LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—The usual yarding of bullocks and sheep came forward, and sold well at late rates. ' Prime heavy bullocks, £12 to £12 12s. 6d.; primo bullocks, £11. £11 10s.; lighter, £10 to £10 16o.; -vealcrs, £1 10s. to £1 145.; prime hoa.vy wethers. £1 2s.j prime wethers, £1; medium wetHcrs, 19?. 7d. to 19s. lCd.; prime heavy ewes. 18s. tld to 19s. 2d.; prime ewes, 17s. to 17s. 6d.j medium ewra, 16s. 6d. to 16s. 9d.; prime heavy lambs, 16s, lCd. to 17«.; prime lambs, 15s. 6d. to lfc.; light, 14s. 6d. .

Mesors. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiotua, sale, held in their Jfaneahao Boad yards as follows:— We offered a good yarding of sheep and a full yarding of cattle. The demand .was limited, and bidding ,was coneeanentlr slow. We, however, effected a lot of busine3s by "private treaty, and made a satisfactory ' clearance. Quotations: Mixedaged ewo3, lla. 6d. to Hβ. Bd.; two-twooth ewes. lJe. 3d.: two-tootli wethers. 10s. 7d., 145., to 14a. 3d.: woolly lambs, 7s. 10d. to 10s. M.j small ditto, ss. to 6s. 10d.; small shorn lambs, 4s. Bd. to fa. "M.; dairy cowe, £7 55.; fat cows, £5, £5 135.. to £5 155.: heifers in calf, £3 4s. to £5 Eβ.; good woaners. £1 7?. to £1 175.; others, £1 2>. to £1 55.; 18-month steers, £3 5j.; bulls, £2 13s. to £4. .

Messrs. W. ana G. Turnbull and Cβ., Ltn., report having held a successful clearing sale on Tuesday, when they eold, on cccount of Mr. Arthur Toclicr, Lake. Ifradows, Featherston, tho whole of his ehesp, liolrso's. and, implements. Buyers were present from all parts of the Wairarapa, and competition at auction w»3 very, pjircated, consequently all lines submitted brought very satisfactory prices., which are as follow :-T\vo-tooth evrcs. £1; fourtooth eweo, lto. 10d.; six-tooth ewee. l'/s. Bd.; eight-tooth ewes, 17s. 10d.: two-shear Southdown rams, 6Sgns.; three-shear Southdown jams, 53sns.; four-shear Southdown , rams, 3gns. .to s}gns. Horfce: Eny drnnght mare, ai;ed, £32; bay drauuht fjolding. aged. £27 10:!.; bay draupht eclding. owl, £18 10*.: bay hack Relding. £10 IDs..; three-y«ar-olrt Jialf-rtraugh't filly. £13 ICe.: two-year-old half-draught (reliiintt, £6 Jf«. 6d. to £12; brown hack mare, £10 10?.

JleEsrs. Dalgety ond Company, Limited. Ifasterton, renort Laving held their annual tale at Langdolc on Tuesday, in the homestead j-ards, lent by Mr. .H. 11. Ryder. There was a fair attendance, and <i fair yarding of stock, which realised the following wires:—Sheep: Breediiic ewes, 11a. 6d. to 12s. 3d.; -medium owes. 6s. 3d. to 9<?.; ohorn wether lambs, 9s. 9d.f cull lambs, 4s. 6(1.; f.m. Southdown' rao, ?.ins. Cattle: Two ond a Mf-vein , steers, £5 ti.; threeyear steers, £6 to £7.

ADDINGTON MARKET. IBy Telegraph— Press Association.) ■ • Chrlstchurch, February i. There were fairly large entries of stock, especially of fat and etoro eheep, and there was a large attendance. Pat cattle weTo a littlo firmer, but there was no quotable change in prices. There was a keen demand for store sheep at lat* rates, and fat lambs showed- a further slight caeing off in. values. ?at ewes wero cheaper, an<l store cattle ehowed a decline. Pigs sol* without change. Store sheep: 1/j.mbs, best rape sorts, 15s. to IEo. 6d.; extra, to 163. Bd.; fair sorts, Us. to 14s. 6d.; medium, 13s. to 13s. 9d.; small and low-conditioned sorte. 11s. 3d. to 12a. 6d.; half bred wethers, 11s. sd. to 125.; small'.and inferior, 93. Id.; shorn lumbe, 10s. 10d.: wethers, forward four and sii> tootti, 18s. to IBs. Bd.; two and four-tooth .(good). 169. to 175.; two-tooth (fair), 15s. to 165.; two-tooth Ismail), 12s. 6d. to Hβ.; ewes, two-tooth, 18s. Cd. to £1 Os. 3d.: four and six-tooth,- to IBs. 10'].: four. six. and eight-tooth (stood),. IBs. IC-d. to 19a.; Rood sound-mouth Rorts, 17s. sri\ to IBs. M.; medium sound-mouth sorts, 153. to' 16;.: full and faillnc-mfiatb. 13s. to K4.: and aged ond cull sorts, 10s. to Up. Fat lambs: tegs, 19s. 6d. to £1 os. Htl.; n.ver.iKe freezing weights. 16R. Cd. ,to 195.; lirht. and unnniMicd, Us. 9d. to 16s. 3d. Fat sheen: Prime wethere, £1 Is. to £1 3s. ICd.; others, t7s. 6d. to £1 os. M.: .merino wethers. Us. ICd. to 16s. 7d.; nrlme ■flwcK, »•.. to .« 3?. «.: extn. to fi it. .Mi.: tuedinm. I*s. M. tn Us. 6d.; nsed and infonor. m. nd. to 15$. Vat. cattle: SUriw, £fl ss. to .t.U: eitreto £14 15*.; lieifer?, £6 to £10 12s. 6d.: £6 t-n £0 10;. Rtoro cattle: Tcarllngs. £1 15s. tn £,?, U.; fifteen to ei?hteen-montb sorts. £?. 15s. to i£4:-two-jtar ateers, £5 17s, 6d,; two-rear

heifers, £4 15s. (extra, good sorfc'i, threeyear fiteei's, £7 155.; thrcc-ycoi' heifers, ±4 17s. 6d. i' dry cows, &{ Vα. Iβ £6. Dairy cows mode £3 lfe. to ill ss. Fat pigs: Choppers, £J to £4 Ss.; hcaty baconers, £3 to £3 10s.: lighter, £2 10s. to £2 17s. 6d.; these prices Bcinc equal to sd. to s»d. per lb;; heavy porters, •£2 2s. to £2 7s. 6d.; lljfhtcl , , £1 16?. to £2, <triuiTßlent to 6id. per lb. . BTJKSSIDB MAKKET. • Dunedtn, February 4, :' At Burnside. to-day tiieK*' west very largo entry of fat etittlp, 2251 heires yarded. There , wero no prim* 'heavy buliocte, tho yarding being composed of' mediaßiweight- bullocks and heifers. , Gotidciertns the large yarding competition was very ltcofl,' and prices tahen all lound wcre> from ss. to' lCe. per head better tnan those ruliug last v.'«ck. ■ Prime bulloeks, £13 to £14 10s.; medium, £li to £12 10s.; light, £9 Ills, to £10 tes.j extra prime heifers, to £11 17e.-6d.; Rood, £9 10s. to £11 10s.; medium, , £6 to .%9 55.: • light, £6 to £7 10s. " .-' -

,Fat sheep: 1621 yarded. Jfsirkct composed' principally of medium wethers a,nd evrcs. Thcje was very keen competition for all prime ewes . ond wethers, end owing to the small entry prices showed an ■advance of Is. to Is. 6d. per head, although light sheep did: not participate in. the advance to this extent. Extra prime wethers, to £1 7s. 9d.; good. £1 <s. to £1 65.; medium, £1 is. to £1 Ss, 6d.; lieht, 17s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.: extra prim© ewes, to £1 7s<; hest. ewee, £1 2s. to £1 4s. 6d.; medium, 19a. to £1; light nftd inferior,. 13s. to 163. 6d. There was ft- vcry.'snwJJ yarding of lambs, only 434 comi.Uß forward; There was keen competition, throughout, and prices were from per to 6d. above last- week's rates. Best, to £1 Op. 6d.; good, lEe. to 195.: medium, Ms. to 175.: light and inferior, 13s. to 14s,' 6d. Pii»EJ: 39 fat 3 and 78 storee tvere penned. Thcro was keen comuctitton for fats, and prices showed an advance on- last week's rates. Suckers.-Hs. io 17a.; slips. 19?. to £1 Js.! stores. £1 7s. to £3: porkers. 81 7s. to £2 155.; licht bacatiers, £s'lfo. to £3; heavy, to £3 lCs. .