LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalsety and Company, Ltd. (Pal-moi-ston North), report having a. very fair yardinc of stock at their Marton sale on Tuesday, which sold at the following prices:—Accd ewes, os. 3d.; small lambc. to 6?. 7(1.: mixed lambs, to 9s. 6d.; 2, 4, 6-toolh and 4-year ewe;-, to 135.; 2-tooth ewe-5, to 155.; S-tosith forward wethers, lo 18s. Cattle: Wcauer heifers, £2 to £2 ICs.; good weaner ?tcers, to £2 2=. Cd. Messrs. Daitjety and Company, Ltd., report having held a sncce«!.fui clearing sale of dairy stock, on account of Mr. P. Cavanash. Kaiv.-arra. yesterday. Thor» was a large attendance of buyers from a>l parts of the country. Mauav.atu beins well represented, and bidding was very brisk. The cows were in very uood condition, and the herd, which comprised mostly cows in milk, and a few early calvc.rs, realised tho coed average ot £'l per head, the top price paid being £!2. The auctioneer. , ! oiiote:—Cows in milk, £6 ss. to £9, and £9 15-.. to £12; covvs in milk (poorer quality). £3 ss. to .£5 55.; cows, to cnlve June, £6 10.-. to £10; eprins calvers, £6 ss. to £Sheifers, to calve spriiiE. £5 2=. 6.1.; £2 K: bulls. £-3 11s. 6(1. u> £4 12« β-f-' drauulit mar/.-. £19 is.

Mosses. Abraham a?d William?. Ltd report on their •Tohnsonville sale as follow; ■ —A Kood yardine of both slieen and cattle came forward, and sold readily at last sale's rates. Prices v,-ere as follow— Prime heavy hiillocks. £9 M?. M. to £10 5s • prime bullocks. £9 10s. ti , £9 iSs.; light"! , ' £9 to £9 7s. 6(1.; vealers. 2;s. to 295.; pririio heavy wetliern. 18s. 9d. to 19s. W. : 14s. 9(1. to 155.; prime heitvv -ewes 15*' to 15s. 6d.: pood hvk, 14s. 6.1. to 14s. "9d.plain ewes. lls. to lls. 5.1.; prime lambs] 14s. 10.1.: medium lambs, lla. to ll». 5.\ The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Acenpy Co.. Ltd., report, that there was ii fair yarding ot sheen and ealtle, aivl a cood attendance of buyers at their llaslerton stock Rai". Comnetilion was kern t.hroii.7honl the sab. especially for H -» t [,. el":. Their principal prices for the-e were--109 at 15-. . r "i-: 339 at Us. -Id.: and smaller lots, to M.'. 7(1.: ewes in lamb, lo=. Id to 135.: empty cwpp, 6.. l<. 9s. 3d.; lambs', to Bs. 9.1.: cows, in calf, to £7 Ks.

Jles?rs. Jaiiicj .M.ii-inlo«li mii Co. renort on tlii'ir Waipoun fiilo. held yesleninv ~5 follows:-We liail a heavy .vardi,,-" „( slicen »f nil classes, upwards of IGOO'ljeiiii penned. All sheep met Willi Iscen romnounder Ilic.hammer, with the .exTcpViori f onp pen 01 cows. His foll U wiii R were 11,priies realised :-7al. ewc-<. n<. 6d • f D •' wi-rd iMiipty ewi.,. 'Js. 8.1.. IC,. 2,1 t',, \% HI.: nwe< in lamb ipoorl, 7.-. 6il. to •)•■ 6-1 "■ nill ewes. 4,. M. ; woolly !.-u,,1,f 8= t.,'i|'': (■li'irn lnmb-. 7,«.. 7s. 6r1.. C...: mil liiiniv'to £5 15-.: forward r O «>. f« to fo \U.;'*in} c cowe. X.: 16=. to £5 106,; IS-montlif stce--E, U 63,; raolJicr-reaied weanwj, *2 ljj.j

