LIVE-STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2287, 22 October 1914, Page 8

LIVE-STOCK SALES.

Messrs.' Dalg'ety and , Company, Limited, report having,-held their Marton. eale on Tuesday, when they had a fair entry of eiieep. "wh'ioh- mot. with a. ready saleat tho following prices:—Empty ewes, 13s. 3d;; 2tooth owes, to 14s. 4d.; small mixed ho?KCts, 13s. 5d.; 2-tooth wethers,' to; 16s. 4d.; 2-tboth and few.4-tooth" wethere, 16s. Id.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Apiti on Tuesday we. had a good entry. of" sheep and cattle, which eold freely as under:— Sheep—Small hoggete, 12s. to.Ks.; medium hoggets, 16s. 4d.; fair hoggets, 165., 16s. 4d., to 16s. Bd. Cattle—Small yearling steors, £2 55.. 6a."to £2 18s.; 2-ycar steers, *5 65.: light fat.heifers, £5 ss. to £5 10s.; springing heifers, £4 17s. 6d.; cows and calves, £3 10s, .

Merers. W. and-O. Turnbull and Co';, Ltd., report having held their weekly sale in. their Wainoua- yards on Wednesday. A good yarding of cattle camo forward well above advertised numbers, but competition was rather dull, consequently the talk of the yarding went out unsold. The following prices were realised:—Forward empty cow 6, £4 135.; two-year eteers, £5 7s. 6d., £5 10s., to £6 Bs.; yearling steers, £2 Bs., £2 125., to £3; yearling steers and heifera. £2 95., £2 Us., to £3; yearling dairy heifers, £2 10s., £2 165., to £2 195.; wcaner. calves. 17s. 6d.; two-ycor Shorthorn bull, £5 ss. Pigs—Wcanere, 16a. 3d.; slips, 20s. 6d.

Messrs. Abraham and TVilliam6, liM., report on their Johnsonvillo sale as follow:— A. heavy yarding of eheen and cattle came forward and sold readily at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks, £14 17s. fid.; prime uulloeks, £13 Sβ. to £13 165.; lighter, £12! 2s. 6d. to £12 10s.; light, £11 12s. 6d.; prime i heifers, £8 155.; venlcrs, 24?. to 305.; prime, ! heavy shorn wethers, 255. Id. to 265.; prime'! wethers, 235., 6d. to 2<!o. 2d.; lighter, 225, I to 22a 6d.; prime, heavy ewes, 235.; lighter, 215.; light, IBs. 3d.; prime lambs, Wβ. 6d. to 15s. 3d.; light, 13s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re- ; ■port:—At Woodville on Monday we offered a small yarding of sheep, but a good yarding of cattle. There was a good, allround demand, practically everything felling at slightly improved values. Best dairy heifers sold exceptionally well, making up to £10. Quotations woolly hoggets, lte. 3d.; store ewo3. 15s. 3d.; best dairy heifers, close to profit, £7 ICb,, £8, to £10; backward heifwe, £4 ss. to £5 15e.j , light tat com Si >«. U> #6 2j.j omjfcr r«.j

ward oowe, £3 16s. to £4 18s. 6d.; empty heifers, £3 to £3 is. 6d. i yearling heifere, £2 63.; 2-year steers, £5 Bs. 6d.; 15-month, eteore, £3 lls.; bulls, to £6 10s.

