LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalccty and Co.. Ltd.. report having held their usual stock salo at Oncaonco. 011 February 16. when thev offorcd 14M sheen and a small yardinc of cattlo to a larco attendance of buyers. They ijuoto an follows :-Cowa with calves. £31Cs.; ycarlinE steers, £2 35.; woancr cattle. £1 55.; forward owes. Es.: 2-tooth wethers, 10s. "d.: shorn forward lambs. 8«. lid.; woolly forward, lambs, 7s. 9d. to Bs. 2d.; 4-year owes. Bs. 6d.; 2-tooth ewes, (rood, 13s. 6d,; shearing Jtomney rams, 11 guineas. . ■

Messrs. Dalgot.v.and Co., report that at tho I'almerstin.North salo yesterday there wis , a good eiitry. of sbcop and cattle. Tliero was only medium • sale for sheep. Cull lambs, 35.'6 d.; • small Inmbu, .to 6s, <d.: woolly lambs, to 7s. lid.: woolly.ew.e lambs, tu 6a. Od.j small mixed- two-tooths, 7s. Bd.. 7s. 9d.; small wethers,. 95.; good forward woolly lambs, 95.; Lincoln ewes, 15s. lCd.; storo cows, £2 las. to £3 7s. fid.; fair condition caws. £3 103. to £4 Is.; forward cows, to £4 13s. 6d.: light fat cows, £5; ditto,heifers, £5 3s. 6d.; thr'eeand a half-year steers, £6. •

Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report on their fortnightly Eale at Levin yesterday. Wo had a full yarding of both sheep and cattle, and sold everything before tho end of tho day at tho following prices:—Sheep: Fat.wethers, 14s. 6d., 145.; fat ewes, 135., 12b.. 9d.j- two-tooth wethers, lis. 9d„ lis; , 3d., lis. Id.;-breeding cwo3, lCs. 9d.! 9s.j lambs, ss. 7d., 4s. 6d.; -rams, 13 guineas., Cattle:. On account of-Mr. John Kebbell, ;Ohau— Fat bullocks, £7, £7. Bs.;-fat heifers. £4 12s. 6d.; three and-a half-year bullocks, £6:' two and a-half-year-steers, £4 .Us.;, three-year hcifcrp, -'£4, £4 IDs. On account - of other, vendors—Weaners, 3Cs., 255., 17s. 6d.'

Messrs. Dalgcty-and Co. report as follows on their. Dannevlrke sale:—A small entry of sheep and. cattlo was submitted to the usual atteiidanco of buyers. In sheep the offering was chiefly confined to lainb3, for which- thero was little, demand, excepting at very'low rates, and most lines failed to find, purchasers. Shorn wether lambs sold at ss. 9d.; cood woolly lambs.'7s.' Ed.; cull ewes, 3s. 6d.; aged rams, ss. to 75.; fat cows, £4 15s. j store cows, £3; store heifors, £3r forward ewes,'7s.' 6d. '

Messrs. Dalftcty and Co., Ltd.. report having - hold a very successful clearing sale of dairy 6toek on account , of Mr. It. J. Halli at his farm, near Haywards, on-February 15.-. All tho cows were of good quality,, nnd bidding.for same.was very;keen throughout. The herd averaged £8 . per • head. and tho highest price paid was £11 2s. 6d. for a caw closo on calving. Quotations:—Cows, close to calving, £/ 12i. 6d.,' £9 10s., £10 2s. 6d., £11 2s. 6d„ £9'155.: cows,' later, calvcrs, £4 10s. to £B 155.: cows, in mill;, £8 to £11: sprincing heifors, to £10 ,10.i. •A, considerable Quantity of' farm implements and sundries was "also offered,' which brought sntisfac-. torr .priccs. ■ ' '

