LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1655, 23 January 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgcty. and Company,! Limited,' Teport. having held their usual weekly fale at the Solway yards (Masterton), yesterday. Owing-to tho butchers''strike.: stock business 'has been considerably upset, which no- doubt-accounted for the small yarding. However.- wa 'had;; a ' fair.'.entry, and, 'aN' though business was difficult'to effect un-' dertlio : hammer, we arcipkaicd to report a clearance,, by private treaty- after: the tUlo. We .quite as l tipned four-tooth wethers," 16s'.; -250 ;: twotooth wethers, 145,,6d.| tivo-tooth owes. IJ=.

"The 1 New 'Zoaland. Loan, and Mercantile Agency'.Co., report:—AVo' held our weekly' sale at Solway (Masterton) yesterday, when we had a. small/yarding': of sheep and: a fair one of-cattle. Competition was rather slack throughout the -talc, but we managed to quit most of/our, entry. .Shorn lamb 3 made 75.'3d.; forward ewes, lis.;"two-year-old heifers; £4 :4s; ; - eighteon-month steers, .'£3'l7s.':6d,'-'M'. .-■-'. .■'-

Messrs..'James Maeintosh' and Co.' report having held'-their weekly ealo in their Wai.poua- (Mastefton) .ealoyards on'.Tuesday, Janunry..2l (owing-to..Wednesday, 'January 22, being'/Anniversary . Day);,-- when . they offered a'small yarding of shcop'and eattlo to; a . very; Email, number ; of"buyers,- and bidding .was dull,-; but they had a ' fair; .clearance- 1 .at ■ prices as- fol-' low :-Shorn" lambs, 9s:;'store cows, £4 '17s. Cd.; Jersey -,bi)ll,:'£2' 7s. '6d.t ■ weanors,' to! 33g.; empty, heifers,-£4.53; . ,'• '•■;'.-.:'■

; v;. ADD.INGTON 1 . STOCK... SALE.. ;■;;. a .'-:•' (By ■^eJeßraph.-Pross:. i A^sociation.) O? /'., '•/ - ;; - Christthiirch,': January'' 22!';; ;At. Addington the entries/of stock: ware but' slightly:,'larger.':-than:>.last. week,l. .the trouble' with.; ,the slaughtermen''at. the' froszing works again preventing, the send-' mg of more fat-sheep-and rambs.lthariwfcro required for local eoiMuinptiom '-'Stora sheep' iiiiowed-.practkally' no".change-.,in- priocs'; iat .cattle/Nvere easier...- Pat,lambs sbld almost, equal: to last week's rate, the easier tone .-being-,du0..t0 a larger .supply. ..Tho .fat ishecp. talclopencd at-rather easier rates,.and- ; :towar<!a'the, end became'. vety' dragging.; , Storo.-oattlei were c-ameivhat oasier,; and . pigS. r l.were dull, of-sale. '.-,.•."•.>'

. ThordiWaa.a.good yardlng.of storo.-sheep, v?others;\ofr various' grade's, and-' lambs forming the; bulk of the yarding, the for-'; mer prjdominatiiig,. in addition to :i. fair sprinkling.'.of- eivcu. The attendance van about up; to'the average of recent' salciv All forward .lots-of rane'lanibs and wethers changed, hands, at prlce'a' about on. a- par. With lato 'rites, .but.iblhor .descriptions \'of lambs were slightly easier, and purchasers, wore loss readily fouud than ;,at recent sabs', • and ; the ;dan;3 . remarks apply.' although"inalcG-er dcgree.to wethers, of modium olaiis; though ramb lota foun ; purchasers,, at- prices quite equal' to those' ruling' a' week earlier. Fair drecriptions 'ofi'young eiyes. of a' good ■•ela't-s;; tlnt'shnot ih-auy,"wei'e ! on offer, and sold at'tat ipfactory p'ricos,' although eh .the breeding frason:lias not yet opened.the values rul-. ing nan scarcely' be taken as a criterion.' Dospitc free.coinpctition, for. nearly 'all-the lines offercd'.a fair proportion of tho.yard,ing failed* to' realise owncre' 1 ■resorvcii, and were P3fe:d.,". Pricos:wore:—Ewes,.two-tooth t0.,165. 2d:;, a, better etefs, making.to 18s. 6d.;' four'and, six-tooth. 165.',t0 lfc.; four, dx. arid eight-tooth, 13s:'to.14s. 6d.; and full audi failing-mouth sheep,; 10s; 1o Ik. 6d. Wethers: Four and -six-tooth forward, 153, 9d. I-0.178.'.7d.;;tw0-tooth,.fair, 'tZs..-9d. to Us. .<d:'|'-small;, sorts, -lis. ,10d.; and, a few. woolly'-.wethers, lte'. -:9d. ' Lambs:. Forward rap'o':sorts, 135.; to 13s.'7d. j fair, 12s. to las.-.9d.|- v or'din.ary;to fair, lfs. 6d. ,to lis.' 6d.; arid medium to inferior,. 6s. 9d.' r .;-''-'; . VThere were 1100 fat lambs penned,'being double the.'number that came, forward laijt .w-eok,, a 'large proportion ' .being, 'light-, weights.•■ Export buycra were riot'opcrat'ingj but butciiors'.were able to take'" the whole of the offerings at-prices about the raine or. in soma cases a little under last"weck'is prices. --'Best.'lambs: made, lfa. sd. to-195.; and lighter;. 135.. 6d. to 16s;. i. . : . . .. The yarding of fat sheep .was somewhat larger than last-week, and'tolallcd.iabout WCO, including-a.'good proportion of priino .wothers.. Bidding was confined to butchers, and the market, cpencd. somewhat;easier than lest wesk. ,-As thcialc arid the butchers' filled their requirements business'became very ■ dragging, arid a number of lines of wethers' ivero paf-iied in: The range of'prices .was:—Prime withers, 19s. to 2&5.,4 d.: lighter, 16s. 1td..t0jf«..6d.; prime owes, lh." t0.205...6d.i others, 10a. 6d. to 14s. '6d.;. .merino . wethers,, 10s. 6d. '.'to. ,17s. 3d.';.,.; : ;.... .:..■'■.'-. '..-:'.• ■' ; l: v ".-.

