LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1490, 12 July 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

rpn l nS™h-H alße i y ., an !! . Com P a "y. Limited, report having held their usual Wancanui sale yesterday, when a fair yarding of sheep and a small yardißg of cattle came forward, and praotically all classes met w-ith a ready demand under the hammer, the prices' of sheep showing a slight upward tendency. Sheep: Good two-tooth wethers, 14s. 7d. to'Wa. 4d.: ewes in lamb. Ms. Zd., l<6. 4d., to Ms.. 7d.i culls, ssmixed hoggets, 8s: Bd., 95.,"105. lOd., 11s. Si'., 12s. 6d., 135., to 13b. lCd.; ewe hoggets, 13s. Cattle: Two and a- half-year steers, £5 10= • 18-month steere, £3 17e.; cows In milk, £3 175.. 6d. to £4. ' Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited. (Palmerston North branch) report:—At our Taihapo sale, on Wednesday, we had a Fair entry of both sheep and cattle. Small I™*? '" Mb8 > 9s - IOd.; medium mixed lambs, 125.; good mlicd lambs. 13s. 3d • small two T todth wethers. 14s. 2d.; emptv forward ewas, 11s. Id. to 12s. 10d. ; old empty ewes. 65.; mixed wcatiers. to £2 Is. 6d.; empty heifers, £3 ss. At our Hunterville sale, on Tuesday, a fair yarding of both sheen and en.ttle came to hand r ll '£ h i 9 , 01d ,/ 3 follows :-Small wether lambs. 11s. 3d.: medium ewe lamh 3 , 12 3 . !d.; two-tooth ewj, in lamb to Brnnney rams. 18s. 3d.; 18-month steers. £3 8= • backward dairy lieifers. £4 10s. to £5 12s . ■ : r. w . c . '""to". 375.: light fat cows, h> .£5 10a. 6d.; cows in milk. £7; spvineintr dairy heifers, £7 10s., £7 16s. A line of 35 dairy cows offered in ooniinictimi with J? ? 7I S - Abraham a,nd Williams, sold to i<7 17s. 6(1,

jrews. Dntaty and Co., Ltd.. report on their Fortnightly pale at Upper TTutt vest.°rday as follows:—We had aji eTcpnt'ounlly largo yarding of sheep for this ti™<3 or year, and a good one of cattle. T!idemand for sheep was very lie™, cwss in lamb and hogtjeU being well coraneted for, A line of 80 medium fat, wethers made 20s. per hend. Cattle nl?o sola w»U and only six nut of the whole yarding went out unsold. Two-tooth to ffm ewes in lamb, 16,. ti 17s. ld. ; fi.JI-motitli ewes in hmh, I?.<i. sd. ,tn 13s. »,1. ; hoggets, 9s. Id., 9s. lid.. 10s. 3d., !?,>. 7d.- t.wo nnd foiir-tootli wethers. 14.v 7d. to 15= ■ M weth-vs. 205.; cows. rlo?o to rlron. f.j *o-i'° £ « lO c- ; Au ?" st o|,iTOrs - f6 '" .» V? , d - : ScpUsmbcr r.ilvcrs, £& to £8 l?.s. 6d.; later ealvers. £3 Ss. to £5- )v>ifers dose to drop, £6 to £6 55.: springing h.sif<.r S £{ 75. ; is-morth heifers. f2 14s. to £2 15s. 6d; yearling steor, and h»if C r,, £l ss. to £1 165.; mixed wean<>rs, 1Z« 6d to 18s.; young bulls, £2 12s. 6d. "

The tfow Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., ami T?ndu:ed (Paimcrstoti liraiip.li) rnport:-On Tliurnday. at. P.Mtnerston North, vc had nn exceptionally heavy yarding of both sheen nnd cattle A pood salt resulted, and v.-o. bad a total ol«irn.nco. every lino selling freely under 1.1i.8 lmmiunr. We. had a good entry of Food (iiinlity sl'sep, on account. 'Mr Hoi. Green, of Kairanca. which elicited ''sen competition. A very ikci ljp» of Ifomney ewes, on account Mr. TVs Kil'hy, ma<l? 16-s. 4d. Sheep: Ci-ll l.npli«' if. 2d.: small kiinl>=. Bs. 55.: medium lai«li« 9s. 2(1. to 10s. 4(1.: blackface lambs 12<.'"• wether lambs fwoolly). 1J«. 10d.: oho fwonlly), Vis. 'A.; forward wctbers, 17- M to 18?.: fat wethers. 19s. Pd.: f.m. e W c= iii liimb. 1?>. IPd.: four and five-ven'- Ilomney ewe in lamb. 15«.: fnur-yoa>' liotnn-"- c"—' If-, lid. t<l 17s. ?(].: forward nwes. if« 3d •' ll»ht fat ewes. 14=. fld. Tattle- ffn'm P.?. 6d. to 375.: bnd-colnnred vea'-lin«r? 35= '• 20-re on til Mots (rtifoloiircdl, « Oh.: IPmonth Vsifcrs. F1 lf'=.; two and a half-yr-.ii- r-tccrv. .£4 19?.: forward bullock'. £7: srrlir?inE bplfor?. £6: snrlnsini! cowf, .C 5 tn £5 ?.?. 6rt.; co-.r» In mill;. U \2--. 6d.: HSVII. ht. wy>, £4 Ws. ■to .f5 !«».! ip«H cowj, 29;, to 335.; etaro cottj, £2 10s, te.

