LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1786, 26 June 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgi'ty and Co. (flannevlrko branch) report- liitviuir' lieltl a clearing tale on account of itr. S. Monzieii at .Makotul;u yeoterday, when they offered 212 heart of cattle ami 1600 slice]) lo :i lar-ru attendance of the public., Prices were a. [idle above recrnt rate;? at local slock rules. Four nntl six-tooth wether-, , 15s. 2((. Io 15s, 3d.; full-month ewes in lainlt, 8.-. 6d. to 10s. 9d.; mixed-aged ev.ti; in lamfj, ltd. to 15s. 4(1.: blackface hoggeta, Sd.: sound-mouth ewes 111 lonib, lis. 6cl. Cattle: Forward threeyear belters. £4 4s. 6(1.; empty three-yen r heifers, £o 6s. Io £3 lis.; .Shorthorn iidfers In calf, .£3 195.; mixed dairy heifers in calf. .-C5 17s. to £6 10a: two and u. halfyear steers, £<l 17s. 6d.; eighteen-month steen. 16s. Furniture and implements sold at market rates.

Mc-ssrs. Dalgoty and Company report:— At onr Wanganui sale wo yarded IEOO fliitep- The ynrdtntr consisted nrincinallv of ewes, and although tho demand for thin class was rot keen, we cleared the bulk of the yarding at a satisfactory figure. Wo quote;— I Two-tooth wet-here. 14s. 9d.; f.f.m. ewes, lis. 9d. to Its. Ltd.; mixed h'.mi;=, ss. 6d. to 110-; two, four, and tivrooth ewes, 13 s.

Messrs. Abraham onil Williame, -f.ttl., report as follows <m their Pahiutua Fate:— We offered an average yc.rding of both fiheep tinil cattle. The demand nudvnlmn were on a par with those of last wee!-;, mid we made pixK'tieally a total rte.-ir-ini e nf nil the sheep and cuttle. limitation-: - Fat ewes, 16;.,' empty cwc.?, 7<. 6d. (<> Us. W.i (orwtud wotheia, 16a. ujodivm

lamlw, 7s. 6(1. t» 9s. 3d.; email lauihs, os. to 4s. 7(1.; dairy cows, <£4 12?-:. Cel. lo .£6 17:?. 6d.; v.own in coif, i) 2 12>s. 6il. to £3 lbs*.; empty cows, .£2 Is. t-o 3% 6c1.; springing l hcvll'eif, to £6. jrc?sri. Abraham a?id Williams, Ltd., report on their Johusom'illo snlo :i« follows:— A good entry of prime bullocks and sheep eiinie forward. Both bullocks and f.iicep of good quality Jiave lately boon rclling <it advanced Inline bullock*. £11 b?. fo £tt 121 6d.; lighter, £10 10$. to £11; iisht. £9 Ife. t/> £10 fc. A lino of extra priinu vwiU'rs sold ot from £2 8?. to £2 16i. to £3 ifts.j extra, prime heavy wethers. £1 C?. 9d.; pvime* wethers, £1 9.;. 9d. t-o £1 4d. to £1 2s. 6d.: prime heavy ewes', l&-\ 5(1.; prime 17s. 6d. to 17?. ICd.; medium owe% 16s. 4d, to 16s. 9d.; prime iambs, 15«. Sd. x The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ajrency Company report;—At Solway, on Wednesday, we .submitted a very fair entry of sheep to a good attendance of buyers. Competition, was hardly so keon us at the previous tale, but we managed to make a jjood clearance. Woolly lambs mode from 95.-to 10s. <?d.: shoru-woolled lamb-.-, £?. 4d. to 9s. 6d.; cull lambs, to ss. jld. ADDIXOTON STOCK SALKS. ■liy Telegraph.--Pre*? Association.} Christcliurch, June 25. There were fair entries and n tfood attendanve at the Addington stocK sak». Fat pi?s were in goad demand. There wflrf a moderate yarding of i-.toro sheep, and kunbs represented a good proportion of the total. Ewes of various ages and classes formed the bulk of the remainder.

