LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 31, 1 November 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. TJaleoty Vid Co., Ltd., Falmer""ston North, report on their Palmerston Korth sale held on October 20:. We had a fair yardine of s>ccp and cattle.. Sheep were in poor demand, cattle selling well tin to recent rates. Wo auote: Mixed hoggets. 21s. 6d.: yearling heifers. £3 45.. £5 4s. to £6 45.: Jersey storts". £9 65.; 2year empty heifers. S.H., £6- 55.; store cows, £4 10s. to £7. 55.; heifers' in milk. 47 155.; sprinting heifers, £6 15s. to £13 Ms. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aeencv Co., Ltd., report: At our Palmer•ton North sale on Thursday, wc< had a small vnrdine. The attendance was nnor and biddiric slow. We quote: Empty Jersey heifers. £13 10s.: yearling empty heifers. £4 5»: to £5 10s.; springing heifers. £20 10s.; dairy cows, £18j ftoro cows. £6 to £7 Bs.; bulls, £6 10s.

The' .Wairavana Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd. (Stock Department). DanncvirKe. ."report on the special cattle sale held last ■Wednesday in the Dannevlrke saleyarda on account of Messrs. Knight Bros., as follows: The entry came, forward slieht.lv In excess of advertised nnmbers. some ot the mifin lines comprising some of the "nest 'quality cattle that have been offered ■in this part of the district. Contrary to expectations, only, a limited number of buyers were operating. However, those who attended yaro prepared to do business, and a eooTI clearance was oll'ected. only 80 head beine turned cut unsold out of the total entry of 738. Yearllne steers •were more readily competed.for than -.heifers of the same aee. ton price being ,£lO for a lino of M Polled AnEUs'cross, these <roing to a Hawko's Bay buyer. A line of 66 Hereford cross, tteers of tho "samo aee made second ton nrlce at £9 ■10a. .Tho following list of nrlfioa will givo «n indication of the tone of the market:— •12 3-year Hereford empty heifers. £10 10s.: ,23' Hereford cows. £9: £6 .v-earline- Polled Aneus stoors. £10; 66 yearling , Hereford steers. £9 10b,: 9 yearling Shorthorn steers. £9: 40 yearling Polled Angus steers, £8 155,: 33 yearling Polled Angus steers. £S 15b.; 44 yearling Hereford heifers. £8 155.; tt yearling Hereford,steers £8 10s.; 42 yearline Hereford steers. £8 2s. 6d.; 17 yearling Hereford and Shorthorn cross steers, £8: 11 yearling Hereford and Shorthorn cross helferß. £8: 65 yearling Hereford heifers. £6 10s. ; 33 yearling Polled Angus heifers. £6; 20 yoarlins Polled Angus heifers, £6: 25 yearling Hereford and .Bhorthom heifers, £6; 36 yearling Polled Angus steers. £i 17s. 6d.: 18 yearling Hereford cross steors, £5 17b. 6d.; 33 yearilne Hereford crosß heifers,. £5: 12 yearme Hereford steers, £5. ' Tho Wairarana Ji-armers' Co-op. Association, Ltd.. (Siocf. Department). Dannevlrke, report on tho last weekly Bale, held ■In the Miller's .yards as follows: A small ontry of'sheep and a tood yarding ,pf cattle camo forward. Wo offerod one ■ line of sheep only and had a good, share of "the cattle entry. Sheep were still easy. _but cattle, made a pood clearance at. nricoa in advanct of late market reports. We effected the following sales:— 266 m.B. hoggets. 30s. 44.: 2 fat hoggets. 355.; 1 fat heil'er. £13 10a.:'1 fat cow £13; 52 o-year Holsteln steerß. £8 12s. 6d.; 9 3-year steers, £8 2s. 6d.; 36 Polled' Angus steers. £7 4s:: 16 Hereford .tteers. £7 2si; 42 2-year steers. £6 12s. 6d.; 1 Jersey cow in profit. £31: 1 Jersey cow in profit. £22; I'Jersey cow in nroilt, £21: 1 Holsteln c0w,.£16: 1 Jersey cow. 3-teater. £12 10s.; 1 dairy cow. £13; i dairy cow. £7:,4 cows in calf. £14 55.. £12 10s. to £» 55.; 1 springing heifer. £17 55.; 1 springing heifer. £13: 1 springing heifer. £12: 1 springing heifer. £1(1 10s.: 5 springing heifers. £10: 2 springing heifers. £9 10s.; 1 springing heifer. £8 10s.: 1 2-year Hol"Ijlp bull. £16 15s. :1 yearling Jereey bull. £8 55.; 1 Hereford bull. £6; 1 Jersey yearInncAoif.o1 n nc A oif . or ' £0 5, - : 4 2-year cmnty heifers, £8; 3 heifors. £7 12s. Cd.: 1 nolstein omnty heifer, £6 £s.;l Holatcin empty heifer, £6 Zs. 6d.: 1 heifer. £5 las.: 4 yearling heifers. £5 Bs.: 4 yearllne heifers, £5 75.; 25 wciincr pies. "255. to 37b.