LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1720, 10 April 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonvillo sale, held yesterday, as follows:—A good yarding of bullocks and a. medium one of sheep came forward, and sold well at.lata rates. Fine heavy bullocks, £11 to £11 2s. 6d.; prihio bullocks, £9'lss. to £10; lighter, £9 2s. 6d. to £9 7s. 6d.: vealers, 31s. to, 375.; extra prime owes, 16s. lid. to 17s. Id.: good ewes, 15s .to 15s. 6d.; plain, lte., : 14s. '6t1.; medium wethers, 17s. 2d.: plain, 15s. 6(1. to 15s. 8(1.; prime iambs, 14s. to "4s. 4t1.; medium lambs, 12s. 6d. to 13s. 6d. -, Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report having held a, successful clearing sale of slicsp, etc., on behalf of Mr. George Sargent at his farm, I'ukctoi, Pongaroa, The sheep were of good quality, and sold very well at pricos well above market rates. Tho attendance was good, considering tho .exceptionally cold aud wet weather. Quotations: 4 and 6-tooth ewje, 145.; fullmouth ewes, 6s. 4d.; 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 16s. Id.; good mixed shorn lamb p. 9s. 7d.; others. 7s. Id.; harness mare, £8 12s. 6d. Oil behalf of Mr. S. Sargent—Shorn lambs, 7u. Id.; full-mouth, ewes, 6s. Id. and 6s. 2d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report on their Pahiatua sale, held on Tuesday, as follows:—Wo offered- an exceptionally heavy yarding - of cattle, over SCO head, and a fair yarding of sheep. Tho cattlo wore mostly 18-month and 25-year steers, although all classes were represented. The demand was good for 2i-year' steers, practically all selling under the hammer; 18-month steers met only fair competition, but wo effected several sales privately. Wc have to, report a. satisfactory sale, a. largo clearance being made. Quotations:—3J-year bullocks, £5 19s. to £6; 3-year steers, £5 Es. to £5 lis.; good 25-year steers, £5 to £5 Bs. 6d.; others, £4 lis. to £4 145.; good 18-mouth steers, £4 4s. 6d.; others, £3 ss. to £3 145.; good weaner steers, 255. to 355.; fair sorts, 17s. to 205.; fat cows, £4 18s. to £4 195.; empty cowb, £2 Its. to £3 10s.; cows in calf; £4 4a. to £4 ICs.; Ilolstcin-cross weaner heifers, £2 To. 6d. Sheep: Two-tootli wethers, 13s. 3d. to 13s. 6d.; good .shorn lambs, Bs. 8(1.; sound-mouth ewes, Bs. to B*. 6d, Tho Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—We. submitted a- very fair entry ■of slieap to a, gocij -attendance of buyersat Solway on Tuesday. Competition )vas hardly so keen aa at th» previous sale,' and wo passed in. several lots under tho hammer, but with the exception of two small lines wo mado a- total clearance afterwards. Good forward owes made from S\s. Cd. to lis.; cull ewes, 6s. 3d. to Bs. Id.; small 2-tooth owes, IPs.;, cull lanibp, 6s. 3d.; 2-tooth wethers, 145.. 2d.; dairy cows, to £7 7s. fid. • ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. - - (By Telegraph.—l'ress Association.! Christoliurch, April 9. The' yarding of stock, especially of sheep of all classes, .was again a very large ono at Addingt-on, and there was a. good attendance. Stfero : slieep maintained,a strong demand, and fat lambs advanced about' 9d. per head. Fat sheep were firmer, and fat cattlo were irregular,' hut prices, on the wholo, were better. Fat pigs sold at n.bout last week's rates. Storo cattlo wero dull of sale, but there was keen demand for dairy cows at higher prices. Storo sheep: Ewes, good average sorts, 16s. 6d. to 18s. 6d.; special quality. 18s.' 9d. to 205.; email and inferior, 13s. to 155.; 4-tooth, 12s. to 165.: 2 and 4-tooth, 13s. 6d. to 165.; 2, 4, 6, and 8-tooth, 135.-6 d. to 145.; 4,'6, and 8-tcoth (good), 14s. 6d. to 16a.: 4 and 6-tooth, 15s. to 18s. 9d.: fresh sound-mouth, good lines. 