LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 823, 23 May 1910, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and .Co., Ltd., report having held tiieir usual sale at ltampdcn on May 21, when they offered a small yarding of sheep to a fair attendance of buyers. They quote as follows:—Small ewe lambs, 4s. Id.; medium wether lambs, 4s. fld.; two-tooth empty ewes Bs. 4d.; twotooth wethers, Bs. 3d.; five-year empty ewes, 6s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held tlieir fortnightly sale at the Upper Hutt- on May 19. There was a. good attendance of buyers, and the following prices were realised:—Sheep: ' Breeding ewes, Bs.; stores, mixed suxes, Bs. 4d.; woolly lambs, 9s. Bd.; cull lambs, ss. 9d.; fat la-übs, 103. Bd. Cattle: Cows, close to profit, £6, £6 55., £6 10s.; springing heifers. £6 12s. 6d., £7 55., £7 17s. 6d. f £8 55.; fat steers (light), £5 55.; fat heifers, £4 25.; empty heifers, £4; weaners, £2. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. . (Fcildiug. branch), report for the week ending May 21 as follows:—At Rangiwahia on Tuesday a small entry of stock came forward, and sold well at the following rates:—Sheep: Mixed lambs, 6s. Id. to 7s. Gd.; wether lambs, 75., Bs. Id., to 10s. 2d.; ewe lambs, • 10s.; ewes in lamb, 9s.'sd. Cattle: Weaner steers, £2 35.; forward cows, £3 95.; fat cows, £4 10s.; horses, £2 15s. to £5. At Feilding we held our usual sale on Saturday instead of on Friday. There was a small entry -of sheep, and prices for those were inclined to drag. but . a good entry of cattle met with keen competition, and a good clearance was effected. Sheep: Aged ewes in lamb, 7s. lOd. to Bs. lid.; forward ewes. Bs.; lambs,- Bs. Id. Cattle: Yearling dairy heifers, £2 145.; good dairy heifers (early calvers), £5 15s. and £6.75. to £6 145.; cows in calf, £4 to £4 17s. 6d,; Jersey cows, in calf, £7 17s. 6d. to £8; store cows, £2 Is.; bulls, £2 12s. 6d.