LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

-' Messrs. Dalgety and Co.-,- Ltd., held their fortnightly sale p.! Levin yesterday. The report states;—We- hod a fair i entry of both sheep and cattle, but we quitted all (with the exception of 8 buHocke and one pen of sheep), prices., satisfactory. Tho State Farm - hoggets -• and lambs wero a really gdoa I lot7;the"hogffet9 bringing the record.price for this season of 245. We quote:—Fat ewes, 155., 15s. Id.; Kyeland hoggets in wool, 245.; State-Farm lambs, 13s. 6d.,' 14s. 6d. Cattle: Fat bullocks, £7155.. W., £7 165., £B.Us. H.; ,3-ycar stoers, £5; empty cows. £3 Us.; fat-cows, £5;. cow in milk, £6 7s. 6d.; spring cows. £4;, bulls, £2 55., £4. Dalgflty and Company, Limited (Palmerston North branch)- report:—At our Palmerstbn North sale on Thursday we had a small entry of sheep and. a heavy yarding of cattle, the bulk of which were quitted at the following prices :^Sheop: 2-tooth wethers (shorn), 10s. 6d. Cattle: Yearling Gteers, £2 10s. to £2 165.; yearling heifers, to £3 6s; extra good dairy, heifers (fifteen months), to £4 10s.: empty cows, £3 45.; springing heifers, £3 155., £4 15s. to £5 55.; cows with calves, to £4 15s. j bulls, £5. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company. Limited (Palmerston North branch) state:—We have to report that at our Taihapo horse sale on -Thursday wo had an entry of 80 horses, cnioily lighter sorts.. The demand was not particularly keen, but a fair number wero disposed ov at prices as below: — Maori weeds, to £17; yoarlinge, to £2 10s.; 2-year-olds, to £5; harness horses, £6 to £10; best sorts, £11 to '£12; draught' horses. £20 to £30.- ' . ■ Jles3rs. Dalgety aid Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly salo at Ekctahuna yesterday. Entries (says tho report) did. not: come in-;up' to . advertised numbers, : but wo managed to Quit our whole yarding o.t prices satisfactory to the vendors. Wo quote:—F.m. ewes and lambs, to £1; dry ewes' (forward condition), 12s. 6d. to , 145.; mired woolly hoggets, to 13s. 9d.; good ewe hoggets, 145., 14s. 3d. to 155.; 2-tooth wethcre, 11s. Id. to 125.; bulls, £3 10s., £4 is.. £4 10s.; heifers in calf, £4 155.; , ;•; .-■ ; ;. r;. Messrs.', Abraham-iand Williams, Ltd.. re-, port-.Hit Levin : on -Ei-iday a yatdins of 25C0 sheep and 400 head of cattle met with spirited competition, and all lines sold under the hammer at tho following

quotations:-Fat ewes, 18a. Id.; forward ewes, 15s. lid,; hocKets, 13s. 3d.. 15s. 6d., 165.; cu!l hoggets, 10s. 3d.; 2-tooth'wethers, 155.; 2-tooth ewes and wethers, 15a. 4d.; store ewes, Bs.; 9c1.; ■ owes and lainbs, 21s. 6d.; shorn fat ewes, 13s. sd. and 13s. 6d.; I? 4 , J'; thl!l ' B > , 155.-M.;-fat.cwcs-and wethers, Mβ. 6d.; a. nice lino of 600 2-tooths,' 125.; fat bulloolis. £8 10s.' to £8' 135.; fat cows, £5 2s. to £6'95.; speyed-heifers, £4 45.; empty heifers,' £3 Is. to £i 155.; 2-year steers, £4 9s. to fA -15s'.; 15-month Bteors. £3, ss. to £> 175.;.. forward , cows, £3 175.; hcjfcrs in , calf, £3 10s. to £3 15s\: email yearling steers, £2; yoar'inu heifers, £3 to £3 55.; -weajjerp. 21s. 6d.vto 30s. The New , Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Feildinp; brancli) report for tho week ending ■ November 26 as follows:—At Apiti, on Tuesday, there was only a small yarding of sheep and cattle. Sheep met with a. ready eale, but the market for cattle- wns a dragging one. Quotations:-Sheep: Woolly, with lambs (mixed ages). .155.; 2-tooth wethers (shorn', 11s. 6d.;-2-tooth ewes (shorn), 123. H. Cattle; 18-months heifers/ £3 2s. 6d. to £3 :35.; 2-year stoers, £3 13s. 6d.; dairy cows, £6 to £8 10s.; heifer and , calf, £5 75.; springing heifers, £3 16s. to £5 55.; bulls, £3 10s. to £4., At our Feilding f-ale on Friday we had a fair entry of both sheep and cattle, which met with a good , demand. We quote:—Shorn aged owes and lambs, 95.; store ewes. Bs. 10d.; 2tooth Komney ewes. 21s; 6d.t forward cows, £4 Is. to £4 14s.

Mr. Newton King's weekly stock report is as follove:—On November 18 I held a clearing sale- at Tataraimaka- on account of Mr. J. Sansom. The cows wore a nice even lot, ir. good condition, and competition being keen, good prices were realised throughout. Cows at profit made £6 to £12 10s.; springing cows close up, £8 to £12 10s. j later do., £5 10s. to £7; empty cows, £4 2e. 6d.; bulls, £6 10s. to £12 Ks.; "empty heifers. £4 17s. 6d.; store pigs, 16s. to 265. 6d.; sows, 375. 6d.; oalves, £1 lie.: mare, £14155.: filly, £7 55.; bay mare, £10 155., £22, £16 10s.; dray, £15; trap, £12 10s.; disc harrows, £10 55.; sundries, sold as usual. At Okau on November 17 there was a good yarding with a, fair attendance of buyers. Yearling steers ,made £2 12s. 6d.' to £3 Is. 6d.; 15months do., £3 7s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 7s. Cd.. to £3. 3s.;,empty heifers, £4 ss. to £4 10s.; forward cows, £4 55.; springing cows, £s■to5■to £5 155.: - 2-year steers. £4: 3yca.r stccrn, £5 Bs. to £5 13s. 6d.; do. forward condition, £6 10s.; bulls. £4 Zs. 6d. to £5 155.; ewes and lambs, 275. 3d.; sheep dqg.-'JEG.-At Hahotn on-.Tucsday there was a full yarding. Bidding was bri6k, and nearly everything was sold at the hammer. Yearling heifers made £2 Cs. to £3 135.; 15 to 18-months heifers, £3 18s. 6d. to £4 Is.; yearling Btoors, £2 9s. 6d, to £3 65.; empty heifers, £4 Hβ. 6d. to £4 125.; store cows £3 9s. to £4 Is.; forward do.. £4 12s. to £5 Is.; ■ sntinging licifers, £5 73. Cd. to £6; bulls, £2 ss. to £7.