to 'lis: b.f. lambs, 16s. 4d., 21s-. to 235.; mixcd-a2O owes, 13a. 9d, 14s. 3d., to 17s. 6d.; fat and forward ewos, 255., 255. Bd.. 275. 10d.; mixed-age rwcb in lamb, 235. to 255.; two-tooth ewes in lamb, 30s.- mixed fat sheep, 325. 6d.; two-tooth and four-tooth wethers, 3?s. fid.j fat and forward wethers, 3fc cattle: Cows and calves, £8. £10. to £10-155.; forward cows, £8 155.; light fat cows, £10 12s. 6d.; springing heifers. £13 15e.; dntry cows, £13 10s. to £13 18s. 6d ; weaner heifers. 275. 6d.; fifteen-month heifers, £3 10s.: dairy heifers, £7 10s. to £8 Ills. Messrs. Dal.gety and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly sale at [fovin on Tuesday, when they offered a >o6d yarding of sheep and cattle. Oomoetition far sheep was sound, but all classes of cattlo wero ncelcctcd. .tfc.s T.rooiblv being more accentuated owing to tho poor noaliti' of the yarding Principal sales wero as under —Medium woolly lambs, 17s. Wd. to 18s. (A.; small woolly lambs, 13s. fid. to 155,; empty forward »wes. 255. Bd.: cull empty ew:es. 9s. Id. to 10s 6d. Oattle: Hew Baloß were recorded. 3ood voalers. £3 7s. 6d. to £3 155.; empty store cows, £4 7s. to £5; dairy cows. £13 10s. to £14 10s. , ■ Tho Wairarapn Farmers' Co-operative Vssooiation, Ltd.. Pahiatua, report on iheir annual autumn cattle fair held.on Monday as fo!lows:-A ircod yardins; of all slaßses of cattle came forward, the entry comprising some of tho best-conditioned wrts that have been yarded here for some yoars. Hivycrs were present.from ill partß of the Jtanawatu, Transanal, and iVairarapa districts, and it was <igtun jleasinc to sco that those chiefly operating wero buyerß at previous sales, which was »ood evident of tho fact that stock from this district Etill uphold their reputation n every respect. Vendorß were jpprejented 'from all parts of our district, thbre being only a few lines of outside ind dealers' entries. The cream of the Htrdinir was undoubtedly that of he lino af 60 three-year-old Shorthorn . bullocks ilfered and Eold on account of the Balfour Estate, which sold at £16 2s. 6d. These jattle, wo consider, were the fines], offered liero for somo years.. The yarding, of ;ourse, included the usual lines of ronirh sorts, but. taking the quality throughout, best ouality predominated, and the suc?css of the sale was largely due to vendors havincr improved their respective breeds, together v;!th tha fact that limy ire always sellers, which encouraccs buy>rs to attend and do business. We yarded 2390 htad. and sold 1650 head. This must be considered ono of the heat autuian Bales held ro far. Wo quote the following sales :-55 three and a half-year bullocks, £16 2s. 6d.: 2 bullocltß. £15 55.; 6 fat do.. £14 10a.; 23 bullocks. £14 45.; Id fat and forward do.. £13 10s.: 14 do., £13; 4 fourvear do., £12 165.; 25 Hereford do., *12 5a.; !4 three and a half-year bullocks, £12; 34 bullocks, £11;. 10 ITcrcford do.. £11 10b.: 28 four-year do., £11 75.: 20 bullocks, £9 10b.: 34 three-year do.. £9 55.: 15 do. £9 Is.; 23 four-year do.. £8 55.; 37 three-year steers, £10; 79 Polled Angus do., £9 165.: !2 three-year do., £9 lis.; 10 do.. £11 95.; 12 do., £13 Is.; 16 two-year Hereford stceri). £9 75.: other lines sold from £4 10s., £4 125., £5 25., £5 95., £6 17a.. £7 Is.. £7 11s.. £8 2b., £8 155., to £9: 38 fat cows sold from £7 65., £10 2s. 6d., £11 Bs. 6d., £11 13s. 6d„ £12. to £13; 27 fat and forward cows, from £8 10s. to £10 10s.: dairy cows, from £5 3s. 6d.. £5 17s. 6d„ £7 155., £10 6f„ £11 2s. 6d., to £12; 70 Polled Angus heifers, £7; 23 empty do.. £7 10s ; 97 heifers, from £7 35., £8 10b., £9, £9 10s„ to £10. Mr. Newton Kin? reports :—At Stratford on Mav 4, a good yardinc of all' classes came forward, and a satisfactory clearance made. Tho cattle market remained unchanged, whilst sheep were in little or no demand. Light store cows. £4 10s. to £5 10s.; good framed conditioned sorts, £7 17b. 6d. to £8 155.; fat heifers. £8 15b.; mixed 2-year in-calf heifers, £7 155.; Jersey croBS do., £14 10s ; dairy cows, £13 to £16 10s.; 20-month steers, £4 2s. 6d.; clioica Jersey weaner hciferp, £7 Bs. fid.: Torscy-cros3 do.. £4 7s. to £4 155.: mixed heifers. £2 to £3 10a.; wenncr steers. 