LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

'Messrs. Dalgety '■•, and Co.,cLtd,i report. a 6 folour weekly sale,.held at.Palmerstbri yesterday, a.-veiy good .yarding, ofcattle came forward, and met with a brisk demand. Eifleeninonths heifers; £5,35;; 3-year Bteers, £4 155.; 2 to 21-year steers, ;JE4.45..;6d.; empty'6toro.:helfßrs, £2 2s. to■, £5; springing. heiiers,'£5 6s.'.to:,£s' 7b.6d.; 3-year '•■steers,'' in ■ good condition, .£5 95.; JV to: 4-year Polled , Angus' :bullocks].- £6,105.; 'fit arid -forward-.bullockß,'VE6''-'145..-.'. '~ •' A-« . -'* Measre. 'Abranam;.raajd:...WiJli»mß,;-Ijtd.i .report that at. PalmeratonNorttt^yestcrday.an'average' yarding of stock mot with good cdmpetitlon,- and all. clasees sold readily, at the i quotations :—l'aV and; forward wetherß,..l6s.. 3d.' and 16s.' sd.i. fat ew«e,.:Me: - ''lod. -to -16s. id.; .fat forward ewes,,lls.'>2d.«to-.138;-',10d.;.. : ewevlu)gKets;i rough," lls. 9d.; wether'hoggets,,rns.;>4d.;>niiiedhoggets,. 12s. 6d. ;'.'■ rough'ewes* and- lambsj. 13b. , 6d. toj 145.; shorn : wetherj, 9s.'lid.; , Bhorn fat' Ewe s ,' Ills. 9d.; ; fat cows,'£4^2s."6il.;■• store.cows,!'£2';se;■ to;i £3; springing.! heifers;.£s.vto .'£61.5a.;-'2'year' bulls, £2 to ±3; 2-year enipty.ihelterßji'£3<sß , ,i'«.''-.'. At Messrs. Abraham and;Williams's. cattle"fair at Pahiatua'yesterday'over' 2COQ thead , of eicep-i tionally good quality,cattle' wereiyarded. There wae a large attendance.of buyers'fromiother districts, bidding wae'brisk, and: prices good; very few lots not being.sold"under , ;the ; ;hammer. ■

Jfessrs. Dalgety"atid\Co.,' Ltd. /.'(Paimeraton, North branch) report having held a very successful. clearing /sale Ton;-W r 6dnesda'y,.:when , theyt offered, on account 'of Messrs.. J. 'Fraser and. Bon, the whole, of. tho.'.livb and dead 'stock, etc., on their property, "Nikau grange, adjoining Ashhurst. '- In spite of the'■ bad weather there was a very large attendance, - and' buyers . remained right up till: the end-of'the-Bale^.The dairy cows, some 50 in number, were offered'first, and for these the demand "was '.exceptionally good. The young cattle also.met with,a.ready sale at prices slightly in excess of those, ruling: outside.. The pigs 'were a well-bred'lot;, and for'.these' competition was very brisk':V'-'Some , well-bred marcs were offered'towards'tho.end.df the sale, but for these prices were hardly up to expectations. The wet weather showed the ewes and lambs to great disadvantage, and a flnoday would have probably'assisted prices. Below are quotations :—Shecp-OuU hoggets, 75.; small hoggets, Us.; mixed ■ age Lincoln rams, 12s. to 21b.; mixed age Bomney rams, lls., 15a. Cd. to one and a half, guineas; mixed age ewes, with lambs, 15s. Ud.,.165. 5d.. 16s. lOd., 175., 17s. ■ lid.; 18s. 6d., to 20s. Cattle-Yearling betters, £2 Is. 6d.; yearling steers, >£2 10s.' 6d.; 2-year steers, £3 35.; 2J-ycar steers, £3 16s. 6d.j empty ,2-year heifers, £3 to £3 6s. ;■• yearling Jersey-bull, £4 7s. 6d.; bulls, to £6 ■ 10s.; fat cows and heifers,'£4 2s. 6d.; cows, autumn calvers, £3 lOfl., £4 Us., to'£s 10s.;. cows in milk, £6 2s. 6d., £6.155., £7:55., £7 17s: 6d.. £8 15s:, £9, £9 10s., £10 55., to"' £11 'ss: '.Pigs-Slips, 13s. to 155.; 'store., pigs, to 23b.j porkers, 32e. : 6d.j sows" in pig,'£2 9s. 6d., £2 '12s.' 6d., £3; 55.; sow with litter. £4 10s.' Horses-Aged hack mare, £6; pair aged 'cream ponies, £16r-one /yearling , gelding, trotting strain,: £10; one yearling draught colt, £11 55.; one draught maro and foal, £32; one draught mare, six years", £41.103.; one draught mare,- six years, £43 5s. 1 - A"large-number-;o£.implements, harness, and sundries-were sold at full market rates. ' --•'•.■ ... ' ''■■" ■ ' ' ::; : ' . ' . .

itesrs. Abraham and Ltd., report as "-follows:—At Otaki, on Wednesday, v,'o had ■ a good yarding of both- sneep.and cattle. We cleared the, whole of our entry of sheep, and with ,tho exception of 6ue pen of cattle, we sold all lots at 'price's :qri a.par with recent quot<i- : tions. Hoggets, :14s:; , fat ewes,, M3."7d.;.' ( forward. wethers, 155.'3d.; mixed sheep. 9s. '7d.; Wmonths steefi, £3 ss. 6d<; -lfrmonths- to'.'2-ycar: 6teers,. £3 145.; 18-month's heifers, £2 2s. 6d. to. £2 ss.;.fat. : cow?', £4 10s. tp:£4>l2s.,6d. to £5 6s.';i forward cows, £2 lie. to £J 2s. to £3 95.; Bpringin? cows aad' heifers/£3.155.;t0'£4r00ws i :aadcaives,;- : £} .laj/auSas tiap.anil:lmiiies? 1 '.;£a.:2«.-6dLi ■'<- ,:■