LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1447, 23 May 1912, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Ualgety and Co.. Ltd.. Palmcrston Korth, report having n fair yarding of sheep and cattle at their .Morton sal; on Tuesday, which sold as below.—Sheep: Cull lambs, 5«. lo ss. 6d.; forward ewes. to 30s. 9d.; aped ewe.-, in lamli, £h. 4d.; soundmouth ewes, in lamb, 125.; light, fat owe?, 12s. 9d.; small wither.?, 13s. 3d.: two-tooth wether?, to 14s. Cattle: Backward dairy cows, £4 3s. to £5 55.: springing heifers. £6 65.; empty cov.v. M 35.: Jerseycross two-year heifers, £6 10s. M.: dairy cows, August-September culvers, £7 2s, 6d., £6 10s-. £8 18a. 6d., to £9 ss.

The Xcw Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (J'ia.;tcrtun branch) report :— \S'o had a good yarding of sheep, and <i. fair entry of cattle. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was again strong for all classes. With th* exception of one pen, we sold every line under the hammer at prices well up to last week's rates. Two-tooth ewe-., in lamb, brought tip to lis. 7d.; agfd do.. 10s. to 10s. Bd.; fat and forv.-a.rd ewes. IBs. 5<1.; forward empty ewes, !os. 'id.: small two-tooths (mixed sexes), 13s. 3d.; Rood woolly lambs, Ss. 3d. to lis. Id.; small do., bs. 3d. to Bs.; heifers, .£4 75.; springing (16., £7 155.; empty cows, £3 to £3 15s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams report on their Johnsouviile sale, held .yestorday, as follows:—A heavy entry of both sheep and cattle came forward, and sold well at Sate rates. Prime heavy bullocks. £10 to £10 55.; prime bullocks, £9 10s. to £9 165.; light, £8 15s. to £9 55.; veaters, 245. to 265.: prime wethers, 17s. to 17s. 6d.; medium wethers, 16s. 6d. to 16s. Bd.; light. 165.; prime ewes, 15s. Id. to 15s. 7d.; medium ewes, 14s. to 14s. Bd.; prime lambs, 12s. Id. to 12s. 7d.; store lambs, 9s. 6d. to 9s. Bd.

Messrs. J.ames Macintosh and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale in their Waipoua yards CHastcrlon) yesterday, when they offered a. fair yarding of both cattle and sheep, well above advertised numbers. The yarding met with fair competition, and practically the whole of the sheep were sold under-the hammer at prices up to late rates. Quotations are as follow:—Fa.t ewes, 13s. 10d.; forward ewes, lis. 10d.; fat lambs, Ss. 2d.: woolly lambs, Ss, 6d.: fair empty ewes, Bs.; good ewes, in lamb, lis. 6d.; shorn lambs. 7s. Sd. to Bs. Id.; shorn b.f. lambs, 6s. 9d.: ciphtcsnmonths steers, £3 25.; stags find bulls. £2 125.: springing cows, £4 12s. 6d.; springing heifers. £5 lOs.; weancrs, 7s. to 7s. 6d.; slips, to 10s. 6d.

WESTFIELD MAP.KET. (By Telegraph—Press. Association.) Auckland, May 22. . At Westfield to-day there was a, moderates yarding of beef. The demand was weak. Pens of extra choice sold at equal lo 265. per 1001b.; ordinary quality ox solcl at from 235. to 245.: and cow and heifer at eoual to 20s. to 245. There .was a large yarding of veal, which sold at law rates. Heavy choice runners fetched £3 ss. to £4 55.; choice suckers, 30s. to 455.; others, !>s. to 245. There was an average yarding: of mutton. .Prices were irregular, but on th 2 whole were, slightly firmer. Extra heavy prime wethers fetched 17s. 6d. to 20s. 3d.; ordinary weight wethers. 15s. 6d. to 175.; b.?avy ewes. 14s. to 16s. 9d.: others, !2s. to 13s. 6d. There was a moderate entry of lamb. Heavy woolly fetched lZs. to 155.; moderate duality, 9s. 6d. to. lis.; stores. Bs. to 9s. There was on average yarding of pork. Prices were on a par with late rates. Heavy batoners made £2 ss. io £2 155.; heavy porkers. 535. to 385.; light porkers, lite, to 31s. ADDINGTON MAIUCET. Ghristchurch, May 22. At the Addington live stock market the entries of stock, though very large, were r.ot quite equal to those of last week in the sheep sections. There was a good attendance. Store sheep met with good sale, and fat lambs were in strong demand at firmer rates. Fat eattb were more dull of sale, but there was no change in prices; pigs sold at Into rates; fat sheep'sold at prices equal to those ruling last Wednesday.

