LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 36, 6 November 1920, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Farmem' Co-op Dis- ♦ JwhVe Co hid., report havine held ftp? frrtnlKhtly sale;."!'! their Marton Svds nn Monday. A'roocT entry of sheep nnd 250 head cattle caipe forward to a eogd attendance of buyers. .There was n. inninrv tor noeceta in the wool. cattle sold welt, especially empty dairy heifers, for there wa* a very keen demand. .Wo-tmnto us follows :-<sood ewe hoecetfi. 275. 10d.: (tood wether hoirMtn 275. 6d.; 6'and 8-tooth wethers, 4is. Id- prime fat owcb. 383.: empty ewes 25b. 6d • Shorthorn-cross empty 18-month dairy heifers .46 10s.: yearling do., £b 10s.. £S isfflt "'s* " »»■- >» « Si . snrmelne Hhorthorn heifers £1).10s and . £15 ; empty Htore cows. £7 45.. £7 155., to Pfl *7s * fat. cows, to £10 30s. ' Messrs. Dalirety and Co.. Ltd.. Palmer--1 «-,, ii North report Imvni.ir a yordinir of 1 some 900 odd cattle at, Iheir Felldnif? ; cattle fair on Friday. There wa« R very ' lnnre attendance, and competition was ; throughout the day, and prices real- ' l«ed were hiehly. satisfactoryto vendors. Quotations: Yearling heifers, £6 55.; 2-year i iieiferß. £6 13b.. £7 5b., £7 10s. 6d., £7 15s. ! 6d • 16-month Jerßey-crona lioifern, £11 Bs.: 2-v'ear Hhorthorn heifers, extra rood, £10 t 138.: run hellers and calf, £8_1!b.: empty cows. £6 15s. to £9 13s. 6d.; yearling t steers, £5 165., £6. £7 2s. 6d„ to £7 56.;

Inferior 2-year tteers, £6 15a. 6d.; 2-year ateera. £8 55., £8 10b., £8 12a., to £10 16a.; inferior 3-year ateera, £9 138. to £10; 2iyear ateors, £11 la. 6d., £11 13s. 6d.; 3 and 4-.\y»ar bullocka, £15 2s. to £13 13*.; 4-year bullocks, £14 Ys. oil., £14 17e., £15 it.: very forward bullocks, £17 6a, to £17 13b. Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report having offered a large entry of cattle and a email number of sheen at tlio Levin sale on Tuesday, when a good clearance was effected at satisfactory prices. Quotations:—Fat wethers and ewea, to 44b. ' 5d.; fat cows, £15 17a. 6d.' to £18 2a. 6d.; lielit fat cows, £10 lis. to £13; small fat bullocks, £15; forward bullocka, £14 sb. s vealerß, £3 12a.; 3-year ateors, £12; 2 ana i 3-vear Hercford-croas steers, £8 15b. ; Jer--1 eey steers, £10 12s. tfd.j coloured three--1 year steers, £6 to £8 6a.-; empty cowa. to £9 2s. 6d.; young bulls, £4 to £9; 2-year empty lieifers, £6' 7a. 6d.; eprlnginp heito. £7 15s. to £10 bi. Pigs: Sows. £5 10a. to £8; slips, £2 7a. fcd. to £3 la. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co , Ltd., report on their Pahiatua aale, held on Tuotday:—Wo had a fair entry of cattle, but no sheep. Competition \vaa not very keen "Wo quote:—Empty cowb, £5 15b. to £7; empty 2-year dairy heifers, £6 6s. to £7; 2-year bull, £6 35.; «nn-Jl yearlings, £2 7s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on their 'Masterton sale, held on WednesdayWo had a small entry, and report the following aaleaForward store cows, £10 Is.; 2-year unbroken haokß, £5 2s, 6d. to £7 5b.; mare and foal, £5. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that at Levin they had a good yarding of all classes of stock, which was submitted to a large attendance of buyers, bidding: for all clasaes was keen, the market showing* «'t considerable upward tendency, especially for young cattle, and every line changed handß at an advance on late rates. Light fat -wcthera, £2 3s. 6d.; fat ewes, £2 4s. 9d„ £2* 6s. od. to £2 10s.; fat sheflp, £2 4a. 6d.; ewes and lambs £2 10s.; in.a hoggets, 245. Bd.; light fat bullocks, £17 to £19 2s. 6d.; fat cows, £10 to £10 10s.; vnalers, £2 165.; forward cows, £8 15g, to £9 73 6d.; empty cows, £4 os.