LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2209, 23 July 1914, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on their Waikanae sole, held on Tuesday,, as - follows:—A 'small entry of 'sheep and .cattle, came forward. In a number of instances vendors' reserves were not ' reached. There was a keen demand for store cows irt fair condition. The principal sales were as under:—Two and four-tooth wethers, 21s. 3d.; mixed sex lambs,, medium, 12s. 10d.: springing heifers. £6 to £6 155.: fair conditioned store cows, £4 16s. to £5 65.- ■ Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their-Johnsonville sale ao follows: —A fair entry of cattle and sheep came forward, and. sold well at lato rates. Prime ox. £11 17s. 6d. to £12: light ox. £10 10s. to £11; prime cows, £9 12s. 6d.; lighter, £8 12s. 6d. to £8 17s; 6d.; light, £7: prime heavy wethers. 28s. 2d.; prime wethers, 2*3. 2d. to 26a 3d.; prime heavy ewes,. 255. Id. A line of show sheep sold as under:—, Wethers, 30s. to 355.; ewes, 275. to. 295. 3d. Messrs. W. and .W: Turnbull and Co., Ltd.,' report' having held their weekly salo in their Waipoua (Jlaeterton) sale yards on Wednesday. There was only a- small yard-in; of sheep, but cattle came forward well above advertised numbers. Competition/ was not as keen as at late sales, but there was a- good olee-rance at the.following rates:—Two-tooth, wethers (small), BOs.; f.m. ewes in lamb, 16s. 10d.;.-fat, cows, £B ,95.; fat and forward cows.-£6;'fOTward stoTe cows; £4; weaner steel's and heifers, £2; ; ycarlirig lieifers, £2 155.; 2-year, steers, £5 36. . '. • . ..« ' ■' Mr. Newton King in -life weekly report says:—At TTrenut on Monday 'a,'-full- yarding of all classes- oi- cattle, with, several lines of sheep, came forward. The In-calf heifers on account of, Mr.. W. Birdling were all cleared as follow:—Springing heifers, £5 17s. 6d.;-Jersey two-year'in-calf heifers, 1 bit small, £5 25.;,-Ayrshire in-calf .two-year''.lieifers, £5 10s. ;•■ two' and two and a-half-year Shorthorn, heifers, rough, £5-65.;" empty cightecn-months-heifers, i£i 55.; forward empty, heifers,. £5. .'The dairycows entered on "account of -Mr. L. E. Coster were a'very fair line, selling up .to £17 for e, very choice cow, down, to £5 for empty-looking cows, the .line, averaging .'£9 7s. 6d','' On account of : other '■ vendors: Yearling, steers, £1 19s. to £3 Is. 6d.; rough two to two' and a half-year steers, £4 3s. .to £5 55.;, small empty heifers, £3 25.; forward cows, £5 3s. to £5 125.; store cows, £4 to £4.75.; two and two and a half-year ta-calf heifers (badly done), £4 155.; springing vheifcrs,: £6 to : £6 17s. 6d.; dairy cows.. £6.t0. £B;.aged guaranteed cows, £3 12s. 6d. to, £5;. fat heifers, £6 6s. to £6 18s.; aged ewes in lamb, 13s. 3d. and 13s. fid.; aged wethers in poor condition, 14s. 2d.; "hoggets, 'Ms. id. to 15s. 3d. for fair linos. .At-, Tuna,.,fpr Mr. J. .Tristram's clearing sale, the herd-of 24 cows made a, satisfactory average-of . £8 18s.; best cows, young, and.'showing quality, sold up to £13 10s.; others, £5 to £7 55.; three-quar-ter cows.! £5; yearling bulls. £4; heifer, calved, £B.,.'At Eiverloa- on July 14, for Mr. J. Wallace's sale, cows sold at from £6 ss. to £10, averaging £8 Bs. for the Hue. Heifers, calved, made from £6 to £8 10s.; breeding sows, £5 to £7 15s. On the same day, at Eahotn, the demand was best for good yearling steers, big yearling steers, big., yearling heifers, and empty twenty-months heifers. Prices obtained were:—Shorthorn, yearling heifers (only fair stuff), £2 Is. 6d., £1 195., £1, 18s!; smaller,,' £4» 145„,6d., £1 10s., '£1 7s„ £1 ss, 6d., £1 "55.; mixed coloured weaner to yearling heifers,,£2 Is. 6d., £1 18s.; weaner to. yearling steers, mostly rough lines, very satisfactory sales at £2.175., £2 14s. 6d.. £2 75.-6 d., £2, £1175..'£l 16s. 6d.; small and, wcody, £1 7s. 6d„ £1 65., £1 55.; brindle twenty-months.steers, £3 Is.;' empty twenty-months heifers, £3- 155.. £3 10s,, £3 ,Bs, 6d„ £3 Bs., £3 6s.'; fifteen-months Shorthorn bulls, £3 lis., to £5; fifteenmonths Holstein bulls, £4 Bs.; weaner Jersey bulls, £2; two and a half-year steers, £5 125.: springing heifers (improved in.- 1 IUI1 UI £ y tor. anything close up),' £6 7s. 6d., £6 65., £5 155., £5 12s. 6d.; f<itcows, £8 175.: small fat cows, £6;. store and forward cows, £5,-£4 155., £4 12s. 6d„ £4 65., £4 0« 6d., £3 155., £3 135., £3'lis.; aged cows. £2 175.; £2 125.. £2 55., £1 18s. 6d., £1 18s.