LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 614, 17 September 1909, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

"oid"-NoW'l&alMd , XQan i andv'lfei , caiitilo Agency Company': report on their, weekly' sale as lows:—Sheep ,did not come forward ..up to tho numbers ' advertised, < and * wero < confcned • to. : ■wethers only,: but'..there .was.. Mull: .yarding *f/ cattle, composed; chiefly of - dairy; *JEJ2™ $ . -heifers, with a few pons of-steers. .Tho;attend: . ance'-of : -'buyers' waB -good,: ijut.competition was , and priee/ Aowed . a slight declino on recent values. We quote as follows:-Wethers.' upto / 13s.i ■ OatUo-lwo-year, steers.''£3 155." to £4:\ompty .cows, '£2 75.. to £2 IK ■ A«Jrjr- Mttcri,' &:• 15s.' t0.55.; . • 30s.' to 353.;'. bulls, 305.. to ,455...: ■ > ; > AbrakraU and Williams, Ltd. 1 , '.report'. , on ..their Ptthiatua sale as had a • fair yarding of Bheep and. cattle. , Hoggets ;wcre in Vood-demand. ;as also were dairy toilers/anq. ■ young cattle,' the'former selling : exceptionally: well. ~We quote:—Mixed' aged , ewes, in lamb, 15s;y, f mixcd t; hoggets," up to lis.; Bs. 3d:; , Bprnigiiig' dairy cows,"£s tO I £6 55,; cowb,"in- calf,SJ'lOSi; Store;cows, £2'23.; dairy heifers, springy, •ing, lot-'account'of Mr: 0. H. Arrow, sold lip-to-£B,. averaging' £6:10s.; .other good sorts, 1 iS'Ss.; . 6d„ £5 ;7s. 6d., '.an'd-.£5 12s. 6d.; young..steers, £2. ; ICS..; to. vC3 ;125.; yearling, bulls, £2; lis.. . : . , Concermtis their,Paln?erpton North, stock IsaldJ} K '■hfid- sind'William's,, ? 'Ltd., .• as. 'smalls jrarding'.-mot?. at'-'the'ifoHowiMg 'iiuotA-I.'. . JtioQß:—Sheep—Aged ewes, with -a) per ' cent. 1 . lambs, 108. 3d.;. ewe . hoggets, 12s. 7d... to 135.; . hoggets, Bs. lid. to 10s. 9di;''small mixed- 1 .hoggets," 7s. ; ,ld.'' Cattler-Springing heifers, £4 to , £4 35.; heifers," in. calf £2 17s. 6d;. ; to .£3 ,55.; 18'rfionths' Steers, .£2'7s, <3(1.; IS-montbs'.to two-year 'steers;. £2 135."5 d.; yearling steors, £2, to £2 Cs.' '6d.'; storo cows, - 25a. .to _ 37s.■; 6d.; ,fat cows,:-£4' . ■ 'to>£s:. y''- : ". " . ■ ai)dj Williams, ;Ltd,,"report on : their ; Otakii sale,- held' on s Wodnc3day'.as follows :-^Wa'.had- a. small yarding, of .sheep and a; full.'yardlng of cattle.; Cattle .sold .jvell at.auc-. tion,' and, excepting two pens of- small heifers,' we'disposed of the wholo of.ourentry at prices oh : a',jar= with rccent'.quotations;.; Two-tooth vwe'theics,' 135.; 'empty ewes, 75.. Id. to Bs. 3d.; fat bullocks. -small,' £7 53.;. fat cows, £4' 16s.' to £5. '4s;;',two-year steers,' bad'colours, £2 145.; .15 and 18-months'Bteers, bad colours,.'39a.; :yearling. and. ,US-months v" steers,badcolours, 353.; ; empty • .heifers, £2;os. 21s. to*27b. 6d, to . ••£Z Is.;ispringing-cows,'/£4. to/,£5 7s. .fid. to- £6 ' ,125.. .6d. : ;to ;£6;155.;, store pigs, lis. to Ids.