LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2503, 2 July 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

' The Now Zealand and Mercantile •Agency Co., Ltd., report:—On Wednesday .we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. lE. Gv Ham, of Linton, and have to report -a good-sale. -Best'early cows. £9 10s.- to -'£13 55.; good averago'cows, £b to £8 155.; ■,-eged and "backward cows, £4' to '£6; the '34' head averaging £7 2s.;.empty cows, £4; '. good yearling Jersey, heifers, £2 65.; yearling flolstein heifers. 28s. 6d.; Shorthorn . heifere. 3Ds. . •; The New . Zealand Loan- and . MercantileAgency Co., Ltd., report as -'ollowsi—At our .' weekly:, stock sale/ held- at-Levin on June - 30, a good .entry of both sheep and cattle .'came., forward.,-.. A . total clearajice was made at satisfactory prices. We quote i— "sh'rn lambs, Bs7'ld:!' small''shorn lambs, 9s. ; :onitO: . -'PS-.'SJI .'sqmfll; tuotis.aiii.tp9ta -i-pg. bullocks, £11 35.; 6toro ; cowa, 30s, to £3 10s.;. springing heifers, £7 ■ilte. Pigs: Good forward corkers, 20s. 6d. ;tq 225. 3d. ;• store pip,- 12s. 9a.; weaner .pjgs, ,55..-3d.. ..-i'T.-. • Messrs. Abraham 'ahd-Williams,-Ltd.,;re- ' port, -that at'.tho' sale' "held. 'in, thelrilyards' j at, Pahiatua: on -Tuesday sales were effected " of''everr'head yarded, ■»-vca-y 'keen demand ' for all classes of sheep prevailing. Fat Scows' and dairy heifers sold at slightly, bet;.ter the ruling' rates. The -fol-. flowing is 'a snmioary of sale's'made:'—Mixed <aged ewes in'lamb, 19s. 6d. to 255.: f.m. :; owes in lamb,'; 14s;' Id: rto 15s.' 6d:; empty ■ ewes, l'lf. 3d.; fat sheep, 225. ,to 245.; ■ woolly lambs, 12s. Bd. to 165.; shorn lambs. fl3s. ,ld. to ,14s.',7d;;'fat cows,:£7 10s.- to c.£B'l7s. 6d.; store cows, £2 17s. 6d. to £4 7s. "6d:': ' forward" empty 'cows,'."£s''to' "£6; r fat , Aeifers,- , £7 ...t0..: £7 ,75,; 6d.- ;; 3-year ;i steers,. - £5 15s. ; Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.,.- ' report having held a'.'.highly.'successful •■ clearing sale of stock,-implements," etc., ' on account of the estate of the late Mr. jiHerbert Hodge, at Te Horo, on .Tuesday 'last TheTe was a, particularly large attendance of the public, buyers being nretteeat• from the Wairarapa',- Hawke's Bay, -and Feilding-districts, as well from the jiwhole of the Horowhcnua County. ■ The •; stock came forward in'good order and conIdition, - and all lines were eagerly soum',, -after, bidding right throughout, being most ' spirited. The forward cattle and the ■ breeding ewes were eiceptional • lines of good auality, and competition for those iwas very keen. The following is a list- of '■•the prices. Sheep: 2-tooth ewes in lamb Vto S.D. rams, 225. 10d.; 4. aiid 6-tobth ewes, ■.'in lamb ; to - S.D. rams, 255. 8d.;,2, 4, and '6-tooth ewe 6, in lamb, to Romney , rams, *!4s. Id.; hoggets (best), 155.; small hoggets,

Us. 5d.; stud Southdown ewes, in lamb, 3!frne.; stud' Southdown ram hoggeta, 3gns.; i stud Southdown ewe hoggets, 295.; f.m. Southdown rams, 2gns.; fafand forward ewes, 21g. 3d. Cattle: "Forward bullocks (best), £11, £11 125.; lighter, £10, £10 tOs.j 5-year-old bullocks, £8 55.; 2J-year . -'teens, £5 14s. 6tL; yearling steers, £4 la. 6d.; 2Jyear heifers, in calf to Hereford bull, £6; 2-year-oJd - dairy heifers, in calf, £4 10s.; yearling heifers, £Z 15a.; forward envpty cows. £4 18s. 6d.; breeding cowe, in calf to 5.5. bull, £4 15s. an<l £5 83.; 2-year-old bulls, £5 7.5. 6d., £6; 55.; store cows, £2 165., £3 10s. 6d.; weaners, 335.- Horsos: Aged draught mares and geldings (heavy), £ n 7, £30 10s., £31; light. £19 IDs., £21, £23; unbroken half-draughts, £9 10s. ( £12 10s.; hacks and harness-horses, £4 55., £6 to £12 10a.; thoroughbred: brood mares, £16, £17 10s. to £35e.; 3-yeax»old mares and gelding by Gold Orest, £11, £12 10a„ £17 IDs. to £21; horses in training; Elevate, (ElevationJulie), £49; Boreil (Boris—Silverlene), £30; Negative (Birkenhead—Film), £30.

M&ssrs. W". and G. Turnbull and Co!, Ltd., report having 'held their weekly sale in their Waipoua (Jlasterton) eaie yards on Wednesday. A good yarding of sheep and cattle came forward, far above advertised numbers, and met with keen competition throughout the sale, and practically. a clearance wias \ made at the following rates:—Sheep: Four and five*y«br ewes, in lamb, 175., 17s. ,7d. to 18s. 6d.; fat ewes, 19s. to 225. 9d..; fat and forward lambs, 16s. 2d. to 16s. Bd.j woolly .lambs, 14s. Id.; medium, • lOd.; ; small, 10a. 6d.; B.F. iambs (medium), lis. 4d.; f.m. ewes, i!n lamb (low condition), Mg. Cattle: Fa,t heifers,. £8 IBs'.; forward heifers, £5; 2-year steers, £3 Bs. to £3 155.; 2-year heifere, £3 7s. to £3 tOs.; 18-months heifers, £2 55., £2 10s. to £2 1 2e.; dairy cow, close to profit, £10 10s.