Messrs. Dalecty and' Co., Ltd... report that' at tho Fcilding salo yesterday thero was. a. fair, entry <,f r _sheep.. • Quotations, wcro as follow jSjtoro lambs, to - ,35.: 2d.; mixed aged ewen.'- to 9s. £d.; medium 2tooth ■ ewes, to 12s. • 6d.: aged rams. 10s. 6d. 'to 215.; . empty heifers,- to £4 ss/ • Messrs. Abraham and Williams,-Ltd., report las followsAt PalmoS.-.ton North on Thursday wo offered' a 1 yarding of 3201). cliesp. In spite of the continued dr.v cooH good • inquiry" existed for all 'classes, and wo sold every, pen -at satisfactory prices. A good entry of .cattlo. also met with fair compotitlon. and a good clearanco was effected. Quotations:—A' nico lino of 750 , 2-tooth ewes made from *143.. to 145.4d.; othor lots.'l2s.'7d., to 12s. lCd.': a straight llno'of. 1C00..4 and's-year stationbred owes made 9s. 5d.: 2-toath wethers.' lis. Id. to 12s. 4d.; light'fat ewes,• lis. 3d,: forward ewes,'9s.: fat iambs, 9s. Sd. to . lls. 3d.': . fiSrwa.rd lambs. 75.,'.2d. to 35.; good storo lambs..'ss. 10d.' t0'65.;.1d.: small' lambs;?3s. Sd. to 3s. lid;;- fat cows. £5 Si. id.;' forward cows.;£ 4 10s.; 2> year steerf. £4 25.; ■ storo cows,- ; £2 .. to . £3, 2s. 6d.;,'weaners,.. heifers." 30s.''to,' 375.'- '6d.:, mixed weaners. 255; to''3la.i springing-cows, £5 to £5 183.:.'; .. . : J ' . .

Messrs. Dalgety ar.d Co., Ltd., -report of their eales this week as follows Wednesday Fobruary 15, we held, our openinf Salo at Waltahora, ,"iri -Mr. Bert Smith's yards . (kindly, lent for the ■ occasion):, Lntrles camo forward 1 up 1 ' to -advertised' numbers, and; thero i was -a good inttendanco of "buyers,, .most,v lines i finding ,nur--.cliaccns.. Good. wethers £'old ,ot It*.; good 2-too'tli 'wethers;-. ; 115.' 4(1.;.' small mixed 2-tootliS. 7s. 6d.;■'S-ye.ir elves, Bs.; mixed aged owes, 65.: aged Romncy rams. 10s. -to - 205.; 4 and 6-tooth Romncy rams. 215.; 6 and 8-tooth Llneols rams.: 305.; Border Leicester rams, 2 to 2S guineas. A lino of 28 2Kvcar steers reached £4 6d. •:■ Altogether'.tho entries did not como forward up to expected numbers, on nccount of y<wdorsiccpni!iderlng;::.that:\the': dry weather ..wouldipreclude buyers- from attending, but, tho initial Eale was most encouraging, .irind it is.'intended to hold at' least,. two ! or three sales ' annually in theso"yards. Tho dnto of the noxt will' bo advertised later. On Thursday. February 16, wo held: a 'r>pecial clearing rale of dnirr.'stock' on nccount. of Mr. Jos.' Abbott, of Matamnu,''when there wa« a. large and. rcnrDsentotlvc attendanco of buverp, and 1)1(1 dint was niirited. A line of 25 cows 6old 'from £4 to ' £8, and making the satisfactory averago , £5 195.: 2 bulls cold at £3; small weanors, 75.: fat cows, £4 to £5: fowls.'3s. to 3s. lOd. ner pair; 1 2-year'hacK, £71 trap horse. £17; cans, etc., at .current rates. • ' *

■ Messrs. Abraham and, William?, Ltd., report on tholr Johnsonvillo salo held on Wednesday as /follows:—An' extra heavy l yarding of ' Fhesp' l aiid lambs ' oamo'. forward, over 12ao:being' ptnnQd.iirrimo .biil-j locks also wero in good. .supply., Prime heavy bullocks. £9 10s. to''£9,'l7s. •' l 6d.':' lighter, £8 17s. 6d.-to »£9 . ss.;' light, £8 2s. 6d. to, £8 55.; pood quality wothers. •15s'. 6d. to 155. : 9d.: plain wethers, 14s. to 145.'6 d.; prime halfbred wethers, ,14s. 6d.; good ewes, 13s. Ltd. to 145.; plain ewes, lis. to 12s. 6d. Lambs, for whic.li the demand is-easier, sold aa follow:—Woolly, . 12s. to 13s.';-plain,'9s 6d to lis: ; prirceshorn, 10s.'6d.' to, lls.j/plain, to 9s. id..;'; : •" .

