LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1501, 25 July 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited (Palmorston North branch), report:—At our monthly at Itaumai, on Tuesday, wc had a- fair yarding of stock and a pood attendance of buyers, and stock realised the following prices :-Mixod-sex hoggete, 9s. to 123. 6d.; empty ewes. 10s.; cull ewes in lamb. ss. to 10s.; springing heifers, £4 lis. to £7. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their lluntervillc sale, held yesterday, as follows:—Wo had a. fair yard* ing of both sheep and cattle, and have to report a total clearanco, with the exception of two pens at the following prices:— Four and five-year ewes in lamb. 13s. lOd.; f.f.nu ewos in iamb, 11=.-, mixed hoggets, small. 10s.: fat and forward ewes, 125.; empty owes, 7s. Cattle: Twenty-month steers, £3 10?., £5 195.; weaner steers, £2 Is. to £2 19s. 6d.; mixed weaner.?. £2; cull weaner*;. 205.; weaner heifer?, £2 155.; 18month heifers, £2 155. ; lti-month heifer.". £5 65., £3 IBs. 6d.; springing eows, £5 2s. 6a. to £6 12a. 6d.; old cow*, £3. £4 155. ; cull cows, 325. 6d.; fat cows, £6, £6 7s. 6d.; fat bullocks, £8. Messrs. James Macintosh and Company report having held their weekly sale in their Waipoua (Masterton) yards yesterday, when they offered only a very small yarding. _ Owing to the very bad weather several 'lines of sheep and cattle did not come forward up to advertised numbers, but a. clearance of all our yarding was effected at prices well up to late rates. Two and four-tooth wethers, 17s. &d.: woolly lanibs, 9s. 3d. to 9s. 6(1.; ci'.U lambs, 7f, .id,; Lincoln ewe lambs, 12s. 5d.; three and four-year cows, £4 10s.; dairy cows, £6 6s.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. !Bj Telegraph.—Pre3s Association.! Christchurch, July 24. At Addington yesterday there was a moderate yarding of sheep, but a fairly large entry of fat cattle, and there was a good attendance. Fat cattle sold rather bettor. Store sheep again .showed a firming tendency, but fat lambs were easier, principally on account of tho unfavourable reports from London. In prime fat wethers, ewes of all classes showed an advance. There was another small yarding of store sheep, of which lambs formed more than half. The balance was made up of ewes and wethers, the latter predominating. There was the usual attendance, and exceptionally good competition was noticeable for all. classeis. of sheep, with a further upward tendency in prices, lamts showins a further advance of 6d. per head on tha rise recorded last week. All lines offered were sold. Quotations;— Wethers, fair-conditioned lines, mostly four and sixtooth, 16s. 6d. to 17s. 6d.: merinos, 12s. lid. to 13s. 2d. Lambs: Ewe lambs. 14s. Id. for small half-brcds; others realising 15s. to 16s. 6d.; lines of wethers, and mixed sexos, 13s. 3d. to 13s. 9d.; inferior sorts. 12s. to 12sl 6d.; e%ves, a line of four, six, and oight-tootli (good). 22a. 10d.; six and eiehttooth, 225. Id.; aged ewe; of an. inferior class, lis. 3d.; dry ewes, 9s. , There was an entry of 1769 fat lambs, most of which were medium quality or unfinished. The export demand was slack, some of the buyers standing out in consequence of the unfavourable reports from London on the fat lamb trade. The few lot* of prime lambs sold vcy well, but generally prices were easier than was the case la=t week. made 17s. to 20s. Id.; ordinary freezing weights. 14s. 6d. to 16s. 9d.: light and unfinished, 12s. to 14s.

