LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 14

LIVE STOCK SALES

. Messrs.-Dalget.y and Company, Limited, lalmersloii l\ar!h. resort .having a- very fair entry of'sheep at tlieir Taihape sale on Wednesday. Owing; to continued dry weather. prices were. easier, • and several pens were turned out unsold. Quota-tions:—Mixed-aged owes, 12s, 6d.; four to five-year,: ewes,- 18s., 195.,. 20s. 9d„ to 28s. • two-tooth ■ wethers, to, 295. 9d.; mixed ,lambs,. lis.,, -15s. 4d.. to . 17s. 9d.; aged rams,- ' 20s. to - 215.; two-tooth to s.m, Bomney. rams, 3Jgns. to fens. Messrs.. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having. held their usual, sale ai .Waikanae oil: Thursday, when they offered a fair yarding of sheep and cattle. Competition was move animated than of late, and the whole yarding, with the oxcoption of one small pen of cattle changed ; hands. They .quote :--Foiu--tooth wethers, •to 345.; small two and fottr-tootii wethers, 28s. 4d.; four-tooth ewes, to 32?. 6d.; mixed-age ewes, to 30s. 2d.; s.m. ewes, 18s. Id. to 21s. 7d.; woolly lambs, to 18s.: shorn lambs, to 145.; cull ewes, 135.; quli lambs, 7s. 6d.; light-weight fat cows, to £10 45.; fat maiden heifers, £11;' forward bullocks, to £15 10s.; one and.a half-year steers, £8 2s. 6d.; heifers.. to £7; young bulls, to .£6 14s. . Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited report having offered a small yarding ol sheep and 'cattle at Levin on Tuesday, when the following prices were"obtained Mixed-age ewes, 245. to 245. 2d.; forward lambs,: to 18s.; small woolly lambs, 13a. 2d., 155.; to 15s. 6d.; cull lambs, 95.; S.D, .rams, to 2Jgns.; "two ord a half-yeai .steers, £10-2s. 6d.; one and a- half-year heifers, £4 45.,Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report:—At the inaugural cattle fair, held at Dannevirke on March. 28, a full yard, irig.. of ■■ cattle' came foiward. .■ Provision had -been- made by the association t» accommodate most of the young cattle ir the sheep 'pen's-by .additional railing, or top, ut.this failed to meet requirements and' some' big' lines were offered in pad docks" adjoining the yards; : There' was a, largei-attendance. buyers being' r«pre eented-: from'long distan<!»s. There wai ail excellent demand for .good qualitj cattle, and : big • prices were realised foi pome lines. We sold, on account o) Messrs, Maddison and Wallwood.. Otope a'line of 44 three-year off Hereford crosi -bullocks, at, • £17-175.. and a pen. on -ac count, of --Messrs.- Hartgill arid' Knight Otawaho Station, f»'e-year forward bullocks, at £18 5s. t these lines topping -tin market.' Wo sold practically the -\vhol< of our- entry, -with the exception of s few pens- of medium quality cattle, whicl: were hard to quit. We quote as fol lows:—Forward bullocks,' fivo-ycar, £18 ss. forward bullocks, . three-year, £17 17s. two • and - a half-year, steers, £13 15?, t( £14 12s. 6d.; fdt cowb, £11 155.. to £13; cowi

and calves, • poor quality, £12 55.; tlirccyear Shorthorn cross heifers in calf, £12; weaners (cross). £3 to £4; yearlintts (dairy colours), £4 to £5; two anil a half-year dairy heifers in calf, £3. Messrs. Dalgety anil Company, Limited, report having' a fair'entry of b(itli sheep .and cattlo at the Bulmerston Nor.tli yards on Thursday, -when most of the iiues offered changed list-cis. The following are the, prices:--M-l:i-sp:' Two-tooth, 375.; cull owes, 6s. Ltd. to 16s ■6d.i Jambs, 10s. 6d., 12s. 4d., to 14 . ?d.; tvo-toctli wethers, 38s. 6d. Outtle: l'«i. cons, light, £9 Is.; fat cows, Jiua-.-y. o-VS Id-:.; eighteen-month steers, £7 2s. steora. £5 10s.; Awo and a hall'-ye-M stcsrs. £10 lbs.; empty heifers, i 6 10s.; dairy cows, £1£ to £10 10s. , f Jlesßrs. Dnliety- and Company, Limited. Pnlmerston North, report having a verj good yarding of sheep and a fair entry oi cattle at their Mangaweka sole on March 29. Thero was a good attendance of buy' ers.'from both up and down the line, and everything sold at prices highly satisfactory to vendors. - Quotations: Sheep-Cull Jambs, .95., 9s. oil., 10s. 6d„ to 10s. 9d.; small lambs, 125./6 d. to 14s. 5d.; very fail lambs, -15s. 2d. to 16s. lid.: two-tooth wethers, 275„ 28s. Id., to-325. 6d;: mixed black-fa'*e two-tooths, 255.; two-tooth ewes, small, 30s. Id.: fat ewes, 355. to 355. 10(1.; fat-wethers, 375. lid.; four and flve-ycai owes, 255. 9d. to 275. Id. . Cattle: Emptj sure cows, £4; empty cows, fair condi- . tion, £9 2s. 6d.; twenty-mouth. steers, £! IK-to £10 16?.; young bull, £5 10s. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., report on. their weekly sale at Mas. terton as. follows:—We submitted a large > entry of sheep to a good, attendance of ■ buyers'. • The - market improved on last week,, and we have to report a successful sale, arid a tota.l clearance at the following prices:—Sheep: 32 fat ewes, 295.; . 7 fat. ewes, 52h.. 9d.: 2-5 forward ewes, 275. ■ lOd.; 9 fat lambs, 255. 10d.; 31 two and four-tooth wethers, 30s. 2d.; 98'f.m. ewes, 21s. 7d.; 11 'two-too'th ewes,- 255. 6d.; 10C cull ewes, 15s. 7d.; 100 cull ewes, 15s. Bd.; 93.cu1l ewes, 15s. 3d.; 86 ditto at,'l3s. 6d.; .29 cull, woolly lambs, • 16s. 3d.; 692 b.f. lambs, 21-s. Id.; 2 S.D. rams,' 22gns.