LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1017, 5 January 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report on their Johnsor.vjHs sale.-* as follow*: —N'e olfpred a good yarding of rsit tie and heavy one of phqep, which cold readily. Best bullocks sold at .€9 155.; lighter, .£0 10s. to £8 17s. 6d.; light, £8 to A 8 as.; vealovs, 22-3. Good wethers realised* 16s. 6d.; medium, 15s. 3d. to '15s. 6d.; extra prime heavy ewes,. 165.; good owes, 14s. Id. to 14s. lOd.; plain, 12?. to 12s. 9d.; jiliin lambs,-13s. 9d.; medium, 12s. to 12s. 23-; plain, lie. to lis. 6d. ■ ALDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (By'. Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, January 4. ;At the Addington yards there were fair eutrics'of stock, a largo attendance. Beef cold irregularly. Store sheep were in strong demand, especially rape lambs: Fat lambs wero down about 6d. per head in export values: Fat sheep opened at rates c<?ual to- those of tho, previous sale, and ewes, improved afterwards. Store cattlc were dull of sale. Dairy cows were in fair demand, and there was an allround improvement in pigs. There was an-increase in the yarding, of store sheep. Umbs being offered-, u: larger numbers than?- at previous, sale?, ar.d the balam-c of the entry was' made, '.ip of two-tooth owes and odd lines of wethers. Thero was a- keen-demand for rape -lambs, and all other classes of.shoep also sold well, tho fact that there are now prospects of abundant food- stimulating the inquiry. The demand for rape lambs was so active that thero was practically no margiu be l tv/wn otorc and fat lamb values. Yonnsr. And sound-mouth-ewes also sold .well. Old owes, for fattening off, and wethers, were roadily disposed of, and tho c.alo resulted in a complete clearance being ; mane. At auction, rape. lambs made Us. fid." to 12s.':'extra forward. ' 11-3. 3d. to 12s. lid.; medium. 9s. fid. to lis.: small and inferior, tfs'. to Cs. 4d;; and . culls, 3s. to ss. Four, six, and owes sold-at Us. fid. i"n.' £d.; nix and oigtot : tooths, 135.2d,; good four-tooths, 14s. <d.j' fAuv and six-tooths.' 13s. lfld.; sound-months, IBs". fid. tW lis'. Id.: and aged. 4s. 9d. to 6s. '6d: Forward wethers brought 13s. to.Ks.; and two-tooths, Us. to 12s. 2d. The yardipa of fat lambs totalled 3912, and the quality,-except in tlie 4 ose of a few -lines, .war, only moderate., The eyncrt buyers were operating at the .reduced limit of f*d.. ner ib... arid, consequently, prices per-li<"»d were low bv Cd. to 3d. coinmrcd with the Tatcs paid, by exporters at the previous' Compared witli tho oriccs paid by tho butchers at tho Christmas Eale thc v Vwns a decline of-is. to Is. 6d. r -v head. • There were 2079 .lamb?'taken by, exporters at 12*. Id. to Ifsl' 7d.. -t-liA latter price beinfj for one lot that, topped the market by 7d. per head. The" bntehcrs took <84 at lis. Sd. to Graziers bought 424 at 12r. to 12s. 9d., and 17 lots, comprising 9D7 head, were passed in. Tho yarding cf fat sh'Jfep wan not a large one. ;ar.d the market opened with; practically no cliaiige in values, and towards the close ewes improved in ' price, and wethers cold at iv.o rates. Tlio ranco of price's was-.—Prime wethers. 16?.. 6d. to 175." Ud.t lighter, 12*. 2d. to 16?:; prim's cv»»s, 143.,6d.*t0 16s.;' others, 10s.-9d. to' l<s. Thero were ?02 head of fat- cattle penned, and they, consisted principally of cows and heifers, with a few lines of . useful *tec**s. Ther** was an irregular sale", as the demand on tho part, of butchers was weak, but 'prices showed practically no change. Steers made .€6 15*. to £11: heifers, £5 Gs. tA £8 17*. 6d.: and cows, £5 id 10*., to 255. to 275. for prime, 23 1 ?. to 245. for 20 r t-- 22*. for cow ••>d inferior per 1001b. Veal calves mad* 4«. *d. to 595., according to cize and quality. .... There ras 3. small entry of ra.ttK and moj-tly of a. poor o 7 a?s. The domnnd "'as much weaker, aid few ohanr«d hands.. Yearling" mad? 2<s. to 35:?.: 15 to JB-months, v*. to. 555.: three-ywr steer, 0 . .£5 2s. 6d.; tnrrwvsar heifers. .€4 Is.; and dry cows, £? ?*: \A fX 7s.'6d. ' . Dairy cows were in fair demand, and soM at. .S3. 10s. to £9 10s. A. medium entry of pigs met wi*h an improved.'demand for all classes. • Priori wore firmer. rvdo 5Cf. to 705.: Maw- banners, Sip. +-> 65.«.:. .n-n4 45". to SP«. .noii.al '*d.-*o 'I'd; tie? lb. Large norkcrs sold at Ms. tS 3P?.. v y 'l ? K ". *0 3Cs.. .tr> Wd to 42d. per lb. . Medium Horc* wero 'Init-W at 14s. to 17s. 6d.,.and .wcan'crs at 6s.'fid. to lis. -■ , . • . '