LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 10, 7 October 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At Foildine on Friday there was a fair yarding, which sold at late rates. Mixed hogget?, 20s. lid., 225., 225. 2d.; fair hoggets, Z6s„ 275., 275. 6d.; ewes, with 100 per cent, lambs, 25b. 6d.; small yearling steers, £3 155.; good yearling S.n. steers, £8, £0 3s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At our Palmerston North sale on Thursday, wo had a small yarding of Bheep and a good yarding of cattle. Stock Bold freely at late rates:— Quotations:—Fair hoggets, 285.; Bhorn b.f, hoggets, 145.; cull storo owes. 10s.; yearling'steers, small, £3, £3 55., £3 10s., £4, to £5 7s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £2 7s. 6d., £3 2s. ed.; £4 10s., £5 45., to £5 65.; mixed yearlings, £4 Is.; springing heifers. £7 10s. to £8 2s. 6d.; dairy cows, to £13 10s.; store cows. £3 to £8 5b.; cows and calves, £7 to £9 7s. 6d.; fat cows, £13 7s. 6(1., £13 12s. ed., to £14 155.; forward bullocks, £14 15s. Messrs. Abraham and 'Williams, Ltd., report:-At Falmcrston North on October 3 we had a good yarding of cattle. There ■was good competition for all lines of en.ttic. Prices ruling' were as follow:— Sheep: Fat b.£,'hoggets, 235. 6d.; shorn b.f. 20s. 3d.; small hoggets, 14s. Cattle; Cows and calves,.£7 2s. 6d.; 6orlngins dairy cows, £6 155., £9, £9 155." £10, £12, to £17 155.: store cows, £5 65.; twentymonth, to two-year empty heifers, £5 Is., £6 55., £6 155., to £7 195.; yearling heifers, £3 10s. to £4 la.; yearling steers. £3 10s. to £5 ss. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd.. report at the Feilding yards on October 4 a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was a good attendance of buyers, and the tone of the market was, if anything, better than tho previous sale. Thn following prices were realised. Ewes and lambs, to 345. 6d.; hoggefß. 225. Id., 235. ert., .265. 3d., 265. 9d.. 28s. 7d., to 325. ; lOd.; empty heifers, to £6 165.; two and a. half-vcar steers, £8 tq £9; yearling steers, £4 155.. £5 55., £5 155., to £7 17s. 6d.; yoarlinc-heifers, £4 15s. to £5 10s.: springhcif'TS. £7 10s., £9 10s.. to £11. Tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., stock department, report having held their weekly sale at Carterton on October 4, when tncy offered a big

yarding of shcop, c-n.ttlo, and pigß. Biddint; was exceptionally keen for pigs and cattle. Quotations :-Mcdium w.f. hoggets, 17b. to 18b. Id.; b.f. hoggets, m. 4d. to 255. 6d.; prime fat hoggets, 335., 465. ud., to 643.: springing heifers in calf to Hereford and S.H., £12, £13, to £15 10s.; Ayrshire springing cows, £12 15s. to £18 18s.; heifers on drop, £14 12s. id. ; cowb in milk, £18; cows and. calves, £8 55.; fat cows, £10, £13, to £13 145.; store cows, £6 to £9; empty heifers, £8; yearling steers, £4 Bs.; heavyweight bull, £14 135.; good weaner pigs, 295., 305., 325., to 335.; medium ditto, 255., 26b., to 255. 6d.; porkers, £2 4s. to £3 17b.; maiden cowb, £3

jfessre. Dalgety and Company. Limited, Palnicrston North, report having a very fair yarding of both sheep and. cattle.at their Peilding sale on Friday. Competition was good, and practically all linos sold. Quotations :-Shcep: Small hoggets, 225. Bd.; mixed hoggets, 28s. to 31s. 6d.j wethers, 345. 2d.; light fat ewes, 345. 6d.: mixed ewes and lambs, 355. Cattle: Dairy cows, £8 15s. to £9 12s. 6d.: dairy heifers, to £12 7s. 6d.; springing heifers, to £15 17s. 6d.; springing cows, to £16 15s. A lino of the 46 yearling Shorthorn steers, sold in conjunction with the N.Z. Loan anu Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, reaped £8, and 23 at £8 3s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Masterton, report having held their weekly sale at Carterton on Friday, when they offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle. Competition was keon for • all stock of good quality, and tho following prices were realised:—Cull b.f. hoggets, 10s.; w.f. hoggest, 135.; good b.f. hoggets, 275.; springing heifers made £10, £12, to £14; springing cows, to £15 55.; empty cows, £8 19s. to £9 12s. 6d.; two-year heifers, £6; yearling Holstein bulls, £7 3s. 6d.; weaner pijs made 255. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having hold their fortnightly sale at Martinborough on Thursday, when they offered an exceptionally largo yarding of cattle. There was a largo attendance and practically a total clearance was made at the following prices:—Backward four-year bullocks, £U 55.; mixed-coloured forward-conditioned bullocks, £14; threeyear Holßtein bullocks, £13 10s.; forward cows, £9 ss. to £9 95.; cows with calves at foot, £10 10s'.; store cows, £7; two-year steers, £7 155.. £9 45., to £12; yearling Bteers, £4 19s. to £7 10s.; two-year heifers, £8 45.; yearling heifers, £4 19s. to £6 7s.