LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dateety and' Oo.;' Ltd., roDort having held.their'weekly sale,:at Eketa : huna-on Friday, February .25.-■, Both, tho sheep and-cattle pons " wore .well : .filled; but : sheep .- of , : all , : descriptions mot 'with a, very dragging,sale. 'However, (states.the report); wo quitted tho'bulk.of our yarding before -the day closed. . Cattle, sold well at- late..rates';;'"Wβ , quote:—Two 'and four-tooth' wethers, to Us. 3d;; two-tooth wethers, 10s. to Us.; fat ewes, Bs.. 6d.; brooding'ewes (best sorts), 7e. to'9s.;od.; poor-sorts, : 4s; 6d. to Vs.:'-two-tooth owes, to lls.vlOd.;. woolly lambs,; 45.. to 75...3d.; : shorn lambs; 3s. 6d. to.7s.;.rams;. 10s. 6d. to 3. guineas. Oattle: two and a half to three-year- steers, £4 to £4. 135.; storo cows, £3 to £3 65.; cows in calf, to' £3 Us. : -:Tbe New Zealand! Loan and -Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd., report as follows:— At Palmerston Kyth on Thursday, a small entry-of sheep and a good yarding, of cattle came forward. 0. Wo quote :-Sheep: dull'lambs,; 2s.i rapo lambs, V5. , 9d.; rams, 155." Oattle: -Small weaners; ; 16s;: Rood wcanors,-325. 6d.; two-year steers, £4; two and a half-year, steers, £4 16s.;' three-year ■steers, £5 Bs. id.; forward bullocks, £6 Bs. 6d.;. cows, and calves,' £2. IBs. to',£3 16s. 6d;;'springine heifers,-.£4 10s'.; fat cows, £4 6s. to'(,£ 4 10s.;. forward cows, .£3 lls.; store cows. £2; 175.. to .£3 16b.- .' ;; • r : ■ Messrs. Dalgety. and Company, Limited, Palmoraton North, .report:—At bur: TaiUapo' Bale on Wednesday we had an exceptionally : largo, yarding of sheep. and a fair entry of cattle. 1 ~Good.classes of young sheep, sold very well; and wethers met- with Keen competition. Mixed-age, ewes in low! condition were- hard to quit, but alii lambs were sold under the hammer. Quotations:—Small lambs, 3s. to 4s; <d.; medium.lambs,-to 49. lid.; full-mouth owes; 6s. 6d. to 7s.'; two-tooth/ owes, lls. 9d. to 135.'5 d.; two-tooth. wethers, Us. to Us.' 7d.; two and four-tooth wethers, lls. 10d.; mixed two-tooths,', lls.; Lincoln, rams, , 1 guinea; fat-and forward wethers, lit - . 5d.; Border.Leicester rams, lguinea; Bornney rams,.3 guineas to £3 13s. 6a.;. mixed yearlings, 375.;. store cows, £3; two, and a. naif-year ' steers, £4 12s. ■ 6d.; springing cows (backward),' £4;. tat cowb, £4.75. 6d.; ■three and a half-year'steers, £5,105.

Daieety and ' Company,, Limited, report oh their ..fortnightly, salo' r at; the TFppor Hutt on February ,24, as follows:— wo , iiad a good yarding;of Bheep and- an exceptionally largo .. of. cattle, prices for. which, however, were- mush easier.' The following were prices: rea-: Used-Sheep:-.Hedium;lambs, '6s. to 6s. Id.; cull lambs, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 4d.; aEOd owes, 4s.\4d. to Bs.'; email'.two-tooth wethers. 9s. 10d. ■ Cattle: Cows ih-'nCk, £2 10s., £3"25., 6d.;'fat cows, £6 10s.; l'orward cows, £3 55. : to £3'Us.; springing heifers.'£s 16sl 6d.' to £5 17s'.; heifers, calves at foot, £5 Ids. to £7 75.; backwr,rd calvers; £2 145.;i.18month to two-year steers, £2 165.; 18-month steers, £2; weanera, :19s. to 225.; bulls,. £15s. ', •• ■■'• ■ ;• : : ■■■ -•■.■■.'■•; ■

