LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 306, 20 September 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Daleety nnd Company, Ltd., Palmcrston North, report on their moiithly Bale Pt Ashhurst on September 15:—\>c had a fair yardinp of, sheep and ayardins of cattle, which sold well to recent market \rates. We auotc v>ho.op: Jtedium lioeirets, 225. M. i w ' x, 'l] , t,wo V, c "?ff„ B ' 26a.* fat wetnerp. 39p. Bd. to £2 Is. Cattle: Yearling B*£cra. £3 6s. to £3 10s.: yeitrlinK iSiiorthorn heifers, £2 ia. to £3 13*. 6(1.; Jersey and Holstein cross, £h 175.. '8. 6d.; to £7 163.1 two-year Shorthorn empty heifers, £6 55.: Btore cow., £7. £8. _to £« 2s. 6d.; cull cows. £2 to £2 10s.: snnnring cowi, £7. £8. to £9: BnrimrinE heifers, £7 IDs., £8 109.. £10, £10 10s., £11. I° 3 - £13, to £16. Tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., Pahiatua, report having held a- very Buccesßful clearing sale of dairy Stock, ctc., on account of Mr. H. A. Peterß, wcodvillo, on September 16, aa follows:— There was a, pood attendance of the public, and the demand for cowa was particularly keen. Competition was spirited ri?ht throughout the Bale, and the herd, which were a very fine lot, avcra?e<l the very satisfactory nrice of £27. The cows comprised chiefly Jersey and Jersey-cross, and it was very evident that there is still a big demand for pood cows. Best prices received for the cowi« in milk were:—£39, £35, £32, £31 10s., £30, £29, £28, £27. £26. £25 10s., the lowest price paid being £17 15s. for a heifer in milk. Pedicreo Jersey bull, 35<?nE.' two yearling heifers, £10 k; 8 calves, £2 10$.; 1 horse, £30; spjeiner-cart, £20; rubber-iyred gig. £20; sot harness, £10; piirs sold well.