LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1269, 26 October 1911, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report having hold their weekly etcok sale at Waipukurau yesterday, when they offered 3CCO sheep, principally hoggets, to a small attendance- of buyers. Prices were about, the fame as at previous sales. Fat ewes, 155.; cull hoggets, in wool, Bs. Gd.; medium hoggets, in wool, 10s. Sd., 10s. 9d., to 125?.; fair 2-tooth wethers, 15s. 5d.; good hoggets, iu wool, 14s. sd. Slessrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual gale at Solway on Tuesday, October 24, instead of Wcdni'Klay, October 25, that day being the flrjt day of the CarterUm Show. They oll'crcd a very small yarding of sheep, 'no entry of cattle coining forward. The attendance of buyers wa.3 very small, and, consequently, ■ there was only a dull sale. Lv.w and I lambs, 135.; empty ewes (fair condition), j 10=. Gd.; small hoggets, to lis.; fat cv»cr«, ! to 16s. Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., held tJ'-eir annual horf-o taie at Levin yciM.erdny, when they had a la.rge entry of horte? of all descriptions. Bidding at auction was dull owing, no doubt, to the late tea.-:on, and the hordes looking rather rough. Buyers were present from all round the di?tri't, and Wellington, a number b'jing bought, for shipment to Australia. Unbroken 2year light draught gddiag*. to £16; 3year ditto, to £14 lCs. to £27 10?.; light unbroken hor-c*. £7 IDs.. £9; yearling:, £s aged draught?, £14; hacks and ponies. £3 IC-ji., £8 lfa.; light harness horses, £10 to £16. JTessrs. Dalgnty and 00., Ltd., report on llir.ir r-ale, held at Otaki yesterday, as follows:—Wo had very full yardiugs of both sheep and cattle, which met w:<th a ready sale, and wc disposed of almost everything at satisfactory prices. Slioep: Fat ewes and wether?, 19.% 2d.; shorn fat ewes, 13s. 4d.; empty ewes, 75., 135.; shum hocrgcts, 12#?. lid.; small shorn hoggets, C-:;. J.ld.; woolly hoggets, small, 9s. 10d.; 2 and 4-tooth wether;-, l 4 s. Gd. Cattle: Fat cows, £6 Ss., £6 15*., £7; forward cows. £4 lCs.; springing heifers, £4 12s. 6d« £6, £(i 6.?.. £6 10s.; heifers in ralf, £4 2>. (tf.; yearling heifer?, £2 10s., £3 lis.; IS-mon-th ethers.. £2 13s. Gd.; 2-voar steers, £4 i, s.; yearling steers, 38s. fri.. 4te.. £2 155.; wearers, 20s. (A.; bulls, £3 165., £8 2s. 6d. Jle-wrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsnnville t'ale, hold yesterday, as follows:—"Wo offered a heavy yarding of bullocks and sheep. Bullocks •old at late rates, and sheop were easier in price. Prkne heavy bullocks, £11 2s. Cd. to £11 IDs.; prime bullocks, £10 7s. 6d. to £10 155.; lighter, £9 15s. to £10 2s. 6d.; vectors, 35?.; prime wethers, 22?. % Cd. to 235. 6d.; primo ewes, 21s. Sd.; medium ewe?, 195. 9d. to £1 0»*. 5d.: prime shorn •wethers, 16s. 9d. to 17:. 2:1.; shorn ewes, 14?. 3d. to 15s. 3d.; stags, £1 Ps. <d.; priTue lamb?:, 14?. to 15?-. 4d.; medium lambs, 12s. | to 12t. 9d.j light, 105. to Us. 3d. | Jlewr?. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re- ■ port on their Masterton stock sale, hold 1 at Solway yarda yesterday, as follows:— Sheep came fonvard in excess of advertised numbers, but the attendance was small, and bidding at auction slack. However, we effected a complete clearance nt the following rate?, no cattle being yarded:— Fat ewe-;, best, 195.; others, 16s. to 17s. Cd.; fat and forward ewes, 155.; fonvard empty ewe.