LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3195, 20 September 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs'.. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having offered a lair' yarding of sheep and,cattle at Levin on Tuesday. Although some really good sheep were: yarded, bidding was lifeless, end a large proportion of ihe entry went c-ut un6old. Prices realised were:—Prime- fat. hoccets, '41s.;' light fat ewes, 335. Bd.; forward owes, to 31s. 6d.; medium hoggets, 21e. 6d.; springing heifers, to £10 Ids. ..The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile. Agency:'Oo. Ltd., report that at Levin .on Tuesday they offered a good yarding of both sheep "and cattle,'. the bulk of which, was disposed : of. Light fat ewes and wethers, 345. 6d.; store ewes, 19a.; ewes and lambs, 335. 4d.; medium hoggets. 235. to 245.- 3d.; small ditto, 20s. 5d.; medium fat cows, £10 17s. 6d. to £11; forward-con-dition cows, £9 Bs. to £10 25.; storo cows, £6 16s. to £8- 165.; 12-manths steers. £6 25.; 12-months heifers, £2 15s. to £3 17s; 6d.; 2-year Jersey bull. £7: 10b.; springing heifers. £9, £10, £10 10s. to £13; woll-bred 2year Shorthorn heifers, springing, £13 17s. 6d.; empty ditto, £9 17s:, 6d.;, store pigs, 2551 ■ ' A„ The New Zealand Loan and ■Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.,' report having held a very successful clearing sale of dairy c-.ws. sundries, and furniture on account of Mr. R. Barrell. Mangatainoka, on T'nday. There'.was a, good attendance of ouyers, and competition was animated throughout the sale. The following arc a few of the prices' realised:-Obws just calved and close' to calving, £18, £16 10b./ £16, £16, L £ls, £14 15s„ £14 10s.; September and October calvors, £12 155.. £12 10s., £12, £12- to £10; late calvors and. empty cows, £6 OS. to £8; springing leifers, £8 7s. 6d.; yearling heifers', £5 155.,- yearling bulls, £5 7s. 6d.; pony, gig, and harness, £40. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At l'ahiatua, on Tuesday, we had a very fair entry of both sheep and cattle. A good attendance of buyers were present, and competition ■ was muoh higher than-at the previous . sale. Almost a : total clearance was made under the hammer-as follows:—Mixed aged ewes in lamb to Lincoln rams, 306. 6d.; do., in lamb to Romney rams, 275.; cull ewes, 158. 6d.; m.s. hoggets, 2£s.; small do., 175.; \f at owes and wethers, 365. 6d.: backward conditioned cows in calf, £6 lis.; empty heifers, £6 2s. ■ 6d.; m.s. i.eaners, £1 153.' to £3; weaner heifers, £2 12s. 6d: The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile ;Agenoy Co., Ltd., report Pahiatua.ion wo had onlyi a small yarding of sheep l .' and cattle. Though orly a ; small attendance of buyers were present, competition was fairly keen, and we made a total clearance as follows:—Aged ewes with b.f. lambs' at foot, 31s. Cd.; medium hoggets. 235._ 9d.; small empty heifers,' £6 to £6 14s;; heifers in oalf. £9; hackward do.,'£6 10s.; dairy cows, to £11 10s. ■ ■ . ■ The Newi Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At Kaumai, on Tuesday, we had a fair entry of cattle, which sold well at late rates. Wo quote:—Good store cows, £7 7s. to £8 125.; forward cows, £9 10s.; heifers in calf, £6 to £7 175.; good springing heifers,.£lo 12s. 60. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd.,, report having effected the following sales 'through, their Pahiatua branch during the past week:—3oo 2-tooth to 4-year ewes (January delivery), 21a.; 57 2-tooth wethers, ■'32sv; 300. mis. 1 hoggets, 305.; .20 Eereford yearling steers, £11 10s.; 36 m.s. Hereford 'and P.A. weaners, £11" ss. 6d.; 12 P.A. yearling heifers. £8 155.; 29 m.s. P.A. yearlings, £10 55.; 16 2-year steers, £11; 16 3-year P.A., heifers, £14; 14 m.s. yearlings, £7 /10s.;

