LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1679, 20 February 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

The Now Zealand Loan and llcrcantilo Ageuey. Co., Ltd.. aiid' llcdurcd, report having held their inoulhly sale ill t.ho Pongaroa yards on Monuay, when they offered a Jai'Ba entry of sheep ol all classes and a small yarding of cattle to a good attendance of fanners and' buyers. Sheep were very keenly competed for, and the qompany report a total clearance of all sheep yarded at the following rates:—Two-tooth wethers, 12s. lOd. to 13s. 3d.; four-tooth- to f.ni. cwc.?, 9u. 3d., I[\>. 3d.,'to Us.'fid.; aged ewes, £s.. ss. 6d,, 6s. 3d.. 75., to Bs.: cull ewes, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; woolly lambs, 95.; shorn lambs, ss. 9d. to fc. Gd,; email lamte, to,4s. 9d.; rams, aged, IDs.. 205., to 305.; 20-month steers, £3 to £3 18s. 6(1.; wcanors, £1 IBs. 6d.; horses, £7 ss. Messrs. Balgoty and Company report: At our Wanganiii sale yesterday wo yarded 3ECO sheep (all but 2CO of which were disposed ot under tho hammer) and 275 cattle, which also sold well. The demand for breeding ewes, which comprised tho bulk of the entry, waß exceptionally good, while all other classcs sold well. Fat ewes, 14a'.. lOd.; f.m.'ewes,-ss. to 12s. <d.: four-year ewes, Us. fid. to 135.; cull ewes, Bs. lOd. to 10s. lOd.; mixed lambs, ss. 7d.; purebred Southdown rams, £6 65.; f.f.rn. Eomncy ratre. 10s. Ed. to 325; 6d.; Lincoln rams (four-t-ooth), l*gus.; two-tooth wotliers, 155.; fat cows, £5 10s.; 18-month steers, £2 10s. 6d. to £2 13s. 6d.; 18-montli hcifcrc, £2 15s. to £3; mixed weancrs, 265. 6d. to 355.; mixed calves, 295.; f., and f. cow.;, £4 10s.; dairy cows, £5 to £6 65.; bulls, 50s. Messrs. Abraham and AVilliamfi, Ltd.. report on their Pongaroa sale lield last Monday as follows:—There was a heavy yarding of sheep and a good entry of cattle, whioli were submitted. to a large attendance. Sheep sold exceptionally well, practically everything Eelling under tho hSnimer, l Two-tooth ewes, Us. 7d. to 13s. 4d.; four, six, and four-year ewes, 12s. Id. to 13s. id.; sound-mouth ewes. 7s. Ltd. to 95.; lambs, 55., ss. 9d., to 7s. 3d.; 18-month steors; £3 175.; yearlings. £2 15s. 6d. ' ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. (By '.Telegraph— Press Association.) . Chrlstchurch, February 19. At Addington the ontry of' store sheep was a very largo one. Tho yarding of fat sheep was somewhat smaller, and that of lamba considerably larger than last week. Storo uncep sold well and without change in values, out tat Blieep and lambs wero easier, i'at cattle were iu weaker ,demand, and fat pigs showed a riso ju priecs in consequent of a. 6maH .entry. i'weii,-good two-tootas, Ws. Sd. .'to lfc. 6d.; extra, Zus. to L\s. 6d.; inferior to medium, los. 2d. to IY6. '/d.; lour and six-tooth,. 14s, sd. to-16s. Bd.; six and oignt-tooth, medium class, to 14s: 2d.'; two, four, and six-tooth)' 15s. to Vis. 3d.; four-year eweo (good.class), 1&3. 9d. to lte. 9d.; lull and l'aning-mouth, 9s.'to lis. 9d.; and aged sorts, Vs. 3d. upwards. . ' Lamb 3: Best rape sorts, 13s. to 13s. 6d.; extra, to 145.; overage rape lines, 12s. to 12s. 6d.;'good average linea, lfts. 6d. to lis. 6d.; medium sorts, 9s. 6d. to Us. 6d.; medium sorts, 9s. 6d. to 10s. 3d.;'small lambs, Bs. to Bs. 9d.; hallbrcd wethcrg, ?j. 9d.; medium, to 125.; tho beet ewo. lambs, 10s. ,3(1. Wethers, two-tooth* 12s. 6d, to . 135.; two and four-tooth, 1&. 9d'. to 15s. Id.; four-tooth, 12s. 6d. to 13s. 9d;;, four and six-tooth (medium), 14s. Bd, There woe an entry of 2764 fat lambs, or 1000 more than-last, week; Best lambs made 15s. 6d. to 176. lid., and lighter, U'b. Bd. to 15s. _ The. yarding of fat sheep was somewhat smaller' than la,>t week, totalling about 4000. The range ,of prices was: Primo wethers, 18s. : 6d. to -223.; lighter,. 155., 2d, to' 18s.; merino iwethers,- l'/s. 2d.; .prime ewes, 16s. 6d.' to • 19s:';' extra, Ito 225.' Id.; medium, 143. to 165.; aged and light, 7s. 6d. to los. 6d. ' •'. Tho yarding of fat - cattle' totalled 221 head - against 243. the previous week, and 176 ort I'obruary 5, included some, very useful animals..- Value* showed a further -depreciation/ equal.to fid..per 1001b., the price of. beef ranging from 235. to 295. 6d., according to quality.' Steers .rcalir.od £7 17s. 6d. to £1110b.; extra, to. £13-Zs. 1 6d.;' heifers, £5 15s. to £8 -17s. '6d!; and -cows,. £5 17s. 6d. to £8 7s. A'oarlings made' 3'o!;, fifteen to cightoen-moufh sorts, '£3 ss. to £4; two-year steers, £3 Bsi' -(vory.: good sorts);. two-year heifen?, £4 7s. 7d. .to;£4, 17s. 6d.;'thfoe-yca-r steers, £6 -10s. 'to £7 55.; three-year heifers, .'£s 17s. 6d.';.' and cows. £3 10s. to £6. . Dairy cows made£4 to £10. : ' There "was only a smnJl eutry of fat pigs. Choppers realised 70s. .to'9os.; large baconers, to 745.: and others, 5Ce. to 625. 6d. (equivalent 'to sd. to 6Jd; per lb.). Large porkers brought'46s.'to 60s.'; and smaller sorts, 38s. to 455. (cilia! to fid. to 6iid. per, lb.). There was a' fair. yarding, in tho store pens. Largo sorts realised 425. to 455., and smaller sorts, 325. to 40s. i Tho demand for small vreaners „was not Ofl keen as at some reccpt salts; but: the larger sorts wery In excellent request., 'Kepro; sjntative prices ragged from 16s. to 20s. .