Tiie following prices are quoted;— Lambs, best. 14s. 3d. to 165.; medium eortf, 13s. talis. 10d.; inferior, lis. fid.; ewe lambs, 15s. Bil. to 16.'. 9d. A £pwial line of three-quarter-bred tour, six, and eight-tooth owe? brought. £1 &. fc'd. Homo cwos of big fume and in good condition (a good JineJ brought £1 'l-j. 4d„ and other eound-mouth-cd cwc.s made 13s. to 16s. Full and fail-ing-mouthed ' ewes sold at 15s. Merino ewes were quoted at gs. 6d., and wethers matb 15s. 6d. to 16s. lid. Of tho 3115 fat iiimbsj, the better class eold well up to ln.st week's rates. Tegs made £1 to £1 ss. 5d.; medium, 17s. to 19s. 6d.; and lighter, l«!s. to 16:. 6d. The yarding of fat sheep was about equal to Jast, wnek'i? in point of numbers and quality. The bulk of the offering was good to prime. The muge of prices was:— Prime wethers, £1 Is. 6d. to £1 Bs. 6(1.; lighter, 17*. to £1 Is.; prime owes, 19s. to £l 6s. 6d.; medium. 16s. to 1&«. 6d.; a god and light, lie, to 15s. 6d.; merino wethers, 16s. 3d. to £1 Cti. Bd. There was a good entry of fat cattle, chiefly of useful and prime sorts. An improvement in prices was shown to the extent of about Is. per 1001b., the range being from £1- 2s. 6d. to £l Us. 6d. per lfiClh. Steers ran from £7 17s. 6d. to £11 5a up to £16 15e.; heifers, £6 to £10 55.; cows, £5 ss. to £11. A fair entry of vealers came forward, and price* ranged from extra, £4; good sorts, £3 fo.;' down to Bs. for iuferior animals. There was a. poor entry of store cattle. Fifteen and ciglitecn-month sorts made £2 £s. and £2 &?.; two-year heifers, £3 155.; three-year steers, v£s 12a. 6d.; , and dry cows, £1 ICs. to £3 10s. Dairy cows mado £4 10s. Sd. to £12 ss. There was a moderate entry of fat pigs, but tney were in good demand. Suckers brought from £3 10s. to £4 lto.; baconere, £2 la?, to £2 18s.; prime, £3 2s. to *£3 10s.; extra good, £3 135.; a range from 5Jd. to ojd. per lb. Prices for porkers were:— Lighter lines, £1 18s. to £2 55.; heavier, £2 7s. to £2 ICs., or 6d. to 6}d. per lb. Largo stores inado £1 12s. to £1 18s. 6d.; medium, £1 6s, to £1 lis.; emaller, 18s. to ! £1 45.; and wcancrs, 12s. 6d. to 17s. j BUEffSIDE MARKET. i

Cunedin, June 25. At the Burnsido market to-d;iy 2C5 fat cattle wore yarded, only ci small number of which ivcre really iirime, the hulk being of medium to good riuality. There was a strong demand, and prices for prime <in:ility allowed an advance of from ss. to 10s. per head, v:hile other descriptions were firm -at last woclt's rates. Primo bullocks. £13 10.-. to .£ls 2s. 6d.; medium, £11 to .£l2 10s.; light, £B'los. to £10; prime heavy-weight heifers and cows, £9 lCt). to .£ll lEi-:.; medium, £7 15s. to £9; light, £5 to £6 15e. The fat sheep yarding to-day was on a more moderate scale, only 3050 being penned. The greater number were wethers of medium to pood quality, l'rime licavy- ■ weights were in rather short supply, aiid they sold at an advance of Is. to 'is. 6d. per head. l'rime wethers, suitable for freezing, were well competed for, and on the average about 6d. per head higher, while all other clashes were firm at last week's rates. Heavy wethers, £1 6s. to £1 Bs.; prime, £t 2s. 6d. to £1 4s. fid.; mediumweight, £1 to £1 Is. 6d.; light, 17s. to 18s. 6d.; extra, heavy owes, £1 6s. to £1 9e. 6d.; heavy, £1 to £1 Is. 6(1.; medium, 1f,5. to IBs. 6d.; light, lis. to 143. Pat lambs; The pens were filled, the entry totalling 3820, a large number of which were extra prime. There was a steady demand throughout.the sale, and although the prices were perhaps not ouite so firm as last week those obtained were highly satisfactory. In the case of light .and inferior lambs, the demand was not so strong, and prices showed a decline on last week's rates. Extra, heavy, £1 2& 6d. to £1 4s. 9d.; good, IBs. 6d. to £1; medium, 16s._ to 17s. 6d.; light, lis. to 15s. Pigs; There was a moderate entry of stores and small sorta, but an exceptionally meagre supply of fat pigs. Porkers and baconers were in short supply, and sold under keen competition at priccs that were highly satisfactory to vendors. Except for fair-sized stores and extra, good Rips, prices in this section wore somewhat below laio Quotations.