ilairv wcaners. 2i>.-\ to £2: clnirv cows. ,C 4 I'• £4 !C«. I'iKs: llcrliFlilro sow, £2 7". 6(1.: flips. 10.. to 11*. 9.1. Illy Teleßrapli-LVefS Association.) Auckland, May R. AI. IVesl field, rat. rattle camp forward in good numbers, and sold at slipht-ly Iff? lha.li last week's rail*, iniality heiiia coon. Hot: oxen soh! i« 265. per ICO!').; oilier?, 22.-. lo 25?. ijui- 1001b.: rows ami heifers. 15.'. In 21s. Ncr ICOIb. Steers mid at friim £6 15s. lo X! 5. Cons si ml heifer?, £4 bs. tn .f.9 JOs. Ve.il »k pi mini in usual mimliorf. lie.ivy vcalers innkins from £2 If', to a IBs.: medium, In iH 11-.: lisliler, Bs. to 19s. (j<l.: finall ami fresh dropped, 3s. to 9s. Sheep weie yarded in 111'- , usual number;, but showed "n» improvement in val«»s. He-i weUiers s-nltl at from 15?. hi. to 19s. 9.!.: others 13s. 9.1. to 15s. 3.1.; cues, he.iv.v-iveiffht, 13.'. (id. lo Ife: others. £■;. M. lii 13s Lismb? were in full supply, and fold well, bet making from 13s. 9d. to 16s. 3d.: ollu'rs. Ss. 6il. lo 12?. 6(1. l'ics wrrp in' iistinl nuniliriv. Ilsiponor*. 11 lbs. In .<J3 B=.; Isirgc |iorl;ers, .€2 2>i. to X 2 19-.; flips. 19s. 6d. to 255. oil.; weaners, 7s. W. ADDINCITON JIAIIKKT. Christchurcll, Ms/ 8. There were li.rsc entries of slock in aliiKihl all ricp.-miiK.Hl-. ill- the Acldinyton live rtoi-H market to-day, a number ot drafts of store and fat sheep and lambs that were kopt back on aixo-.ml. or ihe had weather last week coining into the market. Tin-re was a good c'.eiinnd Tor store sheep, and they sold well. Fat Limbs shov.cd a further advance- in price. Fat cattle were ioiiicvii.it, easier, as were al=o pigs. There was a drop of about is. per head in fi'-t sheep, except in prime heavy-weights. There was a large yardimr of store sheep. Wethers, mostly of si pood rl:i<-';, were well represented, the balance beimr made up of a. lot of lambs and ewes. The majority or the latter were of an inferior or riiedimu rlsiKi, the only executions liciuit one or two lots of cxccplionally isooil 2 nnfl 1looth ewes. There was a slroiiß demand for wctliers at last week's rates, all forward conditioned lines elicited pood competition, and in some instances advanced rates were obtained. Medium lamlx- were firm with an upward tendency. One pen of finite exceptional Z-tooth cwos-perhaps as Rood a line as has been offered at Adduißiori during tlie current seawm—rciilited to 19s. 3d. The most of the remainder of the ewes were aged or Jov.-cuuditioncd ftheep, and for these prices were on a inr with those rulinsi a week earlier. The range of prices tvns:—Ewes, Z-tooth, to 19s. Sd.; 4, 6, and 8-tooth medium, 11k. 9tl. to 12?. 6d.: 6 and 8-kioth, 12s. 6d. to 13s. 6d.; full and failiiiK-nioulh. Bs. to 9s. fid.: culls, as. M. to 6s. bd.; wethers, 4 ami 6-toolh. 15s. 6el. to 16s. 4d.; 2 and 4-tooth, ISs". to 15a. 9d.i for Rood sorts, others, 13s. lo 13s. 3d.; 2 and 4-tooth hnlfhreds, 13=. M.; 6-tooth, to Us. 9d.; 2-tooth (forward), 1+;. to 165.: (he lntUrr price l)ci?J!,' paid for a very prond jot; others, 11s. to Us.; 4tooth halfbrede (small), 125. 9d. Lambs: Forward, 13s. to !3s. Id.: fair stores. 9s. 6d. to 11s.; smn.ll sort?, Bs. to is. ftd.j and culls, 4s. to 7s. M.

