LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 28 January 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report:—At EUetahuna on Friday we had a fair yarding of sheep. The market shewed an improvement rn the previous sale, and bidding was animated throughout. We made a total clearance aB followsß.P. rape lambs, 17s. to 17s. Sd.; small b.f. lambs, Bs. 6d. to 9s. 7d.; m.s. two-tooths, 27b. 6d.; forward aged ewes, 17s. to 18s.; cull owes, 9a. At Feilding, on Friday, a fair entry of. sheep and cattle was yarded. There was a decided improvement , : n the tone of the sheep market, and bidding wan animated, resulting in a Rood advance on last week's rates:—Small woolly lambs, 10s. 7d. to 10s. Ed.; medium woolly lambs, Ws. 5d.; medium two-tooth wethers, 265. 61 to 275. 6d.; four-tooth wethers, 30s. fid.; cull ewes, 9s. lOd.; good condition mixedage ewes, 275.; fat oweß, 295.; small wean, ers, 315.; store cows, £4 to £6; cows in calf, £6 15s. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report that they offered a fair yarding of cattle and a small yarding of sheep at their Upper Hutt yarJs on Thursday la6t. There was practically no demand for any but fat sheep, but tpringers, close to profit, and weaners .made good prices. They quote:—Fat ewes, 275. 6d.; light fat cows, £8 2s. to £9 10s,; two and a halfyear steers, £9; springing cows, £8 ss. to £10 10s.; springing heifers, £10 to £13; m.s. weaners, to £3. They had a very fair entry of sheep and a Bmall yardin™ of cattlo at their Feilding sale on Friday. Lambs of all classes showed a distinct rise in price from previous week, r.nd sheep generally met with good competition Cull lambs, os., 6s. Sd., 7s„ 7s. 7d., to Bs. 7d,; medium shorn lambs, to 125.; black-face shorn lambs, to 14s. 7d.; small woolly lambs, 10s. 6d. to 10s. Bd.; -ery fair "woolly lambs, to 15s. Jd.; two-tooth ewes, to 275. Id.; mixed-age empty ewes, 13s. Ud.; fifteen-month heifers, £5 18s.; forward cows, to £8 155.; light fat cows, to £10 17b, At their fortnightly stock sale at Woodville, on January 21, there was 1 fair yarding of stock, and everything sold at satisfactory prices. Three-year-old steers, in forward condition, from £13 to £14 155.; fat lambs, 17s. At their weekly sale at the Miller's Road yards, Dannevirke, on January 25, there was a good number of buyers present, and the prices Bhowed an improvement to previous saleß. There was a eood yarding of both oattle and sheep, and everything we had sold under the hammer. We quote as follows:—Fat bullocks, £17 55.; dairy cows, £&'-

£12 55.; heifers, from £7 10s. to f,9 155.; one pen of ttvclvo two-year heifers, been running with bull, 5,7 12s. 6d.; 16 heifers Jo £7 lOb. ; yearling Jersey bull. £4 15s.;' 176 four-tooth wetherE, in fonvard condition, realised 325.; 38S two-tooth wethers 245. Bd. ' Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., veport;-At Palmerston North, on January 24, we had a fairly good yarding of stock, the quality of which was on the whole rather inferior. Prices showed an improvement and practically the whole yarding changed hands. A?ed store ewes brought l'rom 15s. to 18e.; aged woolly ewes (poor), 21s. lOd.; inferior two-tooth ewes, 17s. fid. to 20s. lfld.; cull ewes. 6s to 10s. 6d.; aged ewes r.nd lambs (poor). 20s • store lambs, 12s. 6d. to '55.; small, 9s. to 10s. 4d. At Feilding, oil January 25. we had a good muster of sheep and a' fair entry of cattle. There was a good demand for all classes, the market showing a decided improvement, especially for 6heep. Sales were .-aade at the following rates;— Fat wethers, 335. 3d.; f.m breeding owes, 225. to 255. 