LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2112, 1 April 1914, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

The New Zealand Loan -end Mercantile Agency Oo<, ltd., report:—At Rengiotu, on Monday, a fair entry', of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle came forward. .Competition was keen in all lines, resulting ,in every pen being sold., under the hammer at prices in favour of'vendore. , Quotations:— Sheep: Woolly,lambs, Bs.; shorn lambs,'Bs. Cattle: Weanars (email), Us. 6d. to -155:,weaner heifers, 225.. to 275.; weaner 6teer3 (good). 35a.; store cows, £2 13., £2 .fe., to £2'125., and up to £3; forward cows. £3 83. 6d., £3 13s. to £4 Ss., and np to £4.105.; fat cows, £5 2s. to £5 19s. 6d.j hcifera.in calf, £5..15.; dairy heifers, £3 .65.. 6d.; eighteen-month bulls, £2 155.; heavy bulls. ff-103.. £5 7s. 6d. to £6, and up to £7..

JlrV Newton''.King in his weekly report says:—On March 20, at Kaponga, a hcary yarding'of''cattle came forward. Competition throughout was keen, practically evorything yarded being cleared at the hammer at tlio ■ following prices:—Weaner steers, good sorts, iu demand, £\ lie., £1 Us., £1 Ite. ,6d., £1 10s.;. others, 15s. $d. to 13s. 6d.; for weedy sorts, choice Jersey weaner heifers, £1 19e. 6il. to £2 2s. 6d.; others,- good strong gradee, £1 4e. to £1 Uβ.; poor, 9s. to 175.; railed wcSners, £1 169., £1' 11s. 6d., £1 10s. 6d.,- £1 10s., £1 75., £1 45., ■ £1 2a., £1, 18s., 16a., 11s., 10s. ; eighteen-month heifere, £3 65.; heavy fat cows, £6 12s. to £7 125.; small-framed cows, £5 183. to £6 75,; forward cowe, £4 13a.'to £5 125.; good store cows, £3 4s. to £3 183.; aged cows, £1 to £2 12s. 6d.; bulls, heavy, £6 10s. to £8 75.: smaller .bulle. £2 Bs. to £4 12s. At Uruti, on March 20, for'tho supplementary ehcep fair and cattle sole, a' full yarding came forward. Tho.quality of the shoep entered was. flrstcloss, and drew brisk bidding, «!1 lines beinc sold. The two-tooth wethers yarded wore very Bood. Lambs were not in an eo,:d condition as the average, at previous etik's. Prices obtained.were a3 followi-Weaners, £1 159., £1 135., £1 Bs., £1 55., £1 ,35., £l 2s. 6d., £1, 17e., ICe.; eighteen-month empty. heifers, £2 103, to £3; in-calf eighteenmonth heifers, £3 93.: two and two and a half-year in-calf heifers (rather ragged), £3 15s. to £4 45.: rough eteers, mixed ages, £1 12s. 6d. to £3: fat bullocks, £9 Is. 6d.;. store cows, £2 10s. to £3 %.; eprlngitii; heifere, £4 17s. to £6 155.-; forward cows, £4 10s. to £4 183.; small fat cows, £5 3s. to £5 163.: bulle. £2 103. to £5; lambs,.Bs. Id.,' 6sV 9d., 6s. Ed.. £fl. 6d., 6s. 10d., 3s. Id.; good lino of two-tooth owes, 165.; two-tooth wethers, good quality, 15s. 10d., 15s. 7d., 15a. 6d., 15s. Id., 14s. Bd., 14s. 6d.; fourtooth wethers, 16s. 6d. and 175.; fat cwep, heavy, 16s. 3d.; others, 14s.' 6d. to 15r. Jd.: fat and forward ewes, 13ft; mixed-aged ewes, 123. 9d.; nico line of six-tooth and f.f.m. liomnev ewes, 14s. 7d.; f.ro. ewes, io>;10d., 9s. 3d., Bs. lid.. Bs. 10d., Es. 7d.. Bs. Jd., 75., 53. Bd.; rams, li' to 2igns.: agcii rams, up to Us.', On March 23. at Th-enui, there was a. fair entry,, of which tlie majority was cleaTed at the following prices :—Small fifteen to' eighteen-month' heifere, £J 103. and £2 11s.; roujrh thirteen, and eighteenmonth steers. £2 16s. 6d.; aeoi cows,-£1 ss. to £2 2s. 6d.; store oow3, £2 IZe. 6d.10.£3 55.: forward and fat cows, £5 2s. to £5 153.: snrineing heifen, £4 lf«. to £5 17». 6d.; a nice line of springing Uolstein ilairv cows wore offered on account of Mr. W. Gordon Glaesford, and sold very readily at fr.-m S,l 53. to £t0 53.: bulls. £2 ICa.; pieere £7 55.; fat ewes nnd wctli"' , ?, IPs. Sd. and f.m. ewes. 1~. M. In '/••■ 4i».; t'wo-tool'i • "vetlur". smail. Ha.; lini'ns, 7s. On Mar"li 54- at Kaliotii. owing >o 'he tor.T rrmirh rfn-r there w<ia on'v o. cfcalt mi'.j-". whicll e»ld ns follows:-Wcaner <tocr,--, £1

15b.! £1 13s. 6d.; mixed weaiioi's. 18?. 6i1.; weancr. heifer;, £1 35.; eighteen-month heifers, £3; coloured stcere, X 2 cs. io £2 125.; bulls, £1 Bs. to £3 Bs.; cows. Rood condition, £4 ICo. 6d. to £4 Vis.