Two hundred' and .twenty-seven ' head of fat cattle came ' forward, against ■ 148, on January. .15, all dei'criptiom? being ;;representsd.-, The .demand.showed unmistakable, weakness,''and beef. isuffered : a further declino of'about le. per 1001b.,^current'.- prices being 225; to. 30s..whilst d. fair proportionof rtho.yarding, failed to find purchasers at. auction:';. Steers realised £8 fs.'to £12 155.; heifers, £5 17s. 6d. to, £9 17s. 9d.; arid cows. £5 fs;. to £10 lfs. •"....'■.■ • , ; ■■

•-. A fair number of store cattle weie pen-, nod, Including! come >. Unrig from thc'couth.' the majority being of useful class. 'A, good number .of •.■'lines,\ including foino ol tho?c from outside the..province, changed hands, privately before the. tale. th'o abundance of feed and nice lines offered,' prices; were 'rather easier than on January'ls. 'Yearlings mado 173.; ■ 15 to; 18month sorts, £2 2s. 6d, to £3 17s.'; • twoyear'heifers.. £4 sa. to £4 17s. 6d.; two and , a half-year steers, £6 ■ 2s. 6d.;' throc-yeai-steers, £7'Zs. 6d.; throe-year heifer?.' £5 4*.. to £5 7s;; and dry cows', £2 6s. to £5.35."61 Dairy cows'made-£4 10s. to £9. , Only.a medium number of'/at. pigs were, penned, and the market showed,a lack of briskness, especially for porkers. ■. which sold at, a . slightly ■ lower rato..' Choppers made 50s. to 705.; heavy bnconers, 525. to 605.; and lighter sortfl, 42«. 6d.,.t0 50s. (equal to, 4Jd, per • 1b.)... Heavy porkers hrought 335. to 385., and smaller sorts, 295. to 325. (equivalent to 5d., to sld. per lb.). ..The yarding of store . pigs . was a small one. and the' demand was comparatively weak. Large sort'? realised :2fe.' to' 335.; and.smaller descriptions, 1.75.. to 275. \Venncrs, of. which few w«c offered, realised lis. to 16s.,'The Stinnvnido 'Mental Hospital sfint forward a consignment of 47 purebred Berkshire and Yorkshire- bnars and sows, varying in ago '.from '.four months,to two years. Competition was slack, ond'the prices obtained were low considering', the quality .of the animals. Berkshire boars roadov £1 Is. to £5 fs.; Ttcrltsh.ir'! sows. £3 3s: to £6 65.: Yorkshire, hoars, £2 12s. 6d.. to £4 45.; and Yorkshire eows, £3 3s. to £4 4s. < . BTJBIJSIDE STOCK PRICES. (By Telegraph— Press, Association.) ■' Dunedln, January 22. ■ At Burnsido to-day 161 fat cattle were yarded. The bulk of the entry was in very prime condition, the balance being unfinished steers, and aged cows. There was a fair attendance of the trade, and competition for anything pTirae was brisk. The prices ■ ruling. were much, the. same an last week's rates. Prime bullocks, £11 ICb. to £12 17b. 6d.: extra, to £14; medium to good, £9 to £10 17s. 6d.; light, £8 ss. to £9 7e. 6d.; prlmo heifers,' £7 to .£8 Ids:; extra, to £9.155.; prime cows, £7 to £8 55.; extra, to £9 10s.; light aged and unfinished, £4 Its. to £6,55. Fat sheep: 3297 penned, constating chiefly of wethers. The sale opened a. shade abovo last week's prices, but owing to the late yarding values' receded quickly to less than those ruling last week, and, from this point to the end of the sale, the competition lacked spirit, with the result that ' alargcr number were turned out unsold. Prime wethers, 21s. 6d. to' 245. 9d.: extra heavy, to 2fe. 6d.; medium, 19s. to 20s. 3d.; light, 17s. to ~lEr. 3d.; unfinished,' 16s. to lfe. 9d. Fat. lambs: 334 were offered, and, on account of the small yardins, the was very brisk, prices ruling Is. higher than last wejk. Best, 17s. to IB=. 9d.; extra prime and heavy, 20s. 3d.; medium to good, 15s. to 1£«. 3d.; light, 12s. 6d. to 14s. Pigs: The ya.rdlng comprised 80 fats and 40' uNiros. The domain! for nil >orto wn» In. different, and prices wero lss. per head easla?,