LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 785, 7 April 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

-.Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report that at the Stratford sale on April 5 a larger yarding of sheep and cattlc camo forward than was advertised. The rcccnt Easter floods destroyed tho feed in certain party, and caused a largo number of inferior sheep to come forward. Cattle met with spirited competition, squatters buying freely, Bmall farmers hanginpr off. hoping for a reduction in prices. Fat bullocks, £7 12s. 6d.; fat and forward, £6 15s. to £65 fat cows, £5 to £4 ss;; breediug cows, £4; weancrs, £2 ss. to 355.; fat wethers, 12s. to 10s. 9d.; fat ewes, lis. to 10s. 6d.; ! store four-tooth wethers, 13s. to 10s. lid.; two-tooth wethers, JOs. 6d.; breeding ewes, according to quality, 9s. and upwards; Shropshire rams, 1 guiuea. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report having held their usual fortnightly sale at their Masterton yard on Tuesday, when they offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle, well above the advertised numbers. Buyers for all classes of stock attended the sale, and they are pleased to report a good clearance. The yarding consisted mainly of aged ewes and , backward lambs, which sold well up to late rates. They quote:—Shorn lambs, ss. I 6d., 65.,-6s. 3d., 6s. 6d„ 7s. 7d.. to Bs. 3d.; I

woolly lambs, good Bs. 6d. to 9s. 3d, small ss. 4d. to 6s. 2d.; ewes, full mouth. 4s. lid., ss. 4d., ss. Bd, to 7s. 4d.; two-tooth, ewes, I 9s. to 10s 2d.; two and four-tooth wethers, 112s. sd. to 12s. 6d.; Shropshire rams, 1J to ljgs.;' cattle: cis'hteen-months steers, £2 7s. 6d. to £2 125.; two-year steers, £3 10s. to £3 12s. 6d.; three-year steers, £5 3s. to £5 9s. 6d.; cows, in calf, £4 to £4 Bs.; fat and forward cows, £3 6s. to £3 155.; horses: hacks, £8 10a. to £0 2s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, "Wellington, Limited, report on their Johnsonville sales as follows:—Wo offered a good yarding of prime sheep and cattlc, which sold at late rates. Best bullocks made £8 ss. to £8 73. 6d., lighter £7 17s. 6d. to £8 2s. 6d., vealers 21s. to 385., prime wethers 165., good wethers 14s. Cd. to 155., extra prime heavy ewes 18s. 5d., prime heavy ewes 15s. to 15s. 9d., prime ewea 14s. Id., medium ewes 12s. 4d. to 12s. 5d., woolly lambs lis. Id., shorn ,9s. to 10s. .Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report ou their Palxiatua salo as fol-

lows:—We'submitted a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle to a good attendance, and have to report a successful sale, all t classes of stock meeting good competition under /the hammer, and we had practically a ; total clearance of the whole yarding at Satisfactory prices. Quotations: Young breeding ewes, lCs. 7d. to lis. 7d.; .good sound-mouth ewes, Bs. 7d. to 10s. id.; medium do., 6s. lOd. to Bs. 9d.; full-mouth owes, ssi 3d. to 6s. 3d.; cull ewes. 3s. 2d. to ss. Id.; fat and forward ewes, Bs. 7d.; fat ahd forward wethers! lis. lid. to 12s. 9d.; two-tooth wethers (small), 83. lOd. to 9s. 4d.; woolly lambs, Bs. 3d. to Bs. lid.; good shorn lambs, 6s. Bd. to 7s. 3d.; medium do., ss. sd. •to ss. lid.; forward steers, £5 Is. to ( £5 165.; eighteen-month steers, £2 4s. to £3; weaners, 20s. to 28s. 6d.; fat cows (good), £4 9s. to £5 Bs.; forward cows, £2 los. to £3. 165.; store cows, 375. to 395.; cows and calves, £3; springing heifers, £4 ss. to £4 12s. 6d.; heifers in calf, £2 Bs. Gd. to £3 55.; empty heifers, £2 Is. (By ( Telegraph.~Press Association.) Christchurch, April 6. There wag'a much larger attendance of buyers, farmers and others interested at the weekly stock sale at Addington this afternoon, fine weather probably having something to do with this-state, of affairs. The entry of all classes of stock was a largo one, particularly so in the fat lamb 'section, though store sheep showed a I slight decrease in numbers penned. Taking it all round, sales were certainly brisker than at the, previous week's market, tho advance in fat lambs especially being pronounced. Both butchers and export buyers were operating freely, and most lots changed hands at very satisfactory prices. . .

Thero was a distinct falling-off in numbers of store • sheep.i yarded as compared with recent sales, but a fairly full entry was penned. All classes of stores came forward, but ewes and wethers formed the bulk of the yarding.', A slight decline in the quality of this, class of. stock could be noticed, some pens of inferior, stores being offered. The demand, however, was keen, especially for first-quality sorts, and

there wore. comparatively few- lines passed in. Nearly all ewes changed hands at prices about on a par with • last week's rates. ( Wethers showed a slight advance. The range of prices was: Six to eighttooth ewes, 6d. to 165.; forward wethf ©rs, 13s. 3d. to 155.; others. Us. 3d. to 135.; best rape lambs, lis. to 12s. 9d.; others, 6s. 6d. to l)s. 6d. Thore was again a large yarding of fat Gheep, quite up to the standard of the past few sales, and the demand was keen, export buyers doing most of the business.. The range of prices was: Prime wethers, 16s. 3d. to 19n. 5d.; extra to 2Cs. 9d.; others, 13s. 4d. to 165.; prime ewes, 13s. 6d. to 17s. 6d.; others, 10s. 6d.v to '■ 13s/ •, '

