LIVESTOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1047, 9 February 1911, Page 8

LIVESTOCK SALES.

--Meters. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report holding their monthly sale at Otaki yesterday. There was a full yarding of both sheep and cattle, and everything sold'under the hammer except 40 sheep and two pons of steers. Quotations.—P.m. owes, h: lid.; cull lambs, 4s. lid., 2s. 6d.; fouryear, 'ewes. lis. 6d. Cattle-Fat cows. £6 Its.!.forward cows, £1 17s. 6d.; (springing Cows, £6.103.; wcaner heifers, 355. 6d.; mlxco wcanors, 315.,- 27b. 6d., 255.; eighteenmonth heifers, £2 165.. £2 lCs.; bulls, £3 15s.', £3 Ss. .

.Messrs. Dalgoty and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual stock salo at Waipukurau on .February 7, when thcVolTcred 2200 Bhcep to a. larno attendance of buyers. Owing to tho dry weather and shortago of feed bidding waa not brisk. Quo-tatlons:-Fat owes, 10s. 7d. to lis.: mixed aged ewes, poor condition, 3s. 2d.; twotooth ewes, 7s. 3d.; halfbtcd -mixed aged ewes,' 7s. 9d„ Bs., to 95.; four and 6ix-tooth ewes, 10s. 6d.; small lambs, 2s. 3d.; two and, four-tooth'wethers, Bs:' 9d. Messrs. Dalgoty and Co.. Ltd., report:— At ,the Wanganui sale yesterday shc«p failed to como forward up to advertised numbers. Wo yarded just on 4COD sheep and 250 cattle, of which 700 sheep and HO cattlo went out unsold. -Bidding for sheep was better than it ha 6 been at sales and some- classes, particularly 6ound owes, showed ian-improvement in prices. The-market for wethers is very sound with us at' present. Cattlo maintained lato ratea. Wo quote:—Fat and' forward four and. sis-tooth wethers. Us. 9d.; storo four and six-tooth wethers, 125.; small twotooth,wethers, Bs. 9d. to 95.; four and eixtopth owcs.good sorts. 14s. fid.; two, four, Blx.-tooth ' and full-mouth owes. 125.; six-tooth and full-mouth'cwes, 11b. fd.; fouryear ewes, cood, lis. lid.; full-mouth ewes, 3s.- 4d„ ss. 5d.,' ss. 6d.„ 6s.- 6d„ 7s. Cd., Bs.. 9s. 3d.; lamhs, small, 3s. 9d. to ss. 2d.: rapo lambs, 7s. 6d.j cows and calves.-£4 Jss. 6d.; wcaner- steor, £1. £1 10s. 6d. to £%; mixed wcancrs. £1 155.; wcaner heifers. £1 125.; o "' 3 '* s 10s -i forward cowb; £3'ss.' to £3 12s. • ... 1.

Mcseis. Abraham-and Williams, Ltd., report :—At, our Eaumai salo, held, on February 7, wo had.a very heavy.yarding of sheep and. a, fair yarding of cattle. There was a very fair demand for air classes of sheep, but owing to the continued dry weather .prices, were- slightly-lower than tho last sales. Bidding for- tho • cattlo : was prick, and everything was quitted, includ-ing:-scvoral. nice pens of bullocks. We quote :-Shecp:. Woolly lambs. 9s. 6d.;-small.' .'»•-??• to 4j. 9d.- two-tooth . wethers, 10s. lOd. to 12s. 7d. : two-tooth oweß.. 13a. 10d;j four-tooth to four-year ewes, 10s. 6d.; sixtooth to four-year owes, good, 12s. 9d.; aged ewes, Ja. 9d.; shorn lambß, 4s. Id. to 4s. 7d.; Itomncy rams. 235. to 255. Cnttle: Three and a half-year bullocks. £5 16s. 6d. to £6 45.: steers. £4 25.; empty heifers. £4 VS.; ; cows and calves, £3 14s; to £4 35.; weanere, 20s. to 27b. .

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.; report on their Johnsonville salo as follows:—A heavy yordiuu-of-prime-bullocks and sheep came forward, and sold readily f«L ■. J?« tos ;, P caT y bullocks brousht £9 B s^: 10 £ '°i lighter, £9 7s. 6d.to £9 10s; : medium^.bullocks, £8 10s. to £8 ,17s. 6d.; light, £8 to £8 la. 6d.; vcalcrs, oxtra prime, £J 55.; others, 245.. to 275.; fat cows,' ii""- .?" m « heavy wethers realised. 17s. Id.;.good wethers, .15b.-<d. to. 165.; prime ,f w .°?. 145..9 d. to- 14s. 6d.: plain, lis. 6d. to 12"5. ; 6d.; prime lambs, 12s. 7d..t0 = 12s.'lCd.; •plain,-lCs.-4d. to : Ua. , , .

".. ADDINGT.ON-STOCK.MABKET! (By Tclcsraph-l'rcsj Association.)'

