LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 59, 3 December 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Balgcty and Co.. Ltd., I'alnievston kiireport having a fair yarding of ootli Bheep and cattle at their Feilding on Friday lait, when nearly all the lines offered ojianged hands at satisfactory prices to vendors. Following aro prices " a 'jsedMedium two-tooths, 275, sd. to 6d.; medium two-tooth .wethers, 275. 5d.; lour-tooth wethers, 30s. 3d.; lifteen-months heifers. £4 45., £5 55.. to £5 lis.; fifteenmonths steers, £6 175.; twenty-months steers, £8 95.; store cows (small), £5 Is.fat cows. £12; bulls. £13 15s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle at their Palmerston North sale on November 29. Biddinq was dull throughout the sale, but several lines wero Bold afterwards. Quotations •- Jat and forward shorn ewes, ZSs. Bd.: vear. ling steers. £7 3s.

At Palmcr6ton North on Thursday the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., had a small entry of sheep anil cattle. There was a small attendance of buyerß, and bidding was not brisk. Quotations: Shorn ewes, 205.; small two-tooths 245.; cull yearlings, £2 12s. 6d.; fifteenmonths heifers, £6 Is. to £7; weaners (good), £3■ 45.; heifer in milk. £10; young Jersey bulls, £5 ss. to £5 7s. c'd.; fat cows,

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Palmtrston North on November u we had an average yarding of stook and a fair attendance of buyors. There was a fairly good demand for all classes of stock, and we had practioally a total clearanoe, prioes having a tendency to harden. Plain fat cows brought £11 18s 6d.; fair store oows, £7 10b. to £8 65.; dairy cows, in milk and springing, £9 10s. to £12; good springing heifors, £11-to £12 17s. 6d.; small heifers in milk, £6 ss. to £8 M c tw ? . a h .alf-year store heifers, . „„ 0 ® 3 - 61; medium yearling steers £8 t§. £8 65.; small do., £6 16s. to £7 12a. 6d.; mienor coloured yearling bulls, mixed coloured yearling heifers, £3 15s. 6d. to £4 16j.; mixed-sex Shorthorn yearlingß, £810s.; mixed wethers, £2 ICa. /'°i /„ at A roo " r ewes, 355.; shorn do. (plain), 28s. 6d.; forward woolly ewes, 305.; aged shorn ewes, 165.; woolly mixed hoggets, 295. to 335.; shorn store hoggets (small), 18s. 2d.; cull hoggets, 165.; Downcross two-tooths, 245. 6d. At Fcilding on November 30, rather leas stock than usual came forward. There was, however, a good inquiry for all classes, and prioef had a tendency to harden. Cattle sold well, especially cows, for which there was keen competition at advanced rates. Practically everything yarded waa disposed of before leaving the yards at the following rates ;-Plain fat cows, £12 15s. to £13; forward cowb, £10 12s. to £11 17s. 6d.; fresh-conditioned cowb, £9 7s. 6d. to £10; store and aged oows. £7 2a. 6d. to £8 135.; heavy bulls (tinners), £11 to £17; eighteenmouth heifers, £6 6a. to £6 155.; yearling to fifteen-month heifers, £4 10a. to £5 55.; yearling Jersey-cross bulls, £5 17s. 6d. to £6 10s.; mixed weaners, •£2 12s. 6d. to £3 2s. 6a.; small do., £1 15s. to £2 sb. forward woolly ewes, 345.; store and forward empty ovree, 28s. 6d. to 29a.; full-mouth ewes and lambs, 385.; two-tooth ewes, 295. 7d.-. twotooth wethers, 27b. 2d.; mixed two-tooths, 21s. to 266. 6d.

The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., stock department, report as follows on their weekly sale at Carterton, when they submitted a full yai ding of sheep, cattle, and pigs to a large pttendance of. buyers. Quotations Sheep: Fat ewes, 275. 3d. to 275. 9d,;. forward ewes aud wethers, 26a. 6d.; ewes with lambs at. foot, 265. Cattle: Two and a half-year steers, £11 165.; two and a half-year empty heifers, £6 3s. to £7 10s.; store cows, £B. £9, to £9 23. 6d.; cows and calves. £7 12s. ,6d.; bulls, £8 2s. 6d., £3 IDs., £9. £9 10s., £10, to £14. l'igs, etc., of whirji there was a large entry.: Baconers, £3 8s:; light baconers, £2 16s. to £2 18s. 6d.: norkere, ; £2 " 75.; slips, ' 205..- 215., " 265. 6ii. to ,28s. 6d.; weaners,. lie., 155., ,17s. 6d., 195., 19s. 6d., to £1; boy's pony, £11 155.; hens, 25., 2s. Id., to 33.' each. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Pahiatua, report on their cattle fair, held in their Mangahao yards, as follows;—We oflered a large yarding of all descriptions of cattle to a very representative attendance of buyers from all parts of the North Island. A number of well-grown bullocks camo forward from Makuri, Ngaturi, and Tane districts, and elicited keen competition. A line of 20 threo and four-year Hereford-Shorthorn-cross bullocks, bred by and oHered on account of Mr. A. H. Hoggard, were favourably, commented on by a number of critics, and realised the satisfactory 'figure of £18 6s. A pen of fat and forward four and five-year bullocks, sold on account of Mrs. Stewart, topped the market, reaching tho satisfactory figure of £18 12s. 6d. The Balfour Estate three-year-old Shorthorn steers, 40 in number, were sold to Messrs. Burling Eros, at the satisfactory figure of £17. A nice pen of 30 four-year l'.A. steers, ex ' Chelsefleld" (M. Caselberg), made £17 10s.; 16 fat and forward steers, on account of Mr. J. Y. Crawford, made £17 10s.; 14 P.A. steers, on account of Mr. J. Y. Crawford, made £17. On account of A. M'Kay, 18 • fat " and forward bullocks made £17 17s, 6d.; on account of H. Miller, Ngaturi, 29 four-year .P.A. steers, £16 175.; ou account A. D. Egllnton 22 four and flve-ycar steers, £16 19s. 6d. The demand for low-conditioned threo and four-year cattle ,-was not keen, but vendors met tho -market and a large number of thlß class of cattle went to the Wanganui district at priccs ranging from £11 10s. to £14. There was a keen inquiry for female cattle; a nice lino of 40 three-year-old Hereford-cross liciferß offered on account of Mr. J. T. Kotlowski realised £11 169.; these went to the Huntcrvllle district. Another small line of 20 two-year Hereford heifers made £13 16s. The competition for dairy yearling steers ilnd heifers was not keen, a number of these returning home unsold. Out of a total yarding of 2750, we sold 1920 head, which, considering the easier tendency of the market, must be-considered highly satisfactory. Pnces ranged as follow :-Four and live-year bullocks, £16 19s. 6d, to £18 12s. 6d. ; three'and four-year steers, £15 10s. to £18 55.; three-year steers (good), £15 to £17; three-year steers (coloured), £11 10s to £14; two-year steers, £10 10s. to £15 10s.; yearling steers, £8 10a. to £11 55.; dairy yearling steers, £5 ss. to £9 7s. 6d.; threeyear Hereford heifers, £13 16a. to £14 165.-two-year do., £13 10s.; dairy .yearling heifers, £4 to £7; dairy weaners, £3 35.: fat cows, £1110s. to £13 155.; Horeford'cows with calves at foot, £17 55.; Forward cows, £9 108. to £11 10s.; store cows, £6 ss. to £7 155.; cows and calves, £6 10s. to £12 10s.; Shorthorn bulls, £16 16s. to 33ens • Hertford bull, 21gns. '