LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1738, 1 May 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalget-y and Co. report:-At our nansanui sale yesterday wo yarded 3000 sheen, 200 cattle, and seven horses and cncotcd a good' clearance under tho hammer. Two-tooth ewep. in lamb. ICe. 5d.ofchers, 4s. to 6s. 6d.; two-looth wether- 1 9«" 11(1.; four and six-tooth wethers. 14s. ~ll<f ; f.m. wethers. 9s. ld ; : lambs, Bs. 9d. ; tulle! 7s. Bd.; fat- cows, £5 75.; forward cows! £4 10s.: two-yqar Hereford heifers, .£3 • 10= - other heifers. £2 Os. fid. to £2 10s.; wcai'iers, 245. 6d. to 295.; 'yearling hulls, £2 2». 6d. Tho horses comnrfeinn tho team realised from £15 to £19. Messrs'. Dalgoty ami Co., Ltd.. report on Jlr. 11. Percys clearing sale, held in Mr. Cornnge's yards, FernridEc. as follows:— Only (i limited number of buyers were present, but taking into consideration that It is tho off season of the year for dairy sales, prices realised must be considered liicilily satisfactory. The cows, vliicli were in low condition, sold at from £5 to .£7 155.. tho herd of 28 head avoraEinc £6 7s. 6d. Mixed weaners realised 255.; bull £3; yearling draught colt. £14 10s.; twoyear draught filly, £19 10s.; spring dray, £12 10s. implements and sundries sold at clearing sales rates. On account of other vendors we yarded and sold mixed-sex weaners to 255.; fat ond forward cows; to £4 17s. 6d.; forward cows, to £-4; two-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d. The New Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile Agcnc.v Co. (Maeterton branch) report.:—.\t fiolwny yesterday wc submitted a good entry of sheep t:> <tt good atfemlanco of buyers. With tho exception of forward lambs comnctitioii was rather dnLl. but wc managed to ciuit the hulk of our yarding. Forward lambs made from 9s. to lis. 7(1.; backward do., to 7c. 6d.; two-tooths, mixed sexo.?, lis. 2d. to 12s. 3d.; forward cmntv ewes, to 9,-. 10(1.: cull do., 4s. 6d.; aged ewes, in lamb. 6s. 9(1.; steer calves, 215.; heifer calves, 33?.; forward, empty cows. £3 10s. to £5; eighteen-month irtcers, £3 to £3 fis. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. renori:—At I?ji> nini on Tuesday we had a fair entry of sheen and ce-ttle. and have to report -a good sale at full rates. Sheep: Medium lam bp, Bs. 10d.; forward wethers, 15s. 9d.; two-tooth ewes, 13s. Id. Cattlo: Aged cows, 2Zs. 6d. to 375. 6d.; store cows, £2 95.; cows in calf. £2 to £3 35.; weaners, 245. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report. on their Johnsoiivillo sale held yesterday as follows:—A good yarding of prime, bullocks came forward, and a heavy one of shcijp. which sold at lute rates. Prime la-avy bullocks, £11 12s. 6d. to £12; prime bullocks, £11 to £11 ss. 6d.: lighter' £10 1&».: light. £9 ss. to £9 12s. 6d.; venlcrc. £2 55.: prime heavy wethers, 19s. 5d • plain wethers, 16s. 6il. to 175.; primo hcav'v ewes. \k>. to 16s. Gil.; prime ewes, 15s. 6ri. prime hnuhs. 12s. Ed. to 13s. 6d.: lighter. 11". 9d. to 12-. Messrs. Abro'nnm nnd Williams. Ltd., rcpor! n* fallows:-\Vn offered nn extra heavy yarding ot sheen and t> fair vat-din" of cattle. Tlio demand (or sheep w:i's el'rhtly caEier, ajid prices were conscaucat-

