LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2005, 12 March 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having hold their fortnightly salo at Woodville- on Monday, when they offered a full yarding of all classes of Bheep. Competition for breeding owes was Itcon: all lines, with one exception, wcro quitted at very satisfactory prices. Prices for f.m. ewes, 12a. to 12s. 6d.'j good two-tooth ewes, 18s. lOd.; small mixed-sex woolly lambs, 10s.; fat ewes, Us. sd. to 15s. 6d.

Messrs.' Dalgety- and Company,- Limited, report having held a successful sale in their Pahautanui yards on Tuesday. Stock came- forward well above advertised numbers, 1987 sheep being yarded. A total clearance was effected. Tho quality of the 6tock was above average y-ardings, the wethers offered on account of Messrs. Poarcc Bros., and tho ewes on account of Mr. Hatton Miller being exceptionally good linos. Tho principal sales were as under:— On account Messrs. Pearce Bros.: 250 forward .twb'and four-tooth wethers, 18s. lid.; 170 f.f.m. owes, 155.; 150 store four-tooth wethers, 18s. Id.; ICO stare four-tooth wethers, 18s. On, account Mr. E. Draper:. Two end four-tooth wethers, 18s. 6d.; forward ewes, 15a. 4d. On account Mr. T. Maher: 300 four and five-year-old ewes, 15s. 3d. On account Mr. Hatton-Miller: 320 f.m. ewes, 14s.- 7d.j 80' ewe lambs. 10s. sd. On account other vendors: Small shorn, lambs, 55.. Bd.; small blackface lambs, 65.. A lino of 382 small woolly lambs brought 6s. 7d. Cattle: A fair yarding of' rattle met with good competition, sales being aei under:— Forward springing heifers, £8 155.: lightfat cows, £5 55.; fresh store.cows, £4 155.; ordinary stoTe cows, £3 145.;. eighteenmonth steers, £3 165.; two ,to two and a half-year steers, £4 18s.

Tlio New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Apiti, on Tuesday, wo yarded 25M ; ,sheep and JCn.heed of cattle, mostly weaners. Bidding waß brisk, most lines being quitted at auction, and only two pens of sheep being turned out unsold. Quotations:'Sheep—lnferior lambß,> 6.1. 9d. to 7s. 6d.; medium lambs, 7s. lid. to 9s. Id.; good-condition lambs, lCs. sd. to lis.' 3d.; cull ewes, ss. to 65.; lowcondition ewes, 10s. Bd. to lit?. Id.; small frame., four and five-year ewes, 12s. ed.. to 13s. 93.; mixed,agc ewes, 14s. to 14a. 9d.;' good four-year ewes 15s. Id. to 16s. Id.; two-tooth owes, 15s. Bd.; four-tooth ewes, 15s. 7d.; four and six-tooth ewes. 155.; cull wethers. 12a. 6d. to? 13s. 9d.; medium wethers. 15s. to lEe. 6d.; forward wethers, 16s. 3d. to J7s. 2d. Karas: Two-tooth -Southdown, small, 3J to 4giis.:,aged Southdown, 2gns. to Signs.; two-tooth Eoraney ramp. 1J to 23gns.; aged rams. ss. 6d. to 9s. 6d.; f.m rams, 153. to 18s. 6d. Cattle: Mixed weaners, £1 -55.: good mixed weaners, £1 18s • weaner steers, £175.; weaner heifers, £1193 ■ small weaners, 10s. to 18s. 6d.; store rows, £2 Zs. 6d.; empty heifers, ■£3 lis. Pi e .j : forward stores, £1 Us. 6d.; -slips, 125.: sow. £1. . ,