15s. to 17.8. 6d.; medium,: Us. 6d. to 14s. 10d.; full and fail-ing-mouth, 9s. 6d. to 13s. Id.; aged -sorts, Bs. 6d. to ICs. Lambs: Best forward rapo Borts, 13s. 6d. to 14s. 6d.; medium, 12s. to 135.; good average sorts, lis. to lis. 6d.; fair,.-to lis.; small, 9s- to 9s. 6d.; culls, 6s. 3d/ to Bs.; wethers,-.; forward sorts, 14s. 6(3.' to 17s. 6d.: and small 2-tooths, 12s. The sales included the following lines:— Prices for fat lambs showed an. advance ■of about 9d. per head, and wero equal to SJd. to 53d.- per lb. Tegs made 17s. 6d. to 21s. 6d. ; ordinary freezing weights, 15s. to 17s. 9d. : and lighter, 13s. 9d. to 14s. 9d. The yarding of fat sheep again totalled about 6000, the quality generally being good to prime. Tho Tango of prices was: —Prime wethers,, 19s.'6d. to 225. 7d.; lighter, 14a. Bd. to 195.; prime ewes, 16s. 6d. to 21s. 6d.: medium, 145., to 165.; aged and light, 10s. to 13a. 6d. Tho entries of fat cattlo totalled 235 head. Tho sale opened at prices on a par witli those ruling on April ■ 2. but as the 'market proceeded the demand was erratic, though, compared with tho previous weok, prices showed an'advance of Is. per 1001b., malting 225. 6d. to 31s. per ICOlb. Steera made £7 7s. 6d. to £11; extra, to £15; heifers, £6 15s. to £9; extra, to '£11 155.; and cows, £5 23. 6d. to £10 l(\s. . Store, cattle: 15 to 18-months sorts realised £2 15s. to £2 17s. 6d.: 2-year steers, £5 75.: 25-year, heifers, £4 75.; 2J-yca.r heifers. £4 155.: 3-vear steerß, '£6 lis.; 3-year heifers, £4 Bs. 6d. to £4 10s.; cows, £1 10s.' to £4. Dairy cows mads £4 to £8, and up to £15 for. extra- good sorts. An average entry of fat pigs met with a good ■ demand,' prices being about the same as for the previous weolc: . Choppers made £3 to £5- Bs.; heavy baconors. 70s. to' 74-?.;.. lighter sorts, 5S=. to 655. Tito-c prices wero equal to s>d. to 6d. per lb. Heavy porkers rco.lised 475. to 525.; lighter sorts, 38s. to 455., equivalent to 6d. to 6id. per lb. Storo pigs: Large sorts realised 38s.- to 455.; medium, 28s. to 375.; and email sorts, 20s. to 265. .. . ; BTFRNSIDE MARKET. Ounodln, April 9. Tlioto was a full yarding of fat cattlo at Burnsido to-day, 220 head being penned. Tho entry consisted chiefly of medium quality bullocks' and .'heifors, with a few pens of good.cattle. Owing to the number forward, prices showed no improvement on last week's rates. Best bullocks, £11.10s. to $12 10s.; extra, to £14 17s. fid.; medium to good, '£10 to £11: light, '£8 ICs. to £9; best cows and lieifcrs, £8 10?. to £9 155.; extra., £K; medium to good, £6 ICs. to £7 10s. Fat sheep: There was a- fairly large yard-, fug, tile entry totiUing 3337, these consisting chiefly of medium weight- wethers and ewes, with a- few peii3 of heavy sheep. Pricos for prime sheep were better than those ruling, last week, but, for medium and light-wciglits, there was little improvement. on last week's rates. Prime wethers. 20s. to 235. 6d.: extra, to 305.; medium to good, 184. to 19s. 6d.: light.'l6s. to 175.: prime ew<a, 18s. to 205.: extra, heavy, to 285.; medium to good, 12s. 6d. to Fat lambs: 2027 penned, consisting cliicfly of good quality animals. Freezing buy-' firs were operating freely, and prices wci'o fully canal to last week's rates. Best, 18s. 6d. to 205.; extra good, to 255. 3d.: medium to food, 15s. 6d. to 17s. 6d.; light, 13s. toxl4s. 6d. . ■ Pigs: 55 fat pics and 60 stores wero yarded. Prices for baconors and porkers were a-' shade better than last week's rate', and storo pigs also sold well. Suckers, 13s. to 175.; slins, 17s, to 245.; stores, to ?Bs.: norkors, 335. to 455.; light baconors, 555.; lu-avy, to 725.