LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 302, 10 September 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

;TheWairarapa Farmers' Co-op. Assn., ''; Ltd., Dannevirke, report on the undermentioned' sales -.-At Te 'Rehunea on Thursday, we held a very; successful sale of dairy stock, on account of Mr. J. H. Kerrison. Competition was keen for best cows in*, profit and at the drop, pnoca for these-ranging from £17 10s. to £24, the i. herd of 25' head averaging £16. ss. . per j head.. A number of . low-conditioned cows . sold at low pricoß.'viz., £9 10s. to £10, con- ' siderably reducing the average. Backward heifers, in calf,,£B 155.; yearling heifers, ! £2 25.; Jersey bull,. £7 155.; harness horse, £19; sundries sold at usual clearing sales rates. At Dannevirke on Friday a goou yarding of sheep for the time of - year came forward, ,t.he demand for hoggets ! being exceptionally gooaT Prices showed an increase on last sale's report. Good ! dairy cows'W.ere also in fairly good demand,'but onlinary \ sorts were rather ' neglected; 177. M.s. hogeets (medium), 225.; .95 dov-225-'6d.; 76 do., 26sj sd:j 123 do., 17s. lid.; 17.)'d0., small, il6s.; 'J"fat -wethers, ;£2.:25.-6d.; 1 good dairy cow, £15 10a.; 9 heifers (with calves and spring- ; . ' ins;), £5 10s.',' £7 10s., £8 15s.', to £10 155.; ! 1' bull, £6' ss;; 1 yearling steer, £5 75.; 8 'weauer. pigs, 265. ;.Messrs. Dalgety .and Co., Ltd., report having held a sale at the Millefs Road ! yards, Dannevirke, on September 6. There : was affair yarding of-cattle, and everything'penned sold ; 'under the hammer at . satisfactory prices. Quotations: Fat cows, £9 10s.; springing, . heifers, . from £8 to ; £12 17s. 6d.;''store cows, £5 17s. fid.; two-..year-old steers, bad coloui's, £6 35.; year- : ling heifers, £4. • ■Messrs. Abraham and' Williams, Ltd., re- | pojt that at the Feilding yards on Sep- . tember 6 ther.e was an exceptionally small , yarding-of | both sheep and cattle;. Thero was 'a. fair .attendance of the public, and most lots changed hands at prices ruling of late. Quotations:—Forward ewes, to ... 245.;. ewe hoggets, to 315.; mixed hoggets, 195.. 19s. 8d„ 235. 6d., 245., 28s. 3d., to 295.; ! ; store cows, £6 lis., £7 10s., to £7 12s. fid.; I springing heifers, to £10;. yearling Shorti horn- heifers, £6 55.; poor-condi-j,, .tinn'wreaners, 265. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ltd., report:-At Masterton, on ! Wednesday, .we had a Bmall entrv of i . sheep? aJid a fair.'one. of cattle. There, |. was.good competition .< throughout. for: all • classes,, and a total clearance was made i under'the hammer as follow:—Medium b.f. | hoggets; 18s.- 7d.; small hoggets, 12s. 3d.: ! need ewes in lamb. 255.; dairy cows, £13 I 10s. to £12; backward cows, £5 17s. fid.; ' ■ store- cows, £9,'£B fs„ and £7 ss. ;< small I wearier heifers, £1 ss. j.-vf —