LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3150, 31 July 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly flock sale sit AVoodville on July 23. Cattle: Store cows, from £5 16s, to £8 10s.: dairy cows, to £11. Figs: Slips. 255. The firm also report having held their weekly sale at the Miller's Road Yard 6. Quotations:—Cattle: Store cows, to £7; dairy cows, to £7 10s.; wcaner calves £2 17b. Sheep: Forward wethers, 53a, Messrs. Daleety and Co., Ltd., Masterton, report havini held a.-very successful clearing sale in their Grcytown eiilcyards on account of the late C. ,/. Jury's cstato on Thursday.- There was a large attendance from the surrounding districts. The cows were all big-framed and were all In Eood condition, Rlso the heifrrs, which were a particularly fine lot of three-year-olds. Competition was very keen right throughout, (the sale. The tows averaged £12 55., and'the heifers £10 ss. The following is a list of nrlces:—Cows, August and September calverp, £9 12s. 6d., £10 2s. 6d., £10 55., .£lO 7s. 6d., .£lO 12s. 6d., £10 17s. 6d., £11, £11 5e., £ir 7s. 6(1., £11 10s., £11 159.. £12, £12 55., £12 10s., £12 12s. 6d.. £12 155., £13, £13 23. 6d., £13 10s., £13 !Ss=., £14 2s. 6d., £14 55., £14 17s. 6d., £15, £15 10s., to £16 17e. 6d.: heifere, duo factory dates, £8 55.. £8 10b., £9 2s. 6d.. £9 5e.. £9 7s. 6d., £10. £10 55., £11, £11 2s. 6t1.. £11 15s. to £16.

Messrs. Abraham flad Williams, Ltd., Pulmerrton Tforth, report.:-On 'AVednes. day our annual sale of dairy stock was hcid in our Palmcrston North yard?. Over ISO head of dairy stock ca.mo fcrward, the majority of which were of good qualIt; , . There- -vas a attendance of buyers, and en excellent demand for good quality', dairy stuff. Bidding right throughout was jai'ticularly keen; and with the exception .of a few backward heifers everything was disposed 01. highly satisfactory prices ruling. A herd of cows was sold on account of Mr. P. Nisijci', Bat-3. . B«i dairy 6orts brought frc.m £14 to £16; medium cows, £12 '10s. to £13 15a.; a few backwaid sorts, £8 lo £12, the line averaging £14 Is. A nico lino of 2-year-old Jer.<cy-.t,-oss heifers,, offered on account, of Mr. Aiex. Mitchell, Longburn, sold at. from £11 15s. to £14 ■ for the best, and from £9 10s. to S. 11 for the balance. A line of cows sold rn account of Mr. C. T. Kceble brought from £12 10». to £13 55., averaging £12 18b. A line of fairly good heifers, on Recount of Mr. E. W. Collins, made from £10 10s. to £12 ss. for forward torts; backward heifers, £7 10s. to £10. On account of other vendors, good springing cows

brought from £13 10e. to .£l6; Dediuni, £9 10s. to £12 55.: backward and aged cows. £7 to. to £10; cow-3 in milk, £8 10s. to £13; beet, .springing hcilers, £11 1o £13 55.; medium ditto, i'B st. to £10 10s.; a few backward, small, ami inferior heifers, £6 10s-. to £7 16s.