LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 775, 26 March 1910, Page 13

LIVE STOCK SALES.

_Messre.; Dalgetyi and Company, US. (Palmerston. North branch), report :-At our Taihape. sale, ha.?: Wednesday, 'March ,23; wo:had a 1 fair yarding, of'stock;' all oti-which met'with already demandrOur prinoipal, sales were:-Empty ewes; 7a. 6d.;.< young. ewe 6, lis. r..8d.;.. mixed-age ewes,. 10s. 6d. ; mixed .lambs, 7s. to 7s,' Pa.';-empty cows, £2 -Bs.; empty heifers, £2 65.; yearling, steers, £L 13s. 6d.: ■Messrs.. Dalgety. and Company; Ltdreport...having held their .fortnightly sale at their. Upper Hurt yards on Wednesday. Stock-came forward up to 1 advertised numbers, the sheep and ; cattle' yards, being well filled; a total clearance of' all lines being effected. ' Prices were qnite.ona par with late rates, any lines, of young stock being keenly- competed for, and realisations were in sellers favour; ■ We quote the - following prices breeding ewes,, small, lis. 4d.; f.m. ewes, 3s.'. 3d"., to 10s. 6d.; two-tooth . wethers, small, lis.; •. shorn lambs, 6s. 3d.; woolly lambs, 7s. 3d., 65.,: 55. : 2d.,.35. Ud., and Ss. 3d.; aged Lincoln rams, 17s: to.jei Is.j aged Romuey tarns," 6s;- 3a; to; 10s. Cattle: Springing dairy heifers,, .£7. -17s. 6di, £1, £6 17s 6d.; £6 15s:/-JE5' 17a.' 6d.; £S 12s. 6d.,'and £h 55.; weaner steers, 275. to 30s.;'mixed weaners,. 205.; store cows and' calves, 3s.' toil 55.; 18-month .steers. £2 17s. ■:. Messrsi Dalgety and Co.;' Ltd.,-report thai; at their Palmerston North sale, this; week, theyhad a very good-varding of both sheep and cattle. Although sheep were in-not quite such strong demand as at theprevious weeks market, 1 they man-' aged to-make a very, satisfactory ..clearance at prices as quoted:—Cull lambs, Ss. 6d;; aged ewes,-55.-.10d.; mixed age ewes,; 7s. 10d., 85...4 d., Bs. 6d., Ss.; four-year-old ewes, lis. 6d. to lis. Bd.;-small tvjo-tooth ewes, 10s. 9d. to lis. 6d,; twotooth ewes, to 12s. 9d.; ewe lambs; to Bs. 4d.; Bomney rams, \\ guineas, 2 guineas, to 21" guineas; mixed weaners, to 255.'; fat heifers, to.;E4 10s.; fat;'cows, to .£s:4s. 6d.; three-year :steexs, to ,£5 lis. .: ~ Mr; Newton King's weekly stock report is as follows:—At the Haymarket, on Saturday, only a few pigs were penned, and these sold at market rates. A" few horses offered brought fair prices. Weaner pigs made ss. to 9s. 6d.; stores, 13s. to 18s.;, ihorses,:Jß6.-,'l7s. 6d. to .£l2 55.; a second-hand gig, sold for £13. On Monday I held' my usual fortnightly sale at Urehui, when: 'there was a .good yarding, principally .of grown cattle! Several lines of sheep were penned and sold at. ruling rates. Weaners made 315.; do., small, 175.; yearling heifers, £2 6s. to .£2 95.; 18-months-Jersey heifers,£3 165.; heifers, in calf, JE2 16s. to £3 10s. 6d.; springing heifers, ,£5; yearling steers, .£2; threeyear do., £i Is.; bullocks, i 5 75.; store cows, £1 17s. to £2 55.; forward do., £2 lis. to £3 14s;; fat do., M 6s. to £i 25.; woolly lambs, 7s. 2d." to 7sT lid;;; do., small, 4s. Bd.; two-tooth wethers, 12s. 3d. j four-tooth to. f.m. ewes,. 7s. 2d.;.0u115, 35.; Lincoln rams, 1J guineas. h At.Strafford,, on Tuesday, there.was."good competition for all'classes of 6tock, satisfactory prices being realised.for both grown and young cattle. Weaners were easier than for some weeks back, but made full market 1 rates. Small calves'; made. 17s. to 215.; good do., 245, 6d. to 355.; 18-montha steers, £2 18s. 6d.to Is.;: heifers, in calf, £3 45.-to £i; springers, M 15s. to £5; store cows, £2 to £2 10s.; forward do., £3 10s. to £4 55.; fat do., £4 10s. to ;£5 55.; bulls, £2 lis. to 10s;; fonvard bullock 1:. £5 12s. 6d.; shorn lambs,-ss. lid. to Bs.''2d. At Stoiey.-River, bnlWednesday, there was a "smaller yarding than usual, but nearly all lines were sold at. satisfactory'prices. : Weaners made 175.". to 245.i yearling: steers, Bs. 6d.; 15 to 18-months do., £% 14s. to £2 175.; 21-vear do., 6d.; store cow*, £2 10s. to .£3 155.; forward do:, £4 to £i 17s. 6d.; fat do., 13s. to ss.