LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1346, 25 January 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale, held yesterday, as follows: A good yarding of cattle and sheep came forward. Bullocks sold well, hut sheep met rather a dragging sale. Prime heavy bullocks. £9 15s. to £9 17s. 6d.; lighter. £9 10s. to £9 12s. 6d.; light, £9 to £9 55.; prime heavy wcth=rs, 16s. 9d.; light. 14s. 6d. to 155.; medium ewes, 12s. to 12s. Bd.: light, 11s. 6(1. to 11s. 10d.; prime lambs. 12s. 9d. to 145.; good lamb.-, 11s. 7d. to 12s. 3d. ADDINGTOX MARKET. ffir Teiccraon. —Pre3s Associa.tlos.l Chrlstcliurch, January 24. At th; Addington live stock market today there were moderate entries of stock, except store sheep, which were again yarded in larg.3 numbers. Fat cattle were easier, and fat lambs firmer. Fat and store pigs showed a sharp advance in prices. Store sheep sold well. Fat wethers maintained last week's rates, but fat ewes were easier. There wos a. good demand for store cattle and good dairy cows. There was a larger entry of store sheep than last week, there being a good representation of all classes, lambs forming the largest proportion. The supply, though so large, was not beyond requirem;nts, and thcro was a complete clearance at advanced rates. The quality of the lambs was not equal to that of last wsek, and consequently the rateage per head was not so high. Wethers were perhaps hardly so firm, but there was a, fcen demand for ewes, and yonng lambs sold at an advance. Forward rape lambs made Us. 9d. to 12s. 3d.; extra, 12s. sd. to 12s. 9d.; and others, 9s. 6d. to 10s. 3d.; culls, Ss. to 6f. 6d.; four and six-tooth wethers, 14s. 6d. to ,15s. 6d.; small halfbrcds, 11s. 6d. to 135.; four-tooth wethers, 13s. to 14s. 6d.; two-tooths, 10s. 5;1. to 135.; four-tooth ewss, 13s. to 18s. Bd.; two-tooths, 15s. to 195.; inferior, 12s. to 135.; six-tooths, 16s. Bd. to 19s. 6d.; four, six, and eight-tooths, 15s. 10d. to 17s. Jd.; two, four, six, and eighttooths, !3s. to 165.: sound-mouth, to 155.; merino ewes, 6s. sd. to Bs. 6d.; ewes, with lambs, Bs. Bil. to 11s. sd. (all counted). Tha entry of fat lambs totalled 2577, the greater proportion of which were of prime quality, but a few of tho lots were not well finished, and tl'.cy were purchased by graziers. There was an active (bmand, both on the part- of exporters and butchers, and prices were somewhat fwmer. The range of priras for lambs purchased for freezing was 13s. 10d. to 16s. lOd., and n. few up to 17s. 9d. Butchers' and graziers' lots uiada 12s. to 16s. Id. The operations, of a buyer for an Australian meat export firm assisted to firm the prices for lambs. Tl\3 yarding of fat sheep was somewhat larger than last week, and the supply of ewes formed a greater proportion, so that they consequently eased off in price. Withers, which were in demand for esport. sold fully up to the previous week's rates. The- range of prices was:—l'riine wethers. 17s. 6d. to 20*. 6(1.; others. 14? Id. to !75.; prime ewes. Jos. to 17s. 10(1.": others. 9f. 9d., 14s. 6d.; merino wethers, 13s. 6d. to 14s. 5<1.; merino ewes, 7s. od to 9s. 9d. There were 167 head of fat cattb yarded a. fair proportion being of frond to prime Duality. The sale was acain dragginj, and prices phowrd a further ensiner off thn value per 1001b. for beef bcinu' 255. to 265. Steers made £8 17s. 6(1. to £12'175. o<l • heifers, £6 to £8 2s. 6d.: anil co.ws, £5 6d. to .£» 10s. Veal calves brought 4s. 6d. to 415., according to size and quality. A fairly lore? entry of store cattle sold at an advance of 7s. 6d. to 10?. per head Yearlings made 355. 6d.; 15 to 18-nionth=] 465. to £3 7s. 6d.; two-year steers, £4 9s to £4 125.; two-year heifers, £3 7s. 6d. to £3 145.; three-year fleors. £6 6s. to £6 10s • three-year heifers. £4 15s. to £4 165.; two and a half-year heifers, £4 4s. 6d.: mixed lines of stesrs and heifers, £4 17s. 6d • dry cows, 355. to £5 12s. 6d. Dairy cow's brought, £3 10s. to £10. There was a small offering of fat pigs and a Uerin demand resulted in a marked advance in prices. Choppers made 50s to £4 195.: large haconers 725. 6d to £4 135.: and lighter, 555. to 755.; equal to 65d to 7(1. nor lb. Larger norkers, 46s to 51s : and lighter, 355. to 435.; equal to'etd. to 63d. ner lb. Large stores, 40s. to 47" 6d.: medium. 30s. to 375. ftl.; smaller 'B=' to 27n. 6d.: and wcauers, 10s. to 14s. stors* sold well, but weaners were casicr." HURXSIDK RALE, (lly Tclcgranh-l'ress Association.) Dimtdin, .lammrv 2J At llnrnsid? to-day 165 fat cattle we're yarded. There was a. good demand, and prices were from 10s. to 15s. in advance of hist werk's rate.-. Best bullocks, £|j to ,C! 2; extra, to £15 12s. 6d.; medium. £9 10s. to £10 10s.; others, to .£1; best ~m v= £8 to £9; extrn, to £9 10s.: others, from £5 10«. Fat sheep: There was only n fair yarding. 2103 being penned. Prices advanced from Is. to Is. 6(1. »or hcnil, as romprireil with last v.iolc's value?. Resl. ;9.-. to ?!=,; ojtr», to Sse. 3d,; mcOiiun, lit, a, t<3 tf tt

Fat lambs: A total of 685 was penned, being an increase of 185 on last week's total. At the beginning of the sale, prices showed «n advance on Inst week's rates, but towards the. finish competition was not so keen, and prices receded somewhat. Host, 15s. to 165..; extra, to 17s. 9d.; others, Us. 6d. to 12s. 6d. Pigs were in very Rood dsmand, and prices were firm at last week's rates. Weaners, to 255.; best slips, to 305.; lifrlit norki'i's, to <os.; heavy do., 455. to 505.; baconcr?, to 655.