LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

(By TelocraDti.-l'ross Association.) Chrlstchurch, September 22 " At.thoAddingtonltvo stock market to-day there were fair entries of stoclf. and a good attendance.' ' Storo sheep, especially wethers, sold well. Pat sheep, in consequenco of larger supply, showed a decline from the high prices of the .week* before, .and. 'fat ■ lambs were also: easier. iFat cattlo showed no change in values,. and ;fat pigs were in good demand, but stores ! dropped in price. In consequenco of i the very * jla'rgc entry, sterc"cattle. sold at .'improved rates, land dairy cows were in good 'demand. * !■ The entry of store sheep wa3 ■ a small one, though, more than .double that of last week, and ' ;was. composed'.chiefly ■• of .'ew'esi and lambs. .Wethers and-hoggets sold up to the previous [week's rates,, the dem,ond .for. the..former..showing as'improvement.' Ewea "and 'lambs"also's^

very well. .'Wethers made Ms. 4d.; halfbred wether hoggets,.l2s. ,ld.; small.hoggets (mixed sexes), tp Us.ld.; ewos of mixed ages with.good lambs, 6s. 9d. all: counted; failing-mouth.'ewes, with lambs, 6s. 9d. all counted; aud aged, ss. to 63. 4d. all counted. , Tho entry-of fat lambs totalled 148, and included some .well-grown'-prime sorts. 1 ■Prices, wero howover, not equal to those of last week, ranging from 9s. to 155..- and up. to 19s. for extra good. ;- v ;' There wa"& a much" larger entry of fat, sheep man last '.week, several consignments coming to hand from-'Sonth Canterbury. The yarding was a very jnixed, one.- showing that there are; only snort supplies. 1 of.'fat sheep available. in the district. .There wero more ewes in than of .late, as farmers are now ablo to pick out some of those that have- ; not-bred this year, lhe sale opened: at priccß . below' .the excepr tionally , high' rates ■■ ruling ' last' .week, about equal, to thoso of a fortnight ago. .-A--West: Coast buyer took,a, number of .lots of heavy sheep,. and graziers - ,who' bought" nnflnished wethers assisted to maintain I 'prices.. (Tho rauso of prices was:—Extra prime' wethers,'' to I?«. 6d.; prime. 17a.,6d. to '225.' 6d.'; lighter,..Ms..-ffl.: to 175.;-prime ewes, 17s: 6d. to 20s.■■ lOd.; others, 12s. 6d,.t0 175.; hoggets, '12s. 6d. 'to 175.. 9d;; merino. .wethers,-.'l2s. 'sd.'to 195.; •, merino ewes, lis 4d.. to :15s. 3d. ■, , i The yarding'of •' fat -'cattle totalled -185 head, which was below the average number, and the, larger proportion'.was'good quality steers..-■ Tho demand was briskor than last -/week, and prices were well maintained, thortgh, there waß no appreciable advance.- Steers mode £6 7s.' 6d. to £10 17s. -6A.;- heifers, £5 2s. 6d. to• £8. 2s.- 6d.;' cows, £4 10s. to '£7 2s. 6d„ eoual to 205..6 d.' to 225., 6d. • for .prime, • 18s. 6d. to" 20s. for medium, and 16s. 6d.- to 18s. per cow and inferior beefper 1001b.. / -./, l . •.:' ~, ' , ■ A fairly .largo' yarding of veal:-calves, mostlysmall, made 4a.-6d.. to-£2. Bs.i and. extra, to £3 18s..- ... •-..-.-.-,■ ■' . .-•:.,../■' :"■ ;-- .--.- A-'fair yarding of store/cattle was niade -up chiefly of, fifteen to' eightceh-months sorts, and those were-in-keen-demand at advancedi prices, selling at £2. to"£2!ls. Yearlings'brought'Ma. 6d.; two-year steers, £3 10s.; two-year heifers, £3 ss/ to £3. 155.; three-year steers passed at £6;' dry cows, 30s. to £4 7s. Dairy cow* sold well, prices ranging from £4 10s. to £9.. . ■ '/, There 'was a medium entry, ot/tat pigs.-and' a good ; demand and " improved,-' values :• for, baconers'.- Stores were-in .large- J supply; and' prices declined about 2s. per head, with tho result that several lines wero passed.. Choppers, sold up to £4 12s. fid.; heavy baconers, 60s. to' 675.; and lighter. 47b. to 555., equal to 43d. to' 6d. per-lb.; large porkers, 41s. to 465.; and lighter sorts, 355. to 405., -canal to Sid. to 5Jd. per lb.; large stores, 285.-to 335.; smaller sorts, 225. to 275.; good wcancrs, ■ 13s. '■ to' 18s.; and smaller, 9s. to 12s.', " , ■'.',' ■■'■,-■ Dunedlh, September '22. . At Burnside stock market 203 . head of fat cattle were yarded, chiefly-prime to-good Bteera and heifers. There was poor demand, andprices were- ! slightly .lower than those • ruling last week. Best bullocks, £9'to £10 10s.; extra, to £11 10s.'; good, £8 to £8 155.; medium, £7 to £8; light, £5 15s. to £6 IPs.; best heifers, £6 sa. to £7; good, £5 IDs. to £6;- light and inferior, £4 to £5. '"■■'/'.'■■',.■■■ Sheep: 2169 yarded, a medium "entry. Butchers having no mutton in hand . bought. freely, ■ and lost' week's : prices wero 'maintained. '.Best wethers, 18s. to 20a.; extra, to 21s. 3d.; medium, 16s. to 17s. .6d. . A few ewes sold ■up to 165., 9d,, whilst an odd" pen of extra quality .-.'brought 17a. 6d. ; /•.. ," ,' , ■'■ ' Pigs: 2ZO yarded. Prices for-young pigs were easier by from 2s. to 3s. per head, the Ml being due to a lino from the south flooding tho market. ' Porkers and baconers were in fair supply, and lato nrices were obtained. Suckers, lis. to 15s.;slips, 17a.-to' 19a:; stores, 235. to 33a.; porkers,, 38s. ,to 45a.; light baconers, 48a. to 63a.; heavy, 555. to/.fiOs. ' .' .

Messrs. Dnlgcty. and Company, Ltd., report on their Wanganui ■ Bale, held i yesterday, as follows:—A small entry of sheep and cattle came forward, and a total clearance was effected at ruling . rates.. Quotations:—Fat .owes. 12s. 4d.; medium mixed hoggets, lis. 3d.; small hoggets, Bs.; springing heifers, £3 to.£3 6s. to £3 7s. 6d.; 'empty heifers, £2 155.; frcsh-conditioncd; empty cows, £3; mixed weaners, 20s. 6d.

■ : , Messrs. Dalgety and Oompany, Ltd..- report having held their fortnightly sale at'their Masterton yards on Tuesday. Owing to the unsottled state of the weather, owes and -lambs (together with other stock advertised) did not come forward, but cattle -were in good demand, and they, succeeded in quitting l the whole entry under the hammer. • Qnotatlons:—Hoggets, 10s. lld.i fat-wethers, 165.-6 d.; cows in calf, £2.105. to £3'.75.'6d;;, hoifera-in-calf, £2 145.; forward cows, £3 19s. j extra good bullocks, £8 10s.; pigs, 15s. to 16s. ■ ■ ■'< .-..■....,.■. -.'..- .:-.•-■....■.'■.