LITE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1726, 18 April 1913, Page 8

LITE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dnlcety and Companv, Limited. Wellington, report having held a successful rlearliiß'i-nlc on behalf of Mr. J. (J. foynter, of To lloro. ycetordny. The herd came forward in very cood condition, .null competition was keen throughout for nil classes. V,'v. sold nil lines offered under the hammer lo Hie owner.,' p::tisfa<tion. Nt the. following'' prices- :—Cows in milk, from , £'1 10s. to £11 17s. 6ii.; r.ftcen-ninnth hei'fees, to £5: spriusiiic hcifris. £5 17t». 6d. to £8; wcauors, to £2 1;.; bulls, [ 0 £5 ss. Hcssrs. Dalpcty and Company, Limited, report, on their Solway wile es follows:— We, offered a medium entry of sheep lo a sood altcndancc of buyer;, and <v cood clcaranco resulted at the' followinc list of price* :—Sieall shorn lambs, m. to 7s. 6d.: aged ewes. 6s. to 7s.;'fair-conditioned ewn«, Bs. 6d. to Is. t&.; Rood-conditioned ewes, to 103. £d.: need ewes', .in lamb. Bs. 6d. to 9s. 7d.; small . t.wo-tooth wetheri". lis. fid.; sound cows.'at drop, to £10, 2s. 6d. The. New Zealand Loan'and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report, as follows:—We held our 'usual Pahautanui stock sale on Tuesday, when we offered a. very small entry of sheep to a. moderate attaidance of buyers!- Competition was not keen. but., we managed to quit the whole of the entry at eafisfactory price.;. F.m. ewea, to 9s. 9d.; ehorn lambs, to 4s. 9d. The' New &aland Loan end Jfercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:-Wc held 'our fortnightly Hutt sale at, our vo.rds yeat<»rda.y, when wo offered a small entrv of dheep and cattle to o. large'attendance of buyers. Bidding by auction was a. little dull, hut wo mo.na.Red to ouit tho bulk of our entry at prices satisfactory to vendors. Full-mouth ewes, to 7s. 6d.: fat cows, lo £5 7s. 6d.; dairy cows, to £7 155.; spring.ine heifers to £5 7s. 6d.;weaner calrea to 14s. 6d. . Messrs. Jomes Macintosh and Co. report having held their usual weekly eale in their TVa.ipoua (Mastertonl fialevards on Wednesday, when they offered a good yarding of elieep, but a/ very small yarding of cattle. The entry of sheep was lessened by 600 through sfr."Wm. Jensen's entrv not coming forward. Owing to the rough weather on Monday he was not able to muster. There was a. cood attendance of buyers present, ond bidding was' -brisk throughout the sole, and prices/realised were. Is follow:—F.m. emptv owes. 7c-. 4d M 7s. 6d.,- Bs. 13d., to 9=. 6r1.; two-tooth ewes. 14s. M.; cull ewes. ss. 4d. to £.?. Bd.; shorn lambs. ?<--. lOd. to 9s. i6d.; shorn lambs (small), is. 8d„ ss. Id., to 55.. Bd.; blackface lambs, Bs,. 10s.- 6d.. to Up. 9d.; forward ewes, S's. 6d., 10s. 6d. to !Zs. 4d.: twoyear steers. £4 55.: eighteon-months steers, £5 55.; emp':-y heifers,' £?/Y!a. '6d. - ■BDRKBIDE BTOCK MARKET. !By Tel«Bl-aph.-Press Association.) Duhedin, Anril 16. At Burnside to-day there was a full varding of fat cattle, 240 head being penned. The entry ennc-irted mainly of light-weight bullocks, at the beginning of the cale prices showed n. .drop of to. ?Cs., Os compared with last wc?k'r rites, and as the sale progressed the demand c'aekened. Gales being'very hard to effect. A large proportion of the yarding was pa'secl in. Best bullocks made f>om £10- -15s. !o ,C; 2 17s. '6d.; extra, to SAA: medium to good, £14: medium to good, £9 !03.'t0 £!0 10s; light, £8 to £9; best, cow-i and.heifers, £ lCs. to £8 It'!!.; extra, to £9 12-:. 6d.; mcdiii'O to good, £5 H's. to £7. Fat sheep: 400 n'ljra penned, and this ynrdiiip was largely ::: excess of blitchers' requirements. Prime wethers sold at prices much on a par with Iflft week's. rates, but medium and unfinished showed a drop of Is. to Is. M, Freezing buyers operated keenly-for ewes, 'and, consequently prices did not suffer to any .extent. ■' Ewes not fit. for freezing were a little caster. Prime, wethers, 21s. to 21=. td.;'extra, to 285.; medium to good. IPs. 6d. to 2Cs.; light, 16s. to'l7s. 6d.; prime ewes, I 10s; to 195.; eitra heavy, to 285.; medium i to good, 14a. 6d. to 165.; light. 10s. 63.'t0 j 13s. Fat lambs: There was a full'yarding. 2419 b;jng penned. The entry included a fjir proportion of good quality lambs. Last week's prices were fully maintained. I Best, 18s. to 2Cs.; extra good, to 225. 9d.; ! medium to-, good, 15s. to 17s. 6d.; light, I to Ms.

Pigs: 51 fats and 59 stores were yarded. Baconera and porkers sold at prices much on a par with late rate>?. The demand for stores was very slack. Suckcrs. 10s. to 15a.; flips, 15?. to 215.; store?; to 255,.6 d.: t>Srisers, 32e. to 455.; light bneonerc, to 555.;' heavy, to 80s.