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ADDINGTON STOCK SALK. (By Tclegraph.-Press Association.) .. . ~.- , Christchuroh, July 10. At Addmgton there were J airly large en-t-ri&i of stock, and the attendance was only moderate oji account of the wet Jluooii piKS - sold without change Porkers and,we." advanced ~. B «

o-^^JmSrt^^Jtoy^Jl been seen at Addington for lome time the balance being made up of-i fnv Jrai of ewes, chiefly medium and aged '«ort<=. and a small proportion of wethers, which wcie of gather poorer quality than at recent-Miles. Competition thToinrhniit was good, especially for lamb" wMch idvanccd 6d, per head for m edi im "i-tV n ,ri M at the previous weak s prices and the however 11 '! bC ?" ] ,° f ewes, "of which! however, no good sort* were on offer The iTsrt 110 " 9 y, C: 7V™ lambi "telVd. to 15. 6d., mostly lfe. to 15s. 6d.- verv S" I YYe, e ' h 7 lainljs to l<,. 6d. ; 'other uood lines, 13s. to I*>. lid.; average clase« cnll, t S -'iZ"' SOr , t ; , ' lls - id - ♦■" 12-'-: and |dU-^i|^' 2^^K ewes^tooriee.fVe^^m^'^ 3d. 2, 4, and 6-toolh, l o y 16™ Id.- f"n and SSS^μ , . , t0 12S - 6d - ; a «d ««ed There was an entry of on'v 3483 fnt ouamV a d '•"PoAon be? n f ofVmt r* V,T e was a C00(I deman*. on the part of the esport buyers, and prices J?' ""ii , "* , ?- thoiiKh,ii) tome rases sales wero effected at, nliplnl-y lower rates. legs made 17s. 6d. to 21s • a fa «tr« ta 24s 6d.: ordiirarv ,vci R htV. Hi. 6d. to and light and unfinis,lied, 12s. 6d to'l4« rhere wns a fairly large entry of 'f'a.l sheep, the yardlnir being a-'very good one so far as quality was concerned, there hc V! R a n !i mbcr ot lillf s of verj- prime wethers. The proportion of ewes'was the smallest for many month* past, and while wethers of all plnwes were firm at last week s rates, ewes advanced Is. to 2s. ner hoad. the rise being most marked towards the end of the sale, when the butchers found' thßiniselrce: short in-their requirements. The. ranpre of prices was:-Extra nrim(. wethers, to 353.: prime, 19s. 6d. to 225. 6d.; others.. 15?. lod. to 19= • extra prime ewes to 225. 6d.: prime. 16s.'id.. 21s. 6d.; others, lls. 6d. to Ife.: merino wethers, 12s. lCd. to 14s. 6d.; merino ewes, _There was a, Rood supply of fat rattle. •Yi o J;|. r - v j aP?resaled 3CO head, compared with 310 at the previous .sale and 253. on June 26 The quality eenerally was cood, nltliougli the yardinir included no animals of outstanding merit,' the bulk being of medium quality. Compared with several recent sales, the demand for beef showed an casing tendency. The price of beef ranged from 245. to 30s. per 1001b.; steers realised JEB to £11: extra, to £13 10s.: heifers, £5 10s. to £8 103.; and cows, £5 7s. 6d. to £8 10s. There was an average entry of fat caJvos; and these met, with an unchanged demand, price.,- rnnging from 6s. to 70s. Thero was a very small entry of store cattle, mostly old rows. A few 15 to 18months made £1 10s.; 2-.vear-old heifers £4 to £4 25.; and dry cows, 3Cs to £4 2s. 6d. There was a fair number of dairy cows on offer, 'including some useful torts There was a keen demand, the best class selling up to £11 55., and others, £5 IDs. The' yarding of pigs was a small one, but the demand for porkers and stores was good. Choppers made 60s. to 855.; heavy baconers, 675. to 725.: and lighter eorts, 50s. to 60s. (equal to sd. to 5Jd.), the demand being better than on July 3. Heavy porkers brought 435. to 475.. and lighter sorts, 3Es.' to 40s. (equal to s»d. Tier H0... The best cln.ss of stores made 30s. t'> oSs., and smaller piers. 16e. to 255. Weanors realised Bs. to 14s.

IiURNRIDE MARKET. (Bγ Telegraph--Preis Asioclitlen.!. ' Oiinedin, July 10. At Burnside to-day 168 fat cattle were yarded, including a. consignment of good boasts from tho north. Competition was fairly keen, and prices were, if anything, a shade better than lost week's rate.; Best bullocks, £11 to £12 10s.; extra, £14 17s. 6d. to £16 7s. 6d.; medium, £9 to £10 10s.; best cowx. up to £12; medium, £7 10s. to £9 IC®.; other. £5 to £7. Fat. sheep: 2561 penned, consisting mostly of medium weight wethers and ewes, with a few pens of very pood sorts. Prices were much tho same o« last week, hut improved slightly towards the clos?. Best wethers. ffls.it tfl.;;Me.; extra-, to 285.: medium. 18c. to 19s. 6d.: light nnd imnniehed, 16s. to 17s. 6d.;' be-st ewes, 16. 6d. to 18s. 6d.; extra, to 2fo. 3d.; medium, 9s. 6d. to 13s. Fat lambs: 2095 penned. This was r modium-eized yarding. Prices were eoual to late rates. Best, 16«. 6d. to 18s. 6rt ; ojtra, to 20a 6d.; medium, 14s. 6d. to 16s. 6ri. Piffs: There was a. Rmall yarding, and late rates were maintained.