LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1160, 22 June 1911, Page 12

LIVE STOCK SALES.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.! Chrlstchurch, June 21. At Aldington live stock market there woro fairly large entrks oi stock, and, n, good attendance. Storo sheep sold well, and fat lambs and fat sheep w :rß m . • Fat cattle wore a shade easier, «id fat pigs were likewise somewhat lower than a, rhe" Warding of store sheep shows* a still further falling-off" m included some good lines of a better class of ewes than- of late. Thero was a good demand for lambs, and prices were improved by about sixpence B®* head. Good ewes were also firm, while wethers, which were of average Quality, showed no change. A lino of sound-mouth ewes made 13s. 9d. to 14s. lDd.; and other lots, 10s. 6d. to lis. »•> fair-mouthod sorts, 7s. Id. to Bs ' culls, 3s. to 65.; average lines of wethers, 13. to 13s. 6d.; and .lighter, lis. to 12a. fid.; good lambs (of mixod sexoa), Bs. 9d to 9s. 3d.; medium, 7s. to Bs. 6d.; and ewe '"There entry,of 2315 fat lambs, the quality being much oitter. than the a\crags, and there was a brisk sale for all freezing lines, and prices were, firmer. The export buyers took 2169 at prices ranging from 10s. 6d. to Ms.! 122 went to butchers at 10s. to 215.; and 24 wore passed in. Tho yarding of fat sheep was larger than last week, and tho duality was about tho usual average. There was an active demand on the part, of both exporters and butcher 3, and the market opened at advanced rates, prime wethers selling at Is. and prime ewes 6d. to 9d. better than last week. Tho range of prices was :-Primo wethers, 18s. to 225. lid.; medium, 15s. to 17s. Gd.; light, 13s. Bd. to 14s. 6d.; prime ewes, 153. to 19s. lid.; extra, to 215.; medium, Us. 6d. to 14s. 6d.; aged and light, 10s. to lis.; merino wethers, lis. 2d. to 13s. Tho yarding of fat cattle totalled 299 h-ad, or about 80 le;s than last week. The ciualitv was' mostly prime, but, notwithstanding this, rr.d the shorter supply, tho demand was not very keen, and prices were somewhat easier. Steers made £7 7s. 6d. to £11 155.; and extra to £18 10s.; heifors. £5 12s. 6d. to £11: and cows, £5 l?j. 6(1. to £11 7s. 6d„ equal to 245. and 28s. for prime; to'3os.'foT, extra, 2ls. to 235. for medium, and 19s. 6d. to 20s. 6d. for cow and inferior beef per ICOlb. Veal oalves sold at 43. 6d. to 555., and extra to £3. 18s„ according to sijo and quality. North Island steers made £10 to £13 17s. 6d., and heifers, £8 10s. to £10 5s Storo cattle comprised old cows, and they sold at 13s. 6d. to £3 ss. Dairy cows sold prices' ranging from £3 10s. to 1 £9 10s. Pigs were entered in larger numbers in tho • fat pens than last week, and there was, therefore, less briskness in thf» bidding. Choppers sold up to 195.; heavy baconers, ■ 50s. to 555.; and .lighter sorts, 365. to 465. leo.ual to 43. to. 4Jd. per lb.): largo porkers. 255. tn 305.. and lighter sorts, 20s. to 235. (equal to 41d. to 4id. per lb.). Storo nigs told bettor, medium sorts making 20s. to 265.; smaller, 14s. .to 195.; slips, Bs. to 135.; and weaners, 2s. to 6s. BURNSIDE MARKET. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) □unediri, June 21. At Bamside to-day 144 cattle were yarded, which proveii'just about sufficient for requirements. Pfimo bullocks were slightly dearer than last week, while heifers and cows were much about the same. Best bullocks, -£11 to £12; extra heavy, to £14 55.; medium, £9 to £10; best cows and heifers, £8 to £9; medium, £6 to £7; Inferior, £5 to £5 15s. Fat sheep: 4050 penned. Thcro was a greater proportion of prime wethers. forward than has been. the case for some time. At the commencement prices wero much on a par with those ruling last week, but as the sal o'progressed values advanced fully Is. per-head for both ewes and wethers. Best withers. 19s. 6d. to 215.; extra to 275.; good, 16s. 9d. to 195.; bost ewes, 15s. 6d. to 175.; extra heavy, .to 255.; medium, Us. 6(1. to 13s. Fat lambs; 1400 penned. Freezing buyers competed spiritedly, and prices race by Is. 6d. to 2s. per. head. 03 compared with last week. Best, 16s. 6d. to 18s.; extra, to 245.; modium, 14s. to 15s. Pigs: Only 80 were penned, consisting of stores, suckers, and porkers. On account of the shortage prices for porkers woro about 103. higher, and those for other •sorts were about tho same as last week's rates. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., roport on their Johnsonville sale as follows :—A heavy yarding of bullocks and sheep came forward, and met with a ready pale. Prime heavy bullocks, £10 10s. to £10 155.; medium bullocks, £9 10s. to £9 15?.: lighter, £8 12s. 6d. to £9; fat heifers, £5: prime wethers, 18s. Bd.: medium wethers, 16s. 9d. to.. 17s. Id.; plain wethers, 155.: extra primo heavy ewes, 18s. 10d.; prime heavy ewes, 17s. Id.; light ewes, 14s. 5d.; prime lambs, lis. 2d. to 12s. 2d.; light, 9s. 6d.