LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 247, 13 July 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

t\ .:■ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile .'-.■' Agency Co., Ltd., Palraerstou North, re- ; . port:-*m Tuesday, July 6, -we held a !'-. dairy-sale on account of Mrs. E.. Jonei, \ Baineqae, also a dispersal sale on ac[.count; of Mr. George Lake. Mrs. Y:\-i Joneß's cows were a fair lot, and, !""■ sold freely. Mr. Lake's cows were r an exceptionally fine' lot, and prices I '■'' realised for the herd were above tho ■ • average. Mrs. Jones's best cows ■ made ; £22; fair cows. £14 to £18 10s.; threei quarter and backward cowb, £10 10s. On i Wednesday we held a clearing sale on !■■; 'account of Mr. James Atkins, WhakaI- tonga: The cows were a. good lot, and 'realised satisfactory prices. At the Pali;. meraton North' Bale on Thursday we had [f an average entry, the competition for i . sheep waß. keen. Cattle were hard to I quit. ; We sold' (in conjunction with i : "Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.), 60 high- (-■ ■ erade Jersey springing heifers.' on ac- ; count of Mr. 8. E. Lancaster. They were, i- a- very flno lot, and prices made were not '. up -to expectation. We quoto:—Empty r ; ewes 1 ,-.'245.;. woolly lambs, 245. lOd.j cull ..lambs,-16b. Id:.; "tore'eowe, £5 55.; fat '•'.'■, .cows, £9 Us.; yearlings. 28s. to <£3 6s. I' Heifers, on account of Mr. 8. R. Lancac:l' ter: Beat, £25 10s.; others, £16 to £18 iOs. K ■ Mesirß. Abraham and Williams,' Ltd., ; report:—At Fellding, on Friday, we offer;i. ed.to a large attendance of buyerß a ';■' good .yarding of both sheep and cattle. iThere was a keen demand for both sheep and cattle, -steers especially being sought ; after,' •We quote ;-Sheep; Medium hog- • gets', lis. 7d;, 12s. 9d., 19s. lid.. 21s. 6d„ fo ■ 22a. '>Id.; good hoggets. 265.-6 d., 27b., 27b . 6d„to 31b. 6d.; fat hoi™ets, £2 os. ■" 3d.; ewes In.lamb, b.f.. 325. 2d. to 355.; : three and four-year eweß in lamb, R.R., . 385.'6 d.; fat two-tooth wethers,,--395. 3d ' Cattle: Sprin?. heifers. £9. £10, £11 10s., • .. £12:,7b. 6d',' £13 2s. 6dV £14 10s„ to £15; spring cowb, good, £lli £13, £15 10b. f Rpring cows, late,. £6 to £8 10b.; empty heifers, two years, £5 5s. t £5 12s. 6d., to £6;Zs. :6dj; 'weaner heifers, £3; 'two-year 'steers,' £7 ss. 'to £7'95.; three-year do ■P.A. ; and Hereford. £9 to £10; empty cows, £4 10s. to £5.'. MessTß. 'Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their Waipukurau and Stortford Lodge nales last week as follow:—Stortford' ~Lodge.sale: 30 fat wethers, 405., 28 at 40b. lid,; 2 ewes, 31b.;: 19 fat wethers, ,35b.; 2 wethers. 305.;; .12 fat ewes, 295, Id.; 43 ■~ mixed■ two-tooths, 255.. Id.; 55 at 275.; 80 :m.s.-.;lambs, > 24s.; 146 forward -wethera, 355. ■.3d.'j 1 ewe, 255. 6d..; 74 forward wethera, S2s. 3d.;'sewes. 235:;2 hbggetß, 22b. Waipnkurau sale: 258 two-tooth wethers, 21s. 6d.: 150 at 225. 10d.; 56 cull two-tooth wethors,- 16s. ■■ >.