LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1059, 23 February 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Mojsrsi. Daleety and Co. report:—At our Wangauui salo yesterday we yarded S9CO sheep and 80 catile, of which we quitted 31C0 sheep mid 60 cattlc. Tho market was firm for pood classes of. sheep, and prices wore well maintained. Wo quoteTwotooth wctliers, 12s. 9d.; cull do., 9s. Jd.; four-year ewes (Rood), 133. Id.: mixed-age ewes, Bs. to 9a. 3d.; pen do.. 3s. 6d., 4s. lid., 55., ss. 6d.. 7s. 6d., 'to Bs. Id.: Homnoy rams, 2gns„ 3} to storo oow3, £3 13j.: mixed two-year cattle, £2 19s. 6d.: mlscd wea.ncrs, £1 10s. to £1 Us.: dairy cows, £4 to £5 2s. 6d. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company. Limited, report having held their annual Porirua salo on Monday in Mr. P. Jlungavin's }-ards (kindly lent for tho occasion). Tho fialo was il most successful one. and ft. largo yarding of slioei; came forward and met with good competition. Practically a total clcaranco was effected at tho following prices:—Aged ewes, 7s.' to Bs. Bd.; forward owes, 9s. 2d.: ttvo-tooth ewes, 9a.: two-tootli wethers. 10s. lid. to 12s. 6d.: lambs, ss. Id.; cull rams, IDs.: aged mare, £8; sows in pig, £1 13s. 6d-; boars, £1; slip 3, 14s,

Messrs.' Dalgcty and Company (Masterton branch) report having hold their firßt salo under tho auspice.? of tho Auctioneers' Association in the new Solway Yards. Entries camo to hand in numbers which taied the yards to their utmost, but it is anticipated that within a. fortnight's tlmo tho contractors will have completed tho work, when (says tho report) wc feel suro that amplo accommodation will bo available for all entries. Tho consensus of opiniou is that tho yards are ■ up-to-dato in all iVtalls. Thero was a large gathering of buyers from all parts of tho Wairarapa. Competition for wethers' and good ewes was fairly keen, and tho prices realised mast be considered satisfactory to vendors, being 6omewhat in advanco M lite ruling rate?, We quoto as follows:— Woolly lambs, 7s. 6d., Bs., to 10s. 3d.: sham 1 lambs, to Bs. Id.: two-tooth wethers, 10s. lid.: two-tooth owes, lCs. 7d. to 13s. 3d.; four-tooth owes, to 14s. 3d.: fall-mouth-ewes,.6s. 6d. la 10s. The bidding for cattli* opened well, but in several eases failed to reach vendors' ideas of value. F,it bullocks, S6 25.. 6d„ £8 7s. 6d.: throe-year steers. £6: two and a half-year steers, £5 6s:; two-year steers. £4 to £4 Si.; cmnty cows. £4 25.: 18-months steers. 55~. to.SBs.: ve-irling fleer.-.. £2 Is.; mixed cakes, 255.; licifer calves, 355. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (By Telegraph-Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, February 22. - At Addington to-day thero wcro large ontries of nil classes of sheep and a imall yarding of cattle.. Tho attendance was numerous. Fat cattlc showed a sharp rise. Storo sheep, especially lambs and fat lambs, wcro much easier, . and fat sheep wcro not so Arm. Fat pigs showed a little improvement, and store pigs wcro not In such good demand.' Storo cattlo wcro dull of sale, but dairy cows were keenly competed for.

Tllero was another heavy yarding of stqro' sheep, chiefly lambs, but there was a larger proportion of wethers than last week. The total entry exceeded that of, any previous sale this season. Most of tho lamhs wero, of moderate quality and somo inferior. Heally good rape lambs were in limited number, wethers wcro also chiefly medium torts, and ewes wcro mixed I both qs to age and quality. Tho heavy supply and the continued dry weather had tho cffcct of •' reducing prices all rouiid. especially for lambs, which showed a decline of Is. per head. , For- forward wethers there was ' littlo change, and good owes, .both young, and sound-mouthed, generally sold very well. One' specially good lluo of two-tooth ewes made 17s. Id., others 10s.. for small, up to 14s. for good lots; sound-mouthed. 9s. 6d. to 135.; fairmouthed, 7s. 6d. to 9s. 6d.; aged and culls, 2s. to Js.; best wethers, 12s. 6d. to 14s. 6d.; others, 10s. to lis. 6d.; best rapo lambs, 10s. to 10s. 9d.; fairly forward, 9s. to 9s. 6d.; good stores. Bs. to Bs. 6d.; small. 63. to 75.; culls. Jb. 6d. to 55.; and ewe lambs, lis, ta 12s. The yarding of fat Inmbß wan again very large, totalling COCO, and comprised a considerable proportion of unfinished lots, .the continued dry weather causing farmers to rush their lambs into market. There was a further declino in prices, and much moro deeldcd than , last wcclt. 'l'hio was again more pronounced in medium and inferior lambs, which wore down from Is. to Is. 3d., per head, while prime lambs wcro easier by 6d. to 9d. per head. Freezing lambs mado 10s. 9d. to 15s. 9d., and up to 16s. "d. for extra; butchers' lots, lis. £d. to 155.; and extra, to 16s. 7d. A number'Of lots were passed in at 9s. to 123. 7d. Thero wcro 66C0 taken for freeiinc, 321 by butchers. 333 by graziers. and 7<6 wero passed in.

