LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1245, 29 September 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and 00.. Ltd., report :—At -our Palmerston sale yesterday email yard-lugs-of stock came forward, and these sold at the, following ouotations :-Fat and forward ewes to 12s. 4d.; empty cows. £2. £2 10a. to £3 45.; yearling bulls, to £3 2s. 6d.; backward dairy heifers, to £4 10s.: yearling heifers, £2 ICo.. £2 10s. 6d.; small yearling steers, £2 95.: 2-ycar heifers. £3 4s. 6d. to £3 6s. Messrs. Dalgety ar.d Company, Ltd. (Palmerston North branch), report:—At our Mangawcka sale on Wednesday a small yarding of sheep and cattle camo to hand, "all of which were sold with the exccnlion of oiw Bmall pen. Cull hoffeets mado ss. 9c1.; small mixed hoggets. &5. Id. to 95.: Bmall ewe hoggets, lis.: cood wether lioegots, 13s. 9d. Cattle: Backward heifers. £2 125.: cull bulls, 3Cs.: azed cows and oatves. £3 165.: fat cows. £6 10s. Messrs. A.braham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At our weekly Palmerston North sate on Thursday we had a fair yardine of both sheep and cattlo. The yarding _of sheep consisted mostly of hoggets, which met with a somewhat dull sale. Mixed hoiTKCts. lis. 6(1.; fat shorn wethers. 12s. lid., l'js.; fat woollv ewes, 17s. 10d.; fat mixed sheep, 20s. Id. Cattle: Yearlinj lieifers, 30.;. to £2 165.: empty cows. £2 4s. ■to £3 14s. 6d.: heifers in calf, small, .£3: dairy cows, £3 3s. 6d. to £4 Is.; 2s. 6d. 7 Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. "report cn tivir John-onvilla sale, held on Wednesday, as follows:—A heavy of both, sheep and cattle camo forward and sold rcadiiv at recent prices. Prime heavy bullocks, £10 IE'S. to £11 55.; lighter, £10 13s. 6d. to £10 153.; fat cows, £3 15s. to £7 10s.; vealers, frood, 345. to 41c.: lighter. 265. to 31?.; light, 235.; good wethers, 21e. to 21s. 5d.; extra prime heavy'ewes, 225. 6d. to 235. 9d.; good ewes. ,19s. .id.-to Its. 6d.; prime spring lambs, 15s. ilCd.Vto 16s. Id. and 15s. to 15s. 6d. _ I .' Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Lfd., report :—At Otaki on Tuesday/we haa" small yardings of sheep and cattle. \vlil'-li eold at late rates. Store wether;:, 12s, lid.; hoggets, 12s. 10d.: springing cows, £6;. springing heifers, £5; fat cows, £5 17s.'; empty cows, £3 Bs. to £3 145.; bulls, £4 ss. At Shannon, on Wednesday, we had a small yarding of sheep and a good yarding of cattle. Most of thc'yardiug changed hands at prices on a par with other centres. Ewe hoggets, 13s. 3d.; wether liocgots. lis. Id. to 12s. 4d.; evfes and lambs, 225. 3d.; springing heifers, £5 2s. to £5 195.; fat cows, £5 195.; forward heifers. £3 15s. to £4 65.; heifers in calf, £3 155.; cightcen-mouths fiteers, £3 12s. Ed.; storo cows, £3 to £3 Is.

Tile N<nv Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report.:—At Palmerston North yesterday wo had a moderate entry of sheep and cattle, which met witli a fair demand, and sold freely under the hammer. Sheep: Medium wether lior:gets, 12s. 2d.; medium ewe hoggets, 12s. M.: cull hoKcets, ss. 6d.; aged e-.ves and lambs. 125.; cell ewes and lambs. 6s. 9d. Cattle: Venrlmjr steers, £2 2=.: 16-month? empty heifere, £3 17s. to £4 12s. Cd.; store cows. £2 15s. to £3; forv.-a.rd cows. £3 15s. to £4: light fat cows. £4 13s. to £5 13s.