ly just a trillc lower. Wo, howevor, cleared the bulk of the yarding, only a Jew peni-« beius turned out unsold. Cattle sold at la-1-o rates. Quotation?: Two-tooth wot lien, 14s. to It*. Od; small do., Us. fid • youiiß owes (arnall), 10s. 1-, 11=. CJ.; Cno d sound owes in lamb, fc. fo 10.5.; others, 7c. to 8?. 6d.: Good-conditioned empty oweni Sp. 6d. to 10h\ 4d.; btoro owes, 7s. 3d. to 7s. 10d.; fat. owes, 14s, 9d.; woolly lambs, !\». 6d. to 10s. Bd.; sural! do., to. lid. to 10d.; uood shorn Jambs, Bs. 3d. to 9=l • mol dium do., 6s. f»d. to 7s. 9d.; small do., I*. to ss. 3d.; pood dairy cow, £9; heit'ern in calf, X-l 155.; store rows', 345. to £Z • weauers, 2fis„ 335., to £2 Is. for u*ood gorl.i« bulls, to X 3.

ADDINTiTON STOCK SAU'.S. (Dy Tclceraph.—l'reis Association.! Clirislchtirch, April 30. At Addington to-doy Micro was a liiriro entry of sheep of alt and, ,iu i]m Ktoro pens, were several consignments that, have i.-ouic lo hiind li.v htcamors durinir tho vyeei:. 'i'lic sloro sheep ninrliet sliowcii «■ slightly easier lone, tliough, ut l.lie fjimo lime, there was <i. strong dcmaiiil. Fat. Ja.nili3 were rather lirmer, and the fat sheep m.-rkot opened well, prices 11i nun; lion t being llnncr lor prime sheep, t'at pigs sold well at hi te rates, nnd I hero was a better demand for t-lorcs. As ut sevenil recent eales southern buyers were Ju inirly st.rong ovidencc.

Sloro sheep: These showed no vitriitMmi, sales being made on u par with the rules ruli.ni.-,a week earlier. Ewes, two-tooth, Ri. 3d. (for small) to 17s. fid.; two anil fourtooth, lis. to 1-Vi. led.; two. four, and sU and eight-tooth, lfe.: two, four. six. and e.iglit-tooth, to l'V.\ lid.; four, six, unit eight-tooth, 9s. sd. (for small) to 13s. 9d • four and 15s. led. lo Its. lid.: six and eight-tooth. 12s. 9d. to 19s. 2d. alio latter prico being obtained for an extra good line); sound-mouth sorb; (good), Ms. 3d. to 175.: sound-mouth, medium, Us. Id,; nound-mouth (inferior), lis. -Id.; full ond failing mouth, 9s. fid. to 10s.; aged sorts, Bs. to lie. 9d.: merinos. 3s. lOd.

Lambs: IkvL forward rape sorts, 13s. Til. to l&s. 6d.; medium rape. lUs. lo 13s. Cil.: good ftverago stores, lis. 6d. to lis. Jod.: medium stores, 10s. 3d. to Its. 3d.: (small stores, 9s. 6d„ and merino cwcii 12s. for small sorts; wethers, four and pix-iilolh (fonvard), 16s. 7d. to 17p. •Id.; four and sixtooth, 16s. 6d. to llis. 7d.; t.wo and fourtooth (medium), 15s. 'Id. to 15s. Ltd.: twotooth (medium), 15s. 3d., a.ud morinmi. 9s. 3d. There was an entry of 5975 fat lambs, as against 7948 lotst. wwk. There was keen competition for export, and prices for priuio lambs were lirnlar, mi.los being niado up to 6d. per lb. for medium weights ond up to 53d. for tegs. The range of prices was: Tesrs, 19s. to 235.; ordinary freezers, 16s. lo 18s. 6d.: light and uulinished (some of which wero taken by graziers), 13s. (o 15s. fid. Fat sheep: There wo.s again « very Jorgo yarding of fat sheep, hut prices wero llrmor throughout. For prinio wether owes tho ranee of prices was: Prima wothciv, 20s. to 255. fid.j lighter, 15s. 7d. to 19«. fid.; merino wethers, 205.; primo ewes, 17s. to 235. 6d.; medium, 14s. 6d. to lfe 6d.; aged and light, lis. to Us.; merino ewes, 9a. to lis. Fa t. cattle: These wore -represented by an entry totalling 254 hoad. At tlio opening of tho 6alo tliero were indications of slackness in the competition, hut, ero many pens had been submitted, the provioun week's level was attained, and the market continued uncha.ngcd till the olcso of tile sale, beef making 21s. to 295. per 1001b., "according to quality. 'Steers realised £6 to £11; extra, to £15 12s. 6d.: heifers, £7 to £8 155.: cows, £6 ss. to £10 2s. 6d.

