FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2553, 30 August 1915, Page 8

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

LIVE STOCK .SALES

Messrs: Dalgety and: Company, Ltd., quoto ms follows from their ■ fortnightly Danne- :■ virke, sale, held last Friday:—A. small, pen . .of extra- prime fat ewes offered arad sold on account Mr. Peeti Luxford. realised 375. In Seattle there was a particularly good demand for young steers, fair sorts of 18- . months steers selling at up to £5 10s. mixed sfex medium hoggets, 16s. lOd. to 17s. 7d.;, j , . ewe hoggets,lip to 205. : 3d.; forward;con- ' • ditioned wethers, 255.; ligit fat. owes, 245.; best' lines .ditto.. 295. to '375.; ;.store csitns, : " .'£3 "103.:',t0 -■ £3 13s. 1 6d.; empty; heifers; £4; 'springing heifers, £; sound dairy cows at drop, 7 7s. fid."to. £7 IDs.;. 18-months to £5 / 10s.": bulls. to £7 10s.; weaner. pigs, ,9s. 6d. .■■■;, to lis. 6d.; stores, to 17s. Stock to the ■ , value of .£33 lis.' mas' fllso sold on. behalf -', of 'numerous vendors, proceeds of which . .were 'donated to the Tipapakuku Patriotic . Fund. ■ >■ The New Zealand Loan, ar.d Mercantile .. 'Agency .Co'.' report:—At Rangiwahia, on . ■ Tuesday :—Small hoggets mado 17s. to 17s. 4d.; mixed hoggets, 2fs.';. .wether hoggets, ■ ",215." 6d.'; ewe hoggets,'22s. 9d.; heifers in calf, ;£3 15s. ;to £4 Bs. i6d.; store ciows, £3 15s.;.;cows, in calfv £5,105.: springing cows,. ;£7 to £7 17s. 6d. At Palmerston, on Thurs-' '•• > day':—Yearling, heifers,29s:;' ■ yearling ,-.-• 'steers, • £3;~ 18-month steers,- £4. Is.; 18-month ;•: .' Ih.eiferSr £3 Is.; store cows,' £3 17s. to £4 • 10s.;. forwardv:oows, £6 65., £6 9s;, £6 165.; • V<ib'w3 and calves, £5 ss. to £6 155.;, light . fat ',bulloeks, : £12 55.; ; springing . cows, £4 . -10s., ,ss.;'heifers in calf, £3 10s. to . '£4 10s.,"At'Feilding, on'Friday:—Fat sheeip . were easier, .-hut ,hoggCts sold well up to .":'• late.-rates.-;.: Small.hoggets- 1 8s: ; 6d. to' 18s.; . ;9d.; .mixed ihoggets,' 215.; inferior ewes in Danib,M7s.';"lorword wethers, 275.; forward .;' '. owes,'2os;'Gd.; light fat wetheK, 315.; prime . wethers,','33s. to '335.. 9d.; low condition , ;.yearUnga, :275~.'t0, 275.- 6d. ; • yearling heifers, ;'£2. 3s.";'-, bid cows, £2 65.; store - cows,. £3 V-: 103.. to £4 195.; forward cows,;£s 65.; empty • Uieifers, £3 165.; cows .in' calf, £4 355.; springing cows, £7 10s. to £9. iv.Messrs. Abraham and .Williams, • Ltd.,i Quote - as follows:—ievin sale last Friday, V-over-; 1200 head of cattle, and. 3000 ; sheep . :Vibeiiig;suhmitted. • ,Faf, wethers, 30s. I(}., 325. ;■ 2d., 355., 345.,' 345. '4d., and 355. Id.; wethers ; ; and-maiden ewes, 325.'7 d.; a, line of 60 fat ewcs;sold on ; ;account of tbtf Experimental , -Farm rtalised 365. 4d.; fat "hoggets, 255. 5d.; shorn .fat ewes- and. wethers, .225.; good '• - rwoolly"hoggets, 20s. '3d. to 225.;-wether hog- .. ; gets, 17s.'to lfe.. 3d.;' mixed hoggets, 16s. : id. to. 17s.v3d.'; , medium, woolly mixed hogects,. 18s. 9d: r ;;small .hoggets, .lis. 2d. to 12s. "6d.';. cull,'hoggets, 65., Bs.; foi-ward ' ' bullocks, £11 to £11 65.; .'3-year store bul,,locks;:£B 10s;; 2i-year steers, £6 17s. 6d. to . i£7 Is.ii tyear .steers, £5 7s.- 6d.. ; t0 £5 ''.95.; , ■ > yearling steers, -£3 6s. -to £3.145.;. fat cows, "... '£8;. Is. .to £10 55.; forward;-cows,. £4 14s.' 6d.-;; : to-,£5-7Ssi 'store, cows,! £2 10s. .to £3 •15s:; empty. 2-year heifers,',- £2 10s. to £3 ' 65.; weaners, '255., 365. i : An entry of over • '100 pigs sold at the following quotations x- . 'Baconers, '£2 25., :£2 Bs.; porkors, 245. 6d., ■ -255., 305., 31s. 6d_,.345.; store 3, 145., 17s. 6d„ ~•• • 20s„ 225. 6d., fe. ■ W,; weaners, 10s. 6d„ lis.. 15s. " -Messrs. ; Abraham and Williams, Ltd.; -'Feilding. i last' Friday :—Best hoggets, ' 21s. -i.lod.Vto ,225.; store "wethers, 255. 4d. : to ,325.; : . medium hoggets, 16s. 3d." to; 175.,4 d.; ewes .; I with;-; lambs, 205.; small, ewes "in." lamb,, ; 1,195.\9d.; mixed-2-tooths,- 22Sm, 295. Id. ; to 295.-/.£d.'V'fatv2-t-ooths, 285.; fat!lambs,'lßs., Cattle: Store- 3-year: bullocks, . '£8.10s.; .yearling '• ..steers; £2,. £2 Is., '<£3: to :£4 Bfcj yearling • •-heifers, £2 to: £3 10s.;, weaners,. 215., 275. 6d., - •: '32s:' to 325.:6 d.;. springing, heifers, £4:10s„ -. .£..£5: in. ;'6d.,'.£6.75: 6d. to:£7; light-: fait ...cows,,£s'to. £6:10s.;-store cows, £2 10s.'" to" '■ ,; '£4; springing- cows, £5 55." to £7. ' ;; Messrs.. Tiinnbull and Co., Ltd.,. qnota. ' from their usual: yeekly selo in the Carter: i ton, sals yards last'Friday':—Fat ewes, 275.; •' fat-hoggets, 265. Ed.; 'forward hoggets, 16s. - ".'3d.;. Store, ewes. 13s.'6d. to -175.-6 d.; f.w. •;-ewe».Jß !dmb;: 225. Porkersi 235., 285., 305., -I, 323. '6d..-to-365.; slips, ,19s. to 21s. 6d.; wc-an-ers„':lss;; to il6s.;" sows .in ;pig,'433., E2s.: to '62s.sows with' litters,36s.;- 58s. .to" 71s. Springing heifers (close), ;'£7 'to £7 10s.;' t " backward, £3 lOs.. £4 10s. to '£5 55.; cows, - . just calved, £7 15s.j late calvers, £3 10s., ■. I£3 155., £4 to £5;. fat cows, £6.95. to £7, Is.; - fat .heifers, ; : £7.;tb -£7 95.01 d. store cows. .-:355. to 1 ,435.r I yearling-steers, £2 ,ss. to £2 sK'-'Ss.; forward :store cows,' £4 16s. to £5.125.;' ~'.-•'bulls, £3 4s. to £4. .

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