1 lfeOT9. Abraham and Williams, Ltd report on- their Pahiatua stock eale, held on Tuesday, as .follows:—We had a very largo entry of sheep and a medium one of cattle. Wo have to report a fair Eale, nearly all lines being quitted before the close or business:—Four and five-year ewes, 14s. 4d. to 15a; five-year ewes, 10s. 6d. to 13s. 3d.; two-tooth ewes, : 13s. 2d., 14s. :d., 14s. lid., 16s. Id.; s.m. ewes, 10a. lOd. to 12s. Id.; two-tooth to s.m.. ewes, lCs. 9d.; mixed shorn ,lamb 3, Bs. 7d. to Bs. lid.; four, six-tooth and s.m. ewes, 125.; fat and for-' ward ewes, 13s. to 155.; Southdown rams, 21, 3, 4J. to Sinus.; Eomney rams, 3s. fd. to 10s. 6d. and up to ligne.; store cows, £2 10s.: fat cows, £5 to £5 55.; forward cows, £3 16s. to £4; bulls, £1 55., £1 lfo, £1 155.; weaners, £1 55., £1.55. 6d., £1 75., to £1 16s. 6d.; eighteen-month steers, £3 9s. 6d. to £3 10s.; springing heifers, £5 12s. 6d. to £5 15s. At the Woodville sale, held on Monday, there was a very large entry of sheep and cattle. Nearly every line wa6 quitted. F.M. ewes, 7s. 4d., lis. 6d„ to "2s 7<j.; four and five-year ewes' (beet), 175., 17e. Id:, to 17s. 2d.; others, 10s. 6d„ Us. lOd., to 13s. 3d.; fat;ewes, 14s. 9d. to 16s. 3d.; cows and cakes, £4 95.; bulls. £4 2s. 6d: to £4 10s.; storo cows, £2 We., £3 10s. to £4; eighteen to twenty-month eteers. £4 3s. to f}-l: .r : weaners, £1 65., £1 Bs., £1 13s. 6d., £1 155.; heifers in calf, £3 lCs. to £4 Is.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, L'd report:—We held our monthly stock salo at Linton on Tuesday, and offered a fair yarding, and sold practically the entry under the hammer. Lambs at ss. 7d.; store cows,,£s 10. 6d.; eighteen-month steers, £3; yearling steers, £1 55.: yearling heifers, £1 ss. to £1*- 165.; weaners, 155., £1, and £1 ss. On Tuesday tho firm held a clearing sale on tho farm, on account of Mr. J Russell. Gillespie's Line. The cows'were a fino.lot of early calvcrs, and tho 22 head averaged £7 155., the beet price of tho aay was for a Jersey-Holstein, which sold at £12. Other quotations:—Good ra-ie lambs, 13a. 3d.; bulls (weaners), £1 4s. to £1 103.: weaner heifers, £1 12s. Horses sold from £17 10s. to £34. . .

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsoaville ealo ao follows :-A good entry of bullocks and prime sheep came forward, and sold well at late rates. Primo bullocks, £11 to £11 12s. 6d.: lighter. £10 12s. 6d. to £10 155.; vealers, £1 95., £1 10s.; primo wethers, £1 os. Bd. to £1, Is. 3d.; good wethers, 19s. 6d. to £1; prime heavy ewee, 19s. 6d. to £1; good ewes, 16s. 7d. to 175.; prime woolly lambs, los. 6d. to 165.; shorn lambs, 13s. to 14s.

ADDDfGTOJf MABKETS. : (By Association.) Chrlstchurch, March 11. At Addmgton to-day the entry of 6tore sheep was again a very largo one, but the ya,rding3 of fat sheep and lambs wcro soniowhat easier. Fat cattle wero easier and there was a decided rise in the price of fat lambs, on account of tho keen competition, for export, especially by one firm, btoro sheep of all classes sold well, and tat ahcep were very 'firm; Heavy fat pigs wero slightly easier, but porkers were -unchanged. The sale of store sheep opened very briskly, competition, being keen for ewes at prices on a par with those ruling a week earlier. - li'or wethers there was no change in values, and the same may bo said of lambs.

