LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

IBj Telteraph.—Prosi ■assoclallon.l . ' Christchurch, September 29.' At.Addington. live stock market to-day, there. ,- were fairly large entries of .'stock and- a good attendance. Storo sheep were In good demand. '. Fat lambs';sold\a( an all-round advance in prices, but fat sheep-were: easier. • Fat cattle also met with weaker. sale, rs did also pigs. Store and dairy-cattle sold well.: ' - .'There was an increase in ; tho entry of storo sheep, which included several lines of ewes and ' lambs,, the': balance being hoggets and a few pens of.-,wethers/:.There was;improved demand, and a - good ' clearance wag; bffected at satisfactory rates, although not, Quito equal to the prices ruling during tho-past fortnight. Medium to good-.wethers made Ms.' to 14s. 9d.; oxtra, to 15s. id.; small, 12s. .9d,'/to 135.:'6d.; ewe hoggets, 135;,t0 155.; wether hoggets, ,11s; to'l2s.; smaller, 95..6d."t0 10s. 6d.; calls, 7s. and upwards; and mixed. sexes./good), Us. to 12s. Crossbred ewes of mixed ages, with lambs, made Bs., and aged ' sorts 55;,6d. to 75,-6 d., all,'counted..- - There was an/entry of 100; fat; lambs, mostly of: nice the total being about' two-thirds of.that of last/week..' There was an all-round advance in' -prices'.-'-'- Best lambs' isold/at- 165,. to ; 19s. 6d., and .smaller at 13s. 3d;tb 15sT:Ud. ■•■;-.■ The yarding df fat sheep was" about equal to ' that ,of 'last ■ week 'in. point" of numbers,-but . there was a Considerable improvement' in quality, ; thpre' being a: numbe'r of good lines. of wethers and hoggets. Included in -the ' entry wore .consignments from' South Canterbury and Otago. The sale" opeued at rather .lower'prices than ruled. last week, and was somewhat .irregular throughout. 'On .the avora'go,,-heavy; sheep .' wore Is. and "lighter'ls. ' 6d.\ per,, hehd; lower in ' value. The range, of prices -was:—Extra, prime wethers, to 255.j prime, 18s. to.'22s;'6d:; : lighter, 15s';.; to 17s. 6d.; prime 'ewes,'- 17s. tof 21s. 9d.; others, 14s. to;lss.;' hoggets,'-13s. 9d. to 20s. 3d.; prime merino'/wethers,. 16s. to 19a. :9d.; .dthors, 13a. .Ed.'-.to 15s.'.'.•'<■,:■,••;'; ;—/;,:..:./•'.-.-. :■■.: The yarding of:fat cattle totalled'23l, and was of. .average good'quality. Tho sale was a dragging; oneu_nlb:,through, jjind.wpricesv'shQwedij- a: weaker t&denoy , .'"'"Stores;itfa'de.£7 ss?'t6'£ir 12s.' 6d.; heifers,'i£s'l7s.*sd..-to410;'-:(ind;.cow's,;v£5 to £8 75.'6d.-equai;to-20Si ! ,6d. .to 225.- 6d.'-for. 1 , prime,' 18s. -6d.' to. 20s. for.ihcdium'i'Jand 16s;''5d.':'to'. ; lSs. ' for cow'and inferior heef par.. ICOlb:.:■. : ), '-.- Ycal. calves., sold;-»t,"-lat6: rates,' prices .-ringing from <is.-sd. to M*m according, t9 size and.'quality. There, Was.'a' fairly.'large entry of-store-oattle, including'. ■ consignments 'from,vSouthland.'/'.'nnd there. was■;a ,'gobd • elearohco ,'at ■ the following rates 38s. 'sd.i. 15.; to 18-inonths, 355. to 39s.';Hwi-year- steers;-J33sto.'.£3.Uss.;'-;tjvo-year heifers,'S3, to'- £3;-7s.' 6d.':;': 25-year istebra.'Pjl'i7s. 6d.; three-year.'jsteers,; £5'.Ws.X.-6a:'J',\vthiwyca'r heifers;'.'£4;- 18s.; .and dry" l 'co'w's,'>.lss..'tpV'£3>lßs. Southland y cattle ■ made ftFor -Iryearllag's, ,-385.-'i 6d,; 15 Jto, lf-taftsi'V«2 :4s;< v 6a.A : loiV.£2:sSsij; feear steers, £4 three-year .stcors,'-'£4-17s; ;6d;."Dairywell, prices ranging from ; ,-£3'tO:'£9Jjs': 6d;s'>There - ;: was ;a'.jfair entry^:df ; .':pi^s}.. : :and Jfats wore easier,, while;' tho.ideman ; good.. .Choppers sold up tO''76s<;/heavy..wcahers. 