LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 271, 10 August 1920, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Tie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile "A'eency Co., Ltd., report on their Pahia-. tun, "sale, held on Tuesday.—"We had a Rood entry of tooth sheep • and cattle.: Competition, not aB, ;keen as the last few sales, Buyers appeared to be standing off, - were passed at auction;. Wo auote:—Aged ewes in lamb, 265."6 d.";' empty ewes. 30s. 7d.: 4-tooth wethor», 365. 6d.; dairy cows, £12 to £13; dairy I heifers, £9 15s. to £12; 2-year Holstein steers; £5: empty cows, £4 10b,: weaner hei- ; fers. £2 15s. ' Messrs. Abraham and Williams report:- ; On Saturday we held a special sale of : dairy cows and heifers at Hunterville. : Early calves of oil descriptions met with • ».very ready sale., and several lineß. of ' backward Btuff failed to find purchasers. i Quotations:. Best cows, £20, £27 10s.; (rood i do.; £16 10s.. £18: fair do., £14 165.. £15 10s.; old'aud backward do., £6 10s„ £8: Jersey i heifers. £15 65.. £17; Holr.tein do., to £12 r 6s. i others, £10 10s. to £11 7s. 6d.: small I;; do., £8 10b.. £9. i; Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., re port on 'their .Marton Bale, held on Tues- : day.—We had the largest entry of nonets yet offered'in Mor.ton, our own yards be ine' overtaxed, and Messrs. Daltrety and ;■ Oo.'s yards (kindly lent for the occasion) 1 : were also fairly well filled. The hoggets , were all on account of local farmers, and came forward in very fair condition though with the oxceotion of a few lots the duality was not nn to usual standard of : Marton' hoseets. With a few exceptions the entry met with a good sale, buyers being present from Hawke's Bay Wairarapa. Baetihi. and Main Trunk cen'tres. and Taranakf. A email .viirding' of cattle sold at late rates. We auote as follows:—Ewe'hoggets. 30b. 6d:. 345,.4 d.; fair do., 265. 10d.: wether hoggets, 31s. 6d., 32s 3d.: fair do., 295. 3d.: best iriie'd, 30s f>d.. 325. lOd.: very fair do.. 28b. 9d„ 29s 6d.; fair do.. 265„ 275. 6d.r medium, 235., - 235.'8 d.: small. 225.. 225. Id): m.s. 2-tooths, 345. 6(l.:'fat ewes, 38s. 3d., 395.: lighter do., 345., 37a. 3d.: yearling Jersey heifers, to £5 53,; empty heifers. £3 17s. 6d„ £4 10s.; springing heifers, £11 105..' Sil 155.; Jersey do.. £13 10b.: dairy cows, to £10.

Messrs. Dateety and Company. Ltd., reDort having hold their fortnizhtly sale at Levin on Tuesday, when they offered a medium entry of sheep and cattle. A eood sale of sheep resulted, prices being, slightly easier than laßt -ale. Quotations areas follow-.—Pat wethers, to 41s. 5d.; fat. ewes". 30s. to 425. 3d. i fat hogpets. to 365. 6d.: empty store nwes. IBs. 9d. to 215.; m.B. hoeeets. 20b. to 225. 3d.: dairy htifers, £10. 15b. to £12: itoro cows. £6 6s. to £6; Btore piBB. 345. 6d. to Mb.; porkers, to £310s.