-Messrs.-Abraham.and Williams, Ltd., report that at. Lovln on Friday a good'en,try of. slicop met with brisk Inquiry, and all lots, woro disposed of at prices well'-up. to recent quotations. Cattlo came ' forward *in largo numbers,.'over 400 head being submitted to auction. Good steers,and. well-grown woaners sold readily. Bidding for I forward and storo cows was inclined to drag, and several lines wero'passed at auction. Very fow lots, however, went out unsold at the end of tho day. .Quotations: Fftt and forward lambs; 9s. 9d.; good rape lambs, 83. to 83.. 3d.:,storo lambs, 7s:; light' fat owes, 12s. 6d.* fat wethers, 14s. Id.: medium two-tooth'ewes, lis, tD 12s. lOd.; two-tooth- to full-mouth ewes, 9s. 9d. to 10s. 7d.;'full-mouth ewca, Bs.-2d, to 10s. 4(1.; two, four, and -six-tooth ewesi '135.; forward owes,'l3s.; cull ewes, 4s. Id.; woancr. steers, 205.. to,-355.;' mixed weaners, 2Cs.to 255.; yearling steers; £2 10s.; two and a half-year steers,-£4'Ss. 6d.; two and a halfyear to; three-year .steers, £4:173," to £4' 18s.; three-year, steers, £5 Bs.; fat Polled Angus bulloclm, £7 15s.:'fat .cows, £4 10s. to £5; forward cows, £3 ss. tD £4; store cows. £2 to £2 10sl; springing cows. £5 to .£6'lss.; fifteen-months dairy heifers, £3 3s. 6d.; bulls, £3 to £5 25.,6 d. .

, The New Zealand Loan'and Jfercantilo Agency Co., Ltd.,.roport for tho week ending Fobruary 17 as follows-.—At Apiti on Thursday,' wo had ■ a heavy 'yarding •of sheep and a fair entry of cattle. ■■ Sheep, particularly lambs, in'sympathy with outsido markets wcro lower. Cattlo. sold well and a good clearanco wa? effected. Priccs: Sheep—Two-tooth ewes, 14s. 2d.; two-tooth wethers, lis. 7d.: medium lambs, ss. 10d., 65., 7s. Id.; woolly ewe lambs (small), 7s. 2d.; 6mali lambs. 2s. 3d., 3s. 3d., 4s. 7d.': four rind five-year ewes, lCs.; Lincoln rams, 2V guineas. . Cattlo: Weaners (good), 31s. to 335.; two and,a half-year steers, £) lis.; two-year heifers in calf, £3 17s. 6d. At Fcildlng on Friday wo had a heavy entry, of sheep and a good yarding of cattle. We wcro successful in placing tlio bulk of tho sheep, but. turned out several' pens of cattlo unsold. We quoto: Good; storo lambs, 6s. 6d.; forward.lambs, 7s. 7d.; rapo lamb?, Bs. 9d:; s.m..ewes, Bs. Id.; s.m. Romncy i ewes,, 10s. 9d,; s.m. Lincoln owes, 10s. 9d.: good breeding owes. lis. Sd.: two-tooth ewes (small), 9s. Id.; others, to lis.; fat light ewes, 10s.: mixed'weaners (small), IBs.; wcaner 'hoifcrs, IBs.; storo COWS, to -£3.'. • . ' . . ..

