LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1358, 8 February 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their .Tohnsonville Kile yesterday as follows:—The usual yarding of prime bullocks and sheep came forward, and sold at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks. £9 12s. 6d. to £10 2s. 6d.; me-dimn-weight bullocks, £9 7s. 6d. to £9 lOsfj lighter. £9 to £9 55.; prime heavy ewes, 13s. 10d. to 145.; prime heavy wethers, 16;. 6d. to 17s. Bd.; good ewes, 13s. to 13s. 3d.; plain, 12s. 3d. to 12s. 6d.; plain withers. 13s. to Us.Ji.; prime lambs, 13s. 3d. to 13s. 9d.; prime shorn, lls. 9d.;> plain woolly. 10s. to lls. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report on their Masterton sale held yesterday as follows J- We offered a moderate entry of sheep and a fairly large one of cattle to a capital attendance of the public, and have to report practically a, total clearance. A line of well-grown two-tooth ewes, in good condition, made 14s. 6d.j forward bullocks. £7 55.: two and a halfyear steers, £4 16s. to £5 55.: fat cows, £4 16s. to £5 10s.: fresh-conditioned store cows, £4 35.; others, £3 10s., £3 175.; aged cows, £3 55.; yearling steers, -£2 195.; twotooth ew»s, good, 14s. 6d.; fat ewes, 125.; cull lambs. 6s. Id. Messrs. Dalgcty and Company report :— At our Wanganui sale yesterday we had a Rood yarding of sheep and cattle, and have to report a good sale, though shn?p were rather duller than they have been of late. Two-tooth wethers, lls. 1Cd.,.125.. 12s. Id., to 12s. 10(1.; two-tooth ewes, 125., 155., to 14s. 9d.; fat and forward ewes, lls. 7d.; f.m. ewes, 7s. 2d., Bs., Bs. 2d.. 9s. Id., 10s.; small lambs. 35., 4s. 6d., 5.«. lOd.. 65.; rape lambs, 9s. Cattle: A nice line of fat and forward cows on account of Sir. 11. X. Hammond made £4 18.3.; cows and calves. £4 10s. 6d.; two-year steers, £•! Is. 6d.; Jersey cross w,?aner heifors, £2 6s. 6(1.: weaners. 155.. 165., to £1 10s. Messrs. James Macintosh and Co. report having held their usual weekly erlc in the Waipoua yards yesterday, when they offcr?d a yarding of sheep well above advertised number;, which met with a very ready s:\le, end they report practically a total clearance, only two small pens going out unsold. Quotations are as. follow:— Fat wethers, 14s. 2d. to 14=. Bd.; fat ewes, 12s. to 12s. 4d.; fat lambs, lls. 2d. to V.s. 6d.; store swes, Bs. 4d. to Bs. 9d.; forward two-tooth wethers, lls. 10d. to 12s. IOd.; store lambs, Bs. Id. to Bs. od.; two-tooth and four-tooth ewes, 13s. 6d. to 13s. Bd.: cull two-tooth owes, 9s. Id. to lls.; small lambs, 4s. 3d. to 7s. Id. ADDIXGTON MARKET. (By Telegraou.— Press Associa.tion.l Chrlstchurch, February 7. At the Addington live stock market today the entries of stock were fairly large, and there was a good attendance, though there were fewer farmers present than usual, owing to the harvest operations engaging their attention. Good slorc sheep sold well, and lambs were firm. Fat sheep and fat cattle were easier, but stores sold well. Fat nigs were also somewhat cheaper. . There was «n active demand for store and dairy cattle. There was a considerable increase in the numbers of store sheep offered, among which weira a, fair proportion of Marlboroueh lines. Ther? was a good demand for all dosses, and the previous week's prices were well maintained, except for fnferior and travel-stained sheep, which were somewhat easier. Forward raps lambs and good two and four-tooth ewes sold firmly at late rates, and the best class of wethers also sold well, while inferior lanibs and Mcond-class ewes were easier. Best rape lamb; made 12s. 3d. to 135.: good, lls. Cd. to 125.; medium, 9s. 6d. to 10s. 6d.; and small. Bs. 3d. to 95.; good two-tooth owes, 15s. 6d. to 175.; medium, 14s to 155.; inferior and cull?, 12s. 6d. to 13s.