LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and". Co. as followsAt oin- Huutorville sale yesterday thero'.was ; a';gpod.;ipntry.: of;. sheep and cattle, -and.:keen ; demMd. : >,Lamba made. 4s.' 3d.,;;55.;-.53.;:6d.', J 'to;6s.;;rapo;;lainbg; 6s. 3d., 6s'.. -sdi,: td;. ,7s;-. : .1d.'; woolly'; lambs, 63. 3d. to' Bs.; . two-tooth ;ewcs,' 145.-; two-year steers; £3,'. 8iv'■'to. .£3. 18s;' two . and .'i d,' '■ half-year itteeiSi £4 10s.;-. three-year-steers,- £5; cows and,:calveß,/inferior," £3'105.; -store cows, to ■ £2;-18s.;. fifteetf-mpnths:. heifers;; to;' 2fis.: .bullocks, tb'-.£6v6s.'; r ;light"draught; horses, :£9.-to- £15,,10 a.'. ' : ■: " v '. . - ;, - ■ ;.' ;Jlesars."rDalgety' and.:'Co; ', report held tkcir-moiiuily-Balo at the.,OrmondvUle yards'on Monday, when thero .was a' hqayy ; entry - of- -both,- sheep -. and,' cattle.' Aged ahebp and poor lambs were neglected, but.vwethers.. found, a /ready -'sale. ; There was also a good'-inquiry: for: cattle,.and : a completo'/clcarance;'\vaS;.eifected.;'l'orward threp-ajid-a-half-yoar.-Bteei , s..sold' at £6; tivo-iind-a-half and' three-year Bteers sold at, 80s.'. to V 995.;. fftt'-, heifers,; 89s.;fat - cows, 83s.'-6d.;-'eighteen-month- hoifers, -in calf,. 55s;;' fonr-tooth- -jfctheia;: II3; sd.' •. :i;;Jl6ssrs;';:'Abrahim;-and.;W Ltd., report''oh''_t'heu': l J ahlatua I 'sa.lG-'.ycßierday as: follows 0•' submitted: a ;heavy. yarding' ot. sncop and ..a. moderate .entry of cattlo to a ;:go6d.;iittehdahce;. : . ,'lhe j-attendance, how6ver,;;at 1 the::-c6mmencemont,.' of ;>the. salo was! small,'Pvrihg,'. 'no - doubt,' to ■ the j alteredtime. ofv'starting; .viz, : 11.30 / a.m. ;. Tho > bulk of-'the' 'sheep "'yarded -comprised' aged : ewes and ''fair- lambvV.whioh;:, -did' - not meet . muoh;' inguiiy,- »but 'good --stuff - sold^well' at late, rate's,Vas ;&lso';'did;',oH 'classes .of-■ cattle. Wo ■ quote':—Two-tooth ;■ wetherE. lUe. ' '-;6d;V small .'do'.,' Bb',;':3d;; 1 fat-' and-■forward :ewes, .Bs. Gd.; age'd' cwcs,' 35. lod. to 4e. 2d. ; ~cull ewes,. 2s; .to :2s. '7d.; - wether-lambs,"; 6s. ,'ld. to.';6s. .5d:; : mixed lambs /.(small),' 55.:-;id.j: forward - bulloclts,-' 1 £5 75.; > fid.; ■ yearling steers,.; £2 ;9s.' weaner steers,- 32s:;' "mixed weaners i'(small), ,175.; ; cows .and • calves, -£3 2s",empty "(lows,"'£2'' 16sV; ;eighteen-ihon'th heifers in, calf,' ! £2 -10s. > to: £2 14s. 6d.;. bulls, £2.175. 6d..;,t0 £4 2s.'6d.

, At. Pahiatua ,'yesterday;: the - Now Zealand :Loan;.-and /Mercantile -. Agency Company, litd., /report' only., one'gentry . of. sheep—a pen- of fat/forward' ewes, 'which- realised fis. 3d. 'There . was : a. good of pattle,-which' sold well at. late rates. Wean-, er calves,-20s. to ; eighteen-month - heifers, 4Bs.;'two-year heifers, 60s.';' eighteenmonths: steers/. 535.; - -two-year steers; ■ 905.; store cows,:7os:;;fat cows, and heifers,. 80s.; cows and calves; ,80s.';'.bulls,' 40s. to 60s.

