LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1214, 24 August 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dateety and Company, Limited (Falmerston Kortu branch) rcDort: At oui Huntervillo saio on Tuesday, Aueasl 22, a fair yardlns o£ stDclt came to hand, winch sold as below: Wether hoggets, to 12s.;.ewe, hOBBOts, to 13s. 6d. CatUc-Two-year heifers. £i 7s. 6d., X 3 65., t0..€4 65.; dairy cows, to £7 10s. At, our ltanmai sale on.Tuesday, August 22, a. medium entry of stoeu caine forward. Hocffct-3 wore in'coed demand. Prices were as follow:-S1iccd: Wether hoggets, to 103.: ewe hoggets, to lls. 7(1. Cattle: Yearling heifer?, £2 95.. £2 IDs., to £2 17s. 6d., a"nd £2 18s. Ccl.; ycarlins steers, to £2 10s. Gd.; cows in calf, £3 2s. Cd., £3 10s., to £J 155.; heifcTS in calf, to. £4 10s.; yearling Jersey bulls, t0.£3,175., Gd.. . Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report having 'held their weakly sale in the Solway (Mastcrton) yards on Wednesday, when they offered a very small, yardine of sheep, but a fair yarding of cattle. 'I he report states for all lots was fairly kjen, and we are pleased to report practically a clearance-. Amongst the cattle entry was a line of 28 station cows in only fair condition, which realised £3 9s' Other quotations were as follow:—Poor condition store cows, 36=.; forward cows, £3 is. to £3 165.; two-year steers, £3 125.: two-vcar -heifers, £2 lCs. to £3; mixed wcaners, 335. 6d.; bull. £4 12s. 6d. Sheep: full-mouth ewes in lamb; 1C?.; empty ewes. o=. to 9s. id.: two and nix-tooth wethers (low condition), 10s.; two and four-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d.

