LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1816, 31 July 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Tho New Zealand Loan and ■ Jforcontilo Agency Company report;—Wo had o fair entry of sheep unci <*. large one. of dairy cov;*» -at» Sohvuy on Wednesday, Thoro was a i-arse attendance of buyers, and competition for the sheep was fairly keon. thoujcii (O'.tg wero rather dull of sale, nut nevertheless wo mado a good cl£>arantfo at.- the following rale 3 els, and owes made .61 2s. Id.: coort owes, 6d. to 19--.; two-tooth ewej -and wether- 15*. 6d.; small fcoKsrotf. 9=. 6d.; dairy cows, £4 13?. to £6 and a line of two-vcnr-ald Jcmey' heifers, £5 Inf. AVe alto offered on account of J. frtav nor?©?, implemeuit'3, I'.nd sundries, which , mot watli a ready ffa'e,' w? dmuslit lioico, ; dx-year do., year do., £&i and others from && to £35. , Jlcpstra. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on tfne.ir JohnsonvilJc fale held yeslerrt&y as follows :-A rrcod yardini? of pyrc-o cattle <u:d sheep cfl-mo fonvard, Tho demand wnts pood and pr:oo> were very fair. Some extra primo licxivy bullocks aivl sheep 'sold on account of Mr. F. fe. M'K-ae, of Palmoraton. North, inadc rpcord i>rico». Tins bullocks ma-ite from £19 lte. to £20 to £31. and tho c'wep realised a:< follows :-Wot.hers. 455. to 465.; ewes, 38a. to «i. OtSl«r cattle and sheep renlieed tho • folio win" nrico.*:—'Prime bullocks, £12 lC»."to £12 J7s. 6d.; JiuhtCT, £11 to £11 ' 12m. 6d.; prime cow#. £8 l?s. 6d. aud £6 10; to £6 153.; pnime, .-54 176. 6d.; prime hoivy wethers. 265. to Ms. C-d.; cstrn, jirimc, 27.-,- 3d.; prime woMiors, ; ext-ra prime lv-avy owc«, 26i. 9:1.: nriiuo heavy ewes, 2Js. to 23k.' 2d. to 25.?. 6(1.; prime lambs, lJj. 6d. to 14?. 3[o°=irs. Abraham and WiUia-ms, Ltd., Pahiatua, report on their Woc-dviMe enJe, held on Monday, as followsWe offered a lai'iie yardin® of fihzsp and oatWe to a eood attendance of buyers, olid he.vo to Jr-po't- practically o total clearance fl-t the followini; prUmsi-Emply owes, to lis.; cull e-,ve.-i, in ki-inb, lis-. 3d.; fat and for-va-d ewes, 17s- Id.: mixed two-tooths, to 17e." 3d.; eive hosset*. to 13s. Od.; cull hoKEl'ts. Bs. 7d. to f-it <o\vs, to £5 12e. 6d.; S<ore cows £1 to £2; mi.xe-d yearlmss. £1 l<s-to £1 18s. 6d.; spninsins hoifers. £C lte to £8; empty h«dferi, to £3 ss. Tne date of the sprin-aiiu heifer sale odvertiscd for Wocdville yarda for Außuet 7 htio been poitpoii;-! to Friaoy, Auirust S.

,Mc«sre. Abraham &vA Willbmn, Ltd., renorton their Pahiatua stock sale, held on TuesdayWe had a very heavy yardinj? of both sheep and ri l .Me, iiK-luduiK two rtoiry herd?. The J>idd.in"i on tho whole lor cheep and cattle tvai f.'lierlitly easier, hoth ©wes ond filmv.in?: c de-line on late rates. We (iuoVj o? • follows:--Two-tooth ewes, .in lamb, 18a. 3d. to 19e.; four, six-tooth, and f.f.in. ewes m lamb, las. to 17s, 3d.; cull ewes in lamb, to 9s. 3d.; ewe .hoKK f '^' = » 93. 3d., cd., to 13.?.. wcthoi hofficots, K te. 10d„ to 95.; mixed'hoffccts, lis, 6d.. 123,, 125. 7d., to 12s. 9d.; store row?. £2, £2 10s., £3 5?., to £4: dairy cows, £6 155.. .£7, to £10 10-,: heifers in colt, £6 to £7 lC.v: weaner st-eers. 13-f. to £1 65.; weaner hsifcM, £1 6d. to £1 J9h.; 17 cows, sold on behalf of Mr. Janice ljrpe. mado Mio good average of £7 6d. The same* lirm, in eonjuw-'tioii with the New

