LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 856, 30 June 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:— At our Wanganui sale yesterday we had a fair yarding of sheep and cattle. The sheep were all of a poor class, and did not attract good 1 competition, but the cattle sold well. We quote:—Full-mouth ewes, in lamb. Bs. 6d. to 10s. Id.; store wethers, 12s. 7d.; lambs, 8s to Bs. 6d.; cull lambs, 2s. 4d. to 2s. 9d. Cattle: Weatlcrs, 305., 325., £2 45., to £2 10a.; fat cows, £4 Ids., £5, £5 55., to £5 10s.; eighteen-month steers, £3 Bs. 6d.; two and a half-year steers, £4 to £4 Bs. 6d.; two and-a half to three-year steers, £5 7s. ;' empty cows, £2 13s. 6d.;- run cows, in calf, .£3 155.; cows and calves, £4 Is.; dairy cows, £5, £5 ss. to £9 55. Messrs Dalgety and. Co., Ltd., -"uav'At our Hastings sale yesterday the weather was very wet, but there was a fair attendance of buyers, and good entries of sheep and cattle, Prime beef and mutton sold on a parity with late prices, and we topped the market for fat wethers at seventeen shillings. Fat bullocks, from £9 to £7 Bs.; fat heifers, from £8 to £5 Is. 6d.; thrne-yoar steers, from £6 to £5 12s. 6d.; weaner steers. £2 10s. to £2 2s. 6d.; fat wethers, 17s. to 15s. 9d.; fat ewes, 12s. Sd. to 9s. 6d.; forward ompty ewes, 10s. to 7s. 6d.; s.m. ewes, in lomh, lis. lOd. to 9s. 3d.; woolly hoggets, 10s. Bd. to 7s. 6(1.; shorn hoggets, Bs. to 6s. 9d.; four and sistooth wethers, 13s. 6d. 10.13e. 3d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows: —We offered an extra heavy yarding of prime sheep and bullocks, which sold readily at late rales. Prime heavy bullocks, £10 to £10 10s.; prime medium bullocks, £9 10s. to £9 15a.; lighter, £9 to £9 55.; prime heavy wethers. 20s. 2d. to 20s. Bd.; medium wethers, 18s.; plain light, Id.:. 9d. to 17s. 4d.; prime ewes, 16s. 6(1. to 17s. 5d.; medium owes, 15s. to 15s. lid.; lambs, lis. 6(1. to 13s. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, June 29. At Addington live stock market there were moderate entries of stock on account of the inclement weather, and tho attendance was consequently to those who had actual business to attend to. The yarding of store sheep was a small one, and hoggets especially sold well. Fat lambs were easier, and prime fat sheen sold well. Beef was somewhat irregular. Pigs were dull of sale, as were also store cattle, and good dairy cows sold well.

The yarding or store sheep was chictiy composcd of hoggets, with au odd line of ewes and wethers. There was a good demand for hoggets, and they sold at an advance of about 6(1. to 9(1. per head, an outside buyer operating freely. Very little business was done in other classes, as the quality was generally inferior. Kwo hoggets made 13s. to 145., wether hoggets, Its. 3d. to 10s. 9d.; mixed sexes, 10s. 6d. to lis. 6d.; aged ewes in lamb, 7s. 7d.; aud wethers. 14s. 8(1. to 15s. The ertry of fat lambs totalled 3513, and considering the lateness of the season, there were some very good lots on otfer, though the yarding sull'ored In appearance on account of the rain. The demand was not so active as of late, and prices fell away about 9(1. to Is. per head. The range of price was: Tegs, 15s. 9d. to lfjs.; ordinary freezers. 13s. to 15s. (kl.; and light and unlinishcd, 10s. (id. to 12s. 6d. There was a fairly good yarding of fal sheep, including a fow prime lines of wethers and ewes. For this class there was a- good demand throughout the sale, and especially in the earlier part. Anything unilnished and aged ewes were dull of sale, aud prices were in favour of the buyer. There was only a limited demand for export, and it was confined to primo quality only. The range of prices was: Prime wethers. 17s. 6d. to 225.; others, 15s. to 175.: merino wethers, 12s. 6d.; prime ewes, 15s. to 19s. 9d.; medium, 12s. to 14s. 6d.; and aged and light, Bs. 9d. to lis. 6d. The number of fat cattle penned was 336, including a large proportion of very prime quality. The sale was somewhat irregular, but there was practically no change in values. Steers made to .€9 55., and extra to £13 55.; heifers, £5 19s. to £3 10s.; extra, to £10 12s. 6d.; cows. £5 10s. to £7 ■ 17s. 6d.; extra, to £10 7s. 61.. equal to 265. for extra prime, 21s. 6d. to 245. for prime, and 19s. to 21s. for cow and inferior per 1001b. A small entry of veal calves mado 4s. 6d. to £3 19s. A small yarding of store cattle met with a poor sale. Fifteen to eighteenmonths' sorts were passed at 305.; twoyear heifers made £3 155.; three-year .steers, ±7 lbs.; three-year heifers, £4 2s. 6d.; and dry cows. 30s. to £3. Dairy cows brought, .« 10s. to £8 15s. Tlie yarding of pigs was a small one, and the demand was limited. Choppers sold up to .£4; medium baconcrs, 425. to 465.; and lightei, S8». to 40s. (equal to 4(1. per lb.); good porkers, 325. to 365.; and smaller, 245. to 31s. (equal to 4|d. per lb.); medium stores, 18s. to 225. Small stores were unsaleable. . Dunedln, .Tune 29. Atßurnside stock market 220 head of fat cattle were yarded, the market being well supplied. Tho quality, with the exception of a- few pens, was not up to usual. There was fair demand for gooct quality, but prices showed a decline on last week's rates. Prime bullocks, £10 to £11; extra, to £11 12s. M.; medium to good, £8 ss. to £9 10s.; light, £6 15s. to £7 10s.; best cows and heifers, £7 to £7 2s. 6d.; medium, £5 10s. to £6 55.; light, aud others, £4 to £5. Fat sheep: The entry totalled 3230, a large proportion of which were wethers. The. quality was below the average. There was brisk sale for prime wethers at about last week's rale?, but all other classes, especially ewes, were hard to quit at lower prices. Prime wethers, 18s. to 205.-, «xtra heavy, to 225. 9d.; medium, 16s. Oil. to 17s. 6d.; light, 13s. 6d. to 155.; prime ewes, 14s. to 15s. 6d.; cxlra, to 18s. 6d.; medium, lis. to 12s. 9d.; inferior, Bs. to 10s. Fat lambs: 2731 penned. A few pens were prime, but a large proportion were very ordinary. Prices showed a drop of fully Is. 6d. per head from last week's rates. Prime, lEs. to 16s.;'extra heavy, to 17s. 9d.; medium, 12s. 9d. to 14s. 6d.; light and unfinished. 10s. to 12s. Pigs: 220 yarded. Young sorts were scarce, but the demand was very poor, and prices were no better than last week. Porkers and baconcrs formed a large part of the yarding, and as the demand for these was slightly better than last week prices were a shade firmer. Suckers, !>» to Bs.; Blips, 10s. to 165.; Rtores, 20s. to 255.; porkers, 275. to 345.; light baconcrs, 365. to 405.; heavy, 435. to 525.'; choppers, to 735.