LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1576, 21 October 1912, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report on their irartiiiliorouph eaJc ius im-(ler:-Wo had an exceptionally heavy yardIng of cattle, which came forward jii ex- | cees of advertised numbers, exactly 500 bcI Ing submitted under the •hammer. The attendance was unusually Jnrße, buyers from tho whole of the Woirarapa beiiiK prominent. On the whole the yarding was of cood quality, mucli above the average, and bidding at auction wais animated, satisfactory prices being obtained, and in a. number of instances in excess of vendors 'anticipations. We havu to report a.total clearance'with the exception of a couple of pens of bad-coloured young eteer.a. Messrs. M'Laren Bros., of Hush Qully, ynrded a couple of pens of exceptionally wellbred four and five-year bullocks in very forward condltlon-24 of the tops which can bo best described ns. "beefy" made the record price for the district of JED. the purchasers being Messrs. Ogilvy and Runs, Jtastorton, tho other pen making JEBIOs., 'after animated competition. The bullocks offered on behtilf of Mr. A. M'Lcod. .Glenrynoclt, and Mr. Farry M'Lcod, were also of good quality, but on the young side, making £? 17s. 6d. and £6 Kβ. respectively. Tho entry of sheep was confined to one hundred heavy fat shorn ewee, offered on behalf of Mr. W. J. Martin, which made 163. Forward bullocks, £7 10s. to £7 17s. 6d.. and £3 10s. to £9 for extra good bullocks; three-year steers, £6 15s. to £6 lie.; two-year steers, £5 to £5. ICe. A line of 57, including several on the small side, made £5. Fat cows (Bush Gully), £1 is. 6d. to £7 7s. 6d.; lighter eorte, £6 10s.; yearling steers, well bred. £3 10s.; two yca.r heifers, £4 ss. to £4 12s. 6d.; yearling heifers, £3 to £3 6g.: yearling steers, dairy sorts. £2 17«.j yearling dairy hoifcre. £2 19s. 6d. to £3; a red Devon bull, ofTered on behalf of Mr, W. J. Martin, mado 13 gulnehajfat, heavy, shorn ewes, 16s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd.; report ae follows on their eale, held at Palmorston North: Wo bad only a medium yarding of sheep and cattle. Sheep sold better than lost week's rates. W« ciuut<!: Fat ewes, £1 os. 2d., £1 os. 7d. to £1 Is. 94.! shorn wethers, 165.; mixed hogKets, 12a. 9d., 13a. 3d..-to 16s. Id.; forward ewes, 14s. 6d. Cattle: Yearling eteers, £3 4s. 6d. to £4 65.; yearling Jersey bulls, £3 17e. 6d. to £4 2s. 6d.; three-year Jeroey bulk £5 to £7 Ills., cows and calves, £3 10s. to £4 11b.; store cows, £3 10s. to £3 155.; forward cows, £4 ''Iβ; to £4 45.; yearling heifers. £3 105.,t0 £J 12s. 6d.; light, fat heifers. £5 ss. to £6 t.e. (A.: yearling Short-hom bulls, £2 10s. to £3 53.; eighteen-months steers. £4 Is. to £4'55.; springing heifers, ( £5 to £7 Wβ.. "The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., and Iteduccd, report :-At Feilding on Friday we had a good yarding of cattle and a small entry of sheep. Everythlne sold readily at latu rates We auote as fallowe:—Cattle: Mixed weanere, small, 365.; good yearling steers, 385.; yearling Jersey lielfcrfl. £i 45.;. fifteenmonths Jersey heifers, £3 17s. 6d; eighteenmonths steers. £4 ss. 61; empty heifers, £4.115.; springing heifers, £6 to £6 lfe, discoloured fifteen-month.? steers, £2 14s. 6d.; store cows, 10s. to 303.;- bulls, £2 16b. to £4. Sheep: Fat shorn!ewes. 135.: cwos. with lambe at foot, 1 to 225. 3d.; cull ewes, ss. ■ '

