LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2317, 26 November 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

.'. Mesers.,';Da]gety''.and: Company, Ltd., report oiitheir Otakt «ilo, ield-on Tuesday, November 24:—Bidding- throughout for-all lines offered was spirited, end at the end .of- : the day" practically a total- clearance Avas effected The principal sales were aa ■under:—Extra good woolly ewe hoggets, 24e.' Id.; extra good woolly.wether hogpete, 233. 2d.: medium fat-ewes, IBs. 9d.: lightweight fat cows,' £6 165.-to £I'Vs.; forwardstore; cows, £s''7s.■'.6d.. to £6 lls.";"two -to" two and a , half-year.steers (mediam ■ auality), £4 17s. to-£s. lβ. 6d.; empty two-year 3ieifors, £3 2s. 6d.to £4 ss:; yearling stebrs, •£3-2s. to S3 -163.; 'eighteen-month.■■•■steers,;-£4;,75. : - • ■■'. ' '• ~; ~.. ;.' Messrs'.' Abraham and Williams, £fcd., re- ■ ■poit on ,th<!.ir Johheonville sale' as follows: —A; small yardiiigrot ca.tUei«(ime forward,; hut a' heavy one "of sheep. Prices' wcro as follow: Extra heavy wethers,,:,?^. ; extra heavy ewos,' 265. , ; prime" heavy ■wotliere, 243;'~t0--245;-'4d: ;rprime -wethers,-- 23s;— ■IA-γ ligW-AYfithcrs. ~£l;.'.prime, ewe?,, ®f.iM 225.:6d-; "iight-ewct.r47s:-;3d.- to-18s. fid. lo'£l;i. prime"lambs', 15s. .to 15a.' 4d.:.g00cl lambs-,- , 14s, to J4s.. 6d.-; 'plain' -13s.''6d.;'prime ; '.'b'ul-: lockSi;£l2.lss.>to £1J 7e.' 6d.r]ighter,'£l2.',- , Me=flre.™\.btaham.and ■po^tThayin?; held their .monthly'ealo at Otoki;,6ii'.Tuesday, when, they fair-entry • of and a heavy, one,'of' '■ cattle,. "■"' Bidding .right tkroughout .':waefairlyi keen":-end we quitted tKo* built ,6V Ihe's'stool; as'_ lindcr:—Woolly hoggets,' ,18s:' eives, 125. : 5d.;-i-yeaTlinß •heiferii, £2 Cs., £2 12s. 6d.. £2 133. 6d., £2 145.; yearltng-,6t«ers,-.£2 4e., ..£2 165., £3, £5 25.;-..mixed 1 weaners, 275. ■ 6d., 29a.; fat eow6,'-£6' 55., "£6 r l2o'.;';fonvard empty cow«, £4 fa-;- £4 18al,-£s'ss.;'two-year stcere, £5 ■10s.i -bulla, ■ ; ■ ■Jres.-re. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Pα- , hiatna;' teport, oa'- their- stock sale, .held on • Eriday,..November 20, as followa:—Wo.offered a good yarding of eheep and.','a . small..; yardins .of. cattle.. Sheep met' a 'ready, sale 'and- 'realised good pricco. Twcrtoosh. withers, 15s. 9d.; small two-tooth wethers, 145.; dry eives, 13s. 2d. : Jlcssrs. Abraham and Waiiame, Ltd., Pαhiatua, report on their Pahia.tna Btock Kilo held on Kovcmber 24:—We offered a good yarding,of a fair yarding of cattle.- Four-tooth- wethers, 18s.'M. to 19s. 6d.'; dry' ewas, 15e.; Gmall' shorn twotootb, 10s. 9d, to 335, 4d.; woolly ewee nnd lambs (all counted), 12s. 6d.; good dairy cows, £7 to £9 155.; heifers,' close to proflt/£6 15a. to £7 10s.; backward lieifers, '£4 7e. fid. to. £5 5e.; mixed, yearlings, £2 165.; bulls,.£4 to'£6.: , ■ : ' . ■: ADDINGTON MAEKET. (By Telesrapb—Proa? Atßooiatlon.i . Chrlstahurch, November 25. At the Addington live'stock market thereweiro average entries, of stock in all do partments and a. fair attendance. Store ' BUoep wero oafiicr, and fat lambs sold well. Fat cattle did not sell very briskly, but fat sheep -were firmer by Ift' per tend. Store 'sheep: Good eound-mouth woolly; cwea and tombs.' to 14s. (all counted); 'pirly fonrard shorn, four-tooth, wethers, 16sl 5d.; medium! ehom four-tooth wethers, 15a.; fair ehom'owe hoggetß, to 15a.; two

and four-toote shorn dry eivce, 155.; medium four-tooth wethere. Us. to lls. lid. Tho sales Included tho-following lines:— •Wethers, :20s:, 6d.; four-tooth shorn, at 16s. 6d.; 41 two-tooth at lls.; 130 two-tooth at lie. lid.;:• owes and lambe (all counted),, 167 Eound-moutli woolly ewes and 183 lambs at 145.; 8 ehorn. ewes end. 11 lambs ftt 13s. 3d.; ewes, 18 shorn two-tooth at 155.; 15 shorn two end four-tooth at 15s. Fat lambe: There waa>an entry of 319 fat lambs, .a-s compated with. 343 laet week. The average quality woe good, but a few pens were on the light."side. There.wae a good demand and prices wore rather firmer than, last week. The rango of prices was: Best lambs, 19s. 6d.-to'2le. 3d.; light or, 18s. Id. to 19s.

Fat sheep: Woolly wothers. 19s.'Id. to 265. 6d.; extra prime shorn wethers, to 31s. 6d.; prime shorn wethers,- 225; 6d.. to 2fe. 5d.; others, 15s. 3d.-to 225.; woolly owes, 20s. 7d. to 26e. 3d.; prime shorn owes, 21e. to 26a. Id.'; others, -17s. -.to 20s.- 6d.j woolly hoggets, 20s. to 215.; shorn hoggets, 16s. 5d.to 183.' •■■■ -. • ■ • . ' -. ■ ■ ' ■ Fat cattle: Extea heavy eteera, to £18 15a. ;^ordinary-stcerd, £8 10e. to £12; estaa heavy heifers, to £11; heifere. £5 10a. to £9; "extra'-heavy heifers, to £11; ordinary • oows',.-£5 15s. to £9 155.; price of beef, per lOOlb.i 325. to 41s. . ."■Store Cattle: Yearlings, 235. 7d.; fifteen to cighteen-nionths, £2-15a..t0 £3 lls. 6d.; two-year steers, £A be. ;to £4 7s. 6d.; two-year-heifers. £4 to £4 2s. 6d.; three-year steers/ passed at £7 12s. M.; three-year heifers, £4 17s. 6d. to £5 25.; dry cows, £2 to £6 25..6 d.; dairy:oows, £3 to £10. -/.Bat ipigE 60s. to EOe.p extra ■ heavy-rboconers, to .705.;, heavy baconers, "555. to "635.; light baconers, 455. to 523. 6d.; price per lb., sd. to'6Jd.; lieevy porkere, 38a.. to 41s.;' light:porkers, 335. t0.37e.; .price per lb., 6Jd. to 53d. ■•■■:■■ , .Store pigi: Beet sorts, 325. to:37a. 6d.; 'medium, 225. to 305.; small sonte, 14b. to •19a.; weaners, 3e. 3d. to 12e.; sows in, pig, 40s. to 70s. .-. : .■;' : - ;■..;-,- .