LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 210, 31 May 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. DalEety and Company. Limited, report havinc a eood yarding of sheep aii-t a'small ontr.v of cattle at their Feilaum sale oil Friday. All classes of aliecu allowed a sharp decline in prices, excepting lamba, which met with a very fair demand. Cattle were dull of sale. Quotations: Sheep—Lambs. IBs. fid. to 20a. 7d. to pa.' empty ewes, 225. 6d.. Cattle: Dairy heaters £7 12b. fid.; store cowb.' £i 10s. to £4 2s. 6d The N.Z. lioh.ii and Mercantile Ai-'oncy Co., Ltd., Dannevirko, report the following pales:—During the week we held tales at Noraewood (Monday) and Dannovirkc (rnday). At- both ealcs boisterous went liewas experienced, and onlv a small .varninr of aheep and cattle oamo forward. Ihi'if was a small attendant of buyers, a ll ®.' l "} dins throughout was dull. Prices for until sheep and cattle were lower than i" snles' rates. Wo ouote:—Empty £6: empty cows. £5 12s. 61.; heifers in calf, £11; two and a half-year steers. £h 10b.: weaners. £1. Messrs. Dalsety and Co., Limited, report as follows on their sale at Wednesday i-VTe had a fair ontry cJ sheep and cattle, which met a slow Bale at. priceE ?.s under:—Sheen: hmall jnm'j®' 5? ;-! forward emDty ewe?, 265. 2d. Cattle: Lninty cows, £4 10b. to £8; 3-yocj; steers. £10 55.; heifers, r.w. bull, £fi 12s. fid to £7 65., dairy cows, late calvers. £8 to . 12; a.ucust- and September ealvers. ii 3 10s. to £]7; cows in milk, .-£ l l 10s.; stnss. 6s. Mr. Nowton King reports:—At Stratford, on May 18. the market remained unchanged Weaner heifers. ±2 12s. 6d., £3 lla.. to £4 65.; mixed weanera, £2 10s.; Btoro cows, £5 7a. fid, £0 17s. Id., to £7 12s. &d.: light fat cows, £9 lis.; empty helfera (small), £3 10s., £4-7s. fid.: hotter classes. £5 ss. to £7; in-calf heifera. £6 10s„ £8 17s. 6d, £10 7s. Cd.; snrmsrin" heifers. £13. £17 10a., £16 10s.; dairy cows £14, £18. £20; 2-yenv steers. .-"4 63.. PA 1!' • 3-year steers, £7 25.. £3 10s. . At In&lewood, on May 19, there was a good yardinir of all classes. Wcaners. heifers especially, sold with a firmer tone: otherwise the market allowed little chantic. Empt-v ewes, Me. fill.; lambs, 22a. fid.: slore cowe,"£s, £0 2b. 6d,; weaner stows, 275. fid.. 35r.. £2: mixed weaner heifers. £3 !3s„ £3 14s. fid.. £3 19a.; Jersey weaner heifers. £4 Ir., £6 7a. Cd.: 34-year steers, £8 £»., £10 7a.; empty heifers, £6 2s. 6d., .£6 305.; in-calf heifers, £7 155.. £8,. £9 2s. £d.', sprinziug heifera, £13, £14. £19 5a.: cows, £9, £11 10b.j bulls,. £4 10s. At Ohurn, on' May 20, a good yarding of both ahfep and cattle came forward all of thieli sold at satisfactory rates, in advance of anything compared with hip Taranaki market. Mixed weaners, Sll K £2 5a.; 18-month steers, £3 103.; 2j-.vcar do. £6 155., £7 lis. 6d.; 3-voar do.. £9 wy heifers. £11, £13; Jambs, lis. Id. 15s. 3d., IBs. 8d„ 21s. fid.: 2-tooth v«the-» 26a 3d.. Ma. Bd., 28b. 9d.: f.m. ewes, 12s. 6d. At Eltliam, ou May 20, a clearing sale was held on account of Mr. iinoa. Durrant. A most aatisfaetory sale resulted. Prices as follow :-Dairy cows averaged £18 10s.; best cows realifcert from £25 to in-calf heifera, £7 to £12: weaner Holstein heifers, £2 16a.; weaner steers. 285.; 3-year marc. £7 10s.: asred Keluine, £18: sowo. m pig. £5 10s.. £11 10a.; sow. with litter, £11; weaner pitfß. 145.; store, piss, 302.: sundries and implements realised good priccß. At Eahotu. on May 21, weaner heifers brought £2 Bs. 6d. to £4: store cows, £4 17a. fid. to £6 10s.; 20-month steers, £3 195.; emptv heifers, £5 10s.: small in-calf heifers. £4 17b. 6d.; well-frown and Quality do., £12 15b., £15, £15 10s.