Two-tooth cwro made 16s. to- £1 ss. 9d • four-tooth, 18s. to £1 3s. 9d.; six and eighttooth. 14s. to 19s. Id.; sound-mouth owes, 12s. to 18s. 6d.; aged ewes, Bs. 6d. to 145.; two-tooth wethers, 13s. 9d. to 15s. Id.; four and six-tooth. l<o. 6d. to 19s. 6d.; rape lambs, lis. 3d. to 15s. Sd.; small, Es. to Es. 6d • ewo lambs, 16s. Id. The quality generally of lat lambs was good, and thcro wero several lines of very prime lambs oiicrod. ' Prices showed a marked improvement. Tho rang© of prices was:—Tea i9s. 6d. to £1 Is. 9d.; oxtra. to £1 3a. Bd.; average weights, 17a. to 195.; light and unfinished. l£e. 4d. to 16s 6d. , Tlio yarding of fat sheep showed a falling oft in numbers, but tho quality was about up to tho usual average, and prices wro firmer than last week; Several lines of Chatham Island wethers topped tho market. Tho range of prices was:-Prinio wethers £1 Is. to £1 4s. 7d.; other*, 17*. to £1 os. 6d.; primo eweo, 18s. to£l 2s. lid.; medium owos. 15s. 6d. to 17s. 6d.; aged and light, ljf. lCd. to 15?.; merino ewes, 12s. The yarding of fat cattlo wos an nvcrflge one. At to-day-'a sale the weakness noticeable at. tho markets held during February and Jtarch was greatly accentuotcd, and aP classes of beefs showed o, decline oaual to Is. per 2COlb„ the current pri'-o

being £1 7c. to £1 MSs. Quotations :-Stsers made £7 17a. 6d. to £11; extra, m £1.) las.; heifers, £5 17s. 6(1. to £8 10a.i t-otrs.iJES to £10 &.-6d.

A winall entry of f.tiiro cattlo iisef. with a good demand, yearlings sidling at. £1 Ite.; fifteen to cightewi-mojith, £3 '->• M. and £i 15s. 6d.; two-year stews, £4 Bs. to £4 lzs. 6d.; three-year steers, £6 ss. to .£? I'Os.; three-year heifers, Mi. Chatham Island storo cattle sold sit £5 Ite. foi 1 lifteei-i to eighteen-month; tip to ,£6 &>. for threeyear steers. Dairy cows sold well, tho tap price being £15 103.

Fat pigs: Quotations arm:—Choppers, £3 to £5; heavy baconers, £3 2s. fcl. to £i 17s. 3d.; lighter baconers, £2 IBs. to £3; price, per lb., sd. to fid. Heavy porkers, ±;2 6s. to £2 55.; lighter porkers, £3 to £4 45.; price, per lb., 6*d, Store pigs:—Quotations arc:—Best stares, £1 !So. to £2; medium stores, £1 8*; to £1 its.; entail stores. £1 2s. to.£l 75.; wttmera, lis. to 18s.; aowtj in pig, to £4 15s.

BUKNStDE MAHKET. Dunedin, Match 11. At. tho Durnsidc market to-day there was a goou 'yarding' of- fat cattle. The -demand throughout was dull, and prices for fair quality beef were lower by fully 12?. 6d. per head, compared with iast week's rates. The clcmMid for good ox b'ee-f vfafi good, but prices for tlu-3 Quality yrer« slightly lower than . last week's, rates. Good bullock-3, £12.-10.3. to £13 IDs.; medium £10 to J-Ti; light. £8 ICej, to £9; good cows aud heifers, £8 It's, to £9; 55.; medium, £6 14s. 4d. to £7 10s.; light and inferior, £5 to £5 ss. '

Fat sheep: 3067 peimed. Competition for good quality sheep was good, and these were Arm at last week's rates. Mlfter<ite quality sorts may he quoted to 6d.' per head below last week's rates. Primewethers, £1 2e. 6d, to £1 *=.; extra, to £1 7s. 3d.; good, £1 Is. to £1 S's.; light, I.Bs. sd. to £1 9s. 6d.; prime west, . llcM-vy. ,££ 10s. to £1 25.-; g«otf, IBs, to 195.; medium, 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d.

Fat lambs: 980 yarded, Freezing buyers were operating freely, ond tlus ui-lc throughout was an excellent one, afc prices Gd. per head iri advance cf recent rates. Beat, lfe to £1; g-ood. l"s. to IBs,; medium, IM. to 165.; (en.sarit condition, 13s, to lis.