3 storo cows, £9 10s.; 6 yearling steers, £7; 27 sprinffingr dairy heifers, jJ7; 11 m.s. yearlings, M; i storo cows, £B; 5 weaners, £4; 'i store cows, £1 10s.; 3 cows in calf, £9 10s.; 7 dUiry heilcrs. £7 - .os.; 1 springiue heifer, £12 2s. 6d.; Polled Angus und Hereford yearling steal's, £'2 12s. to £18 dßs.; 2-year bulls, £18 18s., £21 to £26 ss. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report a very good yarding of sheep and cattle was submitted to tno average attendance at their l'oJuatua sale. There was «• good demand for oattle, but the inquiry for hoggets has cased, considerably during the pant fortnight, and consequently competition was limited. We quote as follows :-Bheep: 8.f.. hoggets (good), Ma. 6U. _ A line of good m.s. hogtots was passed in at 2,rs. 6d. Cattle: Forward ,store cows, £11 ss.;.storo cows, £8 2s. 6d., £8 12s. 6d. to £9. 10s.; springing heifers (low condition), £7 IDs. to ■£'/ 12s. 6d.; springing heifers (good), £12 2s. 6d.;. potter bull, £9 10s.; yearling Holstoin boll. £6 ss. • Messrs. Abraham and Williams, report:—At Baumai, on Tuesday, wo had a good yarding of stock and a fail- attendance of buyers. There was a keen demand for all classes, and we had a, total clearance ;at prices well in favour of tho vendors. Bulls for stud purposes sold particularly well. A tmall herd of cows ' offered on account of Mr. W. W. Robert were rather low in condition, and some were showing age. They sold at prices varying from £9 to £14, tho iino averaging £10 155.; small fat hoggets orought 255, 6d.; fair owe hoggets, 295.; medium wether hoggets. 235. 2d.; f.m. fat wethers,' 395.; forward cows, £9 Is. to £10 55.;-Btore cows,'£7 Us. to £8 10s.; store heifers, £5 Bs. Cd. to £7 55.; cows and calves, £7 ss. to £12 12s. 6d.; good dairy cows, £11 to £15; ordinary ditto, £8 10s; to, £10 55.; smell springing heifers, , £8 to £11 7s. 6d.; backward 2-year heifers in calf, £6 2s. 6d. to £7; fair, 2 to 2J-yoar hulls, £14 10s.\ to £17.55.; plain ditto, £11 10s. to £12 15s. ' ' . Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report—At Levin, on Tuesday, we had medium yardings .of both sheep and cattle, audi,a good clearance *as made . at the following quotations:-bheop:' Fat wethers, £2 7s. 5d.; fat hoggets. 285.: fat ' rams, 305.; cull rams, 10s. to 205.; mixed aged ewes in lamb, 295., 305., 355., 355. 6d.; 4-tooth' ewes in lamb, 355. 9d.; empty 2■tooth ewes, 295.v5d. to 345.; h.f. lambs.. 21s. Cattle: 4-year bullocks 'low condition), £15 7s. 6d.; 3-year bullocks How condition), £12 65.; yearling steers, £5 125.. £6 10s. to £8 25.; yearling heifers, £3 4s. to SS; yearling bulls, £7 2s. 6d. to £9 155.; forward cows, £7 to £8 10s,; store cows, £2 12s. to £4 45.; empty heifers, £5 12s. to £6 75.; mixed sex wceners. £4; 5-pringing heifers, £8 ss. to £11.' Pi£S: Wcajjers, 7s '6d. to 17s. 6d.; porkers, 305., 355., 385., £2 17s. to £2 19s.