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. (By Tolozraph —Press Association.] Clirlstchurch, October 16. At Artdington there were moderate entries of stock, and a fair attendance. Store sheep sold well at late rates. Fat cattle also showed no change in prices, rat lambs showed a marked recovery in prices, and the fat sheep sale opened at very ilrm rates. Pigs showed no change in The 'yarding of store sheep wae a. very small one, being, confined to a few pens. It included two or three pens of hoggets, a, few lots of ewes and lambs, and some email consignments of wethers. The attendance was not large, but the competition was 'sufficiently keen to enable all lines to be cleared at prices well up to late rates. Good ewe hoggets realised 19s. sd.;' wether hoggets, 17s. 7d.; hoggets of mixed sexes. 18s. 7d.; 6 and fullmouth ewce, in wool, with lambs, 13s. (all counted); shorn full-mouthed ewes, with lambs (all oounted), , 11s. 5d.; and s'lorn 2 and 4-tooth. wethers, 15s. Id. There were 78 prime lambs entered, and they sold under keen competition at prices e'qual to those rulini? about n iurtmuhl ago. Nino out of twelve lots brought 209. and over. The lainbs wore well grown. The range of prices wast MSs. to 245. 6d. for heaviest, and 17s. 3d. to 19s. for. lighter. There waa a moderate yarding of fat sheep, and apparently not quite as largo as last week. It .was chiefly composed of good quality half and crossbred wethers, and a larger proportion of shorn wet-here,' including several lots of merinos. Competition was keen, and prices were very firm. The range of prices was: Extra prime wethers, to 30s. 3d.; prime, 235. (j<l. to 275. 6d.; others, 20s. 6d. to 235.; extra" prime, 265. lid.; prime, 2te. to 255.; others, 15s. 2d. to , 295. 6d.:_merino, 14s. lid. ..to 225. 3d.; shorn wethers,Mss. 6fi.-'"'to '20s:■ 6d.; Rhorn ewes, 18s. to 225.; shorn wethers, 13s. 6d. to 159. 9d.. One hundred and eeventy-nine- fat cattle wore penned, a decrease of 80 compared with the previous week, and only 13 in excess of the entry of October 2. Taken all round, the quality was good. Bidding for all descriptions waa free, and clearance was made at prices on a nar with those ruling a week earlier, beef making .28s. 6d. to 365. per ICOlb., according to duality. Steers realised £7 10s. to £11 ite.; extra, to £15 17s. 6d.; heifers. £5 9s. to £9; extra, to £11 17s. 6d.; and cows, £12 6s. 6d. to £ip 6d. A fair number of f?toro cattle, principally useful sorts, came forward, but tho sale was a dragging one, the majority of the owners having placed a. reserve on their cattle above tho parity of cur"rent. rates. Fifteon to 18-month sorts made £3 3s. 6rt. to £3 Us., 2-yi:ar uteur.", £4 7s. 6d.; 2-year heifers, £4 3.?. 6d.; 2iyoar steer.?, £5 155.: 3-year steers (poor), £6 2e. 6d.; 3-year heifers, £5 3s. 6d. to £5 17s. 6d.; and cows, £2 to £4 10s. Dairy cows made £5 to £11 ss. The entry of fat pigs was only a medium one, and values showed Jtfttlc change from the previous week, although towards the close an easier feeling prevailed. Choppers. £3 10s. to £5 2s. 6d.; heavy baconers. ■£3 ss. to £3 15g. 6d.; and lighter sorts. £2 l?s. 6d. to £3, thp« prices being enual to 5Jd. per lb. Heavy porkers brought 4f-s. to 505.; and lighter sorts, 58s. to lh. (equivalent to 5Jd. to 5Jd. per lb.l. There waa a large entry of stores,' end as a result of over supply prices were a, fihado easier Mian at recent sales, though large stores elicited good competition. Large sorts realised 40s. to 455.;' medium. 325. to 395.; and small sorts, 20s. to ,275. Wcnners were in fair rcQuoit, and brought 17s. to 255., the latter price being obtained for extra .good' sorts.