The yardiiiß of fat lamb.; was not only a. very largo one, totalling about, 9SCO, but j>o far as finality was concerned, it was one of the best of the season. Well-grown and wcll-finlshcil lambs formed the bull: of tho oiTerinscs, and a number of lots of tens made 2fs. and upward:;. There was aji arfva.ncc of fully 6d. per head in value* as compared with last weeli, though the belter ouality accounted to a large extent for the blßgcr range, of prices. Tegs made 17s. 6d. to 205.; extra, to - 225.: average weiehla 14s. 6it. to Vis. id.i and light ana itnfiniiihcd lots. 12s. to 14s.

T!io .vnrdtn.e ot Col sheep was a very large one, and was composed chiefly of ewes. Among the wethers were fouie very prime heavy sheen, and the.'c told fully un to lost week's rales. Frcnzine slice|j, both wethers and ewes and inferior sorts, showed a deriine cf fully Is. per head, as compared with the previous week's prices. There was an absence, of the briskness that was manifest the week before, and this became snore marked as the s-alc progressed, though it brightened again a( the close. Prime wclhcrs made 17s. 6d. to Z0%.: Mtra,- to 2?.=.; others, 15s. sd. to 175.; prime owes, 14». lo 17s. 6d.; extra, to 21s. Ed.; others, lo.«. ,"d. to 13s. ed.: merino wethers, 15s. 7d.; n:srino.'owes, Up.

There were 342 head of fat cattle penned, and though there were a lot of good animals offerod, {here was a largo proportion of cow hoof. The sale was dull and drairsinc, and prices easier by at least Is. per lOOlb.. the range being 21s. to 25;. JHeers made £7 6s. to £11: and extra, to £14 55.; heifers, £5 10s. to £6 12s. 6d.; and cows, .€5 to .£? 15s. Stores were represented by ,t small yarding, tho greater number being dry cows. The demand for young cattle was a little brighter, but eighteen-months sorls made £3 15s. tn £3 J , ?, 1 ).; 2-year heifers, ,£<! 75.; and dry rows, 30s. to £i ss. A fair number of dairy cows, some being of a useful class, were oflerpc', and all descriptions sold w«il, competition being keen. Prices ranged from £5 to £12 ss.

The yarding o? dists wa.* n medium one. mostly of 3. nrneri cla<,s, hut the demand lacked briskness. > "'Choppers -ihsflo'"sSS." t-i 965.; -heavy Im'eoncrs. , 60s. to 705.; and liKhter sorts, 60s. to 55«., or equivalent to Sid. per lb. The best class of porkers brought 40s, to 455., and lighter uescrintion*. 30s. to 375. 6d., coual to fid. to old. per lb. Store nigs were well represented l<y Viss of. a very useful class, and thera was stood competition. The best defriplions made 355. to 425. C.1., and smaller por!.s. 225. to 325. 6d. Small weaiiT? wore weaker than at recent sale?, hut larger sorts gold well, prices ranging from ss. fid. to 12s. 6d. BfE.VSIDE MARKET. Duncdln, May 8. At Tlurnside to-day. 140 fat cattle wero yarded, cousistinc principally of heifers, with a few srood pens of medium to good bullocks. Prices all round were about , tho same as those vulinsr last week. Good i bullocks made from £9 10n. to £11: extra, to £12; medium, to .£8 to £9; light and inferior. £7 to £8; srood heifers, £7 10s. to £8 IDs.: extra,, lo £9 55.; medium, £6 to £7. Fat sheep: There were 2286 penned, principally medium lo interior-owes, with a few pens of fair finality wethers. Prices were much on n par with lust week's rates. Good wethers made from lb. to 20.-:.: extra, to 245. 6(1.; medium. • 16s. to 17s. 6d.: rood ewes, 17s. to 18s. 6d.; fixirn. to 20s. 9(1.; medium. 14s. 6d. to 16s. 6d.; light and inferior, 11s. to Us. 6d. Fat lambs: 1350 were penned. Although there were a few r-ens of very prime lambs, the finality on the whole was not so good as that of late yardines. Prices were slightly firmer than tuoso ruling Inst week. Prime, 17s. to IDs. 6d.: extra, lo 19s. 9d.; medium. 15s. to 16s. 6d.; light aud inferior, Us. 6d. to 13s. 6(1.