LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 300, 13 September 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Tjoan and Mercantile | 'Agency Company, Ltd., report on their Ekctahuna sale, held on Thursday. Yfo had. a small entry. Competition tfas dull nntl lifelcßß, except ror Rood-conditioned stock. We quote: Dairy cow.s, £15; dairy hoifers, £9 to £16. Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., Palmers- , ton North, report having held their fortnightly sale at Taihapo on September 8, when a email yarding came forward, which sold as follows:—Fair sorts 3-year steers, £10; dairy heifers, £15 56. to £16 10s ; two 8-year draught hones were passed in at £<a and £45 respectively. Messrs. Xcwton King-. Ltd., report:—At 'Uremii on August JO, an in-and-out market prevailed for sheep. Fair to food conditioned ewes and wethers and also good hoggets were easily disposed of, whilßt ewes in lamb ur.d with lamb at foot afforded little ino.mry. More cattle, of which there was a. good yarding, 'changed little In values race, tart sal, Ouotations: Hoggets, 275. 6d. to Z3s. Zd., S empty owes. 2Bs : Worth wethers 535. 60.; fat ewes. 33a. '1 *f~ +« o\' pfnrn COWS. *4 0r... ±.b l*.t ■t-f . 2' dlol %SiW balls. 87... Ml. it «"l"i« to ki 123. «.; mhed yearling heifer , £4: miSdyearlir.g steers, I® Jjy 2-yca steers. .£5 >..; 3-year steers £3 «/ in fl 2a • empty heifcr«. £6 = s -! >? r j"8 g'bei er 2 5."£9 ft.';£lo, £12 15... f MjL. ■'f.?i to £26 106.: dairy, cows, £9 10s.. £IZ, '£ 14 10s £15. to £13. The market for dairv "toek had a decided improvement. Heifers o very good aunlity-»«*» the Sicf. "/inferior lot of cow,* offered. The demand was local. At Stony luver, on-August 31. the yarding was small, and & dull. The spring | market ,vai exceedingly dull, no doubt.duo tothe shortage of feed, although the heifers Uken on the whole wore mostly an uuaer

shed lot. We quote: Hoggets, Bn.ii wethers, 32a. 3d.; store cows, £6, £6 12b. 6d., to £7 fat cows, £10; bulls £20; nixed yeariinß heifers, £4 16a. to £5 Mb.; mucd yoarlins steers, £2. £2 2s. 6d.; ouvpty heiforß JBS 17s. 6d. to £7 7s. 6d.; springing hei ers, £9 10s., £10. £11 10a.to £12; dairy cows £9 10s., £10 10s., to £15 10s. At WinSiho, on September J, both sheep and dairy cattle pens were fully taxed. Store cattlo sold at late rates, a moderate demand clearing almoßt everything. Tho dairy market had a strong!henin? tendency, both cows and heifers close to pioflt finding ready buyers. Hoggets, 2". 3<U 255. Id.; store cowb, £4, £5 165., £6, to £6 2s. 6d.; mixed ycarlintf steers, Ka ti 2s 6d "to £2 ss. 6d.; nd*" l year}mi? hirer's. £3 £4 10s.. to £5 %■• ?^ n * Jersey bull, £3; 3-year steers £615 a. to £3 12s. 6d.; empty heifei'B. £4 lis. tp 4.7 ]f-. rerineine heifers, £13, £13 55., £14, £14 15b.; classes, £25 to £31 10s. ... p , Messrs. Dalgety and C 0.,.&' m > te A ™. merston North, report having a fair en try of sheep and a good ei try ol catuo at their Huntervlllo sale, oa r««day. Sep tembcr 7, which sold as bolow :-«neeP. Good 4-tooth wethers 10. Kfc. mixed hoggets. 235. 6d.: good wether nog £9 19s. to £10 55.; empty cows, £4, Hairy port:-At Feildmir on , Se » tc ™ D o o d r £_ trr 0 f Fat wethers, Ms. ft V!l>aT crossbred fore, £11 l *\a l\n C to £13; fat hei£j| 2-year Bteers, low condition, £5 M.

"mSts. Dalgety and C°. report at their Waipukurau sale on September 7:-2 e.nptj iV»ifir« £2 12s • 4 m.s. weaners, £1 103.; feariing steer . £1 12..: 75 2 and 4-tooth wrthers 24s M. 21 2-tooth wethers, 20s irStortford-Lodee sole on September 8. quotations. wero:-l dairy cow In nrofit. £11 6s • 1 at £10; 120 fat ewes, 28s. «d.: 2 Tat:" 2 fat wethers, 255.; 45 at 375. 6d ; 4 store weth«rs, 305.; IS /■ and 1. ewes, % " ! hoggets, 225. fid.; 43 m.r.. lionets, 17a 6d • 71 f. and.f. empty ewes, 255. 6d.; 10 •m 2 hotels. 20s. id.; 310 at 225. 3d ; 16 fat ewes, 28s. <d.; 31 at ~23.7 a.; 37 f. and f. empty ewes. 265. Id.; 28 lornara cmutv ewes, 255. 4d. , , r ... The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd.. report having held their sales at Woodvillo (Monday) and Dannevirlte (Friday). At both sales they had a, good yarding of hoggets, but were unable to dispose of them under the hammer. -The market is easier for sneep. and inquiries are few. A small pen of extra Rood hoggets sold at 325. 3d.; other fmes were passed from 2«s to 245.; 3 and 4-year-old Polled Angus bullocks, m 12s. 6d • 2-year-old Polled Angus steerß, £9 55.; vrcaner heifers, £3 10s., £3 2s.