• Mr., Freeman E.'Jackson; reports .'as follows :-on. January. H- at Turakinai . we' yarded 2000 sheep and. 170 head of . battle. "A 1 good demand for. cattle, and all that ;jrero'. yarded'sold readily, the bulk of tho, •'3l^eep. being quitted at . rilling prices; On' January: ,15,' at our horse': sale, we offered ;about 100' horses; of;'all .classes.The attendance was good; and most'of.the horses sold in buyers' favour. On..'January 19 we. '.held a clearing."sale" of. live' stock 'on .account of Mr.'. John Brennan: at .Mai.welltown..; On - ; ' January.- 20, 1 at our \7onganui sale; 1 wo had; a largo attendance,'.'and yarded 430 head- of cattle, 3JCO sheep, and ••90 . pigs.SWb ~had'-, spirited competition throughout for. both cattle and sheep, and report .'a'; total clearance, ' prices being ■ in vendor's; favour. Pigs sold at late quotations.Oh January 22, at Wavcrley sale, ■ wo-'had -a? yarding 270 head .of. cattle,: and'36oo mixed shcop;;''' A- good attendance of; buyers 'was, present, ahd prices': woro ■well imaintainea . for , ail classes of stock. Wo had ,a: total, cloarance, with the exception .of ' aT. couple of pens of cattle, priccs : .being most satisfactory'.to. the ven--dors. We • (juote:—At -Turakina—Shorn lambs, 55., ss.'<d.,'ss.'6d.,' and:6s. Bd.;others, 3s. :9d.,- 45., 4s. .ld.; -full .m. ewes (poor),- 3s. Cd.l to ,4s. id., -otherß '2s. • 3d. ■ to 35.; twotooth . wethers, 10s.; flftean-montha. steers, £2- 14s.' to £2 15s; 6d.;.three-and-a-half-year cteersr £415.':6 d.; cows'and calves, £3 2a. Cd.'; mixed wcanors, ■ 335. Hd.. to 1395.' 6d.; •two-year, quiet heifers: £2"',6n.; fresh' hei- . fcrs, 433. os. • 6d. i: covre: in ', e'alf, £3.105. to '£4.- Horse' Sale—JJnbroken ;;haclts (good),-three-year, by Compstall, £7.5 a. to'£B 10s.;' others,:.£s 10s. tb ;i£6; hacks, .broken,-'£7 to £9; medium ditto,'£4 to'£sMos.; otliers, £2 to £3; broken draughts, £15-to £20/ At' Mr.: Johu:Brennan'B sale.-ipull "in. Lincoln ewes,-lis." to 205.• cull cives,.ssl' 9d.; Lin-' coin ewo lambs, 125...2 d.: to 12s. 10d.;. two and four-tooth e\ves • (poor), lis.; wcthor lambs,' 7s. 8d;;. ram •' lambs;' 135.; forward cows,- £3 .15a; j dalry £2.'? a, -to £3

10s.; . bull;. £4;' yearling: bulls, 30s- to £2 55.; - mixed. yearlings,' 225.; two-year £4. AtWajigajaui—Fat cows, £4 10s. to £5; light' fat. cows, £4'to £4 ' 5g.; eighteen months to two-year heifers, £2 195.; fresh cows, £J'ls. to £3 4s. 6d.; fifteen to .eight-cen-months-steers (good),' £2 15s. to £2 18s.; forward three-year bullocks, £5.95.; cowb and calves, £3,175: 6d.; young 'fresh, £3 ss,;' storo cows, 305.; two-year • steers,. £3 125.; yearling, heifers, £2 to £2 35.; weaners, 335. 6d.; heifers in milk, £3 17s. 6d. to £4 55.; spring cows,. £3.;iCs. to £4 Ib.; bulls, £2 ss. " to £4 10s.;' shorn, lambs, ss. ,6il. to, 6s. 3d.; medium- ditto, - 4s. 3d.: to 55.; woolly lambs (small), ,6s. to, 65.-3d.; two and fourtooth wethers, 10s.: 4d. to'lis.; mixed age owes, Ba. '9d. to ?s.; full m. ewes (good), Op. 5d.; others, ss„ 55,. 6d., 65., 6s. 8d.;:to 7b. Sd.; two-tooth owes, 12s.;' four-tooth ewes,: 13s. ■ Pigs: Baconcrs, 305.; heavy porkers, 255.; good porkers, 193.. to . 21"b.; stores, 14s. to 155.; baconers, 45., 55., 7s.', to 9s. 6d.. At . Ifaverloy—Forward cows, £3 155.; others, £3 3s. 6d. to £3 5a.: well-bred, fifteen-month steers,..£3 Bs.-; fifteen-month' to eighteen-month steers, £2 18s. \6d.; forward, three eto threo-and-a-half-year bullocks, £5 .155.; two-year hoifers, £3 95.; others, £2 155.; mixed weaners, 21s. to 305.; dairy heifers, £3 7s. 6d.; cows in milk, £5' 10a.; mixed yearlings, £2'75.; bulls, £2 to £3; . good sjioni lambs, 6s. 2d.', 6s. lid., to 75.. 8d;; woolly ditto, Bs.. 4d.. medium .shorn lambs, 4s. 6d. to'ss.; two-toothowes, 9s. sd. to 13s. lCd.; two-tooth'.bush'wethers, '. 10s. 2d.;, fonr-tooth to. f.f. ..breeding ewes,' 9s. lid. to 10s. Bd.; 'cull' ewes, ss. Bd. to 6s. 4d.; rams, 10s. to His.