LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1899, 6 November 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale a3 follows:— A fail' yarding of prime bullocks and* a good, ono of sheep camc forward, and sold wellat late rate's. Prime bullocks, £11 to £11 12s. 6d.; lighter, £10 10*. to £10 l§s.; vealers, £1 to £1 65.; prime wethers, £1 Bs. 6d.; prime shorn wethere, £1 Is. 6d. to £1 Is. 9d.; medium shorn wethers. 18s.; extra prime heavy ewes, £1 10s. to £1 Us./ 7(L; primo ewes, £1 65.; lighter, £1 4s. Id. ; to £1 4s. 6d.; prime shorn ewes, lss.; prime j lambs, 15s. to 15s. 7d.; good lambs, 14s. | to 14s. 6d.

Tho N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—On Tuesday wo held a clearing sale of dairy stock on account of Mr. G. 11. Mason, at Tiakitahuna. The cows, which were a good lot* elicited keen competition, and gold well.—Best cows, £9 to £14 55.; fair cows, £6 ss. to £8 153.; threoquarter cows, £5 to-£6; fat cowe, £5 to £6 26. 6d.; calves, ss. to 10a.; fat and forward owes, 215.-

The N.Z. Loan and. Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report:—On Monday we conducted a salo of dairy stock on account of Mr. I'. D. Parsons, ol Kelvin Grove, who has sold his farm. There was a Rood attendance, and although competition was slack at the beginning ol tho sale, it improved later, and a good sale resulted. Best cows. £8 to £12 55.; medium cows, £6 to £8 10s.: three-quarter cows, £3 to £4; winter calvers, £3 10s. to £5 10s.; springing cows, £7 to £8 10s.; Holstein 2-year bull, £12 10s.; crossbred bull, .£3 155.; yearling heifers, £3 7s. 6d.; calves, Ba.; 2-year fllly, £12 10s.; yearling, £3 55.; mare and foal, £13105..; harness horee, £13 155.; forward ewes, 18s.; spring cart, £8; plough, £6 10s.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Hiraitangi, on Monday, . we had a good entry of cattle comprising mostly storo cows, and have to report a successful sale; prices being in favour of the vendors throughout. Aged storo cows, 365. 6d. to £2 55.; storo cows, £3 Bs. 6d. to £3 195.: fresh cows, £4 to £4 17s. 6d.; fat cows, £5 18s.; springing cows. £5 7a. 6d.; springing heifers, £4 10s. to £5 12s. 6d., and up to £8 7s. 6d.; bulls, 31s. 6d. to £3 ss. Pigs: Stores, 245. to 30s.

The N.Z. Loan and .Mercantile Ajjcncy Co., Ltd., Teport on' their weekly salo at Pahiatua on Tuesday;—We offered a fair entry of cattle, and conipc'j'tion waa keen throughout the.sale. Wit-li the exception of one pen wo "made a total clearanco under the hammor at the following prices: —Empty store cows, £4 10s.; light fat cows, to £6 7s. 6d.: empty heifers, £3 45.; bull, £7 7s. The dairy herd offered on account of Mr. Eadcs made £5 12s. 6d. to £7 12a. Gd. ADDINGTON MARKETS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, November 5. Tho Addington market sale to-day was a Uoublo one, as there will be no salo during Carnival week. .Entries of all classes of fat stock wero conseuuently large, anu the bulk of the arrivals offered were of good quality. Fat cattlc were a shade easier in values. Fat lambs sold well, and storo sheep sold at adont late rates. Fat sheep were very firm. Fat pigs were also unchanged in price. Store Sheep.—Four and six-tooth shorn wethers (forward), 17s. 9d.;-. four-tooth wethers (Bhorn), 15s. 4d.; two and fourtooth 6horn wethers, 15s. 6d.; wether hoggets. 12s. 7d. to 135.: wether hoggets (smail and inferior), lis. Id. to lis. 4d.j woolly wether hoggets, 165.; woolly ewe hoggets, £1 25.; aged ewes in wool, with lambs, 10s. 3d. to lis., all counted; shorn ewo hoggets, 14s. 6d. to 16s. Fat Lambs.—-Best lambs, 19s. to £1 Is. 6d.; otheTs, 14s. to 18s. 6d. Fat Sheep—Extra prime woolly wethers, to £1 18s.; prime, £1 6s. 6d. to £1 10s. 9d.; others, £1 2s. 6d. to £1 65.; extra primo woolly owes, to £1 155.; prime, £1 4s. to £1 Bs. 3d.; others, 18s. 6d. to £1 3s. 6d.-; woolly hoggets, 19s. lid. to £1 4s. Id.; extra prime shorn wethers, to ,£1 6s. 4d.; prime, £1 Is. 6d. to £1 45.; others, 16s. Id. to £1 Is.: shorn hoggets, 16s. 3d. to £1 2s. Fat Oattle.—Steers. £5 15s. to £12; extra, to £20; heifers, £5 17s. 6d, to £10 ICs.; cows, £5 to £12 10s.

Store Cattle.— Yearling, £2; 15 to 18-months sorts, £2 6s. 6d. to £3_7e. fid.; two-year steers, £4 7s. 6d. to~I5~ls.; two and a halfyear steers, £6 to £6 2s. 6d.; three-year steers, £7 7s. 6d.; three-year heifers, £5 55.; and cows, £2 to £5 7s. 6d. The dairy cows made £3 to £10. Pigs—Choppers, £5 to £4 65.; heavy baconots, £3 to £3 fa.; extra, to £3 10s.; ordinary sorts. '£2 12s. to £3 IBs., caual to 5Jd. to 53d. per lb. Heavy porkers, £2 14s. to £2 75.; lighter sorts, £1 18s. to £2 35., equivalent, to 653. per lb. i Store pigs, large sorts, £1 18s. to £2 fc. 6(1.; medium. £1 12s. to £1 175.; small, £1 ss. to £1 lis.;,and weaners, 10s. 6d. to £1. BURi'SIDE MARKET, DuneUin, November 5. At Burnside market to-day 124 fat cattle were yarded. Owing to small .supply, competition was brisk throughout, and prices showed a further rise of lCs. to 15s. per head. Prime heavy bullocks, £14 to £15 1C&.; medium, £12 to £13 10s.; light, £9 10s. to £11; prime heavy lieifcra and cows, £10 to £11; extra, to £15 Is. 6d.; medium. £9 to £10; light, £9 to £8 10s. . Fat sheep: 1682 penned.—After last week's short yarding butchers' stocks were exhausted, and to-day's small £un.)ly was keenly competed for, the result being a very dear sale, the trade haying to 'pay extreme prices compared with last week's sale. Heavy prime wethers advanced about 2s. 6d. per head, while medium sheep were in some cases up 4s. to 5«. per ho;d. Thero were only a few ewos forward. Best wethers, £1 Us. to £1 155.; extra, £1 15s. to £1 18s.; medium, £1 7s. to £1 10s.; others. £1 4b. to £1 65.; extra heavy ewei}, t.o £1 125.; medium, to £1 55.; light and unfinished, to £1 Is.

Fat lambs; 123 penned—The quality was good, and prices were firm at late rates. Best up to £1 os. 6d.; good lambs, 17s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.; medium and light, to lfe.

Pigs: 76 fat pigs wsrc yarded.—There was a keen demand, and prices were a little better than those ruling last week; 75 stores were yarded, and the demand for them was better than it was last week, prices showing nelight advance.