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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2341, 24 December 1914, Page 8

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LIVE STOCK SALES. ITessTS. Dalgety <md Co., Ltd., report having held their monthly eela in Otaki yards, on Tuesday, when a good yarding of both sheep and cattle came forward, which met with fair competition. " Buyers were more numerous for ehecp than for ' cattle, femalo cattle especially being rather dull of sale. Principal business effected was as follows:—400 poor-conditioned ewes and lambs, 156.;'. good-conditioned 4-tooth wethers', 19s. to 19a. 2d. Cattle: 18-nionths steers, £5 15s. to £5 165.: 15 months sheers, £3 2s. 64. to £3 155.; light fat cows, £5 15s. to £6; forward empty cows, £4 to £4 12s. 6d.; store cowe, £3 to £3 17s. 6d.; cows and' calves, £4 55.; yearling heifers, £2 le. :to £2 12s. 6d.; 15 months heifers, £2 19s. 6d. to £3 2s. 6d.; 2-year heifers, £3 10s.; springing heifers, £4 12e. 6d. to £4 195.; empty 2-year heifers, £3 Bs. A large entry ol sows with litters, offered on recount of Mr. P. Bydcr, met good competition and sold at from £5- to £6 10s. •

Messrs. Dalgoty and Co., Ltd., report 'having held a-successful clearing sale of dairy stock at the Homestead, Mangaroa, on Wednesday, on account of Mr. A. B. Couto. Buyers attended in fair numbers arid the herd.of cows, 60 in number, came forward in very good order. Considering the time of year prices realised were good, even although the sale lacked animation. Principal tales were as under':—Cows .in milk,'. £7 10s. to £9 55.; February-March culvers, £6 to £8 10s.; winter calvers, £4 10s. to £7 17s. 6d.; heifers, in milk, £5 to £6 7s. 6d.; store and unsound cows, £3 to £4 ss.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua sale of Tuesday,' as follows:—We offered a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was good inquiry, for sheep, the bulk of the entry changing hands, elthough prices were slightly easier. Cattle were dull at auction, but'we made a.fair clearance subsequently. Quotations:—2 and 4-tooth wetb> ers, 18s."ld.; 2-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d„ 135., to Ms.'; small 2-tooths, 10s.'3d. to 10s. lid.; forward empty ewes, 12s. Id., 14s. 9d„ to. 15s. 6d.; fat ewes, 18s! 9d.j light fat cows, £6; empty cows, £3 to £4 175.; store cows, 395. 6d. to £2. 4b.; empty heifers, ■£3 Is. to £3 155.; yearling heifers, 375. 6d. to £2; dairy heifers, £5 12s. 6d.; 15-month. steers, £3 12s. to £3 17s. 6d.; yearling steers,'£2 163. COMMERCIAL ITEMS HIDE AND SKIN SALE. Messrs: Dalgoty and Company, Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At our, usual monthly sale on Monday, w.e offered a large catalogue of all classes. Best classes of sheepskins showed an advance on previous sales, while all inferior and short wool skins were somewhat lower, and difficult of sale. Hides of all descriptions showed an advance on last sales' rates, cow hides realising as high as 93d. per lb. Wool: The offering consisted mostly of. oddments and wool-scourers' lines of pieces and locks, and prices ruled easier. Crossbred, bright and clean, 63d. to 9)d.; inferior and seedy, 7d. to Bd.; dead wool, best lines, BJd. to 9d; inferior and rough, 7d. to 73d.; lambs, B|d. to 9id.; crutchings, 6*d. to 7d.; bellies and pieces, 6Jd. to 7Sd.; locks and pieces, sd. to 5Jd.; locks, 4d. to 43d. Sheepskins: Crossbred, full wool coarse, 9d. to 93d.; medium and fine, 9d'. to 9}d.; inferior crossbred, 7d. to 73d.; quarter to half wool, 4Jd. to 6Jd.; pelts, 4}d.; dead skins, 6Jd. to 7d.; broken and damaged, 4*d. to 5d.; seedy and inferior, 4d. to 4Jd.; pelts and short wools, inferior, 2d. to 2id.; butchers, part dry and salted pelts, at each, Is., Is. 3d., Is. 4d., to Is. 7d.; lambs, Is. to 3s. 9d. Hides: Ox medium and heavy, 93d.; light. 9d. to 91-Brt.; cow, best lines. 93d.; good, 9d. to 91-Bd.; inferior, 7 5-Bd. to ,8 5-Bd.; cut and slippy, 7 5-Bd. to 83-Bd.; yearlings, 91-Bd. to 10d.; ditto, damaged and inferior, 7d. to 85-Bd.; horse, 6s. 6d. to 93.; cut, 4s. to ss. Calfskins: Best lines, 117-Bd. to 123 d.; rough and inferior, Bd. to 10 7-Bd.; cut and 6lippy, Bd. to 10 7-Bd.; dry, 3d. to 2s. each. Sundries: Tallow, in tine, 17s. 6d:; rough fat, 125.; horsehair, Is. 6d.; bones, 3s. 6d. cwt. ' .

Customs duty eolocted at the port of Wellington yesterday amounts! to £1905 7s. 2d. AUSTEALIAN PASTORAL CO. By Telegraph—Prces Association—Copyright Sydney, December 22. The Australian Pastoral Company's report shows that there is a 6um of £173,416 available for dividends, and that £60,CC0 is placed to the reserve. The. reserve against possible future stock losses is £35,0C0, and the special reserve against investment £10,000. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. December 23, 10.10 p.m.) Sydney, December 23. Oats, Tasmania, 4s. 3d.; New Zealand, 4e. 3d. to 4s. 4d.; barley, English 4s. 6d„ Cape feed 45.; maize, 4s. Bd. to 4s. 9d.; potatoes, Tasmanian £12. 10s., local £11 to £13; onions, Victorian £13, local £9 to £10; hutter, selected 1125., secondary 102s. to 1045.; cheese, 63d. to 6d.; bacon, 9d. Adelaide. Dewmher 23. Wheat, 6s. 3d.; flour, £12 17s. 6d. to £13; bran and pollard, £11 ICe.