Mr..Nowton Kings weekly report is as. follows:—At Urenili on' Friday, February 10. I held my annual 'shcop fair, when there was a full yarding, about 12,000 shcop being penned. Thero was a largo attondanco of buyers, and, considering tlie weather, competition was good, young sheep and lambs being woll competed for, making satisfactory • prices. Woolly'. lambs mado 7s. 6d..t0 IDs. Bd.;'do., small, 6s. 4d. t075..4d.; shorn lambs,'6s. 9d. to Bs. Id.; cull lambs, 2s. to 4s. 4d.j two-tooth ewes, 145.! two and four-tooth ewes, 14s. to 15s. 4d.r fonr-tooth owes, 14s. Bd. to 15s. 4d ; four-tooth to f.f.m. owes. 123. 6d.; twotooth to clx-tooth ewes, 13s. Id.; six-tooth owes, l 13s. 3d.j f.f.m. owes, 10s,; f.m. ewes, ss. to 7s. 9d.j cull ewes, 2s. 3d. to 4s, 7d.; two-tooth' wethers, lis. 6d. to 13s.; 1 two to six-tooth wether;. 13s. Id;; two-tooth Romhey rams, 4 to 4} guineas; four-Uxith do., 2 to 3) guineas: six-tooth do., U to 13 guineas; English Leicester rams, 2 guineas; four-tooth Lincoln rams, li to 13 guineas. At. Whangamomona on Februarv 11 I held my nnnual sheep and eattlo.falr, when thero was n, good yarding, of both sheep and rattle, and .a fair amount of business was dono either at the hamhicr or afterwards. Fifteen to elghtecu-months heifers mado £2 16s. to £3-ICs.; eighteen-' months steers, £3 4«; to £3 7s. 6d.; store cows, £2 105..t0 .€4; fat cows. £5; two and a. half-year steers. £4 16«.; three-year bullocks, good condition, ■ £5 17s. 6d.; Imlto, £1 ss. to £2 10s.; woolly lambs, Bs.: shorn do., 55.; two-tooth ewes, 10s. 6d. to 15s. 10d.: four-tooth to f.f.m. owes, 7s. Cd.j two and four-tooth ewes, Us. Gd.: f.m. owes. ss. to 2d.: two-tooth wethers, lCs. 6d. to Us. Id.; four-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d.; fat wethers, 135.: rams, J to 2 guineas. At tho Ilayniarket on the same day a good number or pigs were penned and fair urlecs realised. Weaners nndo ,7s. 6d. to lis.: small stores, 13s. 6d. to 18s.; stores, up to 215.; porkers, 265. to 275. At Awakino ihcop and eattlo fair on Honday there was

a full yarding. Tho cattlo penned were mostly steers and grown bullocks of good quality, and taking tho dry woathcr into consideration, they sold well, 'l'he sheep wcro on tho aged side, ;and were .rather dull of saio at 'tho hammer, but :i fair number were disposed of -afterwards. Fif-teen-months heifers made £2 16s. to £3; nfteciwnontlic, mixed, £2 19s. 6d.;. eighteen to twenty-months steers, £3 5.i. to £3 145.; eighteen-months heifers, '£3 12s. 6d.; tv.oyear steers, £4 7s. 6t1.; three-year do., £4 195.; thrco to three and a half-year bullocks.- £5 10s. to. £6; fat bullocks, £7 ss. to £8; store cows, £3 4s. to £3 15a. 6d.; fat and forward'cows, £4 16s.'to £4 18s.; two-year heifers, H.W.U., £3 16s.' 6d. to £4; hulls, .heavy weights, £5 155.. to £8 2s. Ed.j do., ordinary. £4 Is.; four and six-tooth ewes mado os.- 6d.. to. 10s.; f.m. owes. 4s. Bd.to 75.; two-tooth■ wethers;- 10s.; fourtooth wethers, 12s. 3d.;'six-tooth do., forward condition, 14s. 4d.; four and six-tooth ewes and wethers, mixed, lis.; lamb", -6s. to 7s. At Rahotu on Tuesday I held- a wcaner fair in conjunction-with my ordinary cattlo' sale. Tho yards - wcro full,' but owing to the'trash Arcs'and damage dono to the grass, bidding. was very quiet. Weanern made 14s. 6d. to 285.; da, extra quality, 30s. to 375. 6d.; flfteen-month's heifers, £2 6s. to £2 lis.; two-yoar heifers, R.W.8., £4 10s.; storo cows, £2 19s. to £3 155.; forward cows, £4 <s. to £4 12a. 6d.;-sta«, £3 10s.;- bulls, £3 145.-6 d. to £7 2s. 6a., .