*, 13s. 3d. to 14s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. iPalmerston branch) report:—At Jlimatangi on Monday we had an entry of ICCO sheep and over 7CO head of cattle. Competition was brisk, and all lines of sheep were sold. Cattle came forward in excess of advertised numbers, and the capacity of the yards was taxed .to tho utmost, over JCO different lot" being offered. The Barber's yearlings failed to . Jind buyers, although £2 It*. wa3 offered lor the heifers aud £3 ss. for the steers, but, with this exception, very little v.an turned out unsold. A keen demand existed for young dairy heifer?, and a very nice line of well-grown, good-conditioned yearling heifers, Jersey-Ayrshire cross (offered

on account. of Jlr. K. Millignn, of Carnarvon). elieitc-d keen competition. They were knocked rtovm to Mr. \\\ Dcvinc at £5 I*.—a record for the district. Sheep: Fat ewes, 15s. to 18?. 6d.; slorc ewei, 10s. Ed. to lis. 2d.; inferior hoggets, 7s. 7d. to 10s.; medium owe hogget?, 12b. 7(1.; wether hoggets, 6d. to 12j«*. ICd. Cattle: Cull yearlings, 245. to 30.*. 6d.; small yearlings. 355. to £2 2?.; yearling steers, £2 6s. to £3 U. Cel.; 18-month to 20-month steers, £3 7?. to 4 £3 15s. Cd.; 2-year steers, £3 to £4 13.?\; More bullocks, £-5 17?. to £6 45.: yc-nr-ling heifers (small), £2 2". to £2 lis.; year- : ling heifers (good), £2 19$. to £3 11?., avA up to £5 Is.; 2-year empty heifers (ir'orior). £2 15s. to £3 35.; 2-yeav cmp-ly lie ts, £3 10s. to £3 14=. 6d.; backward hei.'ers, in calf, £3 to £4; springing heifers, £4 17s. 6:1. to £6 25. 6d.: backward cuwr, in calf, £3 15s. to £4 10s.; rpvineing cows. £5 lCs. to £7; aged cows, £2 Je. to £2 17/5. Cd.; flora cotv?, £3 5". to £3 15?.; forward cow?:, £3 19?. to £4 7f. ; fat cows, £5 17s. to £6 12?.: yearling hulls, £2 12s. 6d. to £3 55.; Jersey yearling bull?, £4 to £6 65.; Jersey 2-year bull.-, £4 its. to £7 75.; Shorthorn bulk, £4 to £5 s*. 6d. Pigs: Weaners, ICs. to 145.; store?, 20s. ■ ADDINGTOX STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Ciiristchurcli, October 25. At Addington there were fairly large entries of stock and a good attendance. Fat ealtlc showed no change in price. Store iiheop, extent aged eves with lambs, vera in better demand, and fat Jauibs, owing to a large entry, dropped fc. to 4s. per head. 7'ig* were rather easier. Tho fat sheep market was fairly lirro, and there wiva a rather better demand for store CftttlO. The offerings of store sheep were rather larger than last week, ami ronsiriod of hoggets, a fair proportion of cv.cs an<l lambs, and shorn wethert, the latter being principally ovortoa sheep. There was a good demand, especially for young dicep, and the market for these was rather firmer. ftwc hosssis sold at advanced rater-, whilst other sorts were firm. Young ewes abo Id well, but. aged ewes with lambi were not so readily rateable, ar/J several lots were parsed. Shorn wethers met with a good demand. The range of prices was: —Bcf-t ewe hoggets, 16s. to 17r. la.; medium, to Us. 9d.; good wether hoggets and mixed sexes, 15s. s<l. to 4s. Cd,; medium. 12?» 3d. to 12s. 9d.; and small. 10s. to lis. Good 4 and 6-tooth ewes with lambs 1o 135.; medium, 9.«. 3d. to IDs. 3d.; mixed aged, to lis.; sound-mouth ewe?, 10s. to JCs. 9d.; ased, Ss. 3d. to 10?. 