Zealand Loan end Mercantile Agency Co., report having held a- highly ftueecssfu] s'-ale on behalf of Mr. J. Todd, Papatava, when they offered the /whole of Iris dairy herd to a good attendance of buyers. The rows were in spleudid condition, and the majority are early calvers. the whole herd niakintr an average of £8 1C3., the top price being' £11 2s. 6d. Karly calvere. £0 2s 6d. to £11 2c». fid.; later sorte, from £6 to £9; late calvers.'£4 to £5 15s. j heifers in calf, £4 to £8 17s. 6d.; luicks, to £9. ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. (By Telegraph—Prctss Association.) Christchurch, .Tuly 30. At the Addinjton live slock market today there were lnrce entries of fat cattle ond shee-p, and moderate in other departments. Fat cattle, though. entered in larjje numbers, sold well. Tho few fat lambs penned brought Jatc rates. Store nheen were in active demand, and fat fc-heep showed an -advance. Th*To wca no change in fat piers. Store sheep: Ewes, two-tooth, 20s. lid.; six and eight-tooth? (medium), 155.; sioundmouth, 15a. lid. to 19s. od.; ased eorts, 12?. to 17s. 3d.; merino cwea. with lambs, all counted, Bs.; hogperto, beet, Ife. to 165.; extra, to l€s. 9d.; fair to pood, 14s. -to 14=;. 9d.; medium, 13s. 3d. to 13s. 10d.; small, 13.?.: ewo Itogprots, 16s. 4d. to 18s. 2d., vothers, four and six-tooth (forward), 19s. 3d. to 20s. Id.; two and four-tooth (for-w?.-d). 19e. 9d. Odl.v 1024 fat lambs were nenii?d-. Bet-* lambs made Ifo. 6d. to 20s. 9d.: and others, 14.5. Bd. to 163. There was a larjjs yarding of fat sheep, totillin? between. 6009 and 7000. Extra prime wef.hors, to 305.; prime-. 223. 6d. to 275. 6d.; lighter, 393. ld._ to 225.; merino wether?. 15s. to SCs-.j prime owes, 19s. to 25*.: others, 15*. £d. to l&v 6rl. Fat- ccittlc: Stows realised £9 10?. to £11 55.; extra, to £27 ICs.; heifers, £6 17s. 6d. to'£9: extra, to £14; and cows, £5 17s. 6d. to £10 17?. Gd. Store <»ttlc: Fifteen to eighteen-months. £2 16?.; two and a half-year hoifers, £4 155.: three-yonr steers. £7 ICV\; cows, £2 to £5 10s. Dairy cows made £4 to £11. Fat -jMfrs: Choppers, £4 to £5 ICo.; heavy Ivicouers. 655. to 7(V=.; smaller, 525. 6d. to 605.; extra, to 795, These prices wore equal to 55d. ptT lh. Heavy porkora brought <2?. to 50i ; v. and lighter 553. to AC?.. eauivato 6Jd. nor lb.. Store nigs, Xn.Tge sort*. 30*. to 4) s. 6d.: medium, £Bs. to 375.; small sorts, 225. to 27.3.; weavers. 14s. to 21s. BUENSIDE MARKET. Duncdln, July 30. . Th-ero was a small yarding of fat cattle at Burnsidc to-day, only 156 being penned. These raid under keen competition at prices «abouit 15s. to £1 in advance of last week's T&tes. Best bullocks made £12 to £14, oxtra. heavy to £16, others £10 to £11 ltt?. Best cows and heifers, £9 10s. to £10 10.*.; extra, to £12 10s.; others, £6 to £8. Fat tjhoep: 2179 penned: This small yard.i.ng consisted mainly of good-Quality wethers with an, odd pen of owes. Butchers' eta?l«i9 woro light, and coii?equuntly coiripetiitionj was keen thTouj&out, the Palo Twicce being 2s. higher than thoaa ruling last week. Prime wethers. £1 ss. 6d. to £1 Bs.; extra heavy, to £1 10s.; medium wethers. £1 ?.s. to £1 4s. Gd.; others, 19s. to £1 Os. 6d.; prime ewes, £1 2s. to £1 55.; extra heavy, to £1 lis.; others, 163. to £1. Lambs: <00 penned. Tho usual number of oxport buyem were oper.Tting, but bid*din» w3.5 indifferent, and there was no appreciable change in prirc.3. Prime, 17s. to lfls. 9d.; extra., to 19s. 6d.; medium, 15s. to 16s. 6d.; tnifinasfrcd, to 146. Gd. Pig<s: 47 fat pigs and 33 stores were nenned. This was a small yarding, and a total clearance was effected at extreme rate-'. up to £5;. best b-aconers, to £4'15?.: medium do.', £2 15s. to £3 155.; porkers, £2 ss. to £2 12».; slips, to £1 16a,; suckers, to £1 ss.