LIVES STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1840, 28 August 1913, Page 10

LIVES STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At the Solway yards, Ifasterton, oil Wednesday, we had a. fcir erntry of sheep aitd cattle. The sheen met •tvit.h. a ready sale.' but cattle were in little domaaid. Empty ewes made from 13s. 6d. to 14s. j' backward ewes in lamb, 145.: email h'offgots, lie.; yearling eteers and heifers, £3: heifers, £4 to £5.

Messrs. Abraham : and Willifims, Ltd., report. having held a successful clearing said of dairy' cows on Tuesday, on account of Mr. J. Vf. Hlklrcth, oi Hold's Line, Bimhytliorpe. Tho best of tho cows in milk made from £10 155. to £14 50.: others, £5 l(te. to £8 123. 6d. Many of tho springers were not calving till late, hut, anything coming in early and showing quality made from £11 17s. 6d. to £14. The whole herd averased £B 5?. Nine heifor calves, a week old. by a Holstcin bull, made 12s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on- their Johnsonville gale, held yesterday, as follows:—A good entry of bullocks and sheep camo forward, ana sold readily, bullocks being keenly competed for. Prime heavy bullocks. £14 2«. 64. to £14 7e. 6d.; prime bullocks, £13 ss. to £13 73. 6d.; lißhtcr, £11 10s. to-£ll 179. 6d.; light: £10 17s. 6d.; prime heavy .wothors, 295. 9d. to 3Cfi.; prime wothers. 275. 6d.; lighter, 255. to 26?.: light ewes, £1 os. 2d.; pnime ewes, 253. 6d.

Messrs. W. and G. • Turntall (late Jas. Macintosh and Co.) Teport havips: held their weekly sale in. their Waipoua (Masterton) sale yards on Wednesday. Competition was keere throughout, and the whole sheep entry changed hands, and the bulk of tho cattle entry also colfl at prices vixht up to late rates. The prices realised were an follow:—Fat ewes. £1 25.: fat ewes »ud wethers. £1 &. 7d.: fat hosEot?, 195. Id.: forward shorn hoKSCts. 14s. lOd.: shorn hoggets (medium),' lie. 3d. to 12j. 3d.; b.f. hoggets, Us. 6d.; empty ewes. 11 1 -; f.ni. ewiw in- lamb. 12>f.: two-yoar-otd B.H. fleet's, £5 J*. to, £5 fe.; dairy cow*, on drop, £7 to £8; dairy rows. September ■calverj, £6 to £6: backward calvers, £2_10». to £4: sprineilK' heifers, c.lcee to calvin*r. £6 to £7: yearlinsr steers, £2 14i.: yearling b'i.tcr? £2 19;.; fiftocn-niGTi'h heifeiw, £3: cirhteen-mowt'h steers, £3 8 s.: heifer c«lvce, £1 6s. fid.; empty cows, £Z 18a. to £3 45.; forward cows, £4 10s. to £5-7s. 6d.; ■porkore, £1 Is.

ADDINOTON STOCK MARKET. (By T«l«ir*ph.—Prreu A«ociatlon.) Christchurch, August 27. At the Addtncton live stock market today there were fairly largo entries of stock, tliousrli the .break in the weather prevented a number of consignments from coming forward 1 . There was a fair attendance. Fat cattle sold more freely, though there was on change in prices, and store cattle sold well. Store sheep were very Arm, aa.were aleo fat sheop. There waa no change ;in tho prices of pigs. Store sheep: Four Bind eix-tooth ewes (exceptionally good), 265.; good soundmouth ewes. 19s. 6d. to 20s. 6d.: two. four, six, and eifflit-tooth. SCfl. 6d.; full and fail-ing-mouth (good), 16s. 6d.; aged, 12s. Id. to 155. ; two-tooth. four and Bix-tootli wethers (viry forward), to 235. 4d.; mediums. 19s. 5d.; two and four-tooth, 20s. Id.; six-tooth, 218. sd:; ewe hoggets (good sort-3). ,18s. to 18s. lid.: small owes. 15s. 2d.: mixed sexes (good), 18s. 6d. to 17s. Id.; others. 15s. to 153. 4d. Fat ehecp: Extra prime wethers, ■to 355. 6d.; prime. 235. 6d. to 315.; lighter, 19' 9d. to 235. 7d.: prime linos, 20s. 6d. to" 245. 9d.; other®, 15s. Ud. to 205.; hogget*. 16a 6d. to 19s. 6d.; merino wethers. 19s. 4d. to 225. Bd. Fat cattle: Steers, £6 15a to £11 10s.; extra good, to £21: hcirerp, £5 17f-\ 6cl. to £9 Gn.: extra, to £14 10s.: cows. £5 17f. 6d'. to £11. Store cattle: Yearling:-. 41*.: fifteen to eighteen-month. £3 18s. to £4; two-year f't-i'orv, £4 10s. 8d„ £4 12s. fd.; two-year heifers, £4 10s. Bd. to £4 17?. 6d.; three-year eteers, £6 ss. Bd., £8 Bs. 6(1.: three-year lieifers, £5 ss. Bd., £5 us. 6a.; dry cows, 30*. ami £4 15s. Dairy cows made £4 to £11 2s. 6d. Fat pigs: Choppers. £2 15s. to £6 UV>. 6n.; heavy biwoners, 625. Gd. to £3 12s. 6d.; lighter. £2 12s. 61. to £3: extra heavy arjiraal3. to £4. Thiwo prices are crmivnlont t" 6d. per 11). If'flvy -norkew. 4£s. to 505.: light--!'- 40s. *o 455. These rates 'ire equal to 63d. to 6td. per 11). Stove nil;-. 3S*. I' 1 4C 11 : me't'iim. '(>«. to it".: sm.jll pi.»«, 17s. 6d. to 255. Wcaners so'd freely. I rery small pigs umlilne 1&. Gd.. n-liiUt I (Wd «p3 »S 21,1

BURNSIDR MARKET. Dunadin, August 27. At Buniside to-day there was a full yarding of fat tattle, 213 beins penned. Tile entry consisted of good duality bullocks, with a small proportion of medium srteorc, cows, and heifers. In consequence of the heavy yardinp, prices were lSe. to £1 per head lower than last week's extreme rate?. Best bullocks, £12 l£s. to £14; extra heavy, to £17 ICs.; medium. £10 10s. to £12; liffht., £9 to £10; best cows, heifers, £10 10s. to £11; extra, to £12 10s.; medium, £3 15s. to .£9 lCu>.; light. £5 10s. to £6 10s. , 4 , .There was a small yarding of fat sheep. 1700 being penned. There was on excellent demand, and competition wa<s brisk, prices showing an advance of 1?. 6d. per head on last week's rates. The bulk of tho entry was made up of good to medium wetliera aii/j a few pens of owes, Some;extra eood wetfoare realised .handsome prices. Extra heavy wethers, £1 12s. to £1 16?. 3d.: prime, £1 7s. to £1 lta; medium, £1 fc. to £1 light. Ws. 6d* to £1 Is."; owes, good, to £1 2s. 6d.

Pigs: There was a moderate yarding of 42 fat pigs and 109 stores. Baconcr3 and porkers met with a ready eale, at prices coual to late rates. Store pics were, if anything, rather weaker than the prices ruling lost week.