LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1798, 10 July 1913, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Meters. Dalg'ety. and Co.. report:—At our Wanganui sale to-day we yarned 1900 -sheep and 50 cattle, and. barring cattle, we effected total clearance under the hammer. Breeding owes show a- rife on previous prices We quote:—Fat and forward cwos, 15«. Bd.: mixed hogget-?, IC*>. 3d. to lis.: full'mouthed »wos in lamb. 16a. lid. to 18s. Sd.: two-tooth ewes, in lamb, 16^.; mixed-aged ewe?.* 12?. lCd. to 155.; lamb?, 6s. sd. to 10s. 3d. Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report a? follows on a- clearing <sUe of dairy cattle held by them yesterday at Happy Valley on. account of Mr. E. lfeavis and Mr. K. 11. Smith:—The cows, which wero mainly spring calvers, carao forward in good condition, and were offered to a large attendance of buyers. Competition was good, and wo were successful iTi selling everything under tho hammer at the following prices: —Cows, due July, £5 55.. £10, to £10 10?.; cowi*, due August, to £6: cows, due September, £5. £5 5?., £5 12s. 6d., £6 Es., £6 12s. 6d., £7, £7 2s. 6d., to £8; cows, due October, £4 5e., £4- 106., £5 7s. 6d., £6, £6 55.. £6 10s.. £6 16*.. to £7 2s. 6d.; cows in calf, £3 10 s. to £4 Is.; empty cows, to £4; springing heifers. £5 to £5* 12«. 6d<; heifers, r.w.b., £3 17s. 6d. to £4 Gs. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited Teport having offered a small entry of sheep at tho Sol way sale, all lines of which changed hands at lato marke't rates. Tho following is a list of prices realised:— Cull lambs, to 63.: medium lambs, to 95.; fat owes, to 17s. 4d.; store cows, £Z 6s. Tho' New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—Wo held our weekly sale at Pahiatua on Tuesday, when wo offered a fair entry of sheep, and every lot changed hands to the entire' satisfaction of vendors'. We cold cwo hoggets to 12*. lid.; mixed hoggets, to lis. lOd.; smaller sorts, to ics.; two-tooth wethers, to 165.;