At Pahiatua on Tuesday the fira offered «, good yarding of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle. All classes of stock wero in keen demand, and practically a total clearance' was' effected at satisfactory values. Quotations:—Fat and forward wethers,- 21a. to 255. 3d.; fat ewee, 20s. 3d. to 265. 6d.; dry ewes, 17s. 6d. to 18s.; good dairy cows, £6 2s. 6d., £8 2s. 6d., to £11 17s. 6d.; light fait cows, £5 6s. to £6 35.; forward ompty- cowe, .£3 fe., £3 19e. 6d., to £4 13s. Cd.; etore cows £,Z 12s. 6d. to £3 25.; cows In calf, £3 10s. to £5 55.; cows and calves, £3 6s. to £4 35.; good dairy heifers, £6 ss. £7 126. 6d., to £8 6e.; backward heifers, £3 17a. 6d. to £5 55.; heifera just calved, £5 ss. to £6; fat ■ heifers, £4 17s. 6ri. to £6 55.; yearling heifers, £2 9s. fo £3- 25.; 2-year steers, £4 10s. to £4 165.; bulls/ £3 7s. 6d. to £4 ss. ADDINGTON MASKETB. (Bj U'eleEraDh-Praw Association.) Chrlstchurch, October 21. There were smaller entries of fat stock except lambs at tlio markets to-day. Beef was firmer in consequence of the shorter yarding. Store sheep and l fat sheep showed no ohange ,and lat lambs were easier, as there wevo more offered than were Tβquircd. . Store Sheep—Woolly eheep: Medium tw> tooth ewea, with, lambs. 13s. (all counted): , good six aid eight-tooth ewes, 14s. 6d. (all counted); failing-mouth enves, with lambs, 12s. lid. (passed); medium four-tooth wethers, 195.; medium hogg4i£, 13s. to 145.; cull hoggets, 10e Shorn Sheep.—Fairly forward wefchere, 15s. 3d. fpaesed); . very forward four-tooth wether, 165.; hoggets, lla. 4d. io 12s. 2d. ' Fat Lambe.—Prime, woolly wethers, 245. to 31s. 6d.; others, 20s. to 235. 6d.; shorn wethers ,15s. 3d. to 265. 6d.; merino wethore, 20s. 6d.; prime, woolly ewes, 225. to 305.; others, 14s. 3d. to 21s. 6d.; shorn ewes, 17s. Bd. to 275. 6d.; woolly hoggets. 235. 3d. to 265. Bat Cattle—Extra steers. £21; ordinary steere, £8 15s. to £12: . extra heifers, to £11 155.; ordinary heifers, £7 10a. to £9; extra con's, to £15 10s.; ordinary cows, £6 to £8 ss. Price of beef per 1001b. 355. to 455. Store Cattle.—Yearlings, 363.; fifteen, to eighteen months sorts, £2 18a. to £3 155.; two-year steers, £5 Is. to £5 55,; dry cowe, 30s. to £4 to.; dairy cows, £3 10e. to £10 15s. Fat Pigs.—Choppers, 70s. to 100s.; extra heavy baconors to 7Es.; ordinary baconers, 67e. 6d. to 725. 6d.; lighter boconere, 555. to 653. (price per lb. 53d. to 6d.); heavy porkers, 4te. to , 525.; lighter porkers, 40s. to 465. (price pea- lb. 650. to 6Jd.); best stores, 309. to 385.; medium, 255. to 329.; small, 18a. to 235.; weaners, 12s. for, very small, to 21s. for extra good sorte; sows in pig, 80s. to 120s. BUUNSIDE MARKET. Dunedln, October 21. At Burnside to-day 162 fat cattle were yarded. Owing to the small entry competition was keen at-late rates. Best bullocks, £13 10s. to £16; extra heavy to £20; .others, £11 to;£l2 10s.; best cowe, £9 to' £12: others, £6 to £8 10s. Fat Sheep.-20G9 penned. The sale opened at prices slightly higher than those ruling last week, and improvement was maintained till near the end of the sale, when values receded. Best wethers, 275. 6d. to 30s. 6d.: extra prime heavy, to 415.; medium, 245. -6d. to 265. 6d.; best ewes, 265. to 315.; medium, 2C& to 255. Lambs.—There was a larger yarding than usual, but little change in prices. Best, 18s. sd. to 195..9 d.; others, Its. 6d. to 18s. 6<J. ' , Pigs.—Ther.e w«s a medium yarding of fo.t pigs.—Competition was keen, and although prices wore erratic, they showed an improvement on. last weok'B ,rates. Porkers, 4Cs. to 50s;' baconers, 50s.' to 605.; heavy baconers, to 825.; stores were in short sunply, and were very <Icar; wellbred suckers, 20s. to 245. 6d.; medium 6orts, 15s. to. 18s. 6d.; Blips, 255. to 30s.