- four, fix. and cight-tcoth ewes, 12s. 6d. to 17s. Bd.; two and four-tooths., 155.; four and six-tooths, 13s. 6d. to 16=.: fullmouth sorip, 9s. 6d. to lls. 6d.; fairly forward wethers, 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d.; loworconditioned lines, 13s. to 145.; two-tooths, l's 3d to 135.; and smaller nnd lowconditioned, lls. to lls. 6d. The yarding of fat lambs totalled 5850, the bulk being of excellent quality. Large prime lambs went; in somewhat larger-pro-portion than of late. There was good competition throughout the sale, and tho previous week's prices were fully maintained tegs, if anything, being a shade firmer The range of prices was:—Tegs, 16.S 6d. to 16s. 10d.; and a [uiv extra, to 18s. 4d.; ordinary freezing weights. 14s. to 16s. 3d • lighter, 12s. 3d. to 13s. 9d. Th"re was an average yarding of fat sheep, both as to numbers and duality. There was not nuite such a. keen demand for wethers, and they declined about 6d. per head, white ewes went, back about Is. to Is" 6(1. per head, the supply of the latter being rather beyond butchers' requirements. "The range of nrims was:-l'rime wether-. 17i. to l'Js. Ud.; others. 14s. 7d. to 16s 6d.; merino wethers, 13s. 3d. to 15s. 7d.; prime eives, 13s. 6(1. to 15s. 9d.; extra, to 18.-.; others, IC=. to 13s. There w.-re 2iH head of fat cattle penned, a .-light increase on the previous week. The cattle were mostly of a useful class, and consisted almost entirely of local en-

lr«s made by dealers. T\v.' dein-uid wns somewhat weaker, and viilu-s iKvlined liv about Is. per IOOIb., the ranire boiuir 245. to 275. per ICCIb. Steers made .£3 H £12 17-. 6d.; heifors. .£5 15s. It) £8; and rows, £5 s<. to £8: yml calves rculis'jd, 4s. 6d. n> 12 17s. 6d., according to size and (iiialitv, there being a good yardins. Aiii-juk the sales wire:-Kor a client, 9 rtm-n, at .E7 2s. 6d. to £9 7s. 6d.; A. Ilirdling ll!ird!in S 's Flat). 1 steer, at £8 10s.; A. .1. Uirdliii" Oiirilling'j Hat). 5 steers, £9 10s. to £10 2s. 6d.; J. O. Coop (Little liivjri. 8 steers, at £8 10s. to £9 15s. A fair entry of store cattle was composed c-hielly of young sorts. There was a good demand, and prices showed some improvement. Fifteen to 18-month sorts mad 3 s9s. 6(1. to 705.; two-year heifers, £4 2,.. Gel. to £4 18s.; three-year steer;, £6 Bs. 6d.: thre»ycar heifers, £5 to £5 7s. Cd.; and dry cows. 30s. to £4 10s. Dairy cows \v2ro in keen demand, solliim at .£3 10s. to £9 19s. Pigs of all classes were entered '11 lairly Uu-jre numbers, and fats were rather easier than last week. Choppers mac , ,? 60s. to 935.; large bac-oners, 70s. to 1765. 6d.; lighter, 525. 6(1. to 655. Equal to 6d. to 6kl. per' lb. Large porkers. -Ks. to 505.; and lighter, 35?. to 42:-. Equal to C e .. to 6Jd. per lb. Store piss sold well, brge sorts making 38s. to 455.; msfiium, 255. to 345.; smaller, 18s. to 245.; and weaners, 13s. 3d. to 17s. 3d. BUBNSIDB MARKET. - (Byv Teltffraph—Press Association.) Dunedin, February 7. At Burnsidc to-day the following were the ruling prices:—Sheep: 1834 were yarded, a small yarding, consisting principally of ewes of good quality. Owing to th'j Eiuallness of the yarding, competition was fairly animated, and prices -wer" slightly higher than last week. Best wethers sold up to 225. 6d.; and ewes, to 235. Lambs totalled 551, the comparatively small yarding being duo probably to the fact that sellers are holding back their consignments until next week when the freezer opens. The sale opened at rates a trifle better than last week, but receded beforo the close of the sale. Best lambs, 15s. 6d. to 17s. 9d.; medium, 14s. to 15s. 3d. Cattle: 137 were yarded. The lorul consignments were for the most part onlv fair and inferior finality, but there was a lino of 22 magnificent Shorthorn bullocks from the Korth Island forward. As Ul3 latter were not to be sold until fairly late the bigger buyers were not offering verv keenly for the ordinary cattb, and, therefore, notwithstanding the fact that the yarding was by no means a big one, prices were practically on a par with those ruling last week. It was confidently anticipated that tha North Island cattle would top the market at quite £5 per head.