breeding owes (mixed flees), to 14e. 10d<; souud-moulli ewes, to 9«. 6d. The N.Z. Loan nnd Mercantile Acency Company .report:—At Sohvny on, Wednesday we had a satisfactory yarding of sheep, which wo submitted to a large attendance of buyers. Competition was again keen for all classes, and we are pleased to report a good clearance'at increased, rates. Two and four-topth wethere made from 16a. lOd. to 19=.; two-tooth ewe?, in lamb, 13s. Id.; four, eix, and full-mouth ewes iu lamb, 18s. 9d.: aged do., Bs. to 9s. 3d.; culls, 7s. Id.; woolly lambs, 7s. Id. to 13s. 9d.; sllorn lCs. .10(1. to lis. Messrs. Abraham and William#*, Ltd., repart on their Johnsonvillc tale as fol* lowa:—A good entry of bullocks and c. heavy entry of cheep came forward.'Sheep ©old readily at advanced rates, whilst bullocks were not in great demand. We quote —Prime bullocks. £11 l£s. to £12 2s. 6d.; lighter, £10 las. to £11 7s. 6d.; prime vealera, £3 03. to £3 55.; lighter, £2 15e. to £3; prime heavy wethers, £1 -Is. to £1 4s. 2d.; prime wet-here, £1 3s. 3d. to £1 3s. 6d.; extra; prime- owes, £1 1?. Bd.; prime ewe?, £1 Os. 2d. to £1 os. 6d.; light ewes, 195.; prime lambs, 145.; good lambs, 13s. Messrs. Abraham, and Williams, Ltd., report 03 follows oil their Pahiatua stock pale:—We offered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. All the sheep sold under tho liammsr at advanced values, breeding ewes in particular soiling well. Tho bulk of the cattle changed hand* at late rates. Quotations; Young ewes in lamb, 150. to 17s. 5d.; sound-mouth ditto, 12s. 9d. to 14s. 5d.; forward wethers, 175.; good hoggets. 123. to 12s. Bd.; others, 6s. 2d., Id., to 9s. lid.; epringing heifers. £5 to £6 155.; forward empty cows, £3 15s. to £4 55.; store cow©, £2 to £2 65.; good weanere, £2 65.; eighteen-month steers, £3 125.; bulls, to £3 155. ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ' Christchurch, July 9. At the Addington live stock market there were fair entries of stock, and a good attendance. A sharp rise took place in prices of fat cattle. St-ore sheep and fat lambs showed practically' no change,' the offerin ce of the latter being mu<?h smaller than last t week. Vat «hcet» were firm at the previous week's prices, and fat pig-s eold well. Store sheep: Best forward hoggets made 14s. 4d. to 159. lid.; medium, 13s. to 14-s. 3d.; others, 12s. to 12s. 6d.; small half bred wether hoggets, lid. to IC*. 7d.; ewe hoggeta (average to good), 15s. 2d. to 189. Id.; and small sorts, 13s. 2d.; good local two-tooth ewes made £1 3s. fid. to £1 4s. ?.d.; four, eix, and eightrtooth sort?, 19s. 5d.; full-mouth, 17s. to £1; aged, l£s. 9d.; two, four, and sJx-tooth oversea ewes made IS?. Bd. to 19s. 6d.; six and eight-tooth, 14s. 5d.; arcd full but sound-mouth sorts, 12s. 4d. to 13s. Id. Local wethers made 16s. lOd.; iamb© (teg«s) made £1 Cs. 6d. .to £1 4s. 9d.; average weights. 17s. to 18s. lid.; and lighter, 13s. 4d. to 16?. fid. Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers, to £1 Ito ; prime, £1 le. 6d. to £1 Is. 6d.: others, 175., £1 Is.; extra prime ewes, to £1 165.; prime, 19s. to £1 4s. 3d.; medium, 16s. 6(3. to 18s. 6d.; aged and light, 14s. Id. to 165.; merino wethers, 16s. 9d. to £1 2s. 5d.; merino ewe 3, 13s. 3d. Fat cattle: Beef sold at prices equal to £1 7s. to £1 146. per 1001b.' Steers made £7 15?. to £12; extra, to £17: heifers, £5 17s. 6d. to £8; extra, to £12 155.; cow?, £5 7s. 6d. to £8 55.: extra, to £12. Store Cattlo: Yearlings. £1 135.; fifteen to eighteen-mont'hs sorts, £2 lCs.; and cows, £2 7". to £3 1&. Dairy cows sold at £3 10*. to £10. There ww 0. medium entry of fat pigs, which met with a free demand. Choppers made £3 10?. to £7; heavy baconers. £3 ss. to £3 145.; extra, to £4; and lighter, £2 12s 1 . 6d. to £3. equal to s£d. to 6d. per lb. Heavy porkers brought £2 6s. to £2 10?.; and lighter, £t 16s. to £2 4?., equivalent to 6d. to 6Jd. per lb. There was a. representative entry of storeo and a good sale. 'Larco made £1 18s. to £2 35.; medium, £1 Bs. to £1 165.; and small sorts, Ite. to £1 7*.; weatiors realised from It's. 6d. for small sorts to 17s. for extra good sorts. There was a good demand for sows in nig, but only a few were on offer. BUENSIDK MARKET. Dunedln, July 9. At Burnsido to-day 200 fat cattle wero yarded, chiefly medium to inferior quality with a email proportion of prime bullocks. Prime cattle sold at a slight advance on last week's rate, while other sorts were about the same as o. week ago. Primo bullocks, £13 10s. to £15; medium, £11 t<) £12 10s.; light,, £8 lOe. to £10; prime .heifer? and cows, £9 10s. to £11 10s.; medium, £/ 15s. to £9; light and inferior, £5 to £6

Fat sheep: 1 4612 penned, comprising a, large proportion of medium and unfinished sheep. Good-quality animalit met with. a. ready aalc, and realised up to last week's rates, but. medium quality declined 16. 6d. to 2s. per head, while unfinished dropjiad fully 1.3. Freezing buyers operated frtybly 011 llghtrireight nhecp of good quality. H<avy-weight wethers, £1 6s. 'to £1 83.: prime. £1 &. to £1 <s.; me<liuiii weight, 18s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.: lijrht, 17s. to IBs.; citra heavy ewes. £1 ss. 6d. to £1 fe.; heavy, 19a. to £1 Is.: medium, 14s. to 165.; llrht, lis. to lla. 6d.

Fat lambs: 1724 penned, mostly of medium and unfinished quality. Kwer.t cablegrams from London of an adverso nature had a. very material effect on tho market, buyers bavin? tho limits reducod in consequence, and prices enowed an all round doorcase of Is. 6d. to 2s. por head. No lambs of extra good quality co.tno forward. Good. 17s. 6d. to f.l; medium, 14s. fid. to 15*. 3d.,, light. 12s. 6:1. to !&■. •

Pips: 51 fat nnd 34 stores were penned. Prices for porkers and Imconers ware f-liuhtly easier than last week's biiih rates, this being no doubt duo to the better'supply. Stores met with a ready sale at laet week's rates.