LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 9

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgoty and Company, Limited, report:—At our. Taihape salo on Wednesday last we faid a very good yarding of stock. All lines met with keen competition, and were disposed of at prices as below.—Mixed l&mbs, 6s. lid., 75., ,7s. 3d.; ewo lambs, Bs. 7d.; food wether lambs, Os. 6d.; miiti'd-age ev/es,-6s. fid; to Es. Ifld. •"

Messrs, Abraham and "Williams, Ltd., report that,- o,t Peildijig on Friday, they had tt good entry of = sheep, and a emali entry, of cattle. Prices realised were on a- pax with late rates, and the firm sold the built of tho entry.- 'Quotations.—Sheep: i B.m. owes, in lamb, 10s. 10d.; empty ewes, 4s. ; to 6s. 6d.; fat ewes, . 9b.; fat wethers,, 145.; mUed lambs, 2s. 9d. to 6s. lid.;, wether lambs, 95.; ewe lambs, 10s. 6d.; rams, 7s. Gd. ; Cattle: Fat heifers, £5; empty cows, £2 10s. to £2 135.; weaner heifers, 14s. to 20s.

Tlio New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company,. Ltd., 'report - thai, at Palmerston North on Thursday, they had a fair, entry of both'sheop and'cattle, which met with 'a good sale. Quotations Sheep: Woolly lambs, 8s;; store wethers, 135.; fat and. forward . wethers, 145.; fat owes, lis. 6d.;. fat wetHers and ewea,'l4s. 2d._ Cattle: Fifteen-months, steers,' £2 lCs.j heifers in calf, £4 7s. 6d.'to £4 Bs.'6d.f store; cows, 38s. to £2 Is.; forward cows,"£3 45.; weaners (small), 235. 6d.; dairy cow, £fi.

Mr. Newton King's weekly stock report is as followsAt, the Haymnrlict on Saturday there was only a small penning ,of pigs, with quiet demand, prices realised being in favour of purchasers. There were, no stores penned. . Weaners, 3s. to 4s. 6d.; slips, ss. to 6s. 6d.';. horses,'£6 to £12 12s. 6d. At Urehui on Monday there w'as a fair yarding of cfittlc, with a good' attendance of buyers, practically everything being cleared at the. hammer. Wean- : crs, small, made.-17s. 6d. to 21s. 6d.; eiglit-esn-moritlis steers, £3 'Is.; two and a-half-year steers, £3 16s. to £4 55.; store cows, £1 18s.' 6d. to £3; forward do., £3 12a, to £4 7s. 6(1.; fat cows. i; £s to £5 '45.; threeyear bullocks, forward, £5 45.; fat eyres, and wethers mixed, - 13s. 5d.; f.m. ewes, 7s. 3d.; lambs,. 7e. Id.; tpo-tooth ewes, 15s. 3d.;, rams, li guineas. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a good yardijig. Bidding for all classes was brisk, and very little was passed at the hammer. Mixed wearers' mado £1 Is. to £1 9s. 6d.; wearier heifers, £1' 7s. 6d. to £2; wearier steers, 335. 6d.- : eighteen-months steers, £3 4s. fid. to £3 75.; three to four-year bullocks, good Condition, £5 to £5 <os. 6d.; fat bullocks, £6 18s. 6d.; store cows, £2 7s. to £3 35.; forward cows, £3 7s. to £4 2s. 6d.; fat cows, £5. to £5 ■ Ids., 6d.; eighteen-months in-calf heifers, £3 Is.;to £3 10s. 6d.; springing heifers, £5 2s.| 6d.; springing cows; £5; bulls, "to £6; f.m. ewes, 7s. to 7s. Id.; lambs,, 7s. 4d. At Stony Jliver on Wednesday there was. a . good yarding.' The cattle were a nice lot and in good cpndition, and sold readily at the following prices;— Mixed weaners.i 165,; to. Eos.; weaner heifers, 3Cs. to £2;65. 6d,; fifteen-months heifers, £2 lis. 6d., to, £3 os. 6d.; in-calf hei. fere, £3 175.; eighteen-months steers, £3 4s. 6d. to £3 73-: two to two and a.halfyoar steers, £4 4s. to £4 10s.; 6tore cows, £2 6s. 6d. t6 £3 Is,; forward cows, £3 13s. to £4 65.; fat cows, £4 15s. to £5 125.; bulls, £2 12s. 6d. to £4 18s.