LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 259, 27 July 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand' Loan and Mercantile 'Agency C 0.,. Ltd., report having conducted a clearing sale, in conjunction with Messrs. Abraham'and Williams, Ltd., on account of Messrs. Taylor and Hagan, at the'farm, Otaki. There was ta large.attendance" of 'buyerß present. Tho majority of cows "offered, were good quality . and "met with keen competition. They quote: Cows In milk, having calved' May ■ and June, .from £20 to £42, average £28; August calvers, £23 to £41, average £28 65.; September calvers, £16 to £34 10s., average. £22 10s.; October calvers, £12 10s. . to .'£34, average £20 10s.; November. calvers, £16 to £31, average £23 10a.; pedigTec Jersey bull.MOgns.; 10-month grade heif10s.; hoifers, 1 in calf, £12 to £15; store, pigs, £2 12a. 6d.'; sow,. due August, £18; aged spring-cart horses, £9 10b. to <' £25;. Bprlng dray, £24; gig, £12; saw and bench, £20'10s. . The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.,' Hawera. branch, report for. the .week ending July 24:—At Kaka- . ramea, on Monday, we had a, good yarding of both sheeD and cattle. There was a big attendance of buyers, and keen demand for all classes of stock, We quote: Forward cows, £7 14s. to £8 195.; medium do., •£5 Bs. to £6.135.; others. ,to £4 165.; empty heifers, to £7 Is.; Siyear steers. £11 35.; yearling steers, to £3 75,; heifers, to £5 17b.; lambß, to 255. 2d.; half-draught horses, £27 103.; hacks, £7; dairy cowb (Jersey), £30; beat, £19 10s.; others, to £15; heifers, to £16 10s. -On -Wednesday, lit Elthara, sheep were penned in large numbers, and a fair yarding of : cattle came forward. Wo quote: 2-tooth and f.m. ewes, In lamb, ."33a 3d.; empties, to 27a.; lambs (good), ■ '275.' to 30b. 10d.'; forward cowb, to £8 • '2s 6d.; medium, £6 to £7 2s. 6d. ; . others, £2 10b. to £5; heifers, in calf. £8 10s. to £11: empty heifers.- £6 135.. yearling Jersey hfcifers, £8 2b, 6d. At Hawera, on Thursday, wo had a full yarding of ,'both sheep and cattle, young cattle cbpccinllv coming forward in large numbers. We alßo offered, on account of Mr. Patrick Sheahan, a small herd of 30 cows, which sold well according to conditions, averaging £17 10s., -ranging from ' £8 to £27 10a. .We quote: Pat and forward cows. £8 ss. to £10 18s.; medium, £5 Vs 6d. to £7 10s.; others, to £5; empty ■heifers £7 2b. 6d..t0 £8 Us.; maidens, £7 17s. 6d.: 4-year bullocks (low condition), £10 10s.- 2-vear steers. £5 125.; weauer heifers, £3 15s, to £4 165.: steers £2 2s. 6d. to £3 65.; fat 2-tooth ewes, 36a.; f.m. •ewes, 10b. fid. to 2Zb.: lambs (woolly), 315.; 'lambß (small), 23b.; sows (in pip), £5 to £8 55.: stores, to £3 lla. On Friday, at Waverley, .wo had a- cood yardiiiff cf sheep and grown cattle. There was a 'good attendance of buyers, and bidding was brisk. We quote: Stores cows, to £7 Is.: empty heifers. £6 3s. to £7; 4-year-bullocks. £11 to £12 15a.: lambi, 245. 3d. to 255.: emDty ewes, 27s 1 Messrs. Dalgety and Co., report'the following quotations at their Waipukurati sale, on July 20:—236 woolly hoggets, 325. 3d.; 73 m.s. hoggetß, 275.; 47 fat ewes, 295. 3d.; 6 fat cows £8 10s.: 2 empty heifers, £5 13a. At Stortford Lodge sale, on July 21, ouotations were: 19 m.s. hoggets. 4d.; 20 at 235. 9d.; 35 ewes, in lamb, 3Js. 9d.; 87 forward eweß. 28s. Ed.; 93 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 345. 3d.