LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1732, 24 April 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

JliKSf.? Dalgety und Company. Limited, Wellington, report nt* follows on their W.-u-Kanae t-ttle, held on Tuesday:-We oirorcil '.'""'j; °f botjl sheep and eat-tlc to a. Rood attendance of buyer,*, and dismal of most lines under llic hammer and priJ.ite'ly <it, the fallowing prlces:-CuH ewes. 1;",... m - v ; vc!,> tr > Gs -: two-tooth «others, to 17s. <d.: heifers. £3 to .65 lr».: Store cow?, to £2 lCs.i wcaner steers, to Ste. llessm Dolci'ty and Co.. Mil.. report as follow:—\\ o held our weekly sale at AVciipuliiiraii on April 22, when wo offered a •■<lllllll entry of sheep ond cit.tlc to n, fair ■•ilteiida.m-e. of buyers. Valuer all round were about on a par wilii late (imitations, venclmv being inclined to ueeept marlict value. We elcared practically our whole entry, (-'ales were effeeted as fotftiw : • <511 s.in. owes ill lamb. 10s.: ECO two-tooth uetlirrs, 13;;.: 175 eull cwc£\ 2s. 9d.; J.vl do., ■is. 3d.; 10 eichlcrn-nionlh heifers. .05 lis.: 10 eighteen-month sleriv. £3 10s.: 37 we.iner sleer.? and heifers. X 2 18s. (id.; 24 do.. £2 12s. 6d.

-I ho A'nw Zealand Loan <tnd .MorcanHle agency Company, Jit'l. fMnslerton branch', report:—We had a very fair entry of sheep a.l. holway yeslecday, and there was a good attendance of httyers, but eomnetition " a hardly r.-j keen ns at- the previous sale, several lots were pulsed in al. unction, but we managed lo unit most ef them aflei wards, i'a.ir.eontlitioncd ewes, made from Bs. lo 9s. 5d.: cull do.. ss. 3d. lo 7".; medium lambs,, 7s. IS. to 7s. 7d. Messrs.- Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report oil their Joknsonville sale as follow,'!:—A good entry of prime bullocks and a medima yarding of sheep came forward, and soltl at. Hie rate.,:—Kxtra, prime heavy bullocks, £12 55.; prime heavy bullocks. £11 lo £11 7.-. 6i1.; lighter, ,£9 17s. Ed. lo .£lO 10;.; vcslers 21s. 6d. to 295.; light wethers, 16s. lCd. to 17s. 7d.: small light. 16?. Id.; prime ewes. 16s. 4d.: medium ewes, 14s. 6d. to IE?.; plain. Ms.: prime woolly lambs, lfe. 6d.; prime (thorn lambs. 13s. 2d. ALDINGTON' STOCK SAI.KK. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, April 23. At tlio Arlington live etock market today there were again heavy yardings of sheep of all classes, and a- good entry of fat. cattle, htoro sheep mid up to the level of last week's sales, and fat lambs sold well, but irregularly, while fat. pigs wore easier. >'at wethers t-oitl at about last, week's rates, but owes were easier. Store e.'iicep: Ewes, two-tooth, average lines, 17s. to 18s.; small and inferior twotooths (culls), 12«. lOrt.; two, four, and lmxlootli, 14s. to 155.; two, four, six, and eighttooth, '12s. to 14s.'Ed.; four, six, and eighttooth, Ms.' to 15s. Ed.: extra, to I&=\ 2d.; four mid six-tooth, to ss. lOd.; six and eife-ht-t.ootli. to ss. lOd,; «six and eight-tooth, Kii. 3d. to 16s. 3d.; four and live-year sorts, 155.'7 d.; fresh sound-mouth sheep (good), 14s. Sd. to lfe'. lid.; medium, 13s. to 13s. 6d.; inferior. 12s. to 12s. 9d.: full, and failingmouth, 9s. 9d. to 11c:. 6(1.; aged, 9s. to lis.; culls. 4s. 6d. to 7s. 3d. ,