Storo cattle: Only a small number of store cattle were yarded. Yearlings realised 335.: fifteen to eighteen-month sorts, £2 17s. 6d. to £3 55.; two-year steers, £5 12rS.; two-year heifers, £4 55.; three-yenr steers, £6 to £7 25.; tbrec-yoar heifcm, £5 155.; four and ilve-yoar steers, £8 to £8 86.; and cows, £1 10s. to £3 10s. Dairy cows made £4 10s. to £11 15s. 4d.

Thoro was a largo entry of fat pigs. Choppers reaJiaed £2 10s. to £4; and heavy baeoners £3 to £3 155., equal to 4d. to 43d. per lb. Lighter sorts mado £2 7s. 6cL to £2 155., equivalent to sd. to 55(1- per lb. Heavy porkers brought, 40s. to 4fe, and lighter sorts 325. to 375., this prico being equal to 5Jd, to 5Jd. per lb. There was a good entry of stores, and the demand for the small sorts showed a marked improvement- as compared with the previous week. Tho heavier pigs, on tlio other Hand, wero unchanged. Largo stores made 365. to 425.; medium, 255. to 355.; small, Ifa. to 24a Weaners brought 12s. for small sorts to 16s. for Eood pigs.

BUItNSIDE MARKET. fßy Tolegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedin, April 30. At Burnside today 135 fat cattle wero yarded, the bulk of which were mediumweight -steers -and Rood to medium cows and heifers. Owing to tho small supply {hero was a fair demand, and prices were, if anything, better than last week's rates. At tho end of the sale they advanced fully £1 per head. Prime bullocks, £12 to £14 10s.; medium, £10 to £11 55.; light, £8 to £9 55.; best heifers and cows, £9 to £11 12s. 6d.; medium, £7 to £-0;. light and inferior, £4 10a. to £6.

Fat sheep: 3800 penned, a fail* proportion of which were heavy to medium-weight, wethers. The sale opened with a very slack demand for medium wethers aiid ewes which, on an average, sold at Is. per head beloiv'last week's rates. The demand was somewhat irregular, and at times medium and inferior ewes wero very unsaleable. Prime heavy-weight wethers wero in good Tequest at laet week's rates, and, at the end of the sale, were decidedly dearer. Extra, heavy wethers, 265. to 28s. 9d.; Eood, 225. to 245.; medium, 18s. 6d. to 215.; light, 14s. 6d. to 175.; extra heavy ewes, 225. to 245. 9d.; good,'l7s. to 205.; medium, 1&>. to 165.; light, Bs. 6d. to lis.

Fat. lambs: 3500 were penned, the bulk of which wero of good to medium quality. Owing to a report of the fall in values in London, tho demand was not so keen, and prices were, on an average, about, Is. per head lower than laet week. Bc6t, 18s. to 2Da.; good,. 16s. to 175.; lieht. 14s. to -15s.

Piss: Tho yardiDE was exceptionally email, tlicro beinpe only 42 stores and small sorts, and 24 fat pisrs. _ Tho latter met with very keen competition on account of tho small entry, and all sold at liish prices. Stores, . slips, and suckers were also in fair demand, and realised fully last week's rates.