9d., ail' counted: h*U£bred wethers in the wool, 14s. 9d. to 16?.; : shorn 4 and 6-tooth* wether?, 14s. to 155.; and shorn aged ewer., 2s. 9d. ' There was an entry of about £30 fat lambs, a number very much larger than wwt, offered at any sale this season, ar.i prices .p.howcd & decided decline, equal to at lenf.t 3s. to <*?. per head, Soveral tots were passed, and about 80 verc bought by a speculator for export. Best heavy lambs made 14s. 9d. to 165.; and others, lis. to 14s. &d. There was a. fairly largo yarding of fat sheep, including a good proportion ol Southland shoop, though not ro n.ar.y as in into sales. The market opened firm at la:>t week':? rates. There wa-i" a good demand right through the sale, arxl al! . clones sold well. There was very little change in the tone of the market in compared with the previous week, though it tray have bc«i a shade casj.r, especially for heavy sheep. The range of prices was: —Extra prime woolly wethers, to 30s. 9d.: nriuio, 255. to 275. 9d.; otVrs, 16s. lid. t-c 22*. 6d.; shorn wethers, 14s. 9d. to 19s. 9d.; extra- prime v:oollv owes, to 20s. 4d.; prime 205. to 245. 6d.; others, 14s. ICd. to 19s. M. shorn ewes. 15?. 3d. to 235.; woolly hogso.ts 15s. 3d. to 18s.; woolly merino wethers, 17s to 19.?. 2d. The beef supply totalled 183 head, r good proportion of which were primo oual ity North Island atoers, and there were aho good lines from Longbeac-h and High field Kstates. The demand was about th< i j.aine as last week, and prices were uu changed. Steers ma-do £7 t.o £12 6:.; extra to £15 65.; heifers, £5 17s. 6d. to £8 7s. 6d. and cows, £5 ss. to £10 7g. Gd.—-equal U 275. 6d. to 335. 6d* for prime, 3Ss. 6d. foi extra, 2os. 6d. to 275. for medium, and 24s to 255. for cow and inferior per ICCIb. Veal calvcs made 4s. Gd. to 535.. accord ing to size and quality. A small entry of store cattlo conrf&tet of poor sorts, but there was a better de mand. Yearlings made 335. 6d.; 15 to 18 months, 40s. to 535.; 2-ycar steers, £3 23 6d. to £3 145.; 2-year heifers, £3 9s. 6d. 3-yca.r steers, £6 Is.; and dry rows, 30s to £4 4s. Dairy rows radiic £3 10s. to £9 There was a fair ontry of fat nigs, bu the demand for bacdr.ors was rather eas o ier. Choppers sold at £2 ICs. to £4; larg< baconors, 575. 6d. to 795. 6d.; lighter, 47s f«d. to 545. (equal to 53d. to 6d. per lb.) large porkers, 375. 6d. to 43?.; smaller, 30s to 355. (eoual to 6id. ner lb.)- A goo< entry of store pitrs jold well, large sort rraki-ne 30s. to 35c., and lighter, lCs. ti 28s. Wean?.rs w&ro easier, prices rangini fi«om 6s. 6d. to 12s. fid. a Lt BUEXSIDE JtAEKET. (By Tcletrraph.—Press Association.) Dunedln, Octobc-r 25. At Bumside to-day 112 fat cattle wer yarded. At the commencement of the ml prices wore about £1 per head firmer tha: those ruling we?k, but. they recede; considerably towards the finish. Prime bu locks, £12 to £14; extra., to £15 10s.; m« 11 ium, £10 10s. to £11 ICe.;; cood hcifcri £10 IDs. to £12; extra, to £14; mcdiiut s £3 10?. to £10. ' Fat. r-lieop: '"C'O penned, moKtl s of fair (juabty wether"'. I'rircs were nbon the sn.me n* those ruling ln? t week. Pri?n 225. to 245.: extra, to 275. M. d medium. 19s. 6d. to 21s. 6(1.: light and ir ferior, 17s. 6d. to 19?.; prime ewes. 21i to 24*-.; extra, to 265. 6d.: medium. IPs. t 205.; tight and inferior. 16s. to 17*. Cd. *Fnt lambs: 80 penned. The bcrt sold ti to 21s.