LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2358, 14 January 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

The" New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., PaJmeretom North, report as follows:—At Himatangi ealo on ; . Monday we had a fair yarding. Competl- ' tionwas not- up to that of recent sales, . : end several lines went out unsold. Woolly • hoggets, 19s. 6d.; aged ewes and lambs, lie. ; • 9d.; eighteeni-months Jersey-cross heifers, • .£3 t0,,£3 7s.;.yearling steers, £3 Is.; for- : ' Tvard"--c6ws,*£4> lCs.; cows, £6 7b. ; bulls, £4. Eauinai -eale 'oni Tuesday-we: hada fair' yaTding of sheep and cattle.- Fat. ' ewes,'i6s.:9d;; small, weaner:heifera, -2fts. to; . Sis.;'fair weaners, 2%. to 285.; good Hereford weaners. £2; store cows, £2-195.; bulls, £2 IDs. to £3'105.. . • ' • Mesers. Abrai&m ajid-Wiffiamjs. Ltd., report Yon their: Johneonville sale as follows:." A' fairyardmg of stock came" for-ward;--and'sold at late'rates. : Prinioiicf-vy bullocks, £15'7s. 6d.;- prime bullocks, £13 to £13'257 6d.; lighter, £12 ss.;"light, £9 2s. 6d.; prime heavy- wethers,- Ms.; light ivethers, 21s. to 225.; prime ewes, £1 to (£1 os. 3d.; light ewes, 18s. to 18s. ;6d.; prime •iambs, lfe. fid. to 16s. Id.; -light, 14s. to 345. 9d.; extra prime shorn, 15b. sd. to 16s. !' Messrs. Abraham and Williams, I/td., report on their Woodville' sale of Monday I « follows:—We offered a good yarding of . -both sheep and .cattle. . There was a good for sheep, practically everything •celling.. In the cattle fat cows- and- cows .•in forward condition sold' well, a satisfactory clearance being effected. Quotas ■tions: Light fat ewes, 17s.';6d.;' dry ewes, '10s. 4d. to 125.; two-tooth wethers, 145., 6d.; . woolly lambs, 10s. to 12s. -9d.; fat cows, J'£S 60., £7 12s. '6d„ to £8 '195., 6d.; empty v cows, £4 Bs. to £4- 146.:. dairy. ,cows,, to . '!£5 Bs. 6d.; two and a half-year .heifers,-£3 •5 s. to £4 65.; fifteen-months ■ heifers, £2 •' •108.; bulls, £5 12s; id. to £7 ,7s. ';' " : Messrs. .Abraham, and Williams, Ltd., re- i jnort. on their Pahiatua sale,of 'Tuesday: i iWe offered a fair yarding:of sheep and a , ;l(irgc yarding of ; cattle. Sheep ' were in■'good demand, and a large portion of the , ■ '. cattle sold at values in other: centres. Quor ; 'tations: Two-tooth wetheiß, 'Ms. Id. to14s. lid.: small iwo-tooths, Bs. 9d„ 10s. 9d., ■ to 12s. Bd,; dry; ewes, lis. 6d.; fat cows,; ( '£5 17s. to £6 18s. 6d.; forward empty cows, , '£4 3s. to £5 ss;;.' store cows, £2 6s. to £3 j Is.; cows and valves," £3.155. to £4 10s.; , two and a half-year steers, £5 Is. to £5 j 75.; smqll yearlings, £2 to £2 10s.; email , 'yearling heifers,"£2 2sl to £2'Bs;; bulls, to « '£6 ss. , T ■ i 'ADDINGTON STOCK MABKET. ] (By Meereph.—Press A«»ool«.tlon.) ,li Chrlstchurch, January 13. I At the Addington live stock marltet there 1 were again large entries of fat stock, and < a good attendance. Fat cattle sold at last 1 week's rates, exporters again operating, i Fat lambs also made last week's valnes, i averaging 6d. per lb. over all. Fat sheep - .were firmer by Is. per head. There was , Jfeera competition for store sheep, cspeci- 1 ally for forward lambs. . , Store sheep: Very forward lambs, 15s. 9d. to 16s. 6d.; fairly good lambs, lis. 6d. to , 14s. 6d.; ewo lambs, 13s. 9d. to 13s. 10d.; for- \ ward four and six-tooth wethers, 16s, 9d. ,to 17s. 3d.; fair four and six-tooth wethers, 1 184s. lid. to 15s. 3d.; two-tooth wethers, 12s. l isd. to 13s. 3d.; merino wethers, 6s. 7d.; : tfour and six-tooth ewes, 15s. lid.; inferior 1 iswes, 10s. 7d. to 12s. 6d.; ewes and lambs, 9s. 1 j Fat lambs: Extra heavy weights, to 255. ' v td.; tegs, ZOs. to 235.; average weights, 16s. 1 ii. to 19s. 6d.; light and unfinished, 14s. • ! . Id. to 16s. , 'i ! Fat sheep: Prime wethers, 225. 6d. to 265. i ?d.; others. 18s. 6d. to 225.; prime ewes, i 9s. 6d. to 245. 3d.; others, 12s. to 195.; mer- < no owes, lis. 6d. I I Fat cattle: Ordinary steers, £7 15s. to £12; ] ! extra prime steers, to £20 2s. 6d.; ordi- i nary heifers. £7 to £9 10s.;'extra prime i ■ heifers, to £15 7s. 6d.: ordinary cows, £5 i '17s. 6ci. to £8 7s. 6d.; extra prime cows, to 1 : £14. Price of beef, per 1001b., 3&. 6d. to ' 425. 6d.; extra prime, to 455. ' Store cattle: Yearlings, 325.; fifteen to i !' eightoen-months sorts, £3 2s. 6d. to £3 16«j i t two-year steers. £4 155.; two-year heifers, < ! £3 155.; three-year steers, £6 9s. to £6 195.; : ! three-year heifers, £5 55.; dry cows, £4 10s. i j to £6 56.; dairy cows, £3 10s. to £9 15s. < Pigs: Choppers, ■ 50e». to 705.: light baconi ers, 455. to 525. 6d.; heavy baconers, to 70s. i Price per lb.. 51d. Light porkers, 30s. to ; 345.; heavy porkers, 365. to 40s. Prico per i i 1b.,'53d. Store pigs; Best stores, 28s. to 355.; medium stores, 18s. to 275.; small sorts, ' ; 125. ; 6d .to 175.; weftners, 6s. to 12s. ! i [ ' BTJRNSIDE MARKET, t (Sr Telezraph—Preea AuoetiilMM !; Dunedin, January 13. ; ■ 'At Burnside to-day 156. fat cattle -were Warded, a fair proportion being bullocks of good quality. On account of the small--1 jiess of the yarding and keen, competition by freezing operators, the sale was brisk, and "prices advanced fully 15s. per hoad on i lost: week's rates. : Fat cattle: Be6t bullocks, £15 10s. to £18; ' medium, £12 to' £13 10e.; light, £9 10s. to ' £ll:'best cows and heifers, £10 10s. to £12; i medium, £8 to £9 10s.; light, £6 ss. to £7. i. Fat sheep: 2102 were penned. The enJry ."consisted mostly of ewes of moderate auaiity, very few really good wethers com- ; ing forward." For prime wethers the demand was "good, and prices were firm, at ]a«t week's rales, but medium quality and i' ' light sheep declined by Is. per head. Best' ■ wethers, 265. to 285.; good, 235. to 245.; me- ; dium and light, ZOs. to 21e. td.; best ewes, ' 255. to 285.: good, 22a. to Ms.; medium and I light, 17s. 6d. to 20s. ; ' Fat lambs: 230 were penned,- and the quality showed a good improvement on i last - week's yarding, and prices advanced Is. to Is. 6d. Best, 18s., to 21e.; good, 17s. 1 to 18a. 6d.y light. 15s. to 16s. 6d. - pigs; 79 fats and 54- stores were yarded. The demand for fats was dull, and prices were lower. Stores met with fair sale at prices equal-to .last lveek's rates.