LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 900, 20 August 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., reported that at .their i'almerston North sale yesterday only a small entry came • forward, owiug' to rough wcatlier. Quotations:— Ewes in lamb, 14s. 6d.; empty cows, 395., £2 135., £5 16s. to £4 2s. 6d.; empty forward heifers, to £4 14s. 6d.; dairy cows, £5 to £6 55.; bulls, £3: 2-year Jersey bull, £9 7s. 6d. £5. ' ■ • Messrs. Dalgety and Co.: At put Feilding salo : yesterday only a small entry came forward owing to rough weather. Ewo hoggets, to 16s. 2d.; springing cowe, £6 to 10 guineas. . - Messrs. Dalgety and .Company, .Ltd., report having held their fortnightly sale ax Eketahirna-j-csterday. The report.states:— ,«e haa a- fair yarding of sheep, which sold very well, every pen Eelling under tho hammer. Cattle were not yarded in any great numbers, ■ and sold up to late .values. We Quote:-Hoggets (best sorts). 125., 12s. 3d. to 12s. 7d.; others, 10s. 7d., lUe. 9d., lls. to lls. sd. Cattle: Springing cows, £4 155., £5 ss. to £5 10s. ;■ empty cows, £3 2s. to £3 17s. 6d.; 2-year steers, £3 15s. to £4 Z5..6d.; bulls; 355. to £3. . Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltfl., report on their Levin sale, held this week, as follows:—A medium yarding of slioep and cattle sold readily at auction, a. total clearance of al! lots being affected at tho following rates:—Small hoggets, Bs. 5d.; eull ditto, ss. Bd.; medium hoggets, Us.; Eood hoggets, 13s. 3d.; fat and forward wethers. 16s. 5d.: forward. wethers, 15s. 3d.; forward cows, £3 125.; store cows, £3; yearling heifers, .£2 95.; £2 IPs., £2 155.; 2year steers, £2 95.; empty heifers, £3 175.; cows in calf, £4, £4 55., £4 155., £5, £5 10s.; cows near calving, £5 10s. to £6 65.; light fat cows, £5, £5 10s., £5U7s. 6d. to £6; stage, £4 Hβ.; cull cows, £1 to £2 12s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Levin on Friday we had a fair yarding of sheep, and a heavy yarding of cattle. All stock sold well at auction, and, with tie exception of a few dairy cows, wo sold the. whole yarding at good prices. Sheep: Aged ewes in lamb, Bs. 4d. to lls. Id.; fat ewes, 14s. to 14s. 3d. to Ms. 6d.; fat. owes aud wethers. 17b. 6d.;' store ewes, 9s. Id.; store wethers, 155.; hoggets. 12s. 2d. to Its. Grade Jersey yearling heifers, £3 10s.; others, £2 4s. to £2 155.; mixed yearlings, 38s. 6d.; fat bullocks, £8 14=. 6(1.; store bollocks, £5 4s. to £5 18s: 6d.; heavy fat cows, £7 10s.; medium cows. £5 15s. to £6 9s. 6d.; light cowb, £4 106. to £5 125.; springing heifers, £4 14s. to £5- good springing heifers, £7 10s.; store cowe. 375. to £7 10s.; store cows, 375. to £2 7s. 6d.; forward cows, £2 18s. 6d. k> £3 155.; springing cows, £5 to £7; good BDrineing cows, to £10 55.; bulls, £2 10s. to

Tho New Zoaland Loan and Mercantile ■Agency Co., Ltd. (FeildinE branch), report as follows:—At Apili on Tuesday the yariiiiiGS oi sheep and cattle were tho smallest v>fi have had for some considerable time past, but all stock changed hands :it late rates, Prices:—Ewo hoggets, 11s. 5d.; wether hoggets, 10s. 6d. and 10s. l!d.; springing heifers (small), £3 16s. At Fcildiug on Friday, owing to tho rough weather, very few lines came forward. There was u good attendance, and stock sold well. Wo nubte:— Shoen: Cull hoggets, 7s. 4(1.; mixed hoggets, 12s. sd. Cattle. Forward cows, £3 9s. to £3 195.; fat and forward bulbcks, £8 ss. 6d.; yearling steers £2 lls. 6d.; heifers in milk, £5 ss. , AUCKLAND STOCK PMOEB. . (By Teleu-rapu.-l'resa Association.) Auckland, August 19. At Wostfleld fat stock sale competition for fat' cattle was steady throughout, and values were, iE anything, slightly firmer than was tic- rase the previous, woek. Ox beef brought from £1 3s. to £1 6s. per 1001b., and cow and heifer do., 18s. to £1 3s. 6d. Steers ranged in price from £6 to £17 10s., tho latter price being realised, for a. show bullock bred and owned by Mr. J. Taylor; "Bardowie," Cambridge. Cows und heifers realised from £3 108. to £3 17s. 6d. Thcro was a fair supply.of veal, which sold readily at prices which arc very firm. Heavy made £2 10s.; medium. £1 15s. to £2 Bs.; light to medium. 15s. to £1 10s.:' small and fresh dropped 2s. to 12s. 6d. There was but a medium entry of fat sheep. Prime heavy wethers made £1 ss. to £1 7s. 9d.; heavy do., £1 Is. to £1 4s. 6d.; ordinary, 183. to £1 os. 6d.; light, 15s. 9d. to 175.; best weighty ewes. 17s. 9d. to £1 os. '6d. ; others, Us. 9d. to 175.; hoggets, 12s. to 17s. 9d. 1265 sold. Pigs were neiracd in record numbers, all classes meet •ing with a. firm sale. Baconcrs realised from £2 Bs. to i! 3 2s. 6d.; large porkers, £1.15 i;. 6d. to £2 55.; lighter,. £1 |s. to £1 145.; small, £1 to £1 65.; slips, lto. Sd. to 17e. 6d.; well-bred weaners, 10s. to los.; weedy do., 4s. to 7s. 221 sold.