LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2409, 15 March 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

'■■ Me=srs. Abraham and Willlame, Ltd., report "on their Feilding sale, hold onFriday:—We had a, heavy yarding of sheep . Bud a fair yarding of cattle. Sheep sold •ireely at prices slightly lower than last week. Lambs were hard to quit. Wo quoto:—Pour and five-year ewes, 15s. 3d. to 'ate - : 3d.; five-year ewes, 12s. fid. to 146. 6a. t two-tooth ewm. email, 10s. 3d.; miied aged ewes 9a. 7d."io'-12s. 'sd:; cull enres/ 6s;, 7s. ■'3d • 7s 61',> to '7e. '9d.;' purebred Bomney ewM, mixed age, 21s. 3d.; fat ewes, 166. Bd.; fat: and forward ewes, 14s. to 15e.; twotooth wethers. Its. Id.; fat lambs. 13s. to lis;' fod.; etorejambs, ss. 4d., 6s. 2d. to 10s. The \ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile 'Acincy" Co., Ltd., report:—At Feilding on ' F" M ay we had a heavy yarding of both eh«ep and cattle, and have to report a C oij<l clearance at full rates. Wo quote:— Hheep: Lambs,.-9s. 10d., lOt. 7d., 10s. 10d., Us" 2d:, 115."4 d;Y j a,nd uptol3s. 2d.; good bio. ewes, lfo. sd. to 16s. 6d.: four and fiveyear ewes, 145., 14s. Id., to 14s. 9d.; aged ewc=. lZe. Bd.;' cull ewes, 2s. 9d. to 45.; two-tooth ewoa (small), 14s. 10d.; two-tooth ewes (good), 2Ce.; two-tooth wet.hcrs (small), 14» 3d.- two-tooth wethers, 16s, 3d.; light fat wcthcre. 205.; aged rams, ljgns. Cattle - —Wcaners, 20s. to 295. 6d.; light etoro cows, £2" to £3; store cows, £3 10s. to £4; f«f. coirs. two and a half-year steers, £o 5e.-6d.; three and ft half-year bullocks, £8; bulls. £3 10s.-, and up to £10 15s. for eitra heavy. jlessrs. Do-lgoty a.nii Co., Tjtd., report bavins held the lost sale of the season at Par hautinui yards on Thursday, when they affertd a good yarding of sheep and cattle well abovo adverted numbers. Although ?&.e -weatie?-. aa'i...boi6tei»3is,

very satisfactory results. Thcro, woe a good Intmiry for sound breeding ewes, also; for well-grown lambs.. The principal sales were as under:—Account Pea.rce Bros., 200 s.m. ewes, 145.; account H. J. Robinson: 50 forward ewes, 15s. 2d.; account T. llaher, 200 s.m. ewes, 135.; 120 b.f. lambs, Bs. 3d.; account J. Barclay, 3(H) s.m. ewes, 13s. to 13s. Bd.; account A. flighty, woolly lambs, 6s. 6d.; account .7. Gray, 150 lambs, ,65.; account If. Uobbs, two and four-tooth, wethers, 15s. 9d. On account of other vendors: Aged ewes, Is. 3d. to Bs. 4d.; small shorn lambs, 3s. 6d. to ss. Cattle—Heifers, £2 7s. 6d:; cighteen-months steers, £3 95.: mixed weanore, 17s. 6d. to 225.; cows and calves, £6 10s.; two-year steers, £4 10s.; threo-yeflr steers, £7; empty store cows, £3 ss. to £3 7s. 6d.; eighteeri-months. Jer-sey-cross heifers, £3 155.; bulls, £4,55.- to £6. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held th«u- weekly uaJo at the Levin . yards on Friday, when they ofTered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. Business was' slow; and the sale right through lacked animation. However, at the,end of tho day moat of the lines which were passed by, auction were disposed of privately. The principal sales were as under:—Good-skin-ned' two-tooth wethers; 17s. to 18s.; six- : tooth f.f.m. ewce, 17s. 1d..; good two-tooth Wethers.' 16s. 6d.; medium two-tooth wethers, 14s. 6d. o 165.; forward four-tooth wethers, 195.; two-tooth to six-tooth ewes (6mall), 15s. 9d.; good woolly lambs, 10s. 3d.; e.m. ewes, 10«. 6d. to Us. 5d.; shorn lambs, 7s. to Be. 6d.; heavy fat ewes, 205.; light fat ewes, .'l7s. 9d. cows (medium), £6 2s. 6d. to £7 135.; forward cows, £4 to £a is., forward bullocks, £8 6s. ; cull cows and calves, £3 55.: yearling steers; £2 12b.; three-year-old steers, £7 55.; eighteen-'months heifers, in calf, £3 ,165.; weaners, 28s. ' Messrs. end Company, Ltd., report:—At our ■ Feilding' sale on- Friday, we have to report having a very good yarding o£ sheep and fair entry of cattle. There was a, good demand for all sheep showing condition, and also for lambs, but ward and inferior sorts were included, and a number of this class '• were turned oup unsold. Small two-tooth ewee, 13s. Id. to 14s. 6d.;. cull lambs, to ss. 6d.; medium lambs, to 95.; small two-tooth wethers, 14s. to 14s. 5d,; two-tooth wethers, to 16s. 2d.; aged ewes, 9s. lid., 10s., to lis. Id.; backward condition sound-mouth ewes, 13s. 6d. to 14s. 3d.; good four . and five-year-old ewes, 17s. id.; full-month Southdown rams, 3gns.; yearling steers, £2 9s. 6d.; forward cows, to £4 10s.; fat and forward cows, to .£5 175.; young bulls, to £4 10s. FFjILDING MARKET REPORT. Messrs.' A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report few-pigs offering at Friday's sale, and no improvement in values. Potatoes ■were easier.'. Frmit was in large supply and of prime quality. Weener pigs made 4s. 9d. t0~55.-6d.; good slips, 12s. to 135.; others, 6s. 6d. to lCs. 6d.; sow and litter, £5 10s.; foufl-year heck, £12. Poultry, per pair: Young pullets, 2s. 3d.; cockerels, Is. 6d. to 16.'9 d.; Sens, 2s. to 2s. 6d.; ducks, •3s. 6d. Table potatoes, per saok, 4s. 6d„ Se. 6d. to 6s. 5d.; better grades, up to Bs. 6d.; onions, Bs. to 10s. owt.; gTapes, Is. 6d. to 2s. per 41b. box; peaches, !s: 6d. to 4s. 6d. case; ; tomatoes,: 2s. 6d. t0.35.; pears, ,35.; apples,..3s. half-ca6e; 6s. to 6s.' bushel case. . ■ ••••