LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1329, 5 January 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

ISUIiNKIDK JfAKKr.T. (By Tclcrraph.-IVeES Association.) Duncdln, Juiiuary 4. Thei-e wa* a niuiTl yarding of fat catllu at Kurn.-iiie to-day, only lib head being pinned. At the commencement of the rale prices were slightly hiflicr than t'note oliiained last week, but as the pale pro-Kivs-cd, values receded, .mil at iii<; finish were 10s. to 15s. lower. ISc>,t biilbck.s £11 IPs. to £12 Its.; extra prime, and heavy, to ,El 5: medium to good. £9 10s. to £10 IK; best, cows, ami hollers. £fi lo £3; good. £6 to £7; liclit and inloiior, £) to ,£i. Fat sheep: 2550 were penned, openec! with price.-; Is. id. M «■-• below last week's lush prices; and the. decline won even greater than this in some c:uas. Before the iinish prices were much im a par with those ruling a fortnight, ago. Prime v.-ether;, 19.-. to 21=.; extra, to 225. 9d.; gonii, 17s. (id. to 18s. 6d.; lucdlnm, 14s. Sd. to IS.;. M,; best ewer, ii'S. to 17-, 6d.: extra, to 2Cs.; good, 145.. to 155.; medium. 12s. lo 13s. i'at lambs: 018 were penned. The high prices ruling lr.«t week wore not maintained, and there was a decline of about 2s. per head all round. Best. 14s. Gd. to IS?.: citra, to 135.; medium to good, 13s. to Mi.: i-ibbll, 11s. to 12>. Pigs: There was a small yarding, with keen competition, and prices all round showed an advance on late rates.