LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 288, 30 August 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, limited, report having held their moutlily sale at Te Horo ou Wednesday, when uiiy a small yarding camo forward. Quotations: / —Pat and forward wethers, to u9s, ill.; m.s. hoggets, 19b. 4d. to 2?a. 3d.; ewes in lainb to S.D. rams, to 3fis. tel., spring heifers, £11 10b. to £12 15b.; ytailing heifers, £o to £3 17s. 6d. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their fortnighuy sale at Taihivpe on Wednesday, when a gpou yarding of both sheep and cattle came forward. There was a good attendance of buyers, and all lines offered were disposed of at prices in favour of t' l ?®™: Good hoggets were in good demand, wn indifferent sorts were dull (I sale. no. quote :-Mixcd lioggets (medium quality). ZlB. 6d. to 245.; i smaH hoggets. 158. >to lGs. fid.; cnll hoggets, lis. to 12s. 6d. Cattle. 25-year steers, £9 10s.. £9 17s. to /n0; >e.nling steers ■ (mixed colours), £4 135.; j farling heifers,'£2 Bs. 6d. to £2 lis. ""W heifers, £4 to £4 10s.; fat cows, £13 155,, dairy cows, £10 to £13. T - m {»oJ ,■ Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report, having a tmall yarding of sheep and a good yarding of cattle, at their Huntorville sale cn aue< ; day, "which sold as below: Q' wt ?V°', Bh'8 h ' Mixed ago. halfbred ewes, 13b. 7d.; 2-tooth halfbreil ewes, 95.; mixed age merino_ ewes, ss. to 9s. 2d.; 3i-year steers, £10 16s. 6d„ 20-month steers/ £8 18s.: empty cows, Ms, £2. £6 75.. £G 10c., £6 125.; 2-year empty heifers, £8 65.; 20-month'heifers, £5 as.; small yearling heifers, £2 55.; steers, £5 Bs.; weaner heifers, £3 bs., ngai fat heifers, £9 165.; backward dairy cowb, £fl Bs.: unbroken J-year horses. £i to uv. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co;, Ltd., report on their Eketahuna sale, held on Thursday :-We had a small entry, which we offered to a small attendance. The day was vers; boisterous, and competition "\vas not at all animated. We quote:—Ewea and "wethers, 38b.; dairy heifers, £10 ISs. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Co.. Ltd.. report at Te Horo a'ale on weditflßday they offered,to a pood f.ttentmncfl of huyers a full yarding of enttle. Cctiipetition was pood, and a c earmice infidß (with the exception of two pens 7 v ,v " condition heifers). g,uotat.ionrt:--l\lrdivni faf cowb, £10 'to £12; forward condition do., £6 to £9; store do.. SA ss. to Ik; year'linp steers, .-64 2b.: yearling toiler;, i 4 if. to £6; aced apring cart horsus. £14 Us. to £21; lichfc bacon pigs/ £5; r-c-rKerf, w.s stor» do., £Z 13b. to /3 9e.s /°w in £9 2b. 6d.; empty bows, £4 Cp. tn £4 12s. frrt. Meßcrs.. Daleety and Co., Ltd., Palmcraton North, report havin'K v a very rood. entry of sheen and cattle at their Feildini; sale .on Friday. Following are quotations: —Sheep: Small hoafjeU 10d., 19a. B}L» to 20r. 6d.: mixed hojjcetß, 265. 4d. to Vs. •3d.; 2-tooth wethers, small. 31b. to 3Jb. 3d.: gmall 4-tooth ewos. 235. 4d. to 275. Ba.; emptv ewes. '27s.Jot and forward eweß. 295. Cd. to 30s. 5d.; fat Wethers, £2 Us. Cattle: Backward dairy heifers. £7, £8 55.; dairy heifers, £10 to £13; dairy cows, £12 10a.. £13, £19. to £2?. 10s.: store cows, £5, £5,155.. £6 10s. to £7 155.; llftht fat cows. £11 1' .: >e'ir me heifers, £3 Bs. 6d., £3 17s„ to £4 15s. The Wairarapa Farmers v,o-operatlvo Association, Ltd., Pahiatua. resort, on the undermentioned sales, as follow:—At Woodtillo, on Monday, we offered a fair yardinir of both sheep and cattle to a stood attendance of buyers. All lines of sheep were disposed of-at prices well uo to late sales' reports. Cattle were in eood demand, store cowb sellinE at better prices. Wo report the following Bales:—2 fat ewe liflggets, 495. 6d.; 47 hoeEotß..Ms. Id.; 49 ewes in lamb, 24a.14^fat wethers, lis.; 34, stooth wethers, 375. 9d.: 1 cow (calvcd), £i9'2s. 6d.; 1 cow and calf, £19; 1 heifer, £15 10s.: 7 fat cows, from £11 12s. 6d.. £10 17s. Cd„ £9 17s. 6d., £9 15s„ £8 lis. <54.„ £8, to. £7 7b;'id.; 3 heifers. £4 17s. Ml; sprinsinfr cow, £5 10s.; 1 bull. £10 10s.; 1 doK, 295. 6d. At Pahiatua on Tuesday tvo offered only a small entry of both- sheep and cattle. Sheep were not in demand, and every pen was passed in under the hammer. In cattle, only dairy cows were inquired for, ether sortß not being in demand. The following is a list of nrices: —1 Bprinsiwr heifer, £21; 1 do.. 2nd calver, £14 55.; 1,; do. cow. £12 10s.; 2 fat cows, ijlO 15s. arid £9 165.; 3 spriiißintr cows, £10; 1 do., £3 2s. 6d.; 3 cows, in milk, from £8 ss. to„£s 10s.; 1 velloiv cow, £7 10s.; 2 springinc cows, £7 10s.; 1 cow in milk, £7: 1' cow, due October, £5 155.: 1 forward heifer. £6 12s. 6d.; 3 store cowb. from £5 Bs. to £2; 1 empty co v, £4 55.; 1 need marc, £7 2s. 6d.: 1 aced eeldlng, £7 ISs. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Bistributinir Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnijhtly sale at Ifarton on Monday, when a yarding of 2500 sheep and 20 head cattle came forward, The bulk of the yarding consisted of hoscets. Competition for all classes of sheep was dull; however, the'majority of vendors the position and met the market, with the result that only three pens remained unsold at the conclusion of tho sale. We /iuotei-4 and 6-tooth wethers, 395.; fat "ewes, 36b. to 375. '■ 6d.; m.s. hoeeets. Hss., 26b. 6d., and smaller ISs.; full nnd failing ewes, in lamb to Eomney, rams, 285,; cull do., 16s. 6d.; dairy cowb, £1o to £18: cows and calves, £7 3b. to £11 55.; sprinfrincr heifers. £9. The New Zealand Loan and Idercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on their sale, held on Tueeday:—Wo had a small*' entry ivhich we offered to a,, very small attendance. There wai very little competition. We quote:—Small hoeeets, 215.; dairy cows, £10 to £15; dairy heifers, £12 to £15; .light draught horse,-'£l7 10b.