LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2558, 4 September 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs:- lJalgety: and Company, I/mited,--report:—At our Palmcr3ton,.-Ilorth;Balo on 'Thursday^we.lia'd-.a fair entry ,of sheep'nnd a 'good' entry of cattle.' wiiich: sold- as below— OiiiK" hoggets, - to ?s; Bd.; mixed liog- - gets/. 17s.'; Bd. to' 195..-Id.; -. efres,- 305.. to 55s.:Sfat- aad forward.,wethers, .to, 30s. ?d.; bockward dairy cows, £5,' £6'ss:, £6 10s., £7 "to £7 - 53*.; fair cows,"£B to £9; Igbofl dairyrcows; '£10, £10 ,10s.' - to'-: £11 • 10s;; empty > cow's, -J&4- : to s £6 Is.; .backward : dairy;', heifers, :' Messrs! Dalgety and' 1 Company,: Limited,' report having held their monthly salo at Otalti. on August:3l..: Blddtng at. auotion lacked animation; and -sales; were difficult to effect under tlie hammer; .However,, 'eventually, owing to vendors lowering their reserves. -a number, of - sales - were■<effected' by .private treaty.' - Principal- sales were as under :—Good woolly hoggets,' 175.; light-, weight fat ewes, Z6s.: 7d.; fat hoggets, 18s. lOd. • Cattle: Two-year ;springing 'heifers, £4 -15s. -'to-. £5 75.; - 18-months -mixed- cattle,i£Z Bs.j mLted-weaners,. 205. ; to 26s.;. empty heifers, £5; light-weight fat cows,. £6 14s. to £7 4si; forward.'empty cows, £4 lis. to £5 65.; dairy cows (late calvers), £4 2s. 6d.,:t0 £5 10s.-, ' . . - At' the weekly l Levin salo on' September 1 Messrs.: Dalgety and-. Co. report having offered a'ifair-yarding of .sheep; and cattle.. Bidding was, not. spirited, and a number ■of lines'offored failed to find-buyers under the; hammer.'' Fat stock were.wellv com.-j pote'd for,; also ■ gopd .hoggets ' a-ud maio '.c'attlo Mrrying : falr condition. Principal . sales ■ were, as under Good woolly .hoggets; ' 20s.' id.;' fair-condition empty ■ owes;., 16s. 13d. -, fat.. crossbred' wethers, 30s. -,;.fat lightweight hialfbred wethers, 255. i vealers; 30s. Cattle: Two pens . good .'quality fat bul- : locks,' £16. 10s.; lightrweight' fat..'cows, - £6 ,4s. to .-i £7; ■ yearling': hoifors,' £2 65.. 6d.;2year: empty heifers, £4; -empty-'cows .'(medium),; £3-Is: to £3 18s.'; dairy : cows: (close ■to'.profit).£6' to £7;85.3-year springing : :heifers, '£6 to £7. ; 1 , .' At tihe' Upper Hutt; 6ale. on Eriday; Messrs. .Dalgety . and Co. -offered a medium, yarding :of.'.cattle;, ho; sheep,'- coining.foryard. '■'>■ Bid-;, dihig' ; ..Uy' auction - was/'slac&i :and' sales "were diffioult "to' effect , under' tho .hammer.. The . quality of the, yarding- was very , me. diumj/ most' of- the cattle 'offered being in ; poor, 'condition.-. Principal .sales were as. .under;— Two-year steers,' £4; good- quality, springing heifers; S3.'. 2s:. medium quality springing heifers, £5 to. £5.75..; empty ;cowS, .£3 lis., to' 65.;: dairy, cows '(springing), £5 Us. to St. , .v.' Tho -New Zealand Loan anS Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report that-atthe-'r ; Upper-Hutt sale., on Thursday they offered .a small yarding.of sheen and a. large one of; cattle. Sheep met with Seen'competition, but cattle were, dull of sale. - Quotations:—Mixed sex .hoggets 18s'.' li-:.'-year-,

linfi- heifers, J22 Bs. 6d.; small springing heifers, £4 to £4 158.: liffht fab fljul forward heifers, £5; forward store cows, to £5 16s. .' •