55s.■ to 655;;.-and.lighter,".47s;'6d: - 't'6's4s'. fequal t0.41d.' to sp>" per :lb.); larg6;porkers,'. : 39s.to .445.; and lighter;;34s;;to ; 3Bs'. (equal to';sd.''to' 5Jd; per' lb.): largo'-stores, 305".. to 365.A6d.: medium.-:225. , to 295.; small,'lßs. "to'2ls.;'; and-Jwea'ne'rs','lss.' to '185;.6d.7;:.-;Vi;-' x ;C-.IV; ' :-Vv : i-.-'-iC -Ipi? ';»..".:. ; -. ■ .■;.<'-'----^-'''^.' , --'' ;^'', ;-'-'Y-'-'i , ' i Dilh6SlnKseptemi»r».^ ! j At'.Burhsido -wero'.-yarded/a large-yarding",.the;-quality-'.-id most cases bcipg : very ;gobd,, OompetHion (vas.-ikeen, but, prices ■wore;ai'shatle'.'.below', those; ruling- last ,>week. Best wethers,:l9s.'to' 21b.Vmedium; 16s, to 173;'; inferior;'l3s.'-to"l4s. 6d.;'best,-'ewes,-13s. to Ms.; extra,"-15s.'. '■f';.;-';.;-'"---.' i-"/;.' "'"'■'■'•'.-:; ;'-"■'■;,- i"";' '. Cattle.^-rMS."yarded;- a ! ;.gbod '''entry.', of''-''fair quality.; Prices were-'much, tho,, same-as last :weok's.v.'Deßt.-'bullbcks;-:£9!-toV£lo/55.-;;extra,v to £11,-7s. Od.'j hiedium, : "£7 15s.'-.to''£B,los.V inferior, £6.55. to- £7;.bost cows '.and "heifers; '£6 10s,. to : £7'los.;;medinm,£s 105..H0-£6 ss;; inferior.. £4 '«s.''to.'£4'lss.'-;;."-..;.v"; .-' - -./.-'.'::;; ■ -Wga.—2oo;yarded; a" very large-yarding, mbro than, half.'.tho; entry .consisting , of; stores and slips." The;sale; was not so-brisk as'oflato,-/arid prices Bhowbd;'.a- general- declino of about Is. to .2s.\per-hijad,: -About' }d. less per lb. was paid for porkers'and'ibaconors; .Suckers, 13s.' to' :155.; slip3,"i7s.-.to 21s. 6d.; stores,'23B. to 315.; porkers, 385.'.t6 '42s.;' : light, baconers, 45s.>to 60s;; heavy, .505.. tO;-60s'.-:'-,-,; ■/-•;■•/'. : ..-.'-. '-■ .--,.;,.. ?.' 1 new spring- lambs w'cro on .the market,'and Sold'from 125." to'27s., accord->ing,-'to size'and "quality;T" "/- v '■■'- v ...' ? ; 'The New Zealand' Loan and Mercantile"" -AgcncyOompany, LtL, ■■■■ report! on / their' Pahiatua salo on Tuesday..last,- as follows entry comprised cattle, only,.pricQS'being from par, to,*s Ser cent, advance'on previous sales. "Wo.quote:— airy cows,-.£3 10s. to £s;' storo cows,- £2 to £2 10s.':'.yearling'steers;'.-£-!'to''£2 55.; dairy- heifers, £4 Is.-to.£s 55.; empty-heifers; to £3; cows in calf, :"£3.i105.-;, bulls, .'£2.,163."t0-£4;ls.- NorsesMill; cart hor"se,'-£l2;..m'llk' car't.'£l3 ss.;,harness and.sundries at.full'market;rates. .'..'• ■ Messrs. Dalgoty and-Co.,''Ltd.,'report as fol-\ lows:—V,'o. held our: weekly sale, in dur Pahiatua yards on Tuesday, and,offered a ; fair .yarding of cattle. . Sheep entries were limited' to hoggets, which-sold at the satisfactory price of lis. 5d.; .springing heifers, £4'2s. 6d., to £5 83.; springing cows, to £5;. empty heifers, £2 175.; yearling bulls, £2 to £2 4s. ~, ;- : ; ... .- 1 Abraham and Williams,' Ltd.,' report .on their Masterton; stock sale held yesterday as follows-.-rib sheep we had a fair, ontry,- which -met with, a' dull sale at auction, but we cleared overy lino before tho close of the day. In cattle wo only had, a: few pens, and prices realised ..weroas under:-Primo fat cows, £6 .IDs.; twoyear heifers, £1 10s.; hoggets, 10s., 10s. 10d., Us., Us. 6d., to 12s. v 3d.;;.poorer-sorts, 65.; owes and lambs, 15s;; ewes and lambs (in low condition). 7s. 6d. to Bs. ,3d.; fat wethers. 14s. 3d.: ewes and wethers, 135.; pigs, wcaners, 13s. 6d., 155., to 16s: