LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1822, 7 August 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report ae follows on tlieir stock caJe held at Otaki on Tuesday:—W r o had good entries of both cheep and cattle, and buyers wero well represented. Tho demand for rfheep woo very keen> end we disposed of all our lines under tho hammer at very satisfactory prices. Inquiry . for cattle was also good, with tho exception of dairy oows, which were somewhat cosier. Fat owes. to 18s. 6d.; fat lambs, to 165.; bogpete, 10s. lOd. to lie. 3d.; woolly hoggets, 14a. 6d. to log. Id.; ewes in lamb, 18s. 6d., 18s. Bd. to 15s. Id.; yearling steers, £2 4?.; eighteen-month to two-year steer?, .£3 12s. 6d., £4 10s. to £4 10s. 6d.; thre€*y«ur steers, £5 13s. 6d.; weanerc, 245.; fat cows, £5 7h. 6d. to.£6 75.; springing heifere, £5 16s. to £8 10s.; springing cows, £4 2s. 6d„ £6, £9, to £B , los. Horse, trap, and harness, £25 10s. Messrs. Dalgot.y and 00., Ltd., report:— At our Wangnjvui rale on Wednesday we had a fine yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle, and, with the exception of two email perns, effected a total clearance at prices which showed an advance on previous quotations. We quote:—F.M. owes in lamb, 16s. to 18s. 5d.; six-tooth and f.f.m. owes in lamb, 16s. sd. to 19s. Id.; fat wethcre, £1 2s. 6d. to £1 53. 3d.; fat ewes. £1 Is. 9d.; mixed hogget®, 7j. ,3d. to 135.; empty ewes, 165.; four and six-tooth wethers, 195. 3d.; two-tooth owes, 17s. 9d. to £1 2s. 3d.; wofclier hoggets, 155.; ewes in lamb, 14s. 6d. to 16s. 2d.; two-year heifers, £5; two-year 6teers, £4; weaner heifers, £2 Is. 6d. to £2 fe.; dairy cowi?, £7 to £8. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agoncy Co., Ltd., reports—We held ouir usual weekly eale at. Solway on Wednesday, when we submitted a-fair entry of dheop to a fair attendance of buyers. Competition was hardly so keen as at the previous Dale, but we managed to make a good olearanco at tho. following rates:— Forward wethers and ewes, 18s. 4d.; empty owes, 14s. 6d.; light fat ewee, 175.; forward lambs, IBs. 10d.; ewes .in lamb to S.D. and 1 Lincoln, rams, 14s. to 14s. 3d. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—Wo held our usual weekly tale In the Paliiatua Pamcra' yards-, on. Tuesday,, when/we offered a fairly large yarding of „botih sheep -and cattle to a" big attendance of buyers. Notwithstanding that there were several outside buyers present, the sale dragged at the opening, aud continued so throughout tho auction, and nearly every pen offered was passed in. However, 'privately afterwards, we disposed of the whole of our sheep at satisfactory prices. Cattle of all aeecrrp-. tiona came- forward In large numbers. These met 'with, no competition, and the bulk of them were turned out unsold. We sold mixed-age ewes to £1 1?. 6d.; eoundmouth cwos from 18s. 9d. to, 195.; forward empty ewes. to 16a. 6d.; fat wotliers, to £1 lis.; fat maiden ewes, to .£1 Is.; hoggets (mixed sexes), 12s. 6d. to 13s. 9d.; dairy cows' (spring calvers), to £6 12s. 6d.; oows in profit, to £6; springing heifers, to £5; empty store cows, to £3 65.; bull 3, to £2 19a. . ' , Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their JohnsonviHo tule as follows:—A good entry of prime bullocke and extra' prime t?hcep cawa forward. Bullocks sold readily at advancctr pnicee, whilst the demand for sheep was not great, butchers being unwilling to pay the greatly advanced rates ruling. Only one small pen of ewos came forward. Prime heavy bullooks realised £12 15s. to £13 55.; prime bullooks, £11 15s. to £12 2s. 6d.; light, £10 15e. to £11; extra prime heavy wethers, £1 125.; prime heavy wethere, £1 Bs. 2d. to £1 10s.; prime wethers, £1 6s. to £1 75.; medium ewes, £1 Is.; lambs, 12s. to 13s. BURNSIDE MAB-IvET. (By Telegraph.