LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 122, 17 February 1919, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

J Messrs. Dalgely and Co., Ltd., Masterton, I report. as followß on their annual ewe ' fair in tho Marfclnborougli aaleyarda on i Thursday last, ivhon they submitted a l full yarding to a pooil attendance. A j large proportion of the yarding consisted of ewes of exceptional'quality, and for I these competition was keen and' very satis- ! factory, prices wero obtained. Prices j realised were as follows:—On account .1. | MTjeod—Four-tooth ewes, 345.; four-year I ewes. 325.; five-year ewes, 3Cs.. On account ; It. M'lieod—Two-tooth, ewes, 31s. Estate ! late N. M'Laren—Four-year owes, from 265. j;. to 275. 6d.; five-year owes, 235. On account i. other vendors—Four and five-yoar ewes, to I 225.; Lincoln rams made from 2to B}gns.; j and Itomnoy rams, from 2to 43gns. There ; was a very fair entry of sheep and a I good yarding of cattle at their Feilding Bale on Friday, with pood competition for I all lambs, but grown "sheep were difficult i to sell; in the cattle-pens, all classes of i empty cows met with keen competition, ' but younger cattle again showed a fallingoff in price. Mixed two-tooths, 16s. 10d.; cull ewes, lis. to 165.; rape lambs (b.f.),- • 155.; fat b.f.'lambs, 20s. Id.; two-tooth • ewcß, 20b„ 21s. 6d.; two-tooth wethers 235. ; 9d. Yearling steers, £2 10s., £3; yearling ■ heifers,.£3, £3 10s.; eighteon-month steers. i £4 45.; two-year steers, £9 35.; forward ; cows, £10 4s. 6d.; light fat. cows, £11; fat , cows. £13 12s. 6d.; bulls, £5, £7 ss„ £15 15a. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Palmerston North on ■ Thursday wo had a fair yarding ! of both sheep and cattle. Tho in- . quiry for young cattle and sheep | was poor. Grown cattle sold well. Mixed- : ago ewes, 16s. to 20s. 7d.; cull oweß, 7s. 3d.; ! shorn lambs, lis. 2d. to 14s. 7d.; cull j lambs, to 4s. Id. Cattle: Fat cows and ! heifers, £9 175., £10, £10 155., to £13; for- ! ward cows and heifers, to £8 55.: cows and : calves, to £8; store cows, £5 55., £6, to i £6 55.; empty heifers £4 12s. &].; spring- ; ing heifers, £7 7s, 6d.; two and a halfj year steers, good condition, £10; two-year i 0 £ J. %• 6 , d,i twenty-month steers, 1 £3 13s/io £4 12s, 6d,

Mr. Newton King reports:-At Stratford last, weak good four and six-tooth wethei'B made 29a. 6d.; two-tooth, 246. 5d.; two-, tooth ewes. 235. to 24a. 4d.j lambs, 11b. sd. to Ms. (id.; onlls, up to 10s. 3d.; f.m. ewes, 18s. to.: oiglHoen-moiith steers, £5 6n.; empty ftfteen-inonth heifers, £3 165.: weanorß, 325. 6d.: bulls, £6 10s. to £14 10b.; 1-t cowb, £10 19s. to £12 2b. 6d.; store cows, £6 10s. to £8 12". 6d.; eighteen-month lieiferß in calf. £510s. Private sales: Eighteenmonth. Btocrß, £6 to £i 10a.; two-year Btcerß, £7; forward two and a. half to threetycar steers, £10 55.; Rood two and a half to three and a half-year steers. £11; three and a .half-year bullocks, £12 12b. '6d. to £13 17s. 6d.; fat cows, £11 10s.; forward cows. £9 10s.; ■ store cown, £7 10s.; heavy bulls, £15; fat heifers, £10 17s. Cd.; Jersey eighteen-month hollers, £7 10s.; Shorthorn in-calf heifcra, £5 to £6; mixed ono and half and two and a half-year incalf heifers, £7 12s. 6d.; choice ln-calf Shorthorn heifers, £10 10s.; good, £8 to £8 195.; fat lambs. 225.; good rape lainbfl, 13s. to 15b. ; others, Bs. to 125.; fat ewes, Ms. to 27b. 6d.; two-tooth wethers (splendid lino), 275.; others. 245. 6d.; small, 21a. (id.; forward owes, 215.; four-tooth wethers, 275. 3d. to 28s. 6d.; four-year ewes, 205.; others, 16s.