LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

'""'. (By ; Telegraph.—Preßs Association.)'; ';. ■'•.■', : :'i : . ChrisUhurch, 29. J .At Addington yards to-day there was . only;» small entry" of; stock on account . of the holidays, and a limited attendance. . Store sheep : Bold '{ify: about the irevioue . week's;rates, as atilifdid fat lambs.' Fat owes and heavy;,7?cthors wero firmer, .and medium 'wethers,chowed : no change Pige ■ also showed no change In values. The ' entry in storo sheep was.'. much smaller than 'was. the case last: week, - and con- , 'slated chiefly of wethers. .-.There was a .good clearance at>;lat«-Urates,'' towards which the operations of ah,outside buybi who; took a number of lines, materially assisted. .'Forward four and.... six-tooth ■ wethers! made' 10s. 6d.. to \ lis.' 6d.;, medium, ■■' 95., 3d.' to. lOs.j small .and inferior,,7s. 6d, to Bs. 6d.; : two-tooth ■ ewes. 12s. 3d. to 13s, : 9d.; ;six and eight-tooth oweß, to Us. 3d ' .There-was an ontry of, only 889 '• fat I lambs, 1 nearly:.al , ...'of whioh were bought • by butchers,: only a few 'lines being taUer for .export "jTuero .was practically no change in valuos, the rungo. of prices bo ' ing:—los.' to. 13s.i 4d. for: butchers'.lambs, ; while for 296 taken for' frcosine,: lie". ■ 6d, ••: io 12s. .3d,; Was, paid.,. Only,.a small fentry ■ of .fat/sheep came-"forward,-and owes.and !heavy-weight'M'ethers".wore firmer by Is' ■■ per hoad,.while; medium .wethers sold at about -the l previouswcok's': rates. ; . The i .range: nf ■ prices '■ was {—Prime wethers...- 13s. ; (d/-to'-15s. 9d.; ligKter. do.; :12s. :6di to'l3s, I- .3d:j--= prime owes, 11a..t0 '14s. 66V: a few extra,, to 15s. 9d.,-'.others, 7a 9d. to 10a; 63. . -iTha supply of :beef-totalled 139 head, which proved more -than canal to reonire •; meats, and there was,only a'-dull Bale, ; The yarding was of average .good quality;

Steers inade £7 175.-"6 d. to £9 159::,heifor8, : ' £5-2s. ,6d.-t0if.7..-.-109.;: and cows, £4 55." to; £6 12s. 6d.; 'equal:respectively to 19s. 6d.- to 21b. <6d.'.{piv.prime, IBs. to 19s. for / medium, and 165;.f,t0 17s, 6d.'for cow and inferior beef perii2oolb. .Veal calves-sold . M 18s. to 30s.' Store cattle wcro entered in small numbers, and, • thouEh of a useful class;-they mot with onlj",a dull salo / in, conscnuencri of few buyors .beina-'Dro-sont.,; Yoarlinßs made 315..'6 d.: fifteen, to eighteen months animals. £2 ss. to £2 lis.i'two-year'stobrs;'£4 ,17s. 6d.;'two-year * hoifoi's, £3j 125.. 6d. to £3 135.; three-year '.- steers passod. at £6' 6s. and 'dry cows'.at 31s. :'to42Bi', .Only ia'/few dairy cows of poor -- class wcro yarded, and ' thoy wore / Slow of/sale, at £3 10s.: to £7 ss. - •'■' . .There;was a,small ontry of piirs. and, ' except for-porkers, only: a weak demand. Baconors sold up'to 475., equal, to 31d:; to e 33d. per lb.;" porkers, 30s. to 365.: and i lighter,, 245. -to 295„ equal to lid. to 4Jd. j; per ,Ib.: small stores. 15s.' to 20a, . r ' '■-.'.-'- ■'■/ Duncdln, December. 29.' i' / Business wbb vory dull at the Burnsidb , • cattleyards : ' thiß: ■ morning, and / what is ' described as an "off sale" took place. All- ;/' the yardihgs were small, and'competition v w aß n °ne too keen. Prices wore much the 5 same as those ruling last week. a' Cattle: 110 yarded. Inferior sorts made li' from £5 7s. 6d. to £7 - 10a.;: prime, from g £8 2s. 6d. to £9 10s. A couple of beasts „' brought ..£10.'125.'6d.; Heifers,-in 6ome cases, brought as low as £3 17s. 6d.. but ': better quality sorts brought from £5 to " £7. The'highest price realised for eitra i- prime 'was.'£7.l2s. 6d. -• . t ..Sheep: 700 yarded—a very small yarding, s There were only two'pens -of woolly 0 .wethers, and the prices* realised , 6d. Extra, prime shorn wethers brought: ~ to 17s. 3d., and primo 12s. 6d. to ISs. 6d.; shorn': : ewes',- extra prime,- to 135.; prime, ,', lls./6d. to" 12s. ?d.j. inferior, 75.:6 d. tci 10a. . e, :■- Lambs: A very, small' yardine of-Only r 880. Extra, prime.'.realised' to- 14a: 64.;' . prime, 13s. to , 145.; , medium, 9s. 6d. to .. 10s. '6d. .--.' ': '-,' '--, , '•'• Pigs: Only about 50 pigs were penned, |". and .prices wero 'about the Bame as last ' week. Suckers, 9s. 6d./to lis.:'slips. 12s. r :6d. to 15s. 9d.; stores,/-21s. to. 25a.- 6u.;. 1 porkers, 295. to 355.. 6d.".' :-—.-./■: '■ /■ - \ /•-'' "■'■■; ■ . ■ ■/.-