LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1631, 24 December 1912, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their Feildin; sale of December 20 as' helow. Owing' no doubt to the near Approach of the holidays, only a medium yarding of stock came to . hand, which sold as below:—Sheep: Empty owes, 10s. 3d. to 106. lid.; »Ked shorn cvteb, with lambs, 70., all counted; two-tooth wethers, to 145.; two-tooth ewes, 13s. lid., 145., to Us. 6d. Cattle: Smrtil yearling steers. £2 Ms.; bulls, to £4 2a. 6(1. Meajre. Dilsety and Co., Ltd., report having held their Usual stock sale at Donnevirke on December 20, when they offered a small yardin" of sheep Kid cattle to a larjre attendance of the public. Pat end forward ewes, in the wool, 16;. M.; full-mouth ewes, in toe wool, with lambs at foot, 143., all counted; yearling heifers, £2 l?.s. 6d.; two-year heifers, £4 55.; 'two-year rtcere, £4 155.; cows, with calves, £4 15?. The New Zealand liown and ■ Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Feildinß branch), ojn) Bcduced, report for lost week, as follows:— At Apiti on Tuesday we had only a fair yaxdinu of ctttle, which sold at the followinjr prices-.—Empty cows, £3 lfls. to £3 155.; forward oows, £4 2s. (A. to £4 IDs.; fat oowb, £5 10a.; dairy cows, £5 IDs.; fifteen-month utters, £3 65.; two-yen steers, £4 10s.; wean** pits, Its. At Fcildtng 'on Friday we had a good crntry of both e-heep and cattle. W-e disposed of the whole of our sheep at prices cwtisftctory to vendors, »nd with tile 'exception of a small lot of cattle, cleared all linra. Small two-tooth OTfes. lis. id. ; small two-tooth wethers, 12s. 4d.; hotter'ditto, from Peep-o'-Day. 13s. lid.; four-tooth wethers, 15?. lid.; foTwa-rd wethera, lEg. 7d.: fat ewes, 14s. 7d.; old rams. 7s. 6d.; we.iner heifen-s, £2; ttore cows,. £2 ss. to £2 145.; yearling steers, £3 os. 5d.; two and a. half-year steerc, £4 15e.; three-year eteeH, £5 16s. 6d.: y&wliriic bulb, £2; others, £2 10s. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and lloduced, report:— We held out usual fortnightly Levin ««-le at omr yards on Friday, when we off«rcd «, fair entry of both ticop and cattle to A moderate attendance of buyers. The ea.le opened badly, and remained eo tfcroujhout the auction, and quite a. number of lota were p»w«d in under the- hammer, - 'but wore fold ult.vmiat.ely alt:,:- the sale. The dcre».nd for both sfreep and cattle wen not up to th*t rulinc at bit ealc. Shorn two-toot* wethers (off hills), to 12s. 9d.; : woolly hoiE«t*;to lfe.'2d.; dn.iry cows (clo.M to profit), £s'los. fo £( 17s. 6d.; w-eaner csire', 17n., 6d., 205., 255., 255. to 35e.; store coira, froir. £3 10s. to £4 lSi.; yeo.rlins heifers, from £2 10s. to £2 165.; 7cs.rlbiff steew, from 3fts. to £2 155.; bulls, to £3. ■■

Ifansrs. TTilHsubo nai Kettle report as follows on f-ilra held dn.rinf last week:— At Daniicvirkfl on December 20 we yarded a pood entry of both sh»*»p ond cM.tle, which met with «• drsirs-'Ji-i pale. Sheop especially. Tvhich ware fuiUr 6d. per hf.id below prices obtained at- k«t nalc. Fat lambs '(light).- 135.; fat eiras, l.'s. *d. to 1&3.; tut wethers (linshD. 16*. Id.; .ftora Jonr-tooth wothtrs, IS;. 6d.; eighteen-montS Ft'ers. £4 45. to £3; mixed-rex yearling', £! 165.; f.it." wethers, heavy-weights. 19s. At Wcodville on Der*mbcr 21 we yarded a 5m.%11 entrv o* both rheep and cattle, which ToMjised the following prices:—Fat ewe>s. to 15;.; stor." cows, £4 Ss. to £4 17a.; weanera' (pood), --C 3 Is. to 31a.; two-year etccrj, to £4 2s. 6d. ADDINQTOS MARKET. (By Telesrn.ph.