Tho yarding of store shesp was slightly smaller than at the previous sale; lambs represented the larger proportion of the entry, and there were also consid;rab!y more wethers than at the recent sales, hut these included very few forward lines; the balance wa.s made up of lines of various sorts, the majority being of medium class, the only exceptions being two or three lines of fairly good four, six, and eight-tooth sheep. The wethers were of mixed classes and ages. The attendance was not r>nusually large, but the sale was a remarkably good one. Forward wethers wore in very keen demand, and realised prices 6d, to Is. in advance of the previous week's values, in fact, all classes of wethers brought tetter prices; lambs did not include any specially good lines, but there were a considerable number of good average lines suitable for rape or turnips, the balance being inferior and medium sorts. As in the case of wethers, • the price of lambs was firmer; cwea changed hands at prices quite equal to those realised on 3la-y 15. The quotations were:—Wethers, forward four and six-tooth. 16s. to 17s. 6d.: forward two-tooths, 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d.; small two-tooths and low-condition sorts, to 135.; lambs, best- rape sorts, 12s. to 135.: good lines, lis. 3d. to Us. 9d.; medium, 9s. 6d. to 10s. Gd.; ewes, 12s. 4d. to 14s. 6d., the latter price beinjr paid- for an especially good line of ha-lfbrcds; ewes, six and eightrtooth, 13s. 6d. to 14s. 4d.; four, six and eight-tooth, 14s. to 14s. 9d.: two, four, six, and eight-tooth, 14s. to 14s. 10d.; two, four, and six-tooth (small), 13s. 7d.; full and failing-mouth, 10s. 6d. to 125.; ag.3d sorts, 4s. 6d. to 9s. 6d.

The yarding of fat lambs was not quite equal to last week in point of numbers, but the average quality was bettor. There was a good proportion of rosily prime lines, and there was an absent'.: of the class of forward stores that brought such low prices the week before. At the same time there was a considerable proportion of the 3iitry that required more finish. There was keen demand on the part of export buyers, and prices were firmer by fully 6d. per head. Tegs sold at 17s. 9d. to 205., extra to 245., average freezing weights 14s. 6d. to 17s-. 6d., light ond unfinished 13s. 4d. to 14s. 3d. A specially prime line of 222 Ryeland-cross lambs from Mr. T. A. Stephens's (Irwell) made 245„ the top price of the season foe a, large line.

The CTitry of fat sheep, though a, large one, was not equal to that of last week, and was made up about equally of. wcthors aad ewes. A considerable proportion of Wis sheep required more finis!;. All prim* sheep met with good competition, and sold quite up to last week's rates, while secondary quality were not so much sought after. Th;y showed little cha.ngo in values; towards the end of the sale ewes showed little improvement. The range of prices was:—Extra- prime wethers, to 235. 10s.; prime. 18s. and 215.; lightsr, 16s. to 17s. 6d.; prime ewes. 14s. 6d. to 205.; extra, to 20s. 9d.; others, ?s, M. to 14s.

In the fat cattle section the entries aggregated 254 head, compared with 185 at the provious sale, and 342 on May 6. Th:major portion of the yarding consistcc/aE cows, but for this olass of beef the «> mand was scarcely as good ns at. the previous sale, and values all round were easier. The demand for steers wa3 also rather more, slack. Beef realised 22a. to 255. per 1001b., according to quality. Steers brought £7 2s. 6d. to £11 17s. 6d.; heifers. £6 to £10 10s.; and cows. £4 17s. 6d. to £9 12s. 6d.

The yarding of store cattle was a small one, principally cows, while ssvera.l classes were unrepresented. The majority were rough and not of good class; there was a fair demand. Yearlings made 285.; fifteen to eighteen-month s sorts, £2 10?.; twoyear heifers, £3 7s, 6d. to £3 lis.; and dry cows. £1 15s. to £4 6s. A fair number of dairy cows, chiefly of o very useful class, met with a free demand, the prices ranging from £6 to £12: a, fairly large number Tcalissd from £9 upwards.

There was a, medium entry of fat pigs. The demand at the opening was dull, bat firmed later, closing firmly. Choppers made £3 to JS '?. 6d.; heavy baooners 70s. to 80s.: and lighter sorts, 50s. to 605.. equal to 5Jd. ner lb. Hsivy porkers realised 365. to 455.. and lighter 335. to 375., equivalent to s,td. per lb. Tn stores there was a large entry, and with keen competition for all classes the sale was a vervfntisfaofory on?. The best class sold at 355. to 425. 6d. fa line of ■ £0 realising the latter price): smaller sorts, 22a. to' 23=.; weaners, 10s. to 16s. BURNSIDE SALE. Dunedln, May 22. At Burnsido to-day there was a, ve?y large yarding or fat cattle. 235 being pentied. The larger proportion consisted principally of cows and heiters. which met with a dragging sale, and realised about 15s. below last week's rates. Good bullocks, which wore, scarce, sold at practically last work's values. Best bullocks made up to £13 10s.: good. £10 iOs., to £11 155.; medium. £8 10s. to £9 155.; best cows and heifers, £7 lfa. to £9; extra good, to £10 10s.; others, £5 10s. la £6 15?. Fat sheep: There was a large yarding, 3120 being penned, consisting principally of ewes. !h?.r" being very few good wethers forward. There was a good sale, due partly to freezing buyers operating for both owos and wethers. Prions were about Is. better than last wcek'.» rates. Best wethers made up to 235. 6d.; good, 16s. Sd. to 21s. 6d.; medium, 16s. Gd. to 18".: best owes, to 30s. 9:1.: good 15s. 6d. to 195.; medinm. to H?. k\.: Inferior. «s. Gd. to !Cs 6d. Fat lambs: There were 2480 p.?nned. This was a large yarding, and it included a number of very good quality, which met with very keen competition. Prices were, if anvtiung. a shade better than those ruling last welt. HV.a,vv' lamb* mad" nn |o 20*. Gd.; good 16s. 6d. to 18s. 5d.: lielil and unfinished. 13s 6il. to 15'.'6d. Pigs: There 'was a large' yarding ot both fat nnd store pigs. Prices were, if anything, easier than last wc?k's rates.