6d.; store ewes! 16s. to 195.; aged owes, lis. to 14s. 6d.rape lambs, 18s. to_ 19s. 6d. ; black-faco lambs, 13s. sd. to 13s. Sd.; shorn lambs, lis. 6d. to 13s. 6d.; r.ull v.vo-tooth wethers, 20b. to 21s. od.; light, fat, and forward cowb, £10 Us. to £11 Ea.; forward cows, £8 Is. to £9 75.; aged and small store cows, £5 sa. to £7 10s.; two and a halfyear steerß, £10 175.; fifteen-month steers, £7 Is.; eighteen-month heifers in calf, £6 55.; springing heifers, £7 10s. to £10; storo heifers, £6 2s. 6d. to £6 os.; mixed ers (medium), £1 17s. to £2 55.; cull ditto, 17s. 6d. to £1 Bs.; bulls, £10 to £11 10s. The Wairarapa, Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., stock department, report on their Carterton sale held on Friday lk under;—A pood entry of sheep and cattle, and a medium entry of -Mgs came forwara and was submitted to the usual attendance. Businesß at auction waß not quite as brisk as last week, and one or two lines failed to reach vendor's reserves, nevertheless good business resulted by private sale. Quotations;— Sheep; Pat ewes (good), 295.; f.f.m. ewes, 255.; b.f. lambs, Bs. Sd., Bs. 9d„ 9a. 3d., to Ms. Cattle;— Fat cows (good), £12 155.; light, £10; cows and- calves, £9 10s. to £9 15s.;' store cowb, £4 16s. to £7 165.; n-eaner steer calves, £3 35.; fifteen-month steers (bad colours), £5 165.; m.s. weaners (good), £2 lis., £2 13b., to £2 18s.; others, 16s. to Jersey bulls, £4 4s„ £9 2s. 6d„ to £10. Pigs, etc.: Porkers, £1 17s. 6d., £2 3b„ £2 8s„ to £2 10s. Fowls, Is. 3d., Is. Ed., to 2s. , , The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co. report;—On Wednesday, at.the Hamilton saleyards, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. G. Oornfoot of his live and dead stock. There was a big attendant of buyers present, and competition throughout was keen. His pedigree Polled-Angus herd found, ready sale at tho following prices:—Pedigree cowb M'th calves at foot from 24 to 50 guineas, pedigree cows, empty, 145 to £5 guineas; pedigree heifers, empty, 21 to 25 guineas; pedigree Polled-Angus bull, Repa, 48 guineas; pedigree eighteen-month PallelAngus bulls, 21 to 29 guineas; Shorthorn bulls, 7 to 10 guineas; prime fat steers, £17 155.; fat steers, light-weights, £15 Isa. !o £16; fat and fonvard four-year steers, £iri7s. to £14 10s.; good utee and a. halfyear steerß, £12 15s. to £13 10s.; two and a half-year Shorthorn steers, £12 to £12 6b.; fat two and a half-year heifers, £10 35.; good eighteen-month f.horthorn steers, £9 7s. to £9 10s.; eighteen-month Hereford steers, £10 to £11 55.; small eighteenmonth Btoers, £<> sb, to .+6 10s.; fifteen to eighteen-month heifers, nmall, £5 Is. to £5 65.; two and a half-year empty heifers. £8 18s. to £9 15b. ; dairy cows in milk, £10 ss. to £14; fat ewos, 255. 6d. to 29b.; fat woolly lambs, ISs, 6d. to 205.; storo woolly lambs, 12s. od. to 12s. 7d.; small ivoolly lambs, Bs. to 10s. 9d.; .•ound-mouth storo ewes. 20s. 9d. to 21s. fid.: store, ewes, lit. lOd. t® 16s. Id.; Southdown rams, two to throe guineas; farm horses, £19 to £25 10b.; heavy draughts, £26 10s. to £34 10s.; spring-cart sorts, £14 10s. to £16 10s. Farm implements, harness, etc., at very satisfactory prices. ' Mr. Nowton King reports ;—At Urenui.nn Monday, January 21, a Bmall entry, wlucli sold a!s f ollowb :—Fifteen to eighteenmonth heifers,'from £3 iss. 6d. to £4 J4s.; fifteen-month steers, £5 135.; forward cows, up to £10 55.; store oows, £6 7s. 6d. to £8 12s. 6d.; empty two «nd a half-year heifers, £7 155.; bulls, £8 10s. to £12 55.; shorn lambß, 15s. Id.: wethers, 2fis. 6d.; eighteen-month in-calf Jersey heiferß, £5 9s. to £5 10b. Oil Tuesday. January 22. at Stony River, eighteenmonth steers made £7 Js. 6d.; smaller cattle, £5 16s. to £6 10s.; fifteen-pronlli heifers, £4 18s, 6d. to £5 Is.; springing heiferß. £8; springing cows, £9 15s. to £12; fat bullock. £18 195.; fat iows and heifers, £11 15b. to £11 165.; good forward cows, £10 10s.; store cows. £5 ss. to £8 175.; cows and calves (good), £9 13s. td £10 10s.; bulls, £15;. fat ewes, 28b.; small fat tsvo-tooths, 255. 6d.