AUCKLAND STOCK PRICES. (Dy Tolegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, September 23. The -Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. report:—At the Wcsttield Yards on Thursday last week dairy and store, stock came forward in averacc numbers, and sold at late rates. Best dairy tows, close to prolit, sold at froni £8 6s. to £11 10s.; heifers, £5 15s. to £8 10s.: others, £4 10s. to £7 17s. 6d.: empty cows and heifers. £2 17s. Gd. to £3 155.; calves. £1 15s. to £2 75.: bulls, £5 2s. Cd. to £6 lCs. At the Albert Yards, on Friday last week, horses were yarded in usual numbers, and sold at late quotations. Heavy draught horses sold at from £26 10s. to £39: medium, £ls to £25; cifflit harness horses and hacks. £8 IDs. to £14; ponie3. £4 to £9. The trottins mare, Annoyed, realised 57 Kuincas, and a blla<'k Eoldinc, 55 cuinens. At I'uUekohc, on Friday last week, we held a clearing sale of Mr. John Johns's live :tnu dead stock. There was a larae attendance, and satisfactory prices were obtained. Hest dairy cows sold at from £9 ss. to £14 155.: other, £4 17s. 6(1. to £8 10s.; heifers, £3 12s. 6d. to £7: yearling Jorwcy bulls. £2 7s. 6d. to £4 10s.: medium draught horses. £17 10s. to £20: ycarlinps, £6 to £10 10s.; Lincoln rams. 15s. to £1 10s. each: ewes and lambs (all counted), 12s. 3d., to 19.=.: Lincoln ewe hocEets, 3Cs. A lartre quantity of enndrics sold at ruling prices. At Puni, on Tuesday this week, we held a clearing sale of Mr. 11. M'Donald's live o,nd dead stock. There was a large attendance. and eood Drlce3 woro realised.

Bosb dairy cows and heifers sold at from ,€lO to £14 lOs.; others, £5 to £9; calvcs. 1755. to £1 15?., cach; liorscs. £13 se. to 103.: uiffs, £12 10*.: drays. £5 10s. to £7: harness £4; fowls, 2s. to 2s. lid. caoh: ducks, 2". lid. cr-ch: piano. £28. Also larcc lots of sundries sold at ruling prices. At tiio Yfeatficld Yard,s en-ttle were yarded in more than u3ual numbers. and, although the. duality was troort, v» d penned no heavy weights. Bidding was scarcely as brisk ns was tho ea?c last weel;. Although quotations arc tho same. the market showed a dowmrard tendency. Oxen sold at from £3 10*. to £13 155.: cows, £5 10s. to £9 5?.; heifers, £4 lCs. to £8 5?. Calve:? were pean-ed in full supply, and sold at late rates. "Medium wcaneM sold at from £2 Bs. to £3 2s. fid.: lieht 2C?. to £2: smaller and frosli dropped, 4s. to 325. fcl. The j;heep jjens were well tilled with choice finality stock, ar.d showed an improvement in pricc of fully to 2s. per head. Beat wethers sold at from 28s. to 325. 6d.; others. 19s. to 2fe.: ewes, 17?. to 225.: shorn wethers, light weights, 10s:. fid. to 16s. 9d.: owes. 12s. to 16?. 6d.; hoggets. 15s. to 18s. Gd. Spring lambs were in full supply, and advanced 02 la;rt. week's rates*, selling at from 15s. to 19s. 3d. A line of 2<!o v,-ethers, from Maungaturoto, averaged £1 10s. fid. Pigs were penned iu large numbers, ami sold at higher rate*. Baconers, £3 to £3 175.; porkers. £2 ICs. to £2 18s.: slips, 255. to 305.; woaners. B>. to 15s. At our Coromandel sale last Thursday we yarded close on 400 head of cattle, and 2C'D sheep. Competition was keen, and almost everything was sold at the hammer, (irpwii steers sold at £7 to £8: two to t hrcc-year-old steers, £4 17s. 6d. to £6 10s.: empty cows, £2 Ifc. to £3 10s.: empty heifers. £3 to £3 155.; yearling miied sexes, to £3 ICs. Sheep: Wethers. 12s. fid. to 16s. 6d.: ewes, 13s. to 15s. 9d. A draft of <0 steers from Mr. F. W. Smith. Moeliau, sold at from £6 to £7 12s. 6d.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS. INVESTMENT SHAKES. Ee<ra.rdinc investment shares the transactions recorded yesterday were:—Wellington Gas Eights, four sales, each at 4<1.: Wcslport Coel, 28s. 10d.: N.Z. Paper Hills. 2>s. 3d. The buying and selling quotations were as under:— Buyers Sellers. £ s d. £ s. d. National 1 Bank 6 16 — Well. Investment 0 11 9 — AVell. Trust and Loan 7 9 0 — ■ Well. Deposit - , , I Christchurch Gas 9 11 6 9 13 0 Well. Gas (£10) - „ 19 0 0 Well. Gas (new) 2 15 0 3 0 0 Well. Gas (rights) 0 0 4 0 0 5 8.8. Insurance — ; J [ Standard Insurance -- , J N.Z. Shipping 11 0 0 11 3 0 Union Steam — 2 0 9 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 3 17 6 Well. Woollen (pref.) — 3 0 0 Taupiri Coal 116 1 2 0 Sharland's ordinary — J j J Taranaki Petroleum — 2 5 2 Tariniraciutu Totara 2 2 9 2 10 Kotuliu Oil (10s.) 16 6* — COMPANIES REGISTERED. In the list of companies registered furnished by this week's "Mercantile Gazette" there appear the following:— • Nutricia, Milk Co. (of Wellington), Ltd.— Registered as a private company, on September 21: office. Cornhill Street. Welr.-m:-ton; capital, £2230. divided into 2230 shares of £1 cach. Subscribers: L. J. Duilow. 600: S. G. Cole, SCO; C. Miedema. SCO; W. W. Crump. 4COj L. M'Oarthy. 160: E. 11. Oundy, 150. Objects: To carry on business as wholesale and retail dairymen, etc. Wellington Billiards. Ltd.—Registered nu a private company on September 21; capital £500. divided into 500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: R. Hickey, 580; W. G. Talbot. 20. Objects: To carry on the business of advertising contractors in connection with a patent system of advertising on billiard tnb!c3 known as "Burt's Advertising System."