—Press Association.) - Glirlstchurch, December 23. The Addington Jive stock market was held two' days earlier on account of Christmas. There was a small entry of all class-is of stock. The entry of fat lambs was much reduced, the number being approximately 900.. as against 2113 last week. The sate was a butchere' tale pure and simple. The demand was good, and all lota were quitted at good prices without any hesitation. The greater proportion of lambs wore well finished, but a few pens were inferior. The range of prices for prime lambs was from las. to 21s. 6d. Lighter sorts ranged from 16s. Sd. to 17s. 9d. .' The yarding of store sheep was a very small one, between 7CO and 800 representing the tot?.l penned. With the exception of a pen of ewes with lambs, the whole of.the entry consisted of shorn two-tooth wethers. Despite the small attendance of buyers there was a Rood demand at prices on a level with those ruling the week earlier, but even at these rate 3 ono or two lines were withdrawn, values apparently not reaching owners' expectations. Aired ewes with lambs (the former being in wool) realised Ife 3d. (all' counted). A lino of very forward two-tooth wethers made 17s. 7d.; small lots, 15b. Bd., and average lines 15e.c,9i1. to 15s. lOd. The principal F.ilos were' wethers, 115 t.wo-tooth at I7a. 7d„ IdO two-tooth at Us. Ed., 139 two-tooth at 15s. 10d., 100 two-tooth at 15s. 9d.; ewaa and lambs (all counted), 49 (ased woolly ewes), at lis. 3d.

Tlio. yarding of fat- sheep was a, comparatively email one, and the demand, although mainly limited to butchers, was keen, values all round being on. a, par with those ruling a week earlier. The sheep were of a uniformly good class, well finished linos predominating, and some excellent merinos being noticeablii for finish, The following .was the. range o[ prices:— Prime wethers, 19i3. 6d. to 245. 3d.; lighter, 17s. to 195.; merinos, .14s, 2d. to 15«. 6d.; prime ewes, 17s. 6d. to 21s. 6d.; others, 10s. Id. to 175.; woolly owes, to 23b. lid.; hoggets, 16b. Cd. Ono hundred and seventeen head of fat cattlo were yarded, as against 225, the previous week, and 247 on December 11. Although tho yarding was small, the quality was rather above the average- of recent sales, and although there was no quotable change in prices the market wna markedly firmer. Steers realised £9 17s. 6d. to £11; extra, to £15 155.; heifers, £7 to £10 17s. 6d.; and oows. £7 ss. to £9 Ids. Tho ruling price of beef was 265. to 3<s. per IMUb. There was an average yarding of fat calves and an unchanged demand, representative prices ranging from Bs. "to 51b., according to size and quality. There was a very small. yarding of store cattle, several classes being unrepresented. Poor cattle formed the larger part of the yarding and the demand was weaker than at recent' sales. Yearlings made £2 125.. iifteon to cightoen-montha sorts, £3 14s. to £3 15s.;' two-yoar heifers, £4 3a. to £4 55.; three-year heifers, £4 3s. to £4 55.; threeyear heifers, £6 6s. (extra, good); and cows, £3 to £o 2s. Tho yardin? of dairy cows was limited to about 20 head, some being of nice quality. As usual, competition was free, and prices ranged from £4 to £11 55.; extra, to £12 10s. ■ ■ Only a small number of pigs canio forward, and in fats prices wore unohnnprod from previous week. Choppers realised 70s. to 9te., and baconers, of which only three pens wore offered, 473. to 535. 6d., or equal to 43d. per lb. HoaJvy porkers brought 41s. to 455.. and lighter sorts 355. to 405.. equivalent to sgd. per lb. Stores were limited to about 30 hood, but there were no buyers, and sales wore difficult to effect, price* ranging from 15s. to 20s.