•' ... \ Chrlstchurch, February 8.. ■-At. tho Addington .Block market to-day thero were;good entries of stock, and a fairly large attendance. Store sheep, especially good rape lambs, sold well. Fat cattle showed ■no change in price. Fatlambs.wero firm, and tho fat sheep market Opened at tho previous week's, rates. ■ Fat pigs sold under good.competition. > ' ■ .: ylho-ynrdlng of store sheep was much larger than last- weak, about three-fourths of 'tho entry being lambs. Thcso represented . all clacSe3 from forward rapo lambs to culls, from larger lines; Though the. salo opened dull,- competition-livened rape lambß.eold well up to previous'week's rates, and in sbmo cai-cs over. There, was practically no chango in ordi-nary-sorts, though tho demand .was.somewhat easier. The fow lots of wethera offored sold well at lato rates, as aid a few-lots of voting owes. Forward rapo Jambs .made lis,-to 125.; extra, 12a. 6d. to IM. lldi; good;ordinary etores. 10s. to 10s.-. 9d.; medium, 9s. to 9s. 9d.; half bred wether. lambs. Bs. to 10s. 2d.; and culls, Es. 6d." to 65,-6 d.; forward.wethers,; 145.,t0 155.~6d.t----othera, 12s. 6d. to 13s. 9d.!> low-conditioned two-tooth. 9s. 2d.; four-tooth,ewes, 15s. id.;small halfbrcd ewes (good), to'l4s.'lid.; olght-tooth ewes in low condition, 10s. 3d.; and aged sorts,'4s. 3d. to £«.-6d. - . -■ .Thero woro 6499 fat lambs penned, or about 400 less than last week; Thero I was a largo proportion of prinio well drafted ldmbs. and-thcßG'.-goldi firmly tinder cood competition'at nrevious week's rates." Tho quality of yardings a wholo was one of tho best of tho season. Thero w-cro 4607 taken for export at prices ranging from'-'Un.' 1td...t0 16s.:ijd.; 408 by butchers,; at l?s. 6d. to 146..1 id.; 74 by urasiers.'at 12a. 7d. to !3s. 7d.: and 410 were passed In at 10s.'lOd. to 13?. 9d. . .

iThcro was a fairly largo yardinc of fat sheep, and tho market opened firmly at tho previous week's rates. Tho range of prices-was: Prime wethers, . 17s! to J9a.; extra, to 19s.- 7d.: lighter.- 14s.' Bd. to '15s. Sd.; pnmo 9we3..135.;6d. .to, 16s. 6d.;-extra,, t017a.: other, 7s. 7d. to 13s. ' ': - The Buoply of beef tqtalled 244 head, as .compared with 188 tho week before. Tho -ouality was very irregular, as was also tho tone of.thn "Ihr.rket.' but on'tho wholo voluos showed Ilttlo change. Stores, made £8 to £11; extra, to. £12 12s. :6d.; heifers, £5 •10s. to-£9 9s. 7d.; cows, £5 to £9 7s. 6d., equal to 24«. 6d. to 28s. 6d. for prime: .•Bteers, 22b. 6d. to 245. for medium.' and 19s. 6d. to ?2j. for cow and inferior beef iPcr-IWIb. Veal chives.made 4s. 6d. to 545. according to sixo and quality. -Store cattle wero represented by a medium entry of avorago quality. There was :a\dracging. sale for young 6tock. othw being fair. Yearlings realised £1 13s. to £1 IBs.; fifteen to eleht-cen-moriths *orts £2 14s. to £2 165.; two-year-old steers. £3'4s. to £3 165.: two-and,-a hnlf-yaar-olrt s,«orß. £5 (passed); thrcc-ycar-old steers, £5 7s. 6d. to £6 155.; three-year hcifere. £4 .55.; and dry cows, £1 to £4.

|; ,A- small yarding of dairv cows of me'.dlum quality mot a good demand.- Prices r.«ti TC d from £3 10s. to £9 ss. yPlgs were entered in nverngo numbers, and for fnts there was fairly rood competition. Choppers sold. 11'n to 755.; heavv ,I's/yincrs. 50s. to 555.: extra, to 60-.: and .lighter, 435. to 475. 6d. (eonni to 4{d. por .lb.). Lar«!o porkers made 30s. to 355., nnd tmaller.' 24r. to 28s. (equal to 4!d. to 4?d. Ncr 1b.).-Store pigs were in good supply, but thn demand.was weak. Largo stores realised 18s. to 245. 6d. .

:■-""; • BTJRNSIDE.' STOCK; MARKET. .' ;. (By'TolograDh-Preß« Association.) ■'. ; t r, ,j •,- ? UI "H-In,.- February 8. . .-At Bnrnsldo to-day. 136 head of cattle were.yarded;, consisting principally of medium weights. Tho demand waa fair, and prices much tho.same as Inst week, Best •mw "l Si' £° »" ••' to *f!' ICs " ■■ medium" £9 to £9 lfs.; inferior, £7 sb. to £8: bestcowe and heifers, £7 to£8; medium '£s'lss. To .£(1-lCs.; inferior, £4 to £4 15s. . - • " ';„£w sl ' 0!lp: 27 "><"""<i, principally ewes,' with few pons oxtra good wethers. Owinc to tho largo yarding ewes declined 2s. Ncr head on last week's prices. Best wethers. lit ft 1 "' « s -= medium. 15s. 6d. to 16s.' 6d.: inferior. 13s. 6d. to 14s. 6d. : best .ewes,-13s. to lEfl.; oxtra, 20s. 6d.: mcdiiim 10s. to 12a.; Inferior. 6s. to 81. n3Cdlum ' ..Fat. lambs: 1028 penned. Prices we're easier and demand limited. Best. 14s i?.* 1 .i i n'? t ft *?F; t0 - F s " 3d ' ! 125.. to 13s. 6d.; inferior, 9s. to lis.