STOCK SALES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6733, 9 October 1928, Page 12

STOCK SALES

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report on the sales of the week as under:— _ • There was a moderate yarding of sheep, cattle and pigs at their Bulls Sale on Monday Ist instant, which sold as under; — , > , Fat ewes 84/6, 35/-, 37/-; fat hoggets 30/-, 34/-; 3-yr. steers £9; forward cows £5/12/6; light fat cows £7/5/-; fat cows £B/15/- to £9/5-; dairy heifers £7, £7/5/-, £B, £B/10/-, £9/15/-, £lO to £11; 2 pens of fat bullocks realised £7. • , • In conjunction with Messrs. Levin and Co., yearling pedigree Jersey bulls on account of Mr. S. Ingram sold at 15, 16J, 17, 19. 22, 31 guineas; weaner pigs 14/-, 14/6, 15/-; light porkers 36/6, 37/-, 37/6. There was a good entry of sheep, and cattle at their Ashhurst Sale on Wednesday, 3rd instant. There was keen competition for all class of stock and a total clearance was effected. Quotations.- .

Fat wethers £2/0/6; fat owes 32/9, 3-1/2, 36/-, 36/1, 37/-; 4-th wethers 35/-; b.f. 2-ths 29/6; shorn fat ewes 26/-; springing cows £9, £lO/7/6; cows in milk £B/5/-; light fat heifers £7/12/6; fat and forward' cows £4/12/6, £5/7/6; 2-yr. empty heifers £5/16/-; rough 4 and 5-yr. - bullocks £ll/10/-; 2-yr. jersey bulls £B/5/-, £B/10/-, ; £9; 2-yr. Pedigree Jersey bulls' £ls/15/-; yearling Ayrshire bulls £3/12/6; small X-bred yearling heifers £4/10/-, There was a small yarding of sheep and a good entry of all classes at the Feilding Sale on Friday, sth instant. Both- fat sheep and fat cattlo wore easier in price. Light fat hoggets 27/7. 28/6; fat shorn cw r es 24/0; fat woolly ewes 33/6; 3 and 3-yr. P.A. steers £B/19/-; 4 and 5-yr. Holst. Cross bullocks £l2/10/-; Jersey bullocks £10; fat heifers £11; fat’cows £ll/11/-; dairy cows £9, £lO, £l2, £l3; dairy heifers at drop £lO, £ll, £l4/10/-, £ls, £l6/10/-; yearling Jersey bulls £5/10/-, £7, £8; 2-yr. Bed Poll bulls £ll/10/-; 2-yr. Jersey bulls £lO, £l3/10/-, £l6.

Messrs Abraham and Williams Limited report: “Wo held our usual monthly sale of wool skins,* hidoa and tallows on Thursday, October 4th., when wo submitted a good catalogue to a full attendance of buyers. Wool, mostly inferior crutchings, sold on a par with last sale. In sym-1 pathy with other centres the sheepskins market declined Id to lid. For j hides an easier market again ruled and values generally were "$d to *d per lb. lower. Calfskins and yearlings were firm. Tallow is in good demand at late rates. i ; Wc quote:—Wool: Crutchings, dium lOd to 10Id/ inferior and seedy 7d to 9Jd,j pieces S4d to 9Xd, dead,