LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1186, 22 July 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Daleety and Co., Ltd, report on their sale held at Levin this week- as fol- -, i S: ~i c had i a f,,!! yardi'iß of ehcep, and also good yarding of cattle. Both s cop and catt e were dull of sale under * hammer, but we r-uitted practically "crylhing before the end of the day at the following prices. Good Romney ewes in lamb. ljs. 9d., 14s, 6d.; low-condition ewesjn lamb, Bs.; 2-tooth ewes i=. lamb, 10s.: 2-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d., Us. 5d.. 10s.; woolly lambs, 9s. «.; old rams, ss. 9d.- fat ewe' 13s. Cattle: Fat cows. £4 18s Gd. £4 13s! M.; dairy cows, £8 £5 2 5 . : springing heifers. f; heifers in milk. £5 19s;; 21-year steers, ■" >-; weaners, 165.; 2-year celdins. £7 15s. in 3lc i 5r M "? 1| ! et 3 r M ' d Co.. Ltd.. report havnnn-, . lh S' r for »,'ißhtly sale at Eket.ihuna yesterday. They stats:-Wc yarded ?nMlp a i, msdl, i m ?Iltry of ,)oth Bhe °P ana lon l?U i" sll K" n K a decided improvement Fnt ■; f 1 ?- 9 atUo also ,vere ou t] >c rise, f.ntries did not come in up to advertised numbers. Two-tooth to f.in ewes, to 11% ■ «!' £b ,} Os - i 0 - fi 6; Gpnnging heifa-- s . to we^;- 01 97 eO \ ? ' £2 6s - : bulls, 10s.; «caners, 275.; horses, to £9.

.Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re-Port:-At Levin yesterday we had a- full ya j S? i > th sheev !lT,d cattlo, 2500 sheen and 250 head of catUe beinc submitted to auction. All classes of stock met a dragging sale, but the majority of the entry changed hands at the following quota-' lions :-Fat wethers, 14s. 7d. to 15a-fat owes. 12s. to 12s. 6d.; forward wethors, 13s.' tonvard owes, 7s. to Bs. 6(1.; etore ewes, 2!- \° 5 s - A d -i c , wcs . in lamb, mixed aecs. Bs. 3d. to 10s. 7d ; hoggets, Bs. 3d. to Ids.; Z-tooth wethers, 9s. Id. to 10s. Gd.: fat bulocks, £8; forward bullocks. £5 16s. to £6 10s.; fat cows, £4 10s. to £5 65.; forward cows, £3 to £4; store cows, £3 to £2 17s. 6d. : Rpringmg cows. £7 to £9; springing heifers, £6 2s. 6d.; 18-month steors, £3 65.Z;year empty heifers. £3;- 18-month heifers, £2 35,.; weaners, 19s. 6d. to 20s.

The Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd , report for lie week ending July 21 as follows :-At Feilding yesterday wo had a fair entry of sheep, and a, small entry of cattle. Prices for sheep were especially good: hoggets were steady. We effected V?™ clcaranc ° of our sheep. A nice line of ICO Romnoy ewes, in lamb, =old in conjunction with Messrs. Gorton and ! Son on account of Mr John Hensan. . made ' 2Ce. He quote as follows:-Cull-Iambs, ss.' ewes in lamb to Ilomnev rams, Bs. 6d.; ditto in lamb to English Leicester , : rams; 12s. 6"d • mixed hoggets,- 9s. id.; woolly,hoggets, » d-i ft 1 la "} 1)s '. lle - to Us- Id-! ewe lambs, to 11s. 6d.; ewes in lamb, to 2te • store cows, £3 75.: heifers. £i; spriim! ing cows, to £7. Also disposed nrivntely before the sale of a li"o of about" 2CM hoggets at 11,=. 6d. to an oufside buyer. At Apiti, on Tuesday, we had a heavy yard in ?,, o£ ' ,?.'!, c ?. p - antl a K° otl yarding .of ca tie. Bidding nt au f tio= was brisk,°and. with the exception of one or two pens, we disposed of almost all ov.r entry at jrKos in favour of vendors. We emote follows :-Ciill ewes in lamb. 2s. "3d., 2s. lid. to 4s. 6d.; good ewes in lamb, to 12s • 2-tooth wethers, 11s.; store wethers, 9s Id • cull lambs. ss. to ss. 6d.: lambs, ss. to ss. od.; small mixed lambs, 65.; wether

