SALES OF LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7265, 22 October 1910, Page 13

SALES OF LIVE STOCK

AUCTIONEERS' EEtPOETS. Loan and Mercantile Company. At Feilding yesterday wo "had a. fair.' (yarding of sheep and a, ;good yarding pt. cattle. Prices for sleep were slacker in comparison with late rates. Cattle sold we'll. Forward empty ewe 13s, forward woolly owe 16s 3d, ewe and lambs 16s Gd to 20s, three year steers low condition ,£5 ss, store cows £3 12s, empty cows £3 9s=, light fat cows £1 15s, cows, in toulk £3 to £i 19s, yearling heifers .£2 15s, fut cows .£6 12s, fat. bullocks light £l, bulls to £3 17s fid. At l'ailmerstan on Thursday we had a good entry of' sSveop and a heavy yarding of cattle, including several limes of good 'bullocks, which'were all sold: Bidding for both sheep and cattle was brisk and vary little was" passed at auction, and at the end of the day only one small pen went out.. unsold. Sheep:—Ewes and Jamba 17s 7d to 19s 3d. small hoggets 12s 2d, fat ewes IDs 6d, short light fat ewes 12g Id. Cattle.—Wean ers 27s Cd, yearling steers (small) £2. lss,Gd, yearling heifers (small) £2 9a, yeairlihg heifers £3 5s- to £3 6s, store cows £2 18s to, £3 18s, eighteen month heifers £S Ids, cows in calf \£i ito £G, cows in milk ,£3 10s to £i, backward 'heifer's to. calf .£3 15s to £i, forward bualooks £6 17s 6d to £7 69, yeanling Jersey bull £i 10s, bulls £5 2s ■6d to £6 10s. ■ Abraham and Williams..

At Palmerston North .on Thursday there was a good inquiry for all classes of stock, ,and every line was cleared at the fallowing quotations; —Good ewe luoggata 17s 6d, good wether' hoggets 15s lOd, medium hoggets, mixed sexes 13s 7d, full-mouth ewes with 100 per cent, of lambs lite, fat cows .£5 to £7 15s, forward oows, £i to £1 15e,-springing oowa £i 12s 6d to £6 ss, cows in milk £5 2a Gd to .£7 ss, springing heifers £5 10s to> .£6 16s, yeaTlimg- heifers £3 to £3 lfe, weaner steers .£2 19s to ,£3 is, heifers in calf £i Is, store cows £3, 17s to ,£3 12s 6d, Jersey bullae 2s 6d to £7.'

At Hunterville on Tuesday we had a fair yarding of sheep and cattle. The ctamand for sheep was not keen, but cattle sold at. advanced rates. -Ewe hoggets lte 4d, mixed hoggets 13s,.ewes and lambs 173 6d. Cattle: Woaners .£2 ss, yearling steers £3 is, springing cows £G\ 10s, empty 3s 6d to .£3 17s. ~ At Taihape on Wednesday there was; good: inquiry, all .round, and practically: a clearance was made. Mixed hoggets lis lOd, ewe hoggets 13s Id to-Ids 4dV wether hoggets ' 12s 7d to 14s 9d, fat and forward wethers 17s Bd, ewes with lambs 16s 9d, all counted 7s sd, store cows £3 lis, springing cows «£5 5s to £7, yearling Steers" .£2 16s, 18-mc-nths steers .£3 ss, 2year. steers £i 2s 6d to £4, lis, steers £5 3s, 18-months heifers .£2 19s. 'At Marton on Thursday the special sale held on account of Mr L. M. Eichards drew a large attendance of buyers from all parts, including Waikato and Toranaki. The condition of the hoggets was excellent. Bidding all through was good, and the whole yarding of some 8000 ewes was disposed of at very satisfactory prices. Small &vro lioggets 12s 6d to 14s, medium ewe hoggets 14s 6d to 16s, good ewe hoggets 16s 6d to 19a 3d, small wether hoggets lis to 12s, medium wether hoggets 13s to 14s, good wether hoggets, Ha 9d to ■ 16s. Dalgety and Co. . ,

At Upper Hutt on Thursday a s smalli yarding of sheep, and fair yarding of j cattle came forward, and a total clear- ■ ance of the cattle resulted, the follow;ing prices being realised under the ham-l mer: Ewes with lambs 16s 4d,'cows close! to profit £6-7s. 6d. to .£9 Is, springing. cows £i 17s to £6 ss, cows with calves; at foot JH to £i lis, store cows £3 ssy : springing heifers ,£3 9s to £6 16s; 3-yeari heifers to .£3 16s, 3-year steers -.£4 12s 6d, yearling steers and heifers .£2 2s 6d to £2 10s, young trails ,£2 7s 6d. ' '-< ! At Mangaoronga yesterday we held a, dairy sale in the estate pf the late Mrs L. Schormann.. This Kerd, though in rather; low condition,- averaged the satisfactory price of *£7 3sj prices' ranging from £i 2s to .£lO 7s 6d. Weaner pigs sold at 7s and porkers lis., ,