—Presi AfiSoolation.J Dunoiiin, August 6. At Bumsido to-day 218 fat cattle weTO yarded, consisting for tho most part of good Quality bullocks, with a few pens of good licifers. On. account of the large yarding, pric&J were from 10s. to 15s. easier than last week's rates. • . Fat-bullocks, £12 to £14; extra, to £16 2s. 6d.; medium to good, £10 to £11; light and inferior, £8 to £9 10s.; best heifers, £10 to £11 ICg. ; extra, £14; medium to good. A 8 to £9; light and inferior, £6 to £6 10s. Fat" 1 sheep: There was a medium yarding, 2441 boing pen.ned, consisting for iho most part of good quality wethers, with. a few pens of medium to good ewe. foles opened with pnicw Is. in advanco of last week s rates, but they declined to the same level as last week as the «ile advancca. 1 rime wethers. £1 6s. to £1 Bs.: extra, to £1 12a. 6d.; medium, £1 2s. .to £l 45.; others, 19s. 6d. ;to £1 la.; primo ewes, £1 Zs. to £1 56.; oxtra, £1 73. 6d.; others, ICj. to £1. Fcut lambs: Thore wa« a small yarding, 280 being penned. Exporters wero not m - clined to operate, and. the builk of tho entry went to graziers at prices on a par with, those ruling lost week. Prime, 17<?. to 16s. 6d.; extra, 1*5.; medium, 15s. to 16s. 6<L; unfinished, to 13s. 6d.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. Chrlstohurch, August 6. There irons lar&e entries of fat stock n.t tho Addinjton sales to-day, and, as is usual in the .woek before the Grand cL-tion«il holidays, a Jiumbcr of lots of extra prime fat cattle and sheep as well as tho first of the new new season's lambs. There wore average . entries in other department 6, and a good attendance. Fat cattle sold weJl up to the previous week's rates. Good storo owes and hoggets wero dearer, oai'd other descriptions wero firm at late rates. Tho new season/*? lambs Gold well, and fat sheep sold at advanced urates ana up to record prices for special lots. Pigs (good), 265. 3d-, to 263." lid.; medium, 18s. showed era improvement. Store sheep: Ewes, six and eight-tooth 3d.; two and four-tootli (medium), 235. 6d.; full and failing-mouth, 18s. 2d. to 19s. 6d.; aged and cull sorts, 12n. to 13s.;' Merino ow&s, .Bs. 6d. to 14s. 3d.; hoggets, good eorts, 15«. 9d. to 17s. Bd.; fair, 14s. to 14s. fid.; small and inferior, lie. 9d. to 133.: ewo hoggets, 16s. Bd.; wethers, two-tooth (small), 15s. 3d.; four and six-tooth medium, 19s. 6d. There wcto thirty new season's lambs ponued, some of thorn being well grown. They made 18s. to 255. for' the larger fforts, and 11a. 6d. to 17s. for smaller. There wero only ten pens of hoggets, and the host of thee® sold well, the range of pricsa being 15s. lid. to 20s. A large entry of fat sheep wqs penned, totalling over 6000. It included some prime lots of wethers, several pen* hsing prizewinners at various ohows during the pact season. The gnnoral entry was chiefly composed of wcthove of good to prime quality. There was good competition throughout, and prices not only advanced, but -were very Arm throughout. A new Australasian record was established, ; £l4 lCs. hem? recorded, a? a-gainet £3 last year for Mr. F. Bulla's wethers. The range of prices was:—Special lines of wethers, £2 10*. to. £14 l&s.; extra prime wethers, to 385.: prime, 225. 6(1. to 225. 9d.: others, 18s. 9d. to 22?.; merino wether?. lte. *d.\to 223.; extra prime ewes. 42?.; prime, -20s. to 275. 6d.; others, 14s. to 19s. 6d. Fat pat Me: Steers realised £8 to £12: extra, to £26 10?.; heifer?. £8 12?. 6d. to £9 55.; oxtro. to '£14 10*.; and cows, £6 lCs. to £10 15s. Store cattle: Fifteen to eighteen-month ports brought £5 14s. fid. to £3 9?.: two-ynr •rtoers. £5; two-year heifers, £4 l&s. 6d.: three-year steers. £6 6s. to £7 si>.: threeheifers. £5 to £5 !5«.: cnvr.%, to £415?. Dairy eows made £4 10s. to £11 ss. Fat p'?*: Choppers, £3 Ifls. to £6 173. £d.; heavy bacon-en?. 7fX to 775.: lighter. to Theie prieo3 are /to 6d. por lb.' Heavy porkers brought "455. to &.*&., and lighter 375. to 44*., equal to 6sd. to Md. per lb. "frtore-p-Vs: Best- sorts. 355. to 405.; medium.. 28s. to 34.9.; small nigs, 18<s. to 2fo. Weavers realised 14s. 6di. for rough *crts, to 21-s.'fnr good.pies. There wa* a keen demand for sows in- oig, and prices namge-d from £5 53. to £5 19s. •