LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

JJ He/srs.,AbrsLhain and Williams, Ltd., re--port.--aniitheir ;Johnsonville sale as follows: of bullocks and 'eheep 'ciM<&ioEs£r(L and sold well it late 'rates. Prime hea'vyTmllocliG, £15 7s. 6cU and £12 15s. to £13 17s. 65.; lighter .£l2 to £12 65.: prime heavy vealers, £2 Eβ. to £3; primo, £i to £3 75.; lighter. £1 to 255.; prime heavy wethere, 255. 10d.; prime wethere, 235. to 235. 3d.; lighter, 21b.i 9d.: Drime heavy ewes,.22s. lOd: to 235. Id.: prime ewes, £1 to £1 Os. 3d.; light, 18s. 9d. to 19e.; prime lambs, 14s. 9d. to' 15(3. 6d.; plain, 125 , . 6d. to 13s. 6d. -~.'• • - , • ADDINQTON MAfiKET. • (Bj Tdeeraph.—Press Association.) iir.S ■iChristchurch, December!).. ' "'At thq Addington-live stock market there were fairly large yardiUßs of. all classes of stock, except store sheep; Fat cattle, were '■ rather easier, and fat lambs sold , well. As the entry was somewhat Bmaller fat sheep ehowed little ■ change: .' . ' Store sheep.Gobd woolly ewes, with lamia, ■to 13s. lid.; medium ewes, with lambs, , 10s. "6il. to 12s. lid.; woolly dry ewes, eoundmouthed, to 15s. Bd.j very forward wethors, to 183. 9d.; fairly forward wethers, lfe. 6d. to 17s. 6d.; two-tooth wethers, lZs. to 16e.; hoitgetfl, woolly Hβ.- 6d. Fat lambs—Extra prime show lambe, 225. to «s.; primo lambs, 18s. to 21s. Jd.; lighter, 15s. to 17s. 9d. Fat sheep-Woolly wethers, 27e. Id. to 60s. 6d.; extra prime shorn wethere, to 275.: prime wethere, 22e. to 265.: others, 17s. lid. to 21s. ed.; extra prime shorn ewes to 275. 6d.; prime shorn ewes. 20s. to 255.; others, 17b. §i. to 19s. 6d. I'at oatile—Extra heavy steers, to Sl7; ordinary steers, £7 15s.- to £11 55.; heifers, £7 to £11; extra, cows, to £12-10s.; ordinary cows, £5 10s. to £9. ; Price of beef, per 1001b., 30s. to 4Ce. ' . . ,-:- , ■ Store cattle—Fifteen to eiehteen-mouths sorts, £2 13s. to. £3; two-yeer steers, £5 to £5 10s.; : two-year heifers, £4 55.; threeyear' steers, £6 55.; three-year heifers, £5 to £5,105.; dry cows, £1 10s. to £4 10s.: dairy coto, £3 to £10. ; ..".-! ■ Piss-Choppers, 60s.' to 80s.: extra heavy bacpners,-to 715.; heavy baconers,--575.-'6d. to 055.;-liEnter baconers,'4Bs.'to'sss; Price per lb., 5Jd. to 5Jd. Heavy porkers, Ms. to Ms.s Utehter porkers, 3Se. to 38s. Price per lb.. sja. to 6d;.. Store pfes—Largo stores, 33a. to 389.;. medium stores. 265. fo 305.; small stores, 18s. to 255.: weaners, «s. 6d: for very-small ;to Us, for eood 6orts. .'. ,' ■ *:.X. -BJJBNSIDEHABKETB. , '" " " ■'■' Dunedin, December 9. There was a large yardine of fat cattle (it Burnside to-day, 205 coming forward. The entry included a line of extra, heavy bullocks from Canterbury. Prices again ■shoved a.;decline, and- several lots werepassed fa, a portion of these being secured later, privately at per 1001b. by an export buyer. 'Best bullocks. £14' to £15 10s.; extra prime, to £18; medium, £12 to £13 10s.; Ugh*, arid unfinished, £10 to £11 10s.; best coins and heifers, £9 10a. to £10 10s.; extra, to £13; others to £8 10s. ' . ' ■ • Fat sheep-The yardinfr was the largest for some time, 3300 conrinjr forward. Sheep were of fair "average quality, but owing to the large entry prices showed a marked decline on last week's rates. Best wethers averaged about Is. to la. 6d. lees than last last weeki while medium sorts suffered to a greater extent. . Ewes were easier fcy about 3e. to 4s. per head. Tho fall in ralues was not eo noticeable in woolly eboep. Exitra- heavy woolly wethers to 48e. • best, 325. to 365.; medium, 28s. to-295.; inferior, 255. to 275.; best shorn wethers, 28s. to 305.; extra,to 345. 6d.; medium, 255. to 275.: inferior to 12s. 9d.: best woolly, ewes.to. 325. 6d., extra to 375. 9d.; best shorn ewes, to 235.; medium, -to 305.; light, to 18s. Fat lambs—276 were penned; and owing to the lorco,yarding Airicea were again easier. Best, to 18s.; medium, to 16a. 9d.; small and inferior, to 14s. 6d.