LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 4

LIVE STOCK SALES.

: Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., litd., report on their weekly eale at the Mangatoa yaTds, on Tuesday:— We submitted a fair entry of cattle, which were iu good demand, and we made a total clearance under the hammor at the following prices:—Dairy cows, £9 23. 6d,; s'carling heifers, £3 2s. 6d.; two-year heifere, £4; 18month steers, £3 13s. 6d.; store cows; £3 15s. . Messrs. Abraham - and. Williams. Ltd., report on their Johnsouville sale as follows:—A fair.yarding of sheep and cattle came' forward. There was very littlo demand- for bullocks, but eheep sold well at late rates. Medium bullocks, £10 10s. to £10 155.; light, £9 10s. to £10 2s. 6d.; primo woolly wethers, £2 Bs. 9d.; prime woolly ewes, £1 6s. 7d.; primo. heavy Bhorn wethers; £1 2s. 6d.; primo wethers, £1 Is. 4d. to £1 Is. lid.; medium wethers, 18s. 6d. to 19b. 2d.; prime owes, 17s. lid.; medium, 16a. 10d.; primo lambs, 15s. to 15s. 6d. to 15s. 9d.; plain, 13s. to 13s. 6d. Messrs. Dolgety and 00., Ltd., report having held their usual stock sale at tho Solway yards yesterday, when they offered a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was a large attendance Of buyers, and competition was keen for all lines, and tho firm have to repo.rt a total clearance of all lines under tho hammer. A lino' of 220 four-tooth woolly wethers offered on account of Mr. W. T. Douglas, ot Te Wharau, realised tho satisfactory price of 245. 10d„ and a.lino of 425 two-tooth woolly wethers offered on account of the same vendor, realised lte. 3d. A nice- line of mixed-sex' woolly hoggets offered on account of the Wellington Farmers' ,Mcat Company also met with keen competition, being ultimately knocked down at the satisfactory prico of 18s. Competition for all • classes. of cattle was also animated. Sheep: Four-tooth woolly wethore, to 245. 10d.; woolly black-faced wethers, 215.; woolly two-tooth wethers, 15?. to 18s. 3d.; mixcrtsex woolly hoggets, 15s. 6d. to 18s.; woolly black-faced hoggets, to 17s. lOd. Cattle: Yearling .heifers, £2 15s. to £3-2 a.; emptv heifers, £4 to £4 55.; springing hoifers, £4 12s. 6d.; two-year steers, £4 14s. to £5 7s. 6d.; fat cows,, £7 10s.; bulls, £2 to £4. ADDISTGTON STOCK MAIIKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, November 19. At the Addington live Btock market today the entries of fat stock were large, but stores were offered _in smaller numbers. , Fat cattlo were somewhat easier. Thero was a good ealo for fat lambs and fat sheep. Few store sheep were offered. I'igs of all classes ' wore generally easier. Store sheep: Prices ranged from 13s. Bd. to 14s. lOd. Fat lambs: Best lambs, 175..t0 £1; lighter, 14s. 4d. to 16s. 6d. ' Fat sheep: AVoolly wctheT6, to £1 Bs.; woolly ewes, £1 3s. lOd. to £1 7s. 6d.; woolly hoggets, £1; extra primo shorn wethers-, to £1 7s. 6d.; prime, £1 to £1 4s. lOd.; lighter,-'l7a. to 19s. 6d.; extra primo shorn ewes, to £1 6s. M.\ prime, 18s. 6d. to£l 2s. 6d.; others, 16s. Bd. to 18s.; extra primo shorn hoggets, £1 4s. 6d. Fat tattle:-Steers, £7 17s. 6d. to £12 lCs;; extra, to £26; heifere, £6 15s. to £9 10s.; extra, to £13 17s. 6d.; cows, £6 15s. to £9 55.; extra, to £3 16s. Store cattlo: Yearlings, £1 ss. to £2 Is.; fifteen to eighteen-month sorts, £2 15s. to £3 165.; two-year steers, £4 ss. to £4 Bs.; two-year heifers, £4 2s. 6d.; two and a half-year steers, £5 13s. 6d.; three-year steers, £7 8s; to £8 145.; three-year heifers, £4 17s. 6d. to £5; and cows, £1 10s. to £5 15s. Dairy cows, £3 10s. to £10. Fat pigs: Choppers, £3 to £5 lis.; heavy baconers, £2 18s. to £3 fe.; extra, to £3 10s.; lighter, £2 10s; to £2 17s„ those prices being equivalent to sd. to std. per lb. Heavy porkers, £2 2s. to £2 5?.; lighter, £1 155.l to £2, equal to 6Jd. to 6Jd. per lb. Store pigs: Bc3t stores, £1 14s. to £1 18a; medium, £1 Bs. to £1 135.; small sorts, 18s. to £1 2a.; weaners, 14s. to £1. BTJRNSIDE MARKETS. Dunodin, November 19. At Burnsido to-day there was a fair yarding of fat cattle, 182 being pcnncti. The entry comprised sovcral pens of good quality. The pale opened at about the same lovel as last week, but as it progressed prices advaucod from ss. to 10s. per head. Prime heavy bullocks, £14 to £16 55.; extra, to £22; medium, £12 ss. to £13 10s.; light, £9 &=. to £10 155.; primo heifers and cows, £11 to £12 10s.; medium, £9 to £10; light and unlhiishctl, £7 to £8. . There woe a medium yarding of fat sheep. 2335 being penned. Owing to several butchers buying outsido prices were easier than last week's by Is. fid. per head, and towards tho cloao wrro fully Ss. lnwrr. Hoavy- shorn wcthcra Bold to 25s 9d,; good,

20s. 6d. to 225. 9d.; licary woolly wethers, 3Cs. 6d. to 335.; good, 265. U 28s. "fid.; heavy ewes, 265. to 305.; good, 23.5. to 275. There was a fair yarding of fat lambs. 118 being penned. Prices ut the opening were slightly firmer than those/ ruling last wceTt, but at the cloec values were on a par with last week's rates. Best, 19s, 3d.good, 16s. 6d. to IBs. There was a small yarding of pigs, '<& fat and 70 stores constituting the ct'itrv. Stores mado to 485., and generally prices were on a par with last week's rates. Competition for porters «M beccners was extremely keen.