LIVE STOCK SALE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 37, 7 November 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALE

.Messrs? Abraham and Williams report jj that at,, their horse emporium on Saturday 5 they had a largo entry o£ of 1 broken and unbroken horses. There was n lartfo attendance and tho/ bidding ftt times was brisk. The demand for good young ■' •sortc, both light and heavy, was keen, but } the remainder of the entry did. not cause ' very-' spirited■ bidding. We ■ quote: Cood draughts. £16, £18, £22 155., £26, to £43 ~ 10b.;' half-draughts, £17" 10s. "to £21 10s.; incdium, £B'ss. to £13; hacks and harness ' horbes, £7 ss. to £15; unbroken (light), £3 < ss.'to.£7 155."; ponies, £5 to;£l3. . 1 The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ajrency : Co.,'. Ltd., report ion their weekly . sale held at P.F.A.—yards:—We olfered. a fair' entry of sheep and cattle. We 2 quote: 4 and 6-tooth wothers, in the wool, 7(1.; fat sheep, 365. 7d.; forward empty , owo3, in wool, 325. Id.;'fat cow, £13 155.; forward ornpty .cows, £9 65.; store cows, , £3 15s. to £6 10b.; . dairy heifers, £) ss. ] to £12;' Shorthorn bull, £13 10b. '/ • ' 1 Messrs. Dalgety and Company, limited, j Piilmerston Norths report having a fair j entry of sheep and a few cattle at'their Marton pale on Monday. Competition was t limited at the following, prices:—Sheen, j forward shorn ewes, 233.;' woolly empty, 1 ewes. 275.; small hogpets. £1; medium I hoggets,' 245.'6 d. Cattle, Bad-coloured year- I ling steers. £4; rough 2-year steers. £6 53. 1 ' Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., re- ( port having held their weekly 6tock salo : at Levin: on Tuoßday. when they ..offered a fair yarding of sheep and cattle: Bjd- ; ding was good and the majority oS. lines ; wore cleared at satisfactory priccß. The . following wore the principal'sales effected; ; M.S.' hoggets, 15s. 7d. to 255. 3d.; store cows, £6 10s. to £7;. springing hejfors, £9 , 15a.; yearling heifers, £4 ss. to £5; '5-month dairy heifers, £5 3b:; yearling (fairy heifers, £4 55.; 2-year dairy heifers, £8; yearling- steers, £4 to £4 55.; 18-month steers, : £4 18s. 6d.; 2-year steerß, £6 17s. 6d. to £7;' • bulls, £5 to £6 10a. • . 1 . Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., Masterton; . rc-nort , that they held, their annual cattle ■ fair ton November's, when they submitted an entry of 1281 head of cattle, the bulk ; of. which was sold under the hammer. There; was a; large attendance of buyers, 'and competition was. keen throughout for grown cattle., and anything showing, breed- , ing. and condition. Prices realised were as follow ™3 arid 4-year bullocks. £17 45., £16 10s.. £16 65., 7 £15 195., £15 175.. £14 10s.. £13 18s.; 2-jear Bteers, £13 165., £13 65., £12 55..' £11. 175., £11 45.; yearling steers. £10 Is., £10, £9; empty cows, £12 65.. £12 2s. fid.,. £12; £11 15a.. £11 25.. £11, >£10 ,7a.. £10 Is., £10. £9; 3-year heifers, to £12 65.; 2-year heifers, £11 10s., £11 Is..- £10 155., £10 125.; 1-year heifers.. £8 10s.. £8 7s. 6d„ '£8. £7 10s., £6 12s. 6d. . Bulls: 2-.vear,Hero-fords, 35gns.; 2-year Polled Angus, 42grns.; aged Polled Angus, 13fns., 12gns.;. aged Shorthorn; 14gns., llgns.; aged Hereford, 19gns. . .