LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1852, 11 September 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and IMercantilo Agiuiuy Co., Ltd., report:—We hud oniy a small entry of aheap and entile at our b'ohvay sale. i'f<uit«.Tton, yesterday, and we (submitted these to the usual attendance of buyers. A good clearance was made at tho following rates:—Store wether!-:, 20s. 2d.; backward wethers cud eweif, 15s. 5iL; empty ewe?, 15s. 6d.; email hoggcta, lit*. Yd.; ! tpriugiiitt heifers, £5; yearling do., £2. I Messrs. Williams and Kettle report hav- | ins held their fortnightly «iic at DanneI virke on September 5. They offered a fair I yarding of both sheep and cattle. All I classes of sheep met with a dragging sale, but cattlo were in good demand, and showed a rise on late wiles. Wether hoggets (good), 175.; m.f». hoggets (small), lis. lOd. to 135.; m.s. hoggets. 15e. 6d. to 165.; 'fat wether.?, 23&\ -£d.; fat cows, light, £5 10s.; four-year bullocks, £8; cows at drop. £4 10s. to £10 2s. 6d.; empty eighteenmonths heifers, £3 10s. to £3 25.; yearling cteers, £2 4s. to £2 lCs.; porkers', 3Cc. 'IMio iirw ftilso reports as follows on their VToodville sale, held on September B:—A very large entry of cattle and a small yarding of sheep was offered, but met with poor competition with the exception of young steers, which were keenly sought after. M.S. hoggets, 14.V 7d-. to lfe.; fat ewes. 17s. to 195.; cows at drop, £5 to £7 195.; empty cows-, £3 to £3 lis.; fat eowa (light), £4 to £5; yearling steers, £2 ss. to £2 15s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and "Williams, I/td., rcporton their Johnt?ojiville £\ale, held yesterday, as follows:—A fair entry of bullocks came forward, some extra heavy being yarded. A fair yarding of wethem also came forward. Extra prime heavy bullocks realissd £14 15s. to £15 to £15 7s. 6d.; light bullocks. £10 17s. 6d. to £11 55.; extra heavy wethers, 545. 6d.: prime heavy wethers, 315.; prime wether.-, 26?. 4d.;, light, 255. 2d.; primo spring lambs, £Qs. to 21s. 4d. Messrs. Abraham and Willia-mj, Ltd., Pahiatua, report liaving hold a sueccsstf.ul clearing sale of dairy cows on account .of Mr. Fred Williams, who disposed of his Marima property. The whole herd of 49 cows, including two unbound cows and 23 cows in milk, made the excellent average of £8. Tlio firm uuoto as follows: —Yoxuig cows, in full profit, £9 to £11; old cows, ini full profit, £5 to £8; cows on tho.drop, £9 ss. to £10 10s.; later sorts, £4 10s. to £8 155.; bulk?, £3 to £3 55.; yearling bulls, £l lfe,j yearlilns steers, £2 2c>.; yearling heifers, £2 to £2 lis.; empty two-year heifers, £4 175.; calves, &Vv 6d. to 135.; fat .sheep, £1 ?.s.; spring carters, £7 12s. &d. to £27 ss. Sundries, etc., sold at late rate*?. The firm report on their Woodvillo fate, held on Monday:—We offered a good yarding of sheep and a large yarding cf catt-e, comprising over 300 head. There vrr.s practically a total clearance at late rates. We quote:—Fat ewes, 17s. 2d. to 1&. 3 \ lCd.; hoggets, to 14s. 7d. to 175.; store pigs. 195.; yeanlnig hsifors', £2 19s. to £3 sa; springing heifers, £5 to £7 lte.; yearlong steers, £2 14s. to £3 19d.; cows in milk, £3 53. to £3 165 1 .; cows on the drop, £5 10?. to £o 55.; store cows, £3 10s. to £3 17s. 6d'.; cows and cialvcw, £3 165.; three-year steers, £5 15s. At the Pahiatua sale, hold in Mangahao yards, there was a good yarding of •both sheep and cattle. Mixed hoggets made 135.. 15s. 3d. to 16=.; wether hoggets, 13s. 9d.; fat ewes, £1 Ors. 6d. to £1 3s. 6d.; store cows, £1 7s. 6d.; cows in calf, <£3 17s. 6d. to- £5 2s. 6d.; dairy cows, close to profit. £5 26. 6d., £6, £6 17s. 6:1.. to £8; heifers and Olivers, £3 5%; heifere on. the drop, £7 and £6 55.; yearling heifers, | 10s. to £2 14s, 6d.; mixed wcaners, £1 2?. ; to £2. the addixgton sales. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) , Christchurcli, September 10. At Addington to-day tliere were average entries of stock and a good attendance. There was no change in the values' of fat cattle. Store sheep ware oiFored in smaller numbers, and the oniy change in prices was that ewe hoggets were iirmcr. A few u&w season's fat lambs sold well, and fat slieop opened firmly, but the market- cased somewhat later on. Fat pigs sold freely at an advance in prices.

Tho yarding of store sheep was very small.* Good ewo hoggets, ISs-. to £Cs. 5d.; other owe hoggote, 16s. to 175.; best liivso of mixed and wether hoggets, 16s. 6d. to 17s. 2d.; good sorts, 165.; siuall aJid inferior culls, lis.; small ami iruferior linos, 145.; four and six-tooth wethers, 22a to Bd.; two and fo.inr-tooth, fairly forward, to 20s. 6d. ; two-tooth low-conditioned. 18s. lid.; aged and low-conditioned cw<w, 12s. Bd.

Twenty-six now season's fat lambs wero entered. These wero of nice Quality, mid well Brown, and they sold well, the bost making 255. to 2Ss„ and lighter sorts ISs. to 225. 6d. The entry of fat sheep was somiawhat larger than for tlio past two weeke. Tlxo market, opened very firmly, but cased oil somewhat later 011. Thoro were a number of lots of liaifimislicd wethers that were not even fonva.nl enough for graziers, and these were d.uH- of sole. Prime wetiliers, 23?. 6d. t,o 2^ J .; lighter, 21s. to 235,; primo ew e?, 20s. Gd. to 275. 4d.; others l , 17s. lid', to 2Cs.; hoggeti-. 18s. 6d: to 2fc.; merino wethers, 13s. to 225.; merino c.'.C--, 18s. 3d.

Beef cattle wore represented by a. yard: ii:■■ 267 head. Stce.r=, £7 lEO. to £11 2}. 64.; extra, to £16 12s. 64, i heifcio, £6 7e. 6d. to £9 55.; extra, t.o £12 55.; cows, £5 lfe. to £9; extra, to £12 15s. Store cattlo were in fairly pood supply, but tho hull: were too young for tilts season of the year, mid, consequently, tho demand was not keen for this class, but othor descriptions wore in Rood demand. Yearlings made £11 12.?. to £11 135.: fifteen to •eighteen-months' eorts, £2 6s. to £3 155.; two-year steers, £-5 Is.; two-year ftetitae, £4 35.; two nmd a half-year steers, £5 Is.: heifers, £4 2o\ 6d.; do' cows, £1 15?. to £5 10s>.; dairy cows made £J to £10 .10=.

There wae a. medcuim entry of fat pigs. Prices realised: Choppers ma do £5 IPs. to £6 10s.; large b«conca\=. £3 12s. 6d. to £4 <3.; lighter, £2 15s. to £3 10s. These rriccs we're oauo.l to 6d. to 61d. per lb. Largo porkers made £2 lfis. to £2 125.; lighter, 4Cv>. to This was equal to 6Jd. to 7d. per lb. Store liiga realised 3Ss. to 425.; medium, 28s. to 375.: small sorts, 22j. to 27* Only 01m pen. of weaners came forward, and tlieso. realised 225.

THE BTJICTSIDE MARKET. • Dunodin, September 10. At Birrnside to-day, 161 fat cattle wero yarded, composed principally of medium to prime steers and heifere, and with an odd pen of heavy-weights. Trices at tho commencement. of the ealo were 10s. . per head dearer, but-, as the rale progressed, they receded to last week's rate?. Extra prime bullocks, to £17; prime. £13 to £15; Rood, £11 to £12 10s.: light and un* finished, £9 to £10 10s.; extra prime liclfere, to £12.25. 6d.; primi.', £9 10s. to £10 lCs.; good, £8 to £9 55.; light and inferior. £6 to £7 10s. There wan a large entry of fat sheep. 5353 being penned. The bulk consisted of prime wethers and ewes, a larger proportion thou usual comprising ewes. As the yarding was too large for the trade, priecs showed a drop of from la to Is. 6d. per head. Best wcthens realised up to 32b. 9d.; prime*, 28s. to 305.; good 245. to 265.; light. 20s. to 225.; best cwea, to 315.; prime, 235-. to 2m.; good, 2fe. to 225. 6d.; lighter, 18s. to lfe. 6d. Thrco limbs, (Irst of the season, wero penned. They wore on the small side. Ono realised 225. 6di. and two 19s. 6d. Pigs: Sixty-seven fat pigs and 124 et.sres were penned. Pricea were easier than those ruling last week.