LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2499, 28 June 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Eketahuwi on Friday wo had e. very good yarding of sheep and a amall one of oattlc. Competition was particularly keen for all elassoa -throughout tlio sale. We aro pleased to report a total clearance of both cheep and cattle, under the hammer, at the following prices Two-tooth wethers, £1 2s. 4d., £1 2s. Id., and £1 Is. 4d.; 4-year-old ewe.s in la-mb to Lincoln xams, £1 2s. 2d.-, aged ewes in lamb, 17s. lid.; mixed eex lambs, 14s. lid., nnd 14s. 7, •ajid 12s. 6d. springing heifers, £7 17s. 6d.; and dairy cows, at £4.

Tlio New Zeatand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., reporting on the dispersal pals on account of Messrs. Bcale Bros, at Bainesse, and sales at Apiti and Feilding, say:— At Messrs. Bcale Bros., on Monday, the herd being a particularly good one. with a high lccord and in first-class condition, bianing was spirited throughout, and the 77 cows made an average of £8 16s. Ou Tuesday, at Apiti, a moderate entry o! sheep and cattle came forward, and late rates wej-e maintained. At Feilding, on Friday, we had a small yarding, but stock sold freely. Quotations—Messrs. Bcale Bros. —Best cows, £11 to £16 10s., average cow, £8 to £10 10s.; backward cows, £6 to £3: weancr heifers, 285.; h.d. geldings. £16 15s. to £22; hacks, £4 15s. to £7; spring dray. £17; s.f. plough, £11 10s. Apiti— Wether lambs (goodl, 16s. 7d. Cattle: 18months heifers, £2 ss. to £2 lis. fKI.; forward. hoil'ers, £4 lC»s.; heifers in calf, £4 2s. 6d.; forward cows, £4 65.; 20-months steers, £4 Feilding—Sheep i 12\vcs in lamb, Zl£. Id.; fa-t lambc, 15s. 6d. to 17b. Cattle: Bullocks. £9 ss. and £10 ss. to £10 7b. td.; bulls. £4 10s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on Ekctahulia sale, as under:—A large entry of sheep for this time of year was submitted, comprising several lots of goodconditioned breeding e.wcs. A. spirted sale resulted, al classes being in strong demand. We cleared the total yarding under the hammer with the exception of one pen of ewes, which was 6old at the vendor's tocerve almost immediately same was passed at auction. A N > decided improvement in the sheep market was noticeable throughout the day.' We only had a couple of pens of cattle, which were sold. Four and llve-year-old ewes, lambing to Blackface rams, 20s. Id. to 235.; broken-mouth sheep of same description, 15s. 6d.; and lowconditioned ewes of the same sort, 14e. to 15s. 6d.: breeding ewCn, lambing to liomneys, 17s. 6d. to 205.; Blackface mixed twotooths, 19s. 2d.; forward conditioned cows, £4 to £4 12s. 6d.

Missrs. Abraham and Williams report on their Feilding sale on Friday:—We had both sheep and cattle; all Stock sold freely at prices in advance of last week. Wethers sold particularly well. We Quote;— Sheep: Two and four-tooth wethere, 21e. 10d„ 225.. 235. Md. to 235. 6d.; cull wethers, 15s. lCd. to 175.; hoggets, 13s. 6d. to 145.; medium ewes in lamb, 10s. 6d., 12s. Id. to 15s. to 16s. 9d.; fat wethers, 245.; fat ewes, 215., 225. to 21s. Cattle; Best fat cows, £13 Is. Id.; medium do., £5 145., £6 145., £6 18s. to £7 195.; forward cows, £4 12s. 6d. to £5; forward 3-year bullocks, £9 ta.; 25-year steers, £6 145.; cows in milk, £6 2s. 6d.; empty hcifors, £2 145.; bulls, £2, £5 7s. 6d„ £5 lis. 6d., £7 17s. 6d. to £10.

Mesrs. W. and G. Turn bull and Co., Ltd., report having held their weekly sale io their Carterton sale yaids on Friday. A good yarding of sheep but small of cattle came forward, and met with good competition, the whole yarding being sold at the following rates Sheep: Fat ewce, 21s. 4d.; good wether lambs, 16s. 6d.; small 2tootli ewes and wethers, 15s. 3d.; fat and forward lambs, 16s. Id.; good 2-tooth ewes and wethers, 18s. to 22a. 6d.; f.f.m, ewes in lamb, 163 Id.; 2-tooth to f.m. ewes in lamb, 15s. 6d.; B.P. lambs (medium), 10s. 6d.; small short lambs, 80. lOd. Cattle: Store cows, £3 55.; calves, 12s. 6d. 'The firm ateo sold, on acount of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, 1 lamb, donated by Mr. J. Siemonck, Carrington, which realised £2 Bs.; and 1 lamb, donated by Miss Jean Caverhill, which realised £2 10a.; and 1 S.l). ram, donated by Mr. H. J. Meyrick, which realised £4 3s.

FEILDING KAEKET REPORT. Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd, Fetlding, report the following prices for produce, etc.:—Baled hay, £6 to £7 10s, per ton; oatsheaf chaff, £8 10s.; straw chaff. £4 'to.; potatoes, £6 to £6 10s.; pig, £2 1.05.; horse carrots, £3; onions, £7; feed oat", ss, 3d. to ss. 6d. bushel; wheat, 8s ; barley. 6s. to 75.; peas, 75.; taree, Ife. to 18s. Porkers, 385.; slips, 14s. to 18s.; sow, 275. to 415.; weaners, 3s, 6d. to 155.; aged hore, £3 to £5.

Farmers sell their produce such as milk, butter, eggs, and cream by the test and result method, or if they do not thoy ought to. We pride ourselves to-day, after four years of work, having adopted the policy of buying our raw cream on that method, and starting four years ago we had fifteen suppliers, to-day wo have close up to two hundred. Wc still also havo the confidence of the first fifteen which started with us four years ngo. Not a bad record. Kail us your millt, butter, eggs, or cream. Wanganui Fresh Food Coy.—Ailvt.

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