The yarding of fat sheep was somewhat larger than last week, but there was only a small proportion of really prime wethers, and all classes' of sheep were suffering in appearance from the effects of the continned rough weather. Heavy-weight, wethers and ewes of all descriptions, sold at par to Is. advance upon last week's rate, but, light-conditioned wethers were somewhat easier. The range of nrices was: Extra prime, wethers, to 255. 4d.; prime, 20s. to 235. 6d.; lighter, 15s. 4d. to 19s. 64.; extra prime ewes, tn 265.; prime. 18s. to 235. 3d.; others, 13s. Dd. to 17s. Cd.; merino wethers, 15s. 9d. to 16s. 3d.; morino ewes, 13s. Id. Tho fa.t. cattle penned totalled 297. Generally speaking, tho quality was good, being quite up to the average of recent markets, and taken all round the competition was brighter than at several recent sales. Tho best class of beef realised Is. per ICOlb. more than at the previous week, the rangn be in™ from 245. to 315.. according to finality. Steers made £7 15s. to £10 10s.; extra., to £14 2s. 6d.; heifers. £5 lte. to £9 155.; extra. £12 2s. 6d.: cows. £5 ss. to £9: extra. £12 2s. 6d. The yarding of store cattle was larger and of better .quality than for some weeks, but the ma.iority were sent forward by dealers. TJlie demand was freer. Yearlings made £1 7s. 6d. to £1 17s. 6d.; 15 to 18-month sorts, £3 10s. to £3 15s. threeyear steers, £5 15s. 6d.; three-year heifers, £4 ICs. to £4 175. 6d.; and dry cows, of which a nvmb.er were offered. 3Cs. to £4 17s. 6d. Dairy cows sold well, prices ranging from £5 ICs. to £10 55.; and extra, to £12 15s. There w.-j a lartrn.„cnifirv in the pig section. but the yarding inrlutind a considerable number of unfinished pies. Choppers, which wove in strong demand, .-W }ss. to £7 Is. fd.; hwy baconers.. 60s. to 705.; and lighter sorts. 60s. to 575. 6d.: eoun.l to 54d. p<"' lb. TT n avy po"kcrs realised 375. 6d. to 455., and lighter 3Ps. to 355., cnuivalent to s!d. to s*d. per lb. Store nigs w*re represented by a. smal' ent.rv. for which thore was a strong demand, wcaners a rood class being speiinlly sought after. Large stores realised 30s. to Jfs.; and snrallnr sorts. ]Bs. to 285., whilst wcanens made 12s. to 14s. 9d.

BUBNSIDE MARKET. Duncdin, July 24. At Burneide to-day there was a very largo entry of fat cattlc, 211 bointr yarded. Tne majority were prime to good bullocks. Competition was'keen at slightly reduced values. Good cattle showed a drop of about IC'3. per head, but light sorts and cow beef declined about £1 per head. Primo bullocks, £12 15s. to £13 10s.; extra heavy, to £15 2s. fid.; medium to good, £10 to £11.10s.; light, £8 to £9 IDs.; beet cows and heifers, £9/ to £10; extra, to £11 17s. 6d.; medium to good, £7 10s. to £8 10a.; light, £4 to £6 10s. Fat sheep; 3674 penned. Butchers stated that the quality all round was better than has been ruling for some time. .< Prices were about the same as last week, being still too high for freezing buyers. Grazers were operating freely for unfinished lines. • Best wethers, 22e. 6d. to 245. 6d.; extra heavy, to 235. 3d.; medium to good, 20s. to 225.; light and unfinished, 17s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.; best ewes, 18s. to Ills.; extra heavy, to '.28s. 3d.; medium to good, 15s. 6d. to 17s. 6d.; light, 13s. to 14s. 6d. Fat lambs: About 2000 were penned. Competition was hardly as keen as last week, and prices showed a drop of 6d. to 9d. per head. Best, 17s. to 18s. 6d.; extra, to 20s. 3d.: medium to good, 15s. to 165.. 6d.; light, lis. 6d. to 14s. Piga: 51 fats and 23 stores were penned. Competition for stores was good, and prices were vevv firm. Bacon pises' were hi demand at lata rates, three or four choppers were forward, and sold, up to 1065.; suckers. 14s. to 16s. 6d.: 6lips. to 195.: stores, to 275.; porkers, to 425.; light baconers, 455. to 545.: heavy baconers, to 755.