The yarding of fat lambs was a record one, more than doubling that; of . last week. The bulk of those penned were of good quality sorts, some beipg particularly primo, though some again came l under the heading of forward stores. The sale opened very; briskly with a general advance in prices, probably to be accounted for by tho fact that export buyers were operating very freely, quite eclipsing the efforts of the generality of buyers to secure stock. When the wants of tho exporters were satisfied, however, a slight decline in prices took place, and the market fell off somewhat, though even then the prices remained on an average well up to, if not a little above,' last week's rates. The range of prices was from 12s. 6d. to 18s. IQd. Thsre were 14,300 lambs penned.

The entry of fat cattle ; totalled 261 head,principally dealers' lines, farmers' being almost unrepresented. The quality of the entries penned was above that of last week's entry. The demand at the opening of tho' sale was very quiet, aiid \ a couple of races were passed in. An improvement then set in, and, after opening at rather low rates, the sales finished up with prices on a par with those obtained at the previous sale. The ranse of prices was from 18s. to 225. per 1001b., according to. quality. Steers fetched £6 7s. 6d. to £10, and an extra-quality one went to £13 155.; heifers, £5 ss. to £8 10s.; and dry cows, £5 to £7 10s. . i . . Only a small entry, of fat calves was penned, and salc3 were made at prices ranging from 4s. 6'l. to £2 17s. 6d..

There was a small yarding of store cattle, which included some useful stock, for -which there was a free -demand. Fifteen to eighteen-months sorts fetched £2 to £2 Bs.; two-year-old steers, £4 Is.; two-year-old hoifers, £3 10s. to £4 Is.; three-year-old steers, £5 7s. Gd. to £5 18s.; three-year hoifers, £4 ss. to £5 Bs.; and dry; cows, £1 ss. to ,£4.

A large number of dairy cows were penned, and elicited good competition, being oleared at prices ranging from £3 10s. to ■£10. , i,A ,very large yarding of pigs was offered, and proved a little top much for the demand, prices suffering in .consequence. Choppers fetched to 705.; heavy baconera, 475. 6d. to 535.; lighter sorts, 38s. to 155.; equal to 3Jd. to 33d. per lb.; largo" porkers made 30s. to 355.; smaller, 255. to 285., equivalent to Hd. per lb. An ordinary yarding of stores met with a weak demand. ■ The range of prices was; Medium, 225. to 265.; smaller, 14s. to 18s.; weaners, ss. to Ba. Dunedin, April 6. At Burnside stock market 157 head of fat cattlc were yarded, mostly light-weights of fair to medium quality. Competition, was spirited, and last week's prices were maintained. Best bullocks, £9 ss. to £10 7s. 6d.; good, £8 ss. to £9; medium, £7,105. to £8; light, £6 to £7; best heifers arid cows, £6 15s. to £8; medium, £5 10s. to £6 55.; light and inferior, £3 15s. to £4 10s. ' •Fat sheep; 3K5 penned. Prime heavy wethers sold at prices about equal to last' week's rates, while medium wethers and ewes were 6d. to Is. per head lower, Best: wothers, 15s. 6d. to 18s. 6d.; a few extra to 235. 6d.; medium, 12s. to' 145.; best ewes,. Us. 6d. to 145.; a few extra heavy to 285.; medium ewes, 9s. to lis.; inferior, 6s. to Bs.

Lambs: 2783 penned. Prices were much on a par with those ruling last week. Best, 14s. to 15k. 6d.; a few small pens extra, 16s. to 17h. Gd.; good, 12s. to 135.; medium, 10s. to lis. Pigs: 150 penned. Prices for Bmall pigs wera slightly easier,, while porkers and baooncrs realised about the same as last week. Suckers, :ss. 6d. to Ba.; slips, 103. to 145.; stores, 16s; to 225. 6d.; porkers, 325, to 365. 5 light baconers, 38?. to 405.; heavy do., 445. to 505.; choppers, to 61s. MARKET AT WANGANUI. At tho Wangautii sale'yesterday Messrs. Dalgety and 1 Co. yarded 35C0 sheep and 120 cattle. The bulk of the yarding of sheep consisted of lines of ewes for . which tho demand was somewhat dull. A number of lines were passed under the hammer, 1 though we eventually succeeded in quitting* all except, about 500. Most of the cattlo yarded were, weaners, and all.lines met with a ready sale. Quotations:—Twotooth to f.m. ewes, 10s., 10s. 10d„ lis. 3d., to lis. 9d.; forward ewes, 95., 9s. 6d., to 10s.; full-mouth ewes, 6s. 6d., 6s. lid., v 7s. 3d., to os, 4d.; cull ewes, 4s. 3d.,. ss;, to ss. 3d.; small two-tooth owes and wethers, 10s. 9d.; old wethers, 9s. 3d.; ewe lambs, 9s. 4d.; small lambs, ss. 7d.; cattle: dairy-fed weaner heifers, 3ls. to 345. 6d.; weaner steers, 355.; mixed wcaners, 15s. to 295.; empty heifers, £1 195., 6d., £2 4s„ to £3 , Is.; empty cows, £2 10s.; forward cows, I £3 155.; springing cows, to £5 2s. 6d. I