LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1537, 5 September 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Co. report:—At our Waaiganui sale yesterday we had a small yarding, and ha-vc to report a fair demand for all classes. Mixed hoggets, 14s. 6d.;twotooth ewes and .wethers, 16s. 3d.; twentymonth to two-year steers. £4 ss. to £4 155.; forward heifers, £4 55., £4 95.; store cows, £3 19s. 6d., £4 55., to £4 65.; mixed yearlings, £2 17s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £3 Is., £3 65.; dairy cows, rough class, £4, £4 55., £4 65.. £4 155., ito £5 15s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Jolinsonville sale, held yesterday, as follows:—A full yarding of prime' sheen and cattle came forward, and sold readily at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks. £12; prime bullocks, £11 Es. to £11 12s. 6d.; lighter, £10 12s. 6d. to £10 155.; light, £9 155.; fat cows, £6: vealers, 375.; extra prime heavy wethers, 245. 2d. to 265.; prime wethere, 21s. 3d. to 225..- light wethers,- 19s. 6d.j extra prime ewes, 235. Id.; prime ewes, £1 os. 9d. to 215.; porkers, £2 &■ .

Slessrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report:—At our opening solo at Linton on Tuesday, a - good yarding of stock was submitted to a largo attendance. Bidding was spirited throughout the sale and, with the exception of a few old cow?, every lot changed hands under the hammer at the following Quota-tions-.—Forward ewes, 12s. Id.; mixed hoggets, 13s. lid.; two and a half-year steers, £5 35.; cighteen-months steers, £4 Is.; yearling steers, £3 is. to'£3 lis. 6d.j yearling half-bred Holsteln heifers £4 25.: yearling half-bred Jorscy heifers, £3 165.; weaner dairy heifers, £2 75.; empty store cows, £3 2s. -to £3 7s. 6d.; emptyforward heifers, £3 17s. to £4; springing cows, £5 lCs. to £9 10s.

Messrs. J as. Macintosh and Co. report having held their weekly sale in their Mastcrton (Waipoua) yards yesterday, when they offered a fair yarding of sheep and a good yarding of cattle to a large number of buyers. Competition throughout the sale was fairly good, and practically the whole yarding was sold. Shorn hoggets, 14s. 10d.; ewes'in lamb, 15s. to 165.; yearling heifers, £2 7s. 6d. to £3 95.: yearling steers, 38s. to 575.; store-cows. £3. £3 165., to £4 35.; springing hoifeif, £4 15s. to £5 12s. 6d.; cighteen-months steers, £3 2s. 6d.; pigs, wconers 11b. 6d„ 14s. 3d., to 15s. ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, September 4, At Addington live stock market there were fair entries, of etock, and fat sheep, were in good supply. There was an average attendance. The short yarding of fat cattle caused a, rise in pricee. Store sheep, except forward wethers, were easier. Fat sheep opened «t rather lower rates. Eat pigs were in short supply, and advanced in prices. The yarding of store sheep, somewhat eimilar in size to that of the previous week, consisted principally of hoggets, and there' was a keen demand for storo cattle.

A fair number of owes, .mostly medium, .were- on offer, and rather more wethers than for some weeks past, including a fewpens of. very forwarS four and six-tooth sheep. Except for forward wethers, an easier tone was noticeablo throughout, the market, especially In the caee of mediumclass hoggets and such ewes as were on offer, none specially , good.. Several pens wero passed. A pen of specially good ewe hoggets realised 19rf. 3d. Other ewe hoggets, 15s. 6d.'to 15s. 9d.; wether hoggets, extra good, 15b. Bd. to 17s. 9d.; medium hoggets (wethors and mixed linos), 12s. Id. to 14s. Bd.; inferior and cull sorts, lis. Id. Forward four and six-tooth wether 1 brought 20s. to 20s. 7d.; two and four-tooth,-17s. to 17s. 6d.; and small two-tooths, 15s. 2d. Four and six-tooth ewes of average class made 19s. 6d. to 225.; Email two and four-tooth, 20s. Id.: four, six, and eighWooth, 18s. 9d. Lines of mixed ages, 16s. to 17s-. 6d. in all; inferior two-tooths, 15s. lOd. to 16s. 2d., and merino ewes 12s. 4d. A few ewes with lambs realised 9s. to 9s. 9d., all counted. The entry of fat tsheep showed a considerable increase on last week's total, and the ouality was mostly good prime, the largest proportion being useful lines of wethors. The market opened at easier rates. Tho competition of graziers had the effect of causing firmness as tho salo proceeded. Prime heavy wethers told at an irregular decline up to Is. a head. Me-dium-weight, wcll-woollcd four and sixtooth wethers were freely competed for by graziers at equal to last week's rates. Light, unfinished wethers, principally twotooths, were neglected, and were easier, and ewes of all classes were somewhat below last week's rates, in some cases ewes, not prime, showing a decline of Is. to Is. 6d. pcij head. The range of prices was: —Extra, prime wethers, to 295.; prime, 20s. to 255.; others, 18s. 4d. to 19s. 6d.; extra prime ewes, to 28s. 3d.; prime, 17s. to 225. 6d.; others, 13s. 7d. to 16s. 6d.; hoggets, 16s. 3d.; merino wethers, 14s. 2d. to lfc. Id. Ono hundred and fifty-nine fat cattle wero penned, compared with 235 the previous week and 232 on August 21. With few exceptions the cattle wero excellent class. Owing probably to tho smaller yarding there wa.s keen demand, and prices showed an advance, of Is. per ICOlb.. values ranging from 255. -to 375. per lOO'.b. Steers realised £8 to £12: extra, to £18 lte. 6d.; heifers, £6 10s. to £11 155.; and cows, £5 17s. 6d. to £9 10s.; extra, to £12 10s. Only a few store cattle were offered, voung cattle forming the bulk of the yarding. In many cases owners placed high reserves on their cattle, making it impossible to do business. Good prices were realised throughout. Yearlings made 30s. to £2 Is.; fifteen to eightcen-months eorts. £3 ss. to £3 155.; two-year steers. £5 lCs.; two-vcar heifers. £4 17s. 6d.; three-year steers, £6 3s. 6d.; .three-year heifers, £5 ss. to £5 155.; and cows. 30s. to PA 12?. 6d. Dairv cows, which were chiefly rough eorts. sold'at £4 to'£9. There was a, small number of fat piss, principally of a good class. The demand was keen, prices, compared with flic previous week, making a substantial advance. Chopper* £3 10s. to £5 10s.; heavy bneoners, 70s. to 755.; and light sort'?, to 655. (coual to 5Jd. to Jfd. per lb.). Heavy porkers made 48s. to 525.. ami lighter pig', 425. to 475. (coual to 53d. to 6d. per lb.). There was a- largo entry of storo pigs and a, good sole. One buyer alone secured lines aggregating 69. Large store-i made 355. to 465. 6d.: medium, 28s. to 345.; and amn.ll sorts, 18s. to 275. Wcaners were rather easier, realising 12s. to 165.; extra making to 18s.