LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

: 'itessis. Daigetyj and; 00. report:—At our .Ormondvillo sale' yesterday- there'-'.was. a; large :■ yarding of : sheep, : but only .'a few, cattle , came , forward. , : Owing, doubtless," tb;theTakapau sale,Dcng'hcld oni.thosame day,- , there'was not!the .usual:attendance of: buyers, and, in • consequence,- business .under the.hammer was dull, although the bulk of - the' entry , was /subsequently.. dis-. posed- of. ; Pour, and, six-tooth ■'.: jKomney ewes reached .'l3s.; two-tooth ewos, lla.-6d.:' four-tooth -to ;f .m. ewes*' 10a.; 'forward ewes, : 7si j'■ 'S.m'. ,*owes,\ Ba. ';''■ culled- lambs,- ;4s.v3d.;'■ ;two-tooth Romriey, rams, 2,guineas;, four-, year, trap gelding,- £10: 10 si • r >:■■;,-.U ' .-;Freeraan E.; ! Jaokson'and-'.C0. ,, report•:—': OhiEebruary-W, at /our -Wahganui sale, we had- a. heavy yarding ''lofJ'BSMtrsheep,: 680/ cattle, -aiu} , .so -pigs'...;. We> had a large; ah tendance'io£ r.buyerai'i and : bidding:.".was. spirited.throußhout.VOver 8000,'- sheep, wera' disposed of ! during:tio'.dayvat satisfactory., prices.; Oattle -were'.in good: demand,- arid' all'..Sold with the.i oxcepUbnl'of,>.a<',;iiner of■ bullocks and.;a-.pen~or.'cov,-B'-ahd ;calves.-, Pigs we're 'short, of vreQuireineuts, • ; and adyanced.in. 'ivalues.; ■ Onilebruafy ;lß,'\at ourVWaverley sale,..we 'had a:'eood ; yard-; ing, viz.,' 6500.'eheop and .270, head, ofcattle.l ■besidea - sundries.; I .' ■We hii'd' a f ull'' attendance .of .buyers, and bidding, was , spiritedthroughout for both.cattle and■ sheep; Wo; had: a. totals clearance i'.'of all /the , : cattle yarded, and'.prices. , ruled ( in;.'fav6ur of, the : vendors.. , . Over MOOvßhecp .Yfeie:sold during : tho; day; a' i nice 'line ■' of four-year, breeding; fcwes on account '.of Hendham ■■, and .Hair fetching.Us.',-to.'l3s.:3d.,.all.other: clicnte , lines;being sold at'full values. ■Wβ quote: ; -At .Wanganui-Lißlit.fat,.£3.lss': to £4; fat "cows,- £4 'Ws.'-to;£si- freshVthree-year ' bullocks. 1 and. a half-ycar;.buUocks,: £4;to £4. ss.';v forward bullocks,-i £6■ 55.; -tworyear. steers,: £3 155.; cows and calves, £4 to £4.55.; medium-d0.,. £5 10s.; freshA heilers, £3 to. £3: 6s;; store .cowß, ~ £3 25.-. 6d.; flfte'en^montha'steers, £2 15s.;' ; weaners,: 275,< 6d; to 325.j: heifersj.ia 'calf,; £2a25.6d.. to £3; btUlß,\ ; £2 ■■£3i:'gbbd'Mult v mouth breeding 'ewes,;.Bs: >6d. ; to lOe.; lull-. moutliv.eweß;: 65.",t0 i.Bs.';; aje'd' , ewes;'3s:'to; ss. 3d;;-.four vto, fulVmouth'iewea (poor), .

85.,10d.\ to 9a.:?d;j tw<i,;four,'and Bix:tooth ewes,.'lie.'-to ■■■' 13s. • ld.y:fat|- and forward ewes," 9s'.;;;4d:htO' 95.: 8d.;~ two-tooth; ewes, 125. , to 12s. 4d.; four'-and five-year-ovra,' ,on account H/ ''J. ; Lethbridge, 10a- '.. sd; -, ; good Lincoln four-tooth: ewes'-(Bayley Bros.); 155. , lld.; : "purebred Southdown>owes- (0. Burnett),' ■- 2gs. ;■ shorn : lambs, ■; 65." 10d; to 7s. ,7d.j mediumYdo.yJs.' t0..45.; 9d.;;.culls, 3s. to••3s:i,6d;; , .■'two-tooth - wethers, ,10s.' 9d. to Uβ. 3d;j .two'Varid: four-tooth wethers,vlls. 6d.. to _12s. -Id.'; full-mouth Southdowa rams, 15s^to ■£2;'fuU-mbuth"Koiiiney. rains,; 15s. •to 305.;- two-tooth. Ednmsyß,' £2:55.'; /aged Lincoln riunsV 10s.. to i 13s.'■■■ ,'Kes: : 'Good , iporlsers, Z3s.V-W...t0 25b.; stores, 183.- Hi'.'ia 205.; weaners/ lOs.-.to. 12b. ■;/.• \- :i-/-, i;; v -'y.M

.? At , 'Waverley-TTwo'and.a naif-year steers,' £5.125.: 6d.,, to '.£4; ss.';.:.fresh bullocks, - -£a 2s. to £5 155.; two ■ and .a; half-year .Bteora feood colours), £5.' Is.j : fifteen :to.eighteen-' steers,'£2 16s. to £3 Is.'6d.; cows' '.and calves;' £3 15s. to- £3'l9s; 6d.rweaher6;' '■iOs; to-30s; 6d.; others, , 255. ',to. 29s. , ;,year-■ lings, '£2 9s'.; mixed; young cattle, :375. 6d.; bulls, >£2-15s. '.to: £3,'55.; -forward cows, 1 .£4. 'Bs.;. lour-ycar; ewes --'(llendbdiß'-' and " Hair), 13s. to 13s: 3dl; .four.'and six-tooth rewes,' 11s. -9d. to 135.;- four-year - ewes,' 10s. 'Id." to' Us.;.two,' six,,and full-mouth'cwes, ; 9s. Id. to 10s. Ids; full-mouth owes' (febod), 9b! ■to 10s.; .full-mouth:owcb, 7s. to. Bs. 6d.; four; Bix, , - and: fuH;mouth■ ewes; -9s.:ed.'jtOiHOe. , 3d.j cull ewcs,';3Bv to;'ss;: 6d.; ! two-tooth .ewes, (poor); 11s. :6d.' jtd/lle. '9d.;.' good two.tooth; ewes; .12s.' 6d.. to -135.; .others,' U's. : 9d.;,.four-tooth ewee; 55.;: two and six-tootir ewes,' 12s. Id.; two-tooth wethers, 125.: Id. .t6,;125. ed.s.'good lambs,' Bs."' Bd.; medium do., ss. lid. ■': to. , 65.-3d.; .otliers,-4s. to 4s.' 6d.j woolly Hambs,. 7s;; fat , , wethers, 13s. ■Id.; , Southdown rams, £2 55.; aged Eomfaey 'rams, 20s. to -35b. - ;'■ :■ -;. :v-: ; -: ... ;.;•:■■•;■: