LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1952, 8 January 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

. Jtessrs. Abraham and-Williams.-Ltd., report as under on their Jdhnsonvilla pale, held yesterday :—We had a., fair yarding-of. both sheep and cattle. Cattle' were hard to quit, owinfr to owners' Teserven beinc rather hish, but all the sheep sold readib. We ouote:-Bullocks, £U 10s., £11 15;., £11 17s. 6d. £12. Sheep: Prime wethers, £1 is. 3d. to £1 2j. 6d.:' eood wethers, £1 Us. id., jE! oj. 81; maiden ewes and wethers, 19a.; maiden cwea, 16«. 6d.; best ewes. 19s. 6d.:. Rood *wce. 18s. to 1?!.; li-htcr sort*, 17?. 6d.; best lamfce, 163. 6d. te 175.; Rood lambs, 15s. 2d.. 15s. 5d., to 15s. ICd. Licht lambs, 14e. 7d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aeency Co., Ltd., report:~At Baumai on Tuesday we had a cood entry of cattle, and sold all lots at eood value?. Winners were in better demand. Quotations:—Small weanera, £1 2a.; eood wcaner heifers. £1 Us.. £1 1?5. 6d., £1 16s. '6d.; fiftcen-montlis heifers. £2 55.: eiarhtten-months steers. £3; fitoro cows. £3 13s. to £3 165.; fal cows, £6 to £6 2s.

ADDIXGTON MARKETS. (Bj Telcrranh.—Press Association.l Chritchurch, Jom:nry 7. At the Addinstou live stock market today, fairly lareo entries of stock camo forword, and as it wa> the first ralo after the roonenin? of iho freezing season there was n, very larse attendance of farmers in. forested in tho fat Jamb eale. Thero was a. keen- demand fer lamfcs for export, and excellent prices obtained. Fat ca-t-Ue wero Main easier. Store cheep coiu-ieted mostly of horaets and wethers, and seld well up to Jate rates. Tat wethera were fairly firm, artd cwis ware somewhat weaker. Pins wero rather easier. Store aheap: Hoists, 14s. sd. to 16s. 6d.; two-tootb. wethers, 14s. to Uα. "d.; four, six and eight-tooth. Us.: other wethers, li. to 17s. 3d.; two-tooth ewes, 18s.; twotooth croisbrod cwas. 19s. Id.: two-tootii h.tlfbred ewes, £1 Is.; esc-il ew«, Hβ. 63. ■Fat lambs: Tog;, £1 to £1 35., cfiual to about 53d. per Ib.: avcrnpe-' frecslnsr weights, 173. to !9s. 6d., co.ual.to about &i. to 6Jd. por Ib.; lislit and nnflhiahed, 14e. lOd. to 16s. 6d., chiefly bought by Brazier*. Fat sheep: Prime wether.", £1 Is. to £1 «j. 2d.; others. 17s. lid. to £1 os. 6d.; primo en-ea. 16s. to £1 <s..fd.; others. 13s. to 17s. 6d.; irerino wethers. 17i. lid.; merino ewe." Us. 6d. , Fat cattle: Steer,;, £7 If. 6d. to £11 Ids.; extra, to £14 155.; heiio-rs, £7 Tβ. 6d. to £9 10s.; extra, to £11 5;.; snd cows, £5 to £11. - - . Store cattle: Yearlinit". £2 10s. to £?. 125.;. fifteen 4o ei?htccTi-7nontb? stores, -?3 Is. to £3 fc.; two-year steers. £5 10s.; two ana a half-year nteers. to £5; three-year eteore, £7 In .*7 9.5.; three .inl a hijf-ycar steers, to £7 13=.; four-year steer?, £8 75.: end dry cowJ. £2 to £6. Dairy cows made £2 17?. 6d. to £11. Fat tum: Choppers, £2 Ws. to £4 65.: liMvy baennors, £3 tp £3 95.; Jieht*" , . £2 "a. to CQual to 5Jd. nor Ib. Heavy porkers, £2 2s. to £2 6?.; lighter. £1 tfi. to £2. or<n<U to 64d. to 6id. p<!r Ib. Store nies: Rows in nil realised £3 15s. to £4 5.».; sow,? vrith Xittor:-. f.6; !o.t(!o storis. .£1 16s. to St. 2.1.; irotimm stores, £1 85. to £! ISfl.; and small stores, £1 2s. to £1 7s. Small wcan-rs broiitrht from 165., extra sood aniin.ils lEakic;; to £1 2s.

BCRXSIDB MARKET. Dunedin, January 7. At Burn'ide- to-day, 133 fat cattle wero yarded, the bnlk of the entry consisting of lisht and medium-weight stocrj, cows and heifers. Owiuc to the small supply there was a very keen domand, and prices on the average- were about 10s. per head above laet week' 3 ratc3. Kcct bullocks, £14 to £16;' medium weight, £12 to £13; lisrht, £9 Ids. to £11; hcavy-weiffht cows, £11 to £14; medium. £9 to £10; liglit and inferior. £6 to £8 Its. The yarding of fat shcop comprhed 1300. incltidine a fair vumber of prime wothors, whilo tho balance-con-sisted of medium-quality wethers and ewes. Butchers wero bare of stocks, and in consequence the fa!o commenced brifkly nt an advance of 2j. cor head ever la«t week's rates, but toward 6 the end the demand -was -weaker, the sale closins with orkes about the same as those rulins last week. Pi'imo wether', £t 7s. to £1 lte; medium, £' 3s. to £1 Es.; light and inferior, 19s. to £1 Is. 6d.; heavy ewes, £1 7i. to £1 lCe-. 3ii.; cood to hi-odium, £1 2s. to £1 55.; Hcht and inferior, ISs. to 18s. Sorns 211 la.mbs wero yarded, for which there was a. strong domand throughout the at an adtanco of 25. per head. Best, 1J.3. to £ij medium. IS:>. to 17?.: light, 12s. 6d. to 14.«. Only 26 fat pigs were penned. . These were strongly competed for. and realised nrlces comewhat in advanca of late values. Thero was 11 moderate yarding o! stores ana email sorts. ,40 being penned. There met a strong market. Fair-sized weansrs. £1 Bs. to £1 12s. 6d.: others. £1 4* to £1 7s. 65.; fuckerj, 15». to £1 3e.