litimbs: Forward rape torts, 13?. 6d. to 14s. 9d.; extra, to 15s. lid.; medium rnpe Inmbi*, 12:?. 3d. to 13s. 3d.; avcrnco ttorc?, lis. to lis. 9d.; medium. 10*. to Ids. 9d.; small, 9?. 6d. to 1(K; halfbrcd wcthen*. 7s. lid.'for small sorts, and to lis. for sond linos; ewe lambs, to 16s. 6d.* for the beat, and other? 13s. 3d. to 14»j. 6d.: wsthcry, four Kix'tooth (forward), 16s. to 16s. 9d.; medium, to 15s. 6d.; two and four, botli Imodium). 13s. 6d. 10,13h. 10d.; two-tooth (good), 15s. 4d. to 16. 1 ?. 6d.; -small and inferior, Uf>. 6d.; four-tooth (averoj?u), 15«.; mnrinos, 10s. 3d.

Fat lambs: The fluctuation was equal, to about Is. Sti. per head, the prices per lb. ranging from 53d. to 5Jd. ' A few show lambs on behalf of .Ur. Jas. Little. (Dalmeiiy I'ark) sold up to 265. 6d. Tecs made tßs. 6(1. to 225. 9d.: ordinary freezers, 16s. to lEi).:/lighter, lis. to !ss. 6il. Fat Kxtra prime, to 375. sii.: prime. 19b. 6d. to 235. 10d.; lighter, 14s. 3d. to 195.; merino v.-ethcre, 16s. sd. to 235. 3d.; extra prime ewes, to 235.: prirno, 16s. 6d. to 2ts. 9d.: medium, 15s. to 16s. i aped and light. 12s. 6d. to 13s. 9d.

Fat, cattle: ,Steers realised £8 ss. lo £12; extra, to £15 55.; heifers, £5 ss. to .£9 55., cows, £5 12s. Ort. t0..£9 lEs.

Store cattle: Fifteen to olffhtecn-month soi'ty realised £3 ss. to £4: two and a half-year steers. £5; cows, £2 to £3 15s. Dairy cows mado £3 10s. to £11.

iat, pigs: Choppers, £3 to £5 7s. 6rf.; heavy, baconers, 60s. to 715.; lighter sorts. 50c.'. to 575. 6d. These prices were equivalent tto 4?d. to 's}d. per lb., according to iiuality. Heavy porkere brought 38s. to Ms.; lighter, 335. to 37.-. These rates wcro equivalent to Sid. per lb.' Large stores realised 30s. lo 465.; medium sorts, 225. to 295.: pmuli stores, 13s. to 215.: weaneri?, •Bs. to 12s.

llUftttSIDK MARKET. Dunoriin, Anril 23. There were 180 fat cattle yarded at.Hum•side to-day. consisting chiefly of cows and heifers, with a, few liens of medium goodquality bullocks. Butchers' stocks were heavy, and priccs all round were coaeidcrably below last week's rates, flood bullocks, £10 lCs. to £11 10s.; extra, to £1Z 155.; medium, £9 to £10; light, £7 10s. to £9; good heifers. £7 10s. to £8 55.; medium, £5 10s. to £7. Fat sheep: 3857 penned. A good proportion of the entry consisted of aged and inferior ewe.?. l'rime ewes and wethers '■'aid at prices on a par with last week's rates, hut light- and inferior sheep' were Is. fid. to 2-. easier. Prime wethers, 225. 6:1. to 215.; extra, to 275. 3d.; medium. 2Cs. to 21s. 6d.; light. 18s. to 19s. 6d.; prim.", ewes, 20s. to 21s. 6d.; extra, to 29e.; medium to good, 18s. to 19s. 6d. * Fut lambs: 26C0 penned. The quality of the yarding was not so good as that of last week. Owing to the. large consignluents coming forward as a result of private transactions there was a prospect of to-day's purchases not beiiiff killed for some days, and consequently exporters were not operating as freely as usual. Prime, 17s. to 18s. 6d.; small pen of extra heavy, 255. 3d.; medium. 15i-. lo 16s. 6d.; light, and inferior, 13s. 9d. to 14s. 6d.