STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 8

STOCK SALES.

.Messrs.; Dalgety .and. Company, Ltd., Palmerston. North, report :—At our Folding sale on .Friday, January 28, .we, had' an exceptionally good yarding,of sheep, but only ' a ..shiall ./entry- of /cattle came to hand.' ..Tho./bulk of our yarding .consisted of; lambs. and breeding ewes. ...The pricesOfor .best. rape lambs Vote (quite .equal; to those'ruling the-,previous : week, but medium lambs, were not qui to, so ready of ".sale. ■-■-. /Wo quote;—Oull lambs,- Is.-2d. to. ,55.-, sd.;V.medium.lambs, 'ss. 10d.,"-.65;.-Id. to'6s. 4d.; rapo.lambs, 6s. Bd." to 7s.j aged cull ewes,: ss. lid.; aged ewes, 7s. to :9s. |ld.; woolly, rape. lambs,' Bs. .Id. t0,.8s .7d\;.' fat wethers, 12s.■• 7d.; small 2-to'oth wethers, 95.-'.6d'.; extra good line of wether lambs realised-7s. 2d.; empty cow 3, 30s. to £2 Us.; forward cows, £3 Os. 6d.; yearling heifers,.3ls.; cows in calf, £3:Ms.; 21-year steers, -£4'.65. -'-'-/i ; ..

The ; Fcilding: Market :report of Messrs. A;; T.-Atkinson and Co., Ltd.,, states that pigs were-in largo supply, and prices on a.par wxthlast quotations, good weaners selling to'best advantage: .Poultry sold ..well,:but few good-table birds were offering. .;Somo good harness and hack horses' :wera ■. offered;: but bidding was ■ slack. Fruit .was::; heavy in 6upply, especially plums. .Wo sold some 200 cases in all at quotations. Wo quote:—Pigs: Weaners and slips, 3s. 9d.„ 45.,'.65., ss. 3d., 6s. 6d. to' 75.;-stores,. 95.; 9s. 9d., - lis.,. 12s. Sd. to 13s. 3d.; porkers,'l7s., 19s. to 19s. 6d.; hacks, to;£4. Poultry,.at each; Hens, 15.,-Is. Id.Is. 2d.,'15.. 4d.-to Is. 7d.; roosters, Is. 6d., ,25., 25..3d. to. 2s. 7d.; chickß,'-7d. to.lld.;: ducks,. Is.- 9d.; Is.-lid. to 2s. Id.; geese, 2s. ,7d... Produce; Bran, 4s.' 6d.; pollard, Bs. Cd.; pigmeal, 6s. 6d.;"wheat, 4s. 9d.; maize, 4s. 9d. ; plums, Is. 4d. to: Is. 9d.v English d 0.,,25.. to 2s. 6d;;:poaches, 4s. to ss. 6d.; cucumbers, 25.; nectarines, 35..9 d. to 65.; potatoes, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. half cwt • peas, Is. Sd. bag; apples, Id. to'ljd. lb.' .-': Mr.' Noivton King-Is..weekly stock salo report; is as follows :-At the Haymarket on Saturday a/fair, number of pigs '.were penned. .'.Weaners. mado '6s. 6d. .■' to lis • stores, 125.-6 d.. to 155.;. porkers,'£l; horse, £10.. At. Urenui on Monday there was afair yarding. Twclvo to flftccu-months steers mado £2 lis.-to £2 lis. 6d.; eighteen; months do., £2 145.. to £2 195.; yeaning to flftoon-months, heifers, 375. Cd. to 555.; -store cows,-±2 lis., to £3 3s.;■ forward do.', £3 14s. 6d. to £4;' fat do., £4-95.; two-year hoifers, K.W.8., £3-12s. 6d. ; springing cows; ■£4 55.;: three-year I bullocks,. £4. 55.-to £410s.;- bulls,- £2 ss. 'to £3; forward two-tooth wethers,, 95.. 6d.; f.in. ewes, 55.. to 7s. At Stratford on Tuesday tho domand for young, cattlo and steors was. not lo keen' as; at provious sales, and a number wero passed.in. at the hammer, but - soveral lines wero quitted afterwards.. Storo and forward cows sold readily. Weaners niado 21b. ;, twelvo to' flf Hen-months' steor3, £2; 63. 6d. to £2.-13s. 6d.; eightcen-months- do.,' £2 Vs.; twelvo to fifteen-months hoifers, £2 5a.,t0. £2 175.; two to two/and a half-year heifers, IUV-.8.; £3.- 10s. to £4 2s;; store cowa, £2 95.t0.£2 15s. 6d.; forward cows, £3 Bs. 6d. to £3135.; fat-cows, £4 63. to £4 IBs.; 2yoar steers, £3 12s. 6d.;. bulls, £1 10s. to £3 3s. At "Stony Eivor on Wednesday thcro was-a very full, yarding, with a big attendance .of buyors. Bidding was brisk, and nearly every thing-.'sold'at-tho'hammer; Mixed weaners mado 20s. to 235.; twelve to fifteen-months -heifers,: 39.,.- to £2 12's. 6d.j do. Jersey strain, £2 18s. to £3 63!; twclvo to ilftcen-monthß steers, £2 Bs., to £2 125., 6d.;, fifteen .to oightecu-montha .steers, £2 145., to \£i; two-year steers, £3 3s. 6d. to' £3 10s.; three-year steors, £4 135.; twoyear heifers, K.W.8., £3 95.; springing heifers, .£4 to, £5; 'store cows, £2 13s. to £3 6s. 6d.; forward do., £3 10s. to £4 35.; fat' cows,- £4 ss. to £4 10s.; springing cows, £4 ss. to £4 10s.; cows ill milk, £4 10s. to £4 175.. 6d.; bulls, £1 163. to £2 55.; pair ,of working bullocks, £19 155.; w.oolly lambs, small, 7s. 4d. to'7s. 9d.; do., extra quality, '10s. 4d.'V' •;-,.-.." '■;::'-;//;,.,'-;-;,■'. -•- ■/ -