lambs, 95., 9s. 3d.; smaller "ditto. B*. 5d.; owe lambs, Es.. 9.?. 7d., IDs.. 11s.. IS*., up to 13s. 9i1.; forward empty owe. 10s.; fat owes, up to 135.; nuns, 245. 6(1.; wcaners, 18s. to 22-=. 6d.; ciil! ditto, 6s. 6d.; 2-year heifers in calf, £2 IBs.; good mixed w.'ai'ers, 3Cs.; forward bullocks, 51*.; spring i'OWB, to £7 ss. An iinusu.ill.v largo auanlity of' sundries made usual rates.

STRATFOKD MARKET IIEI'OET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) reiiort: -We hold a clearing sale at Mr. J. H. Corbett's on the Kast Road on Holiday last, when there was a large attendance, ineluding a number of ladies. There was very keen competition for the cows, some of which were very nice indeed, and prices ranged from lffls. to 3505., the herd, including cows in milk and store cows, making an average of 183s. A pedierco bull was sold to a local buyer at 25gns.. and Zlycnr-olil heifers in calf realised from 9Cs. to 1505.,- and a very nice line of yearling heifers made an average of 71s. Pign made up to 215.. pedigree sows in pig. from ICCs. to 117s. £d.; 1 mare, £10, and another at .€7 55.. Sundries were offered, including milk Kins, realising 13s. to 215.; Donald jack, 335.; drawing-room suite, 865., the piano'being passed in at 35gus.: citr. £12; dray, £10; harness. £7; hay rake. 82s. 6d.; grass mower. £3; disc harrows. £5: S.F. plough, £0: chain harrows, 555.; fowls realised from 2s. to 2s. Gd. each. We held our fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards on Tuesday, when we yarded 379 head of cattle and 919 sheep, the greater portion of which were sold either at the hammer or afterwards at the following prices :-Weanera, noor and weedy. 165.; fair and medium, 255.; good up to 38s. A nice lino of wcajicr heifers, Ho'.steins, made up to 445. Eigh-teen-month steers were in better demand, and realised 675. 6d.; empty cows, lowcondition. 665. to 745.;" fat cow«. ".medium weights, '85s. to 1155.; store cows. EOs. to 725.; dairy cows, 80s. for an inferior line.j to 1575. 6d. for good. Two and a half to three-year-old heifers in calf were keenly competed for, and realised 97". 6d. to 1265.; empty heifers, medium Quality. 68s. to 79=.; bulls from 40s. to 70s. We submitted for auctim, on account of Mr. E. C. Barleyman, Tututawa, who has so'd his farm, 23 dairy cows and 880 ew;es. The latter looked very well, but were in slightly low condition, and tho prices otfered were rather disappointing. However, as Mr. Barleyman had no place to put them in, they were sold without reserve, the ewes realising from ss. 3d., for cul!=. to 10s. 7d. for-up to full-mouth ewes. His dairy herd of very nice quality wore slightly low in condition, but were keenly competed for by sundry buyers, and made from 110s. to 2455., making tho fair average of 160s. During the week we sold several dairy herds privately, one line of 22 (near Neaire). at 1705., and another linn of 59 (near Eltliam), at an average, of 180s.; also, rising 3-ycai> old heifers, af 1505., and a very nice line of 10 yearlings Jersey-Holstcin cross.', on accout of tho. same owner at 60s.

UNRESERVED HOLSTEIN SALE. The auctioneers wish to draw the special attention of dairy farmers and fanciers of Holstein Friesian--. cattle to the unreserved rale .which is ' being held on account of Mr. Charles Jlopping 'at his homestead, Gloil Oroiia. on -Wednesday, July 26. The 64 high-Rrado HoMein dairy cows to be offered arc young and include a laree number of August calvcr's. The cows aro in excellent order, calving dates will b= Ruaranteed, and they will be sold without reserve. The 6 grade Holsteiu heifers in milk, which have lately been imported from Syduey, will be submitted to auction, subject to a sliuht reserve.' Tlio nodipree ■bulls, which will also bo offered (subject to a slight. reserve, include several bred by the vendor, and others bred by Messrs. \\. I. Lovelock, Newton KiaK, and the Slate larm, Levin. There are also a number of grade Ilolstein bulLs, heifers, fat cows sheep, etct, all of which will be sold without reserve.