THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11617, 16 August 1918, Page 6

THE MARKETS.

LEVIN AND CO.’S SALE. Levin and Go report: During the past week wo liekl our usual vard s >les at Bulls and Foil-ding, and do .ring sales ou account Mr , J. C. Hare and Messrs Badger and | Booth (In conjunction with Messrs Dalgety ami Go , Lid ) At Bulla we bad a medium yarding oi both sheep and cattle. Bidding was dull and lifeless, consequently we had a very dragging sale and a number of lines v;ere turned out unsold. At Feilcling we had a medium entrv of sheep and a small oiler mg of cattle. Tlie quality of our sheep entry was for the most part iiifoiior and very little business y/es dose, ewes in lamb being particularly dull of s:: Ir. Our offering of cattle whs principally steers and backward cows, which were dull of sale. Young cattle were in slightly better dem .nd and prices realised were in excess of vendors ideas. At Mr J. G. Hare’s sale we had a small attendance. Bidding however was fairlv free at d an average of £l3 17s par lie ad for the dairy cows must ho considered satisfactory. At Messrs. Booth and Badger’s clearing sale there was s very large attendance Competition for the dairy herd of 70 odd head w,-.s good. Cows close up to profit were keenly competed for. Backward sorts were not in much demand. Young cattle, pigs, implements and sundries sold particularly well. B '-dger and Booth’s clearing sale, Bulls. (In conjunction with Messrs Dalgety and Co,, Lid. ) Mixed hoggets, 24s 4d, yearling heifers £4 os, yearling steers £7, raised wearers 345, cows and calv.-s £8 Os to £lB, forward empty cows £7 10s, fat cows £li, 3/A-year Hereford bulls 19 to guineas, iS-month Hereford bulls 10 to guineas yearling Hereford bulls 7LI to 21 guineas, bacon pigs £2 i7s Gd, store pigs 32s Gd to £3 Is, sow to farrow £3, calves 9s, dairy cows in milk £7 5s to £lO, beat dairy cows £ls to £2l 10s, others £ll to £l4= 10s, others (inferior and low condition), £6 to £9 15s, unsound cows £4 to £8 los, draught mare £ls to £3l, yen)ling colt £7, 8-year draught £23, farm implements. furniture aud sundries, etc., realised satisfactory prices. Bulls sale ■—4th ewes r. w. Romney rams 21s Gd, 2th ewes r.w. Romney rams 27s Gd, mixer! hoggets 17s lOd, Hereford bulls 13 guineas, empty store cows £3 loa to £5 17s Gd, yearling heifers £3 Gs to £3 10s, yearling steers £3 9s to £4, 2nd Ol ivers springing £l3 10s, cows in milk £(i 17s fid to £7 15s, springing cows £9 los to £l4, springing heifers £lO to £l3 10s, fat hcifvis £7 os. 1 Feilaiug sale.—On account J. T. j Williams, 4th to 5 year ewes r.w. Romney rams 13s to 19s; on. account Wilson Bros., ewes r.w. Shropshire rums 19s; o» account R.'MoMullian, ewes r.w. Romney rams 21s; [on account s. G. Perry, mixed hoggets off turnips 15s to 225; ou account Geo. Hobbs, Lincoln wethers 37s Gel, fat wethers 35s lid. Springing heifers £ll 10s, dairycows £o to £lO ss. cows aud calves £G 10s, cows in milk £7 2s 6d, yearling steers £5 to £5 ss, yearling heifers £4 10s, mixed yearlings £3 3s, store cows £6 10s to £0 15s, bullocks £lO 2s Gd to £l2 12s Gd, fat cows £9 15s to i £lO 4s. J. G. Mare’s dairy sale, Cheltenham.—Best cows £l4 to £l6 10s, others (later calvers) £9 to £l3 los, springing heifeis £lO. DALGETY AND CO.’S SALE. Dalgety and Co. Ltd,, Palmerston : North, report having held their annual Sandon hogget sale on Thursday, Btb August, 1918, when 9469 sheep were yarded, of which 7339 were sold. Included in the entry were a number of lines of especially good sheep, and taken as a whole the yarding was quite up to the usual standard. Tliere was a good attendance of the local public and buyers were also present from Taranaki, Hawera Wanganui and the Main Trunk Line. Owing to the very r backward season bidding was not particularly animated, though a good clearance was effected.

Quotations: —On account of O. A. Masters, Feilding, 346 mixed hoggets, 18s Bd, 142 wether hoggets, 22s Id; F. Grace, Sandon, 179 ewe hoggets, 19a Gel, 148 wether hoggets, 20s Id; B. Frecklington, Rongotea, 108 mixed hoggets, 19s 4d; E. Geange, Bulls, 205 mixed hoggets, 21s od, 242 mixed hoggets 27s 6d; Ellis Bros., Bulls, 200 wether hoggets, 265; Tom Williams, Sandon, 234 ewe hoggets, 28s 4d, 163 mixed hoggets 20s lid, F, Read, Sandon, 200 mixed hoggets, IGs; James Cameron, Sandon, 150 mixed hoggets, 23a; a. N. Bishop, Sandou, 158 mixed hoggets, 26s 3d ; T. Cameron, Ohakea, 304 mixed hoggets, 20s 7d, 80 mixed hoggets, los 3d; A. Eglinton, Sandon, 219 •wether hoggets, 24s 4d 119 ewe hoggets, 22s 10; W. D. Port, Feilding, 600 mixed hoggets, 22s 8d J. Bradley, Saudou, 492 mixed hoggets 26s Id; Jess Rasmussen, Halcombe, 250 wether hoggets, 23s 6d; Albert Matthews, Sandon, 300 mixed hoggets, 19s 9d; W. R. Bishop, Sandon, 308 mixed hoggets, 22s 3d; J. Masters. Sandon, 319 mixed hoggets, 26s 6d, 38 mixed hoggets, 20s; Mrs I. A’Conrt, Sandon, 39 mixed hogget 24s Id, E. P. Amyes, Feilding, 49 ewe hoggets, 32s lOd ; Henry Masters, Ohukea, 263 mixed hoggets, 20s 3d, 60 mixed hoggets 14s, 25 b.f. hoggets, 17s 3d; E. R. Matthews, Feilding. 208 wether hoggets, 26s 3d; Pearce Bros., Sandou, 283 mixed hoggets, 265; W. Brcokie, Sandon, 200 wether hoggets, 27s Id; F. Bailey, Ohakea, 122 mixed hoggets, 28s; W. J. Phillips, Sandon, 81 ewe hoggets, 27s Id, 69 wether hoggets, 275; C. Jensen, Rougotea, 98 wether hoggets, 255, 70 mixed hoggets, 19s 9d; Tom Williams, Sandon, 417 wether hoggets, 26s 3d. The average price for hoggets sold was 23 -id.