LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

•-Messrs. Dalgety- and >C 0.,. Ltd!, report.ais follows on their, stock sale,, held at - Wal-' .. Itanae yesterday :-Out yarding consisted eot'rcly of ; cattlo, of which we had a, good entry. Prjcea were -'well maintained, and we-have to-.Tepprt'-'a 'successful' sale; Yearling steeds, to, £2 155.;- yearling heifers, to t %'■,"'•' e>Bliteen-month, steers,-£4, £4 is.,,il 65.; cows and calves,-to £5 2s, ', Jtcss-rs.: Abraham and Williams,' Ltd , report on thek sale, held yes.terday, as 'follows:-A. good yarding of pnme cattle and'sheep came forward, and sold readily at late i rates. Heavy bul- ' fefc k ! , ' : i 1 , 1 „ 5 , s « : ' t ?M u 15 s-:"Primb bullocks, 10^ 10 10s -: lißhter, £9 105,,t0 £9 15a. light, £9: vealers, 2te. to 2J3.; prime heavy wethers, 275.'.7 d.; light wethere, 245. Id.; . prime maiden owes and wethers, 245. 6d •' prime heavy ewes,. 245. to 245. 3d.; prime . ewes, 21s. 7d.-U> 225. 6d.; extra heavy-shorn ewes, 18s. ld.-„ fine' shorn wothers, 18s.' '6d..oxtrai prime lambs, 16s. to 16s. 7d.; prime lambs. 14s. to-155.; medium'lambs, 12s, 6d. to ,13s. 6d. ' ' ', "■ BURNSIDE 11AEKET. ; , (By Telceraph.—Press. Association.) ,' ': :.. Dune'din, November 6. . At Burnside- to-day, only 147 fat. cattle were yarded. A few, of these were prime heavy bullocks, but. the. bulk of .'the' yarding consisted of. medium:'steers'.'an'd heifers. Owing to one or two outside butchers, competing, a very animated sale- resulted, and sales advanced 15s. to £1 per head Best bullocks. £17 17s.- 6d.; prime, £15 to , £16 lCs.; medium, to good, £12' to £14 10s ; light, £9 10s. to .£ll 10s.; best cows and heifers, to £13 7s. 6d.i prime; £9 10s. to .£11; medium, £8 -to £9 7s. 6d.; light, £6 1k..t0 £7 We. ■ . . . Fat sheep: 2910 penned, the majority being composed of prime heavy wethers, with an odd pen of prime ewes. Considering the size of the yarding, competition was animated, and prices for prime sheep were on a par with last week's rates,' but medium quality were slightly easier. Best wethers,,to 335. 9d..; prime. 265. to 28s. 6d.; mediunv.23s. 6d. t-o 245. 6d.; light,, 19s; to 225.; best ewes, to'. 325.; prime, 225. 6d. to 255.; medium, lte, 6d. to' 2?&; light, 17s. to 18s. 6d.; shorn wethers. 17s. to-19s. 3d.; shorn ewes, 15s. to 17s. One pen or extra quality ewes brought'23s. Pat lambs: 81 penned, and. for these there was excellent-competition, prices-showing a rise of about Is. per head on last week's ; rates. Best, to 21s. 9d.; good, 18s. to 19a.; medium and light, 15s. 6d. to 175.. Pigs: 38 fat. pigs and 101 stores were penned. Fats realised prices much on a par with last week's : rates, but storos were in ovensflpply, and \much easier 5n price. Suckers, 14s. to 175.',6 d.; slips, to 245. 6d.: stores, to 395.-, porkers, 425. to. 465.; light baooncre, 50s. to 555.; heavy do., to 495.