LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 17, 15 October 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand -Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Oo„ Ltd., report having held a most Buccesßful clearing sale at Oliff Eoad, Marton, on account of Mr. Henry Death. There was an exceptionally large attendance of farmers and others interested, and every lot submitted elicited !teen competition. The special featuro of the sale -wan the horses, which were a, splendid stamp, and came forward straight out of linrd work. Tlicbo were keenly competed for, and although several outside buyers were in attendance, the majority of the horses were secured bv looal farmery The following are the principal sales :-lforscs: Bay ma.ro JeBS, 7yrs., £71; bay gelding Jock, £64; bay gelding Charlie. £52: bay eolding l'rince, £60; bay gelding Hoy, £40; bay filly, 3 years, £31; trap mare, 7 years. £27. Cattle: Dairy cows, at drop, to £27: cows in profit, £15 to £22 10b. ; cmptv heifers, £3 12s. 6d.; 3-year stoerß, £9 355.; yearling heifers, £4 55.; 34 2. 4, and 6-tooth ewes and wethers (killers), 325. 6(1.; fi.D. ram, ?i?gnß.; 3 net. Jioggets. 37». Implements: Wngon, £92; M'Cormick binder, HO-, Farmers' Favourite drill, £45; d.f. plough, £38; diBC harrows. £27; spring dray. £22; tyne haxrowß, £9 10s,; hay rako, £9; sprint trap, £11 10s.; gig. £12; dray, £11. On account of outside vendors: Boy's pony, £16: hack. £11; hack, £9 10s.: pony jig and harness, £36; 2 well-bred Jersey lieifers. just calved, £25 each; dairy cows, tr> £16 10s. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agorcy Oo„ Ltd., renort:—At Lovln yards, on Tuesday, we ofTered a. small entry of sheep and. full yarding of cattlo. Sheep were dull of sale, but t.hero was a. better demand for cattle. Quotations: Prime fat. wethers and maiden owes. £2 10s.: forward condition cows, £7 15s. to £&, 10s.; store do., £3 10s. to £6; small vealors. £2 2s. 6d. to £2 65.; well-grown yearling hoifer6, £7 to £7 55.; small do.. £2 15s! to £4; Bmnll yearling stoorß, £3 6s. to £4: 12-month bulls. £4 6s. to .64 123. 6d.; 18-month do., £9 to £10: dairy cows, £10 to £17; springing: heifers. £10 10s. to £20; late calvers, and in low condition heifers, £7 10s. to fi; porkers, £3 ss. to £4 6b. ; storo do., £?, 135.: weaner do., 30s. to 31b. 6d.

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their-weekly stork sale In tho Columba. Road yards, irasterton, on Wednesday, when they submitted a good yarding of sheep and cattle to a good attendance of buyers. The quality of tho yarding wa. sabove the average and a clearance waß effected at the following nrices:—W\f. wether hoggets, 33». 6d„ 24b. 3d.. Ms.; w.f. ewe hoggets. 345. 4d.; 4tooth wethers (small). 335. Cd. to 355.; b.f. hoggets 245. 3d.'; empty owes, 235.; fat cows, £16 ss. to £17; fat and forward cows, £11.