-to £6 ?os.; cows and calves, £7 to £11; 2J-year steers, £8 55.; 2-year Bteers, £4 10b. 'to £6; bulls. £4 ss. to £7 17s. 6d.; yearling Jersey bulls, £8 2a. 6d. to £9; 2-year heifers. £13 to £13 12s. 6d.: yearling heifera, £4 17s. to £8 10s.; yearling P.A. heifers, £4 155.; yearling steers, £4 t® £5 9a.; springing cows. £6 10b. to £14 154.; springing Heifers, £9 to £17 10s.; cows in milk, !os. to £19 10b.; weaner pigs, 26b., 30s. to £2; store pigs, £2 Is.. £2 to £2 11b. ; I oars. £1 fa., £2 to £3; porkers, £5, £3 165.. £3 18s., £4 2s. to £5 «s. The Wairarapa Farmers' Coop. Assooiatiqn. Ltd.. Pahiatua. report on the undermentioned saleß as follow: —At Woodville, on Mioiiday. wo offered a, very heavy entry of cattle, but no sheep. The demand for cattle throuk'hoJt waß pood, and wo made a very satisfactory clearance at prices exceeding Jast sale's roport, as follow:tA springing heifers, from £14, £11 153., £10 10b!, £10 2s. 6d„ £10. £9, £3, £7 155... £7 £6 10b. down to £6; 20 2-year do., £6 Is.': 2 yearling heilers, £7 sb. and £4 55.; 10 empty heifers, from £6, £6 15?. to £6 2s. 6d.; 4 Btore cows, from £4 17a. 6d. to £4 Ib.; 1 dairy cow. £13 &s.; 4 guaranteed cows. £7 155.; 31 2 and 3-year Bteers, from £9, £7 35.. £6 Is.. £5 7s. 6d. to £3 Is.; 4 yearling do., from £3 18s. 6d., £3 23. od. to £2 10b.; 12 bullocks, from £10 10a. to £10; 1 purebred bull, 30 guinea;; 1 bull, £fi 2 yearling do., £4 10s.; 1 bow, £5 10a.: 1 young dog, 10s. At Pahiatua-, on Tuesday, we offered a small entry #01 sheep, and a particularly heavy yarding of cattle. Sheep were not in demand, only n, few small pens changing hands. Included in the cattle entry, we sold rather a good lino of station-bred lings and Z-yeav-c-lda. Unfortunat y, these entries cams forward il little too late for proper advertising, with the result that priftifiilly no outsiders weire present to operate, and the sale waß dccidcdly dull. We cleared the bulk of the entry, however at the underaent'onod prices :-Wtf (mote: Fat hoggets shorn), fat hoggets, 33a.; 23 do., oob. heifers, from £15 155., £14 10b., £14 os., « 3 i/ifi PQ £6 15s £5 lie. to £4 Is.; 14 P.A. heifers, £7 10s.; 2 fat heifers, £10 155.; 20 empty do., from £7 Us. to £41 155., J springing cows, from £1 * jjfs 10s.; 8 dairy cows, from £27, £26, £15. £16,' £15 15s. to £3 7 S td.; 2 £10--6 empty cowa, from ib to & steers, from £7, £5 15b- to £6;17 Herefor do.', £4 165.; 18 P. A. do.. £>» 145.. 40 P.A. yearling steers, £4 17s. 6d.; 40 guineas;' 1 purebred yearling Holstein do. £4 145.; 1 H. bull, £2; 1 pony, £8. Messrs. Dalcety and Company, Irimlted. report.:—At their.' Waipukurau sale, held on November 2, they sold 297 ewes and lambs, at 30s. At Stortford Lodge Bale, 011 November 3, quotations were:-l springing heifer, at £9 5b.; 3 fat cows. £17; t empty cow, £9; 14 yearling steers, £4 55., 14 2-year steers. £6 10s.; 24 empty cows, £9 155.; 17 at £9; 30 cows and calves • 1 cow and calf, £9 7s. do., ia steers £8; 1 bull (Hereford), £U»; - *4 fat ewes 'Jos. Id.; 24 ewes and lambs, 335. «d.; 42 f. and f. ewea, 2»s.