There wan a largo yarding of fat sheep, of which there was not a u considerable | proportion of tirimo quality. Thero, were a, number of lines of wethers that wcro not well finished, and mar.y owes woro aged and in backward condition. , Really, prime slieop sold - well up to lite ratos, though tho market for those wa3 not quite so firm. Unfinished wethers'and owes wcro easier, as they failed to meet with competition from tho export buyers. Tho rango of prices was:—Prime wether's, 153, Cd. to Its, <d,; lighter, 12s. Ltd. to lCs.; prime ewes, 13s. to 175.; medium, lis. to 12f. Cd.; aired and lteht, 6s. 7ci. to 10s. 6d,-, merino wethers, 9?. Ltd., to 12a. There were only 214 head of rattlo penned, generally of good quality. Owing to the short yarding there was keen competition, and values advanced fully 2s. per 1001b., equal to 265. 6d. to 3Cs. 6d. for prime, 245. to 265. ; far medium; and 21s. 6d. to 235. Cd. for cow and inferior per 1001b. Steers made £7 ss. to £11 Is. 6d.; extra, to £13 17s. 6d.; heifers, £5 17s. 6d. to"£6; and cows, £5 17s. Cd. to £10 7s. 6d. Veal calves brought 4s. 6d. to 525. 6d., according to sito and quality. A small entry of storr cattlo met wtih very litt'e Inquiry, yearlinus (elllne at 31s. to 325.: 15. to 18-months, .45*. to 50s.;threoyear steer's (passed), at £6 55.; thrf-o-yr.ir relfcrs, £4 <s.; dry cows, 36?. to £3 155.; dairy cows made £3 10s. to £8 17s. Cd.; and ostra, to £10 ss. There was a, moderate mtry of fat pigs, and tlioj- met with fair demand. Baconera were firmer. Choppers sold-up to 705.;" lariro bneoncrs, 50e. to 60?.; smaller, 40s. to 475. 6d.' (coital to 4!d. to 41d. per Ih.V; largo porkers. 325. to 365.; and fin all or. ?.ss. to 30s. (cnnal to '(d. to 4Jd. per lb.); Urge stores, 225. to 265.: medium. 16,«. to 2C3.: small sorts, Es. to 145,; and wcancn, 2S. 6d. to Cs.

BURNBIDE MAEKET.' - (By Ttlccraph.—Press. Association.! ■ Dunsdln, February 22. . At Burnsido to-day thero was a email yarding of cattle, It! being penned. Tho Quality was fair and prices opened firmer than last week's rates. Best bullocks, £10 10s. to £11 lCs.; extra, to £12 lCs.; medium, £9 ss. to £10; inferior, £8 ss, to £8 155.; best cows and heifers, £7 10s. to £8 10s.: extra, to £10 Ifs.; medium. £5 15s. to £6 10s.:' Inferior, £4 10s. to £5 ss. Fat sheep: There was a law yarding, 2852 bcinit penned. Tho quality was medium. For primo sheep, prlcoa opened at aliout list wcek'o rates, but as the salo advanced buyers cased off. and prices for prime withers declined fnlly fid. per head, while uDod owes wcro easier by Is. 6d„ and inferior by 2s. per head.. Best wethers, 16s. to 17s. 6d.; oxtra, to 215.: medium, 15s. to 165.: inferior, 13s. to 14s. 6d.: best ewes,' 123., to 145.; extra, 18s.; medium..■los. fid. to lis. od.; inferior, ss. to 7s- 6d. Fat, lambs: 2284 penned, a fair yarding of good and medium quality. Owing to Inst week's lambs not com in? up to expectations freezing buyers did not operato so keenly, and priccs worn easier. Best. 13s. to Ns.'s extra, to 155.: medium, lis, 6d. to 12s. 6d.: inferior, 9s. 6d. to 10s. fid. Pigs: Tho demand /for young pirs was very slnclt. but fat sorts met with fair competition. Suckcrs. <?. to 75.: slips, 9s. to 125.: stores, 15s. to 205.; porkers, 345. to 385.: light baconers, 40s. to 445.; heavy da., 465. to 555.