Cusloma revenue collected nt the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £840 Us. 4d. TALLOW SALES. By Telegraph—Press AG;oriation-Copyriffht London, September 27. At the tallow sales 1583 casks were offered and 781 sold. Mutton, fine 38s. 6d. per cv;t„ medium 555., beef, fine 365. 3d., medium 335. AMERICAN WHEAT. Ity Teleirraph—Press Association-Copyright . i London, September 27. The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 64.97J.CC0 bushels. AUSTRALIAN HiODUCE MAHKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Kec. September 28, 11.10 p.m.) Sydney, September 23. ■Whea-t,. 3s. 7d. to 3s. 7'd. Bran and nollard. £5 ss. Flour, city brands, £8 155.: country brands, £7 17s. 6d. Mni-o, £<; o.ite. Algerian. 2s. 9d. to 2.-.. iOd.: feeding. 2s. M.: Tasmanian. 2s. lid. to ?s. Barloy. Bnglir-h. 4s. 6d. to 5-'.; feedine. 2s. 9d. Onions. Victorian, £3 15s. to SA. Potatoes. Tasmania:!, £7 to £7 ICa: seed. £8 to £10. Butter, lMs. to liZs.j selected Iji-iuids. l!6s. Cheefc. 63d. to 7d. Bacon, 73d. to 72d.

Mo'bDurne, September 28. Oh iff is In pood riomniid: Ontcn diiTirnrfl. &h 15s. to £4: covcrcd. £J 10s.: uncovered. £4 ss. Wheat. 3s. 7*d. FJmir, £8 iff. Cat?. Algerian. 2s. 5<T.; 2«. 'Barley, flano, ?•*. 6d. Naizc, 3?. fid. Bran nn<) pollard, £5. Onions, £3. Pota£4 to £4 ss. Adelaide, September 28. VTicfl.ts 3s. sd. Flour. £7 15sj to £8. Bran and pollard, 12|d. MEIiBOTJBXE HIDES MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association—Cop.vriebt {Rec. September 28, 11.10 p.m.) Melbourne. September 23. Hides were in fair finprdies at the pales to-toy. There was excellent competition, and prices were very firm. THE LONDON WOU SALES. HARDENING TENDENCY. By Teleerap\i—Press Association—Coprriffht London, September 27. At the woo! sales there was stronger competition. Prices were very firm, with an occasional hardening tendency. The Commerce and Tourists Division of the Department of Agriculture. Commerce, and Tourists has received the following oabloTram from the Hieh Commissionsr for New Zealand, dated London Sontcmber 27. roTardin? the opcninc of the fifth series of the colonial wool sales:—"The, wool sales have commenced, and* there is a pood lnrrro attendance of buyers. with j?ood competition. Americans nro holdinp off. Merino* and fine r.rossbredn. par to 5 wer cent, lower: medium cro.?sbrcds, 7£ per cent, lower: coarse r.rcssbreds, par to 3 n?r cent, lower; slipcs. 5 per cent, to 71 ncr cent. lower: scoured, par to 5 per cent, lower: 64.6 M bales of New Zealand wool arc catalogued."