LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 680, 3 December 1909, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs.' Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having hold their fortnightly sale'at their Kastcrton yards on Tuesday, .-when they -submitted a limited-yarding-of sheop, and.agood yarding of cattle. Bidding throughout tho • sale -was Roqd, and thoy report a very satisfactory clearance. The firm yarded some nice cattle on account..of Mesere , .' Barton .Eros., of "llataikona," and these brought good prices. Quotations: Two-tooth , to f.m. ewes, 10s. 3d.;.four and eix-tooth withers, lie.; three,* four,' and five-year bullocks, up to ; £6 65.; three-year steors, £4 155.; two-year steers, '£4 12s. i Tho n.bove'lines, were on account of Messrs. Barton Bros. Heifers in calf, £3. 75.; eighteen-month heifers, £2 25.; twenty-month steers, £3 55.; forward empty cows, £3 10s.; Shorthorn bulls, from-£3 10s. to.'£4; 'Polled, Angus bulls, £10 10s.: fat and forward heifers, £3 14s.' to £4 2a. 6d.;'fat cows,'£4'7s.; yearling heifers, £2 *10s. The flrra also report a satisfactory :sale of horses, which were offored on account of Hr.Georgo Hume. , DalEoty and Co. report:—At our Palmcrston sale yesterday a medium entry of sheep 'and cattle eamo forward.. Sheep met with'a ready nalc. Shorn ewes and'lambs, all counted, 7s. Id.; fat and forward ewes, 9s. 6d.; fat and forward wethers, Us. 2d.;.two and four-tooth wethers,' 11s.;' two-tooth owes,-: 12s. 8d:; faflambs. ■9s. Id.'to 9a. 10d.; fonvard cows, £3 55.; fat and forward cows, £4; fat cows, £4 10s.; springing cows,' £4; two ,and,R half-year steors. £4 95.; f bullocks, £6 Is'.; springing heifers, £5 10s. to.'£6 10s. .;-■ . ' .-'■ . • Messrs. Abraham and Williams, ltd., report on the Palmerston stock sale, held yesterday, as follows:—A .small yarding of sheep, and a fair one of cattle met with a keen demand. We quitted praotically the whole of our yarding at prices slightly in favour of vendors. We quote: Woolly Btore wethers, Bs. 9d. to 15s. 3d.; ewes and lambs, 16s. 9d.; two-year-old steers, £3 .12s. 6d.; yearling to oighteen-months steers. £2 10s. to'£3; fat cows. £3 13s. 6<L, £3 17s. 6d., to £4 ss.;' springing heifers, £3 17s. 6d. to £4 10s.; store cows. 355.t0 £219s.;yearling heifers, 345. 6d. to £2 125.; bulls, 30s. to £3 155.; springing cows, £3 10s. to £5./ ■'.■ -■ >; ,:: ■~■ ' - . ■ ; . ■The' New Zealand Mercantile Arenoy Company, Limited, report :-At Palmorston North yesterday a small entry,of sheen, and a medium .- yarding of cattle came forward. We quoto:—Shorn fat ewes, Us.'.sd. Cattle: Two-year-old steers, £3 75.~6d.;.tw0 "and a half-year steers, £3 16s. 6d.; springing cows, £5: forward cows, £3 14s.;,bulls, £3.: :. ■. \\