30s. lo £2 ss. At Inglewood on May 5 tliere was a. full yarding of ptock. which was offered to a nooa attendance of nnyers. Tho market showed a much improved tone throughout, both sheep and rattle uelline readily. Practically tho whole of tho yardiii" changed hands at tha hammer. Sheep": Empty mixed aged ewes. 17s. 10d.; cull lamba, Bs. to 11a.:-woolly lambs, 19s. 4d.; 2-tooth wethers. 295. 6d.; 2-tooth owes. 275.; f.m. ewes. 12s. to 14s. Cattlo: yearling Jersey heifers, £7; weaner Jer-soy-crosß do., £3 13s. 6d. to £5 55.: Holstein do., £3 6a.; Shorthorn do., £3 25.; mixed heifers, 355. to £2 13s. 6d.; weanor steera, £1 10b. to £2 5a.; mixed weauers, 345. 6d. to 375. 6d.; wcanor JcrEey bulls, £5 7s. 6d.; 20-month empty heifers. £5 3s. to £5 125.; 20-raonth steers, up to £4 17b. 6d.; 2*-year do., £6 7s. 6d.: store and forward "cows, £6 7s. 6d. to £8 10s.; 2 to 24year Jersey in-calf hcifcra. £12 ss. to £15 10s.: mixed 2-ytoar in-calf heifers, £7 sb. to £10; springing heifers, to'£l3; dairy cows, to £15 10s. At Kanonga on May 7 a good yarding of cattlo waß readily disposed of at late rates. A few pens of Eheep also found ready buyerß. Lambs, 12s. 6d. to 15a. 6d.; store and forward cows, £5 45., £7, to £9; 20-month empty hcifc<v. £5 65.; in-calf heifers, £10 17s. 6d. to £12 10s.; dairy cowe, £14 IDs.; weaner heifers, £3 155.; poorer sorts. 30b. to £2 55.; mixed weaners, £2 to £2 10s. At Rahotu on tho same day I report a good entry of cattle, most of which sold. W/oancr heifei'R. £2 ss. 6d. to £2 125.; steers, £2; mixed weaners, £2 Is.; Bmall 18-month hciferß. £3 12s. 6d.; store and forward cows, £6 10s., £7 12s. 6d., to £9 Bs.; small 20-month incalf heifers, £6 Bb.; very choice 2-j,ear Jersey do., £20 5a.; springing hoifers. to £18; heifers (calved), £10 10s. At Tikorangi on May 6 a clearin* sale waa held on account of Mr. S. Alleman. Buyers attended in large numbera. and a most satisfactory sale resulted. Prices realised for the live Etock aro aa follow:—Dairy cows. £20; 25-ycar in-calf Jerßey heifer, £19 106.; 20-month empty heifer» £6 17s. 6d.; small 20-month steers, £4 2s. 6t1.; 4year bullocks, £12 15a.; farm horstl3, up to £30 10a The New Zealand Lo.in and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report on their Masterton sale, held on Wednesday:—We had a good lontry of sheep and cattlo. Competition was good icr the sheep, but a very dull market for cattle. We quote :—Cull ewes, Ba. 7d.: empty ewea, 17s. 9d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on Mr... Adam Kendall's sale on Tuesday as folIowR:— We had a. very lair attendance. The cows wero a very useful lot of H'olsteincross cows, and sold freely at tho followin" prices:—Best cows, £24, £25, £26, ni £27 10s.; good cows. £20 10s., £21, £2? 10b., to £23; fair cowb. £13. £17 10s., £18 10s., to £20; backward calvers, £10 to £15; Holstiein heifers, r.w.lj., £10 ss„ £12, to £13 55.; weaner Holsk'in heifers, £4; bulls, £2 to £7 55.; lambs, 15s. 3d.; draught horse, £40; spring carter, £16; trap horses £15 to £17 10s. Pig's: Sows, to farrow, £1' empty sows, £6 Isb. ana £7: purebred sows, 7Jgnß.; purebred boar, 12Jgns.; nork ers, £3 2s. 6d.; weaners, 15a. to £1 29. sundries at late rating. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op. Assn.. Ltd., Pahiatua. report on their weekly salo held in the P.F.A. yards, Pahiatua on Tuesday, as .follows:—A nood entry ol Bhcep and a small entry of cattle camt forward. As was' anticipated, following tho cattlo fair or the previous day, thi attendance was not large. Sheep sold well up to late market reports, but there was no demand for cattlo. \Vb> quote tho fol lowing sale:: 1022-tooth, 6-tooth and 8-tootl Romney eives, 375. 10rt.: 154 2-tooth 4 tooth, and 8-tooth do.. 345. 7d.; 110 4 'and 6-tooth Lincoln do., 335. 6<1.; 92 4 and 5 year empty owca, 21s. 3d.: 150 Homnej lambs. 235.- 50 do., 195.; 53 do.. 20b. 4d 2! b.f. lambs. 18s. 4d.; medium lambs, hi 15s. 4d., 14s. 4d„ and 11b. sd.