LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1692, 7 March 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety.and Co., Ltd., report on their Solway Gale as follows:—An exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep of all classes was offered to a large attendance of buyers. Our entry totalled 36C0, of which we sold 2800, practically all oi whic.,l were sold under tho hammer. The demand ..for .good ewes was quite up to that of last sale, but inferior sorts and medium tombs wore- rather dull at eale. Included in our -entry we offered on account of Messrs. Osmond Brothers, of Jlai-nui-o-.ma.pn a nice lino of 850 four and five-year breeding ewes, the top end of SCO realising 13s. 3d., and the balance . Us. These prices must bo considered highly satisfactory. The following is a list of other prices:—Four and fivc-yoar -breeding eweS. .(best lines), lCs. 10cl.- to 133. 3d.; medium 'owes, 7s. 6d. to 9«. 9d.; oged' and inferior ewes, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; fat and forward ewes, to 13s. sd.'; forward ewos, 103.; medium two-tooth ewes, to lis. 2d.; forward four-tooth wethers, to Im. 3d.; medium ' wethers, to lis.; small wethers, 95.; medium.-woolly lambs, 55.. Id. to 6s. lid.; medium woolly lambs, shorn, to 65.; cull lambs, 3s. 2d. to 4s. Cattle: Vt'o yarded' and sold on account of Jlcr-srs. Barton Bros., -Jfotaikona: Empty two and-a Halfyear heifers, £3 125.; forward cows, to £4 10s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report on their Maeterton stock sale, held yesterday, as followsWo yarded considerably over three thousand sheep and a couple of pens of cattle. The sale was not equal to the previous week, excent for good-conditioned ewes, which sold freely. Lambs and aged ewes with failing mouths wore difficult to quit, and cveu sonudmouth ewes in low condition were hard to place at rates ruling previously. W* Fold on behalf of Mr. Guy Williams, Te Parae, a line of 264 well-grown two-tooth ewes in good condition at lfa. 4d. Cattle were offered lato .in the afternoon, when most of tho n conic had quitted the yards, nnd practically but little business resulted! Fat ewes. 13s. Id.: Down rape lambs (good), 10s.; shorn rape lambs, Bs.; two-tooth ewes, 10s. Id. to 12s. 6d„ and un to 15s. 4d. for an extra good lot; good white-faced lambs, 95.; cull«. ss. 9d. to Gs. 3d.; small Down lambs, ss. to ss. 3d.; culls, te.; foundmouth. breeding ewe« 3in low condition, Gs. to te. 9d.; better-conditioned sorts, >lte. to 10s. 9d.; ewes with failing mouths. ss. lOd. to 6s. 9d.; fair two-tooth wethers, lis. 9d.

The Jfow Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencv Co., Ltd., report:—We lield ■ our monthly Waikanae sale at our yards on. Tuesday, when we offered a fairly la-rco entry o£ both, sheep and cattle to a. full attendance of buyers. The sale dragged at the etart, and wo wfo compelled to nas3 in ono or two lots of both sheep and cattle. We sold P.B. 2-tooth Komney ewea, j to 13s. 6d.; P.B. 4. 6. o.nd 8-tooth Komney i owes, to 165.; agod P.B. Komney owes, to i las. 6(1.: stud 2-tooth owes, to ligns.; ewo j ■lambs, to Us. 6d.; ram lambs, to 10s. 6d.: | 2-tooth wethers (small), lla. Id.; 2-tooth t Romney rams, up to £5 55.; 4 aii-d 6-tooth Komney rams, at 2gns.; othors. from hgn. to liigns.; weaner heifers, to 315.; mixed verniers, 20s. to 225.; bulls, to £4 17s. 6d.; harness mare, 8 years, £16. HOESE SALE. Mr. H. Ernest Lcighton Teports that at their horee sale held .at Ilutt on Wednesday there was au exceptionally large attendance, buyers being present from oil parts, including Wiiirarapa. and Manawatu. Every horse offered on account of Mr. E. Hiddiford waseold. Light halfdraughts sold up to £20. Ilabke and light horses, unbroken, from £3 15s. to £13. There were a large number of outside entries, but being chiefly aged horses wire slow of sale. Aged van horses fetched from £6 to £14. BTJKNSIDE MARKET. (By Telegraph—l'rese Association 1 Duncilln, IJarcli 5. At Burnside to-day 150 fat cattle .were yarded, and a good proportion consisted of medium quality cows and heifers; prices all round were about 10s. per head firmer than last week's rates. The prices realised wore:—Prime bullocks, £12 to £12 10s.; estra, to £15 2s. 6d.; medium, £9 10s. to .£11; light and inferior, £8 to £9; prime hsifera, £9 to £10 lte.; extra, to £12 7s. Gd.; medium, £7 to £8 10a.; light and inferior, £5 to £6 109. Fat sheep: 2393 were penned. The Quality on the whole was not as good as thai, of late- years, and prices all round: were Is. to Is. 6(1. easier than those rulinp last week. Good wethers, 20s. to 21s. Gd.: o.Ura, to 2te. 6d.; medium, Ka. to 19a. Gd.; liEiit and inferior, 16s. Gd. to 17a. Gd.; prime owe 3, 18s. to 19s. 6d.; extra, to 21s. 6d.; .medium, 15s. 6d. to 17s. Fat lambs: 18U were penned. The nuitllty was much better than it has been for sonic weeks. Fjxporters were operating freely, and last "wceh's rates were fully maintained. Prime, 16a. to 17*. Gd.: estra, to 20s. 6(1.; medium, 14s. 6(1. to 15s. 6d. Customs duties collected at the port, of Wellington yesterday amounted to £6455 lie. 10d.