Hessre. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Jolinsonvillo sale, held yesterday, as follows :-IVe offered a fair yarding of bullocks and'a heavy one of sheep, which sold readily at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks, £10 12s. 6d. to £11 7s. 6(1.; prime bullocks, £10 to £10 7s. 6(1.; light, £9 to £9 55.; prime wetlicrs, £1 Cs. Gd. to 218.; lighter, 19s. Id.; light, 17s. 3d. to 18s. IA ■ prime heavy ewes, 21s. 9d.; medium ewes, 17s. Id. to 17s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Mastorton stock sale yesterday.—We yarded only one pen ot wether' and a few pens of dairy cattle, all of which found purchasers at satisfactory prices We also offered a herd of dairy cows at the conclusion of the sale, for which there was good competition, narticularly for early calvers, which Eold from £7 to £8 165.: more backward ones. £4 15s. tc £6 15s. Quotations-. Small wether=, lls.: springing heifers, Rood, £S 17s. 6d.; springing cows, £'1 to £5; hulls, up to £5 165.; good dairy cows as quoted above. ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph.—Proas Association.) Chrlstcliurcli, August 23. At Addinct-on live stock market thcro were fairly large entries of stock, and the aUfiudaricc was nbovc the average of lat.e rales. There was no Material change in ilia value of beef, and fat shoeu were firm at last week's rates. Store sheen were oa-'ier iu demand, but prices remained without much alteration. There was ,-ieqod -villi for pies and tho better class of dairycows, but little demand for store cattle. Tho yardins of stare sheep was samewhat smaller Um that of the previous week, but the quality' was a little better. Ewes formed the larger part, the balance being chiefly hoggets and.a.few peus .of wethers. Though tho'demand was not so keen there was practically no change, in prices. Tho range of prices was: Hoggets, rood ewes, 12s. 9d. to 13s. Id.; good wcrhsra, II". to lls. 7d.; medium raised sexes, 9s. 9u~ to. 10s. 3d.; small sorts, to Bs. <d.; weth-. ers, forward sorts, 15s. to 16s. 7d.; fair sorts, 14s. to 153.; low-conditioned 'twotooths, 10s. to 125. 6d.; ewes; specially- good two-tooth halfbreds, 19s. 7d.; others, -15s. id. to 165.; four, six and eight-tooths, Ms. 9(1 ; sound-mouth, lls. 6d. to 135.; low-con-ililioned sorts, 10s. to lls.: aged,. ss. 6d. to 7b. 6d.; good ewes and.lambs, 9s. 6d. (all counted). Tho entry of fat sheep was not quito equal to last week in point ol unmoors, and was of mixed'quality, the bulk being wethers. There was an active demand and last week's prices were (irmly maintained; Tin! range of • prices was: Extra prime wethers, to 375.; prime, 235. to 2Ss. Id. ; others, -16s. 6d. to 225.- 6d.; prime awes, 28s. to 255. Id.; others, 15s. Id. to 19s. 6a , .; hogcuts, 1 , !.-. 111. to 17s. 3d.; merino wethers, 10-. to 'Us.; merino owe?, 12s Id. i'hc supply of beef comprised 3CB head, or 20 loss than last .weuk, and included a, good proportion of prime quality cattle, but thcie did not sell relatively as well :;s medium sorts. There was a good demand, and values showed little change. Steer; intdt XV 10s. to £11; extra, £17 10s.; heifers, £5 10s. to .C 9 £s.; extra, to £10 IDs. 6d.; ami cmv-i, £5 to £10 10s. Cd—equal to 35j. for extra, 27s 6d. to 325. for prime Z£}. to 2?f. lor medium, and 235. 6(1. lor cow and interior beef per 1051b. The restriction of 601b. as the dressed weight of vc-il calve" slaughtered at the abattoirs had the eli'ect of reducing the numbers of small calves offcreil. Prices ranged lor veolers from <<?. 6d. to £3 17s. Ci!., and larger sorts to £4 ss. A smail entry of store rattle was chiefly composed of yo;insr sort? in low condition. There was little demand, and prices wore low. Veartiii'-'S made 3<!s.; lifteen to eighteen months, 41s. to '.95.; two ai;d a half-vcn-r Ptccrs, £1 7s. 6d., and dry cows 3Cs. to £>! ss. Only tho better sorts of dairy cows were in I'c'nihnd. pi'ivv.-i ranging from £3 15s. to £8 18s. There was a small entry of fat pics, and there iv:i.i consequently an all round improvement in prsi'i'S. prime s-.n-ts licing in active tleinaud. flioppcr,- fold up to .£'l )7rt. 6:1.; largo bacoin-r;. ,C 2 !s=. to £3 7s. hi.; smaller s'OTt?, ■?£.*. to 525. 6d. (equal to 4=!il. to oil. per lb.1; large porkers, 325. to <]<:<.; smaller, 30f. to 355. (equal to sd. to s'd. per ll'.. 1 . Store pigs were iu good dcmr.ud at advanced rate.-, large sorts ni.ikiii" K'. and 7.35.; medium, 13s. to Z4s.; aniall. 14;. to 17:-.; weaners, f.--. to 12s. 6d.; and sows in pig, 403. to 60s. PBICES AT' BTTHXSTIIE. !l!j Tciccraph-l'ress Association.! DunoiKn, Auttur-t 23. At liurn-'irte 10-day 219 fat ciittle w«ro yarded. The quality was rather better than was tho da™ last, week, but owing to the laru» yaviling prices shoved a decline of from 15s. to 2c-j. per head. Best I bullocks, £11 ICe. to £12 Us.; extra, to £14

7s. 6(1.j medium, 11 5?. la £1 15.-.; inferior. £1 10s. to .£8; l>e s t cmv<i and heifers, £8 1C? to £9 10s.: extra, to £10 155.: medium, .06 15s. to .-S7 1C?.; interior, £■! 15;. to £51C*.

Fat shefp: The yarding comprised 5279, of which there was a , proportion of really fine wether.;, though rather under 1 lie average of the paM few wetks. A eomklcralil« number of them required fltiishiujr. and for these the dcmimd was somewhat .-•lack. For prime- sheep llio s.ilc opened at aijout last week's rate?. !rat later on improved by 6d. to Is. per head, but the advance was not sustaiucd. and towards the end of the sale the demand felt, away owing to the bulk of the huycrr. having sa.lii.ficd requirements. 'Best heavy wethers, 235. to 265. M.; medium to food, 19s. to 225.; light and unfinished, 14s. 6d. to 17s. Cd.; host ev.es, !9f. to 225. 6d.; medium, 15s. to IB.?.; light, 11s. to 13*. Cd.