LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1916, 26 November 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and' Co., Ltd.. :51asterton, report having iiekt their loi'tni f ;:it!y sale at TaratiUi on Monday, ■ when- there wa3 tho usual attendance, and a !ar?e entry of stoeli. The sale right through v.as very erratic, some lines being keenly competed for, while others wore rather plow of sale. Tlie following prices were realised:—Sheep: Vxime fat lambs, 16s. to 17s. 3d.; prime fat ewes. 275. to 275. 3d.; owes.with !C0 ncr cent, lam'o3, Z'ls. 6(1; cull mixed hog-

gets, 9i). 6d. Cattle: yeaviing steera. £2 is. to £3, lis.; yearling heifers. £3; snringing lieifera, £0 Vu. to £6 It's.; empty 2yaivr Iv-iiers. £3 2s. to £S -135.; store cows, £3 iCii. to £0 135.; bulls, t's to £6 Ids. Dairy berri, offered on account of i.lr. Anderson, Carrington, met with only fair eompstition, and realised «s follows:— Cow in full profit, £5 Es. to £6.

The iscw Zealand Loan ajid Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report:-At. Kailgiotu, on Monday, .wo had » fair entry oi cattle, .which met with' a Good demand a! the following pricet;-.—-Small yearlings. £1 55.; yearling steer e -. £2 7s. 6ft.; !3-aionth steers, S',S s:'. lo .55 8.1.; 18-month heifers, £3 12s. Cd. to £3 14s. Gd.j.ased store cou'e. £1 165.-. storo oows, £4 to £1 £o. 6d.; forward cows. £4 16s. to £4 17s. 6d.; fat cows, «<i IE;, to £5 17s. Cd.; cows in calf, £5 to £5 iOs.; caws in milk, £4 15s *lo £5; hull?, £5 63. to £6. . \

BUJiNSIUE MARKET. (By Teiesraph.—Press Association.) Duncdin, November 25. At Burnsido to-da.v 162 fat, cattlo v;erc yarded. Tho built coiiri/itert uf steci'd of Rood to prime quality, while the entry also included a. number of pens of very primo cowti and huifern. OwinS to tlie ljutcner? Having supplies oil hand from last weel: there w:uj noi. a very strong inuuiry, and tho prices sußsestcd a decline of fully 16s. per head. Best' bullocks, £13 10s. to £5 12s. 6d.: medium. 10 to .'.13; lisiit. £S 10s. to £10; best eow.i and he.ifers, £11 H'i. 10 .t.13 Ins.: mc.uuim, ?'J 11j. to £li) 10s.; light, £6 10s. lo £8 ICs. I'al siieep: 1/13 were penned, which proved unite tfutlicient, for requirements. . 'J'hc c:e ltnud was ouiet from -otart to hr.isn, witli price.-, hardly up to those rilling loci, v,ceh. Owing lo the quietness of tho rcfa.ll trade l.'»? bulchcrs had fupplics. on band irom la.-1, wccli, and, in conscqucuce,. tliey purchased oulv 011 a limited ecnle. Ik.-.l wcihcrs. in wol. 3')s. to. 31s. shorn, "ss. lo Iv?. 3d.; cood wethers, in woo!. 255. tn 285.; thorn, Z2s. to 255. 6d.; lijht wethers, ill wool. 235. tn 25?.; eliorn, 19". to 215.; bert rwr.;. in woo!. 275. lo fed.: medium. to 265.; lisht, 1:0s. to 225. 'd. Eat lambs: There iva/f a. larEcr yarding than usual, 213 being penned. Thero was ». fair (ieinand. but, owinu'to tho numhni' forward. prices were easier by IV. ; _ lis. 6d. per head. lle?l, lYs. Od. lo l'A:. 6d.: mcdituii, las. 6d. to 16s.

I'igs: The y.irdini; consisted of £9 fab.; and 25 stores. There v.as a smalt attendance of butchers for etoro and pricra showed a decline of 2s. per head. I'at-pius told at. lat-o quotation;.