/Mr. Newton King's weekly, report is. as follows:—At Urenui, on Monday, there wa3 a fair yarding. Small weaners made 205.; yearling steers and bulls, mixed. £1 165.; 15-monthß heifers, £2 4s. to £2 123. 6d.; 15 'tb.lß-m.onthß' steers, £2 lOs.'to £2 165.; heifers, in calf, £3 to, £4 Is.; store cowb, £2 10fl. to £3; forward do., £3 6s: to £3165. 6d.;'fat cows, £4 2a. to £4 10s.; four-tooth raiM, -£2 2s. On the samoday, at Doußlaß, I held my annual sheep fair, when: there was a large'.attendance-'!)! buyers. All young owes, good liues of lambs,' aud wethers were keenly competed for, but the older' shoop" wore not in such demand, although.with tho oxcoption of about two pons they wore all sold. ■ Shorn lnmbs made ss. 9d. : to 7s. lOd.; cull do., 3s. Id. to 4.8 9d.;'two-tooth:owes, 15s. sd. to 10s. 9d; two, four, and six-tooth do., 10s. (3. to 12s. Id.; f.f.m. owes, 6s. 9d.. to 9s. 9d.jcull do., 4s. 9d.. to . ss. 3d.; ■ two-tooth wethers, 11s. 6d. to 125.; two-tooth Eoninoy rams, 3J guineas; two-tooth Lincoln do., 1 to lj guineas; four to six-tooth rams, 1 to 3 guineas. At Stratford, on , Tuesday, there was α-good yarding, including about, 200 weanors. Competition for all clneses was keen, and practically everything was sold at tho hammer. Weaners, ■ cood quality, made 27b. 6d. to,36s.;.ordinary do., 20s. to 255. 6d.; 15 to 18-monthe steers. £2 123. Crt. to £2 IBs. 6d.;.'20-months. do., £3 65.; 15 to ie-months heifors, £2 12s. to £3 35.; in calf, Uelfers, £3 90. 6d. to £4; store cows, £1. 18a. 6d. to. £2 135.; forward do., £3 ss. to £3 17s. 6d.; fat cows, £4 to £5 •55.; ■spruiginß cows, £3 10a. to £5 65.; three to three and a half-year bullocks, £<! 175.; bulls. £1 18s. to £5 10s.; f.m. ewes. £6 10s. On Wednesday, at Stony Eiver, wcaners made'-20s. to 275.; small do., 13s. 6d.; 15-months-mixed, £2 10b. 6d.;;15 to 10-monthe heifers, £2 155.: store cows, £1 16s. 6d. to £2 18e.; forward do., £3 ,4s. to £3 55.; fat bows,-£4 7s. to £4.95.: apnuuine cows, I £3 l<3. to £4 10s.; 18-months steers, £2 16b. v> £3; two to two and it - hall-ycar steers.

£3. 10s. to--£4'4s;;' four-year bullocks, £5 12s. 6d.; bulls,' £3 10s. to £3 19si; woolly, lambs, small, Bs. 2d. to -fls. sd:j two-tooth Hampshire' ewes, 14a. i' six-tooth • ewes,. 13s. 6d:; f.m. do;; 7s. Ud.; culls, 45..4 d. At the Ha,ymarltet, on Saturday,'.there was. a fair yarding of piga. Blips'made 35.-6 d. to'4s.j weaners, ss. 6d. to 8s; 6d.r storey, 13s. 6d. to 16s. 6d.; porkers, : Zss.; Shetland pony, £13. At TVaiwalsaiho, on Thursday, 1: held my annual sheep fair, but,:' owing to unfor-. -seen circumstances, tko; entries did not ■ come up to', advertised -'numbers. About 3500- head ' were penned,-: and practically evorythiHE ;waa quitted;before leaving the yards; . Two-tooth ewes lid.; -twchtooth P.B. Lester ewes, 163. 4d.;..tw0 to Bii-tooth ewes, mixed,' 11b. 4d; to 125.6d.; f.m. cweß.-95.6d. to 10s. 3d.; old ewos, 4s. 9d. to -6s. sd.;' shorn-lambßi 55.,6 d. to Ba. 4d.; woolly lambs,: 95.-.3d. to 93. 9d,; P.B; , 'Lester.woolly ewe lambs, 12s;;- dp. ' wethers, ~103. 2d.; fat owes; lls. Sd.; - fat wethers, Us.; feur-tpoth Lestor rams, 2 to. 21 guineas; two-tooth Bomnby, 3 .guineas; two'. to. four-tooUi. Shropshire rams ,'U , guineas. ./ -.■'■".■■ ;',- ..:''■'■':■'■.'''■'■]: .•■'•;"•":