--good-framed cows,- ■ in calf, guaranteed £4 19s. On July 15 at Midhirst, Mr. W. rfeilsens dairy herd sold at from £8 10s. to £14 155.; aged cow 6, £5 ss. to £7; averaging £11 for the line. Jersey bulls brought £8 ss.;,weaner heifers, £2 7s. 6d • springing heifers, £7 55.. On account of 't&V -x- 6 ?' iea y cows sold at from £6 ss.'to £9 15s. At the Stony Itiver yards on the same day the lino of dairy cows sold on account of Mr. lianieiu averaged £7 10s. At Warea on July 16, at Mr Percy Putt's clearing sale best young cows, showing a lot of Ayrshire quality, made from £9 ss. to £12 55.; others, backward, £6 to. £8 ss. The herd of 50 (notwithstanding. that 25 were September-Novem-ber calvers) made a very satisfactory average of £8 155.; pedigree Ayrshire bull, lOgns.; Ayrshire in-calf heifers, '£4 17s 6d. to £6 55.; empty. cows, £3 13s. 6d. to £4.75.; three-year colt by General Grant, £17 ss. On the same day at Stratford, at Mr. 0. J. D. Wickham's sale, there were only a few dairy cows to offer, the«c eell,mg at £17, £15, £14, £17 10s., and £11; pedigree Jersey bull, 28gns. On- the 6ame day at Chalehurst,- Eltham. for Mr. J. Phillip's, s'cur., pedigree Jersey sale, pedigree cows made '15 to 46gn's. ; pedigree twoyear heifers, 20 to 57gns.; pedigree weaner to yearling, heifers, 5 tols ens.; pedigree bull, 9 to 12gns. 'ADDINGTON MARKETS. . ■By Tclcsraph.-Pre« .'..?.»nclat.loii.) ' Christchurch, July '22. There were moderate en tries of all cla«r-'es of stock, especially of fat sheep, and a fair attendance of buyers. Fat cattle sold at lato rates, and the fat 6heep market was -firm. ,A few, fat hoggets entered were penned with fat sheep. Pigs were rather dull of sale, but there was no change in prices. Young store ewes and ewe hoggets, especially the latter, were in keen demand. Store sheep: Good ewe hoggets, 20s. to 21s. 3d.; fairly good, 18s. to 195.; small and inferior, 17s. to 17s. 9d.; best wether hoggets,l7s.. 6d. to. 175., 9d.; fairly good, 16s. to 16s. 9d.; very medium hoggets, including mixed line 6. 14s. 3d. to 15s. 3d.; twotooth ewes. 255. 3d.; full and failing-mouth ewes,-16s. 10d:; average lines of aged ewes, 15s. to 16s. Zd.; aged cull ewes (low con'dition')',' 9s. 9d. Jto lis.: two and fourtooth wotherst inferior), 165.: four and six-tooth medium, 18s. 6d.; extra prime, to Ms. 6d.; prime, 235. to-295.; others, 19s. to 22e.'6d.; extra prime ewes, to 275. 3d.; prime, 20s. to 235. lid.; medium, 18s. to 19s. 6d.; aged and light, 13s. 9d. to 17s. 6d.; hoggets, 16s.'3d.- to 2Cs. . Fat cattle: Steers. £7 to £11; extra good steers, to £17: heifers. £5 10s. to £8 10s.;. extra good heifers, to £11; cows, £5 to £11 2s. 6d., price per 1001b., 28s. to 325. 6d. . Store cattle: Yearlings, up to £3 155.; 18montlts, £2 ss.'to £3 55.-, two-year heifers, £4 25.; two-year steers, £6 165.; two and a half-year steers, £0; two-year heifers, £6 10s.; and dry cows, > £2 to £5 10s.; dairy cows, mode £3 to £9; and extra, to £13 17s. 6d. Fat. pigs: Choppers,'7os. to 1205.; heavy hacouers, 655. to 725.-, ordinary linconei's, 555. to 605., price per lb., sd. to s»d. Heavy porkers, 455. to 485.; ordinary porkers, 38s. : tu 425., price per lb., 6d. to 6id.; large stores, Ws. to 455.; medium stores. 325. to 385.; small stores. 225. to -305.: weaners, 10s. 6d. for very small sorts, to 18s. tor fairly good; sows, in - pig, £5 10s. to £6. BTJKNSIDB MARKETS. Dunedin, July 22, Fat caltle-155 yarded. Very fow prime quality bullocks were forward, the bulk of the yarding comprising medium to good bullocks and heifers. Competition was keen, and prices showed an advanco of ten shillings per head. Quotations-.—Best bullocks, to £14 10s.; extra, to £15 10s.; medium, to £11 155.; light ' and .unDnishcd, to £9; prime heifers, to £1(1

10s.; oxtra. to £14 lCs.; others, £7 to I £8 IDs. Storo cattle—Bulls, to £9: cows, to £6; I vealcrs, £4 2g.; dairy cows, to £7 Ids.; calves, to £1 14s. Fat sheop-2000 penned, consisting cliicfly of good quality wethers, with a few pens of mcdi*m to good ewes. Freezing buyers wcro operating freely, and taken all over the prices were about on a par with last week's rates. Quotations:—Prime -wethers, Z4s. to 275.; extra, to 335.; medium to good, 225. to 235.; light and unfinished, 20s. 6d. to 21s. 6d.; prime ewes, to 255.; extra, to 265.; medium, to 205.; others,'lfe. to 15a. Fat lambs—los 3 penned. Prime lambs, to 21s. 9d.; extra, to 28s. 6d.; medium, to 18s. 6d.; unfinished, to lGs.' Pigs.—Only 58 fats and 35 stores camo forward. Baconers sold well at last wecK'fi rates, and suckers and slips showed a slight advance. Baconers sold to £3 155., suckers and slips to 275.