STOCK SALES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12347, 18 October 1909, Page 8

STOCK SALES.

DALRETY AND CO.'S REPORT.

At our Feilding sale on Friday, the loth inst., a fair yarding of sheep' and a small entry of cattle met a really gond sale. Qnctitions:— Cattle.—Two-year Polled An sins empty heifers £3 12s, 18-month dairy heifers £2 12s 6d.

Shee-p.—Mixed shorn sheep 7s 2d, small hoggets lls to llssd, mixed hoggets 12s to 13s 3d, empty ewes 10s 7d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 16s 4d, fat ewe* los 3d.

whole entry was quitted under the hammer, there being spirited competition i'or oattlo of all classes. Prices in -most instances showed ari advance on those lately ruling. Some 1500 sheep and 120 pigs: -were offered and most lines met with a ready sale

At our Waverley sale on Frkiay, loth inst., we were again favoured - with a large entry of cattle, 440 head being yarded, -also 1350 shep. Cattle were again in good demand and very few were passed out unsold.' A nice pen of fat and forward bullocks made £6 17s, dairy heifers, closa to profit, were in keen demand, one entry averaging £6 4s.

We quote":— At Waiiiganui Sale.—Medium fat. bullocks £7 12s (id, fat cows £4 los to £5 3s, 4-year bullocks £5 10s to £5 17s, 3-year do. £5 4s to £5 6s, rough 3-yea.r steers £4 4s, yearling stoers £2 12s Gd, others. £2 3s to £2 6s, mixed yearlings £2 to £2 ss, small do. 31s 6d to 365, yearling heifers (dairy strains) £3 7s to £2 2.s 6d 2-year empty heifers £3 0s 6d to £3 3s, fat and forward empty cows £3 9s 6d to £4, others £2 15s to £3 0s (3d, cows with calves £3 6s to £3 16s 6d, springing cows (good) £6 12s 6d to £7 15s, others £6 to £4 10s, cows in milk (p.ood) £6 to £6 15s, others £4 10s to €5 ss, (springing heifers £4 12s 6d to £5, good bulls £7 2s 6d to £7 7s, others £3 to £5.

'Sheep—Hoggets 12s 8d to 13?, cull do. 7s Brl, f.rn. ewes with 97 par cent, lambs 16s, aged ewes with 80 per cent, lambs 12s lid, rams 20s.

Pigs.—Choppers 30s to £2 2s, best porkers 29s to 31s, medium do. 25s to 27s 6d, light do. 225, good weaners 14s to 16s, medium do. 12s Sd, small do. 9s 6d, good stores 20s. small do. 17. At Waverley Sale.—Prime fat cows £o 13a Gd to £6 Is, fat cows £5, light do. £4 7s. fat and forward bullocks £6 17s, 3-year forward bullock's (good) £5 '3s, 2-year steers (poor) £3 3s, yearling steers £2 7s to £2 10s, 2-year emp ty heifers (good) £3 10s to £3 16s, others £2 18s, yearling heifers (quiet) JC2 10s 6d, mixed yearlings (small) 37t? Gd, forward cows £3 8s 6d to £3 10s, store do. £2 5s to £2 10s, choice springing Heifers £6 to £6 15s, medium do. £5 to £5 12s 6d, others £3 10s to £4 10s, springing cows £4 15s to £5 cows in milk £4 5s to £5 10s.

Sheep.—Fat ewes 14s to 14s 3d, empty ewes lls 6d, medium wether hoggets 12s 6d, medium ewe hoggets 14s, small 2-tooth wethers 13s 2d, weaner pigs 10s 6d to 13s.