LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2394, 25 February 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

' Vncnrfl Daleety and Company, Limited, rewrt having held their fortnightly solo in tie Tipper Hntt yards on Monday, when they offered ail exceptionally heavy yartl- • inc of both sleep and cattle. Some speci'fljfV cood linos of slieep and cattle were loEcrod and for breedingowes and steers keen competition took plflflfi- ■ The principal soles were as under :-aheep: Account JW A Cottle, 250 good-conditioned Z-tooth, (wethers, 16s. Account A. B. Cottle<i ISO 6►tooth to f.m. ewes, 17s. M. Account A. :Scholes, 130 4-tooth ewes, 17s. Id. Account >W. Corries, fat ewes and wethers, 19a. 6d. • Account E. W. Cottle, forward '-wethers, 178. Id. OtherTendors: Forward •ewes, 15s. 6d. to 15s. 9d.; low-condition f.m. ewes, lis. to 12s. 3d.; fat ewea and wethers, -2i£. 9d.; forward 2 and 4-tooth we-

to to.; cull lambs, 4s. M. to ss. Id. Cattle: Account Tyor Bros., nice lino of 25' 3 and 4-year-old steers, £8 19s. 6d, Account other vendors: Forward empty cows, £5 126. to £6 55.; fat corn, £6 Bs. to £7 76.; fctore cows, £4 10s. to £4 18s.; cowb and calves, £4 10b. ,to .£4 14b.; 18-months' .steers; £3 123'. 6d.j yearling steers, £2; bulls, £7 2s. 6d.- to £8.-

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., to port on thcir'JohnfoimHe sale at follows: A pood entry-rof prime bullocks and sheep came forward and'sold well at late rates. Extra heavy .-.bullocks, £16 10s.;' prime bullocks, £15 Zs. ~6d.j lighter, £12 lis. to £12 17s. W. to £14; prime heavy wcthere, ,255. 5d.; good wcthere, 225. . to-225. 6d.; lighter, 225. ; v prime heavy ewes, 235.; good ewes, 19s. 6d. to £1; woolly lambs, 15s. to 15s. Bd.; shorn,. 126. 6d. to 13s. 6d.

■ Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited) ;report 0n, 7 their Woodville sale held on Monday;—We have to report a good yardlug of ehecp 'and cattle, which was offered to, the usual larco attendance. Com- : j»et.ition'was' keen and wo realised good tuluefl for-all stock sold. Two-tooth we,thors; : s l6s.V ,to ,16s, 6d.; fl.m. ewee,. 14s. to 14s. 6d.; f.m. ewes, ss. 9d„ 65., to 6s. 7d.: fat ewe«, ,175.; . fat lambs, 14e. 3d.; B.F. lambs,- 10s: ■to lis. 10d.; small lambs, ■ 6e. to-6e.'7d. Fat cows, £5 17s. 6d„ £6 10b., to £7; empty cows, £3 10s., £4 7s. 6d. to £5>.105.; • 18-.months steers, £3 26. to ,£3 9b. &L; yearling heifers, 355.

Messrs. Abraham, and Williams, Limited, report on. their Pahiatua stock sale, held on Tuesday had a very heavy yardtag of sheep, but the'quality of the bulk of- the yarding was .not up to the average, and the demand .was not so keen. , We also had la ljjge.'yarding of cattle.' The bulk'of the entry was di6po6edof before close of business:—Woolly lambs, 6s. 6d. t 75., Bs., Bs. 9d.,. 10s., to 106. 4d.; shorn, lambs, 6s. 3d., Bs. Bd., to 95.; cull lambs, Js. 6d„ ss. Id., to fie. lid.; . 2-tooth wethers, 14e 7d. to 16s. 7d.; 4, 6-tooth, and 4-year owes, 16s. 3d. to 16s. 10d.; mixed aged ewes ~lls. 5d.; mixed 2-tooths, 14s. lid.; forward ewes, IBs. ■ 9d. to 14s. 9d.; s.m. cweo, ,116., 12s. 4d.t» 3s. 3d.; f.m. ewca, '6s. to 7s. 9<L; S.D. rams, 3 to 7 guineas; 18 months steers, £3 to £3 25.; 3-year steers, £< 10s.'; 21-year steers, £5 195.; 2-year steers, ■£j, 2s. -to■ £4 155.; fat :' cows, £6 to £8; forward cows, £3 155., £4 55., to £5; cows and calves, £6; 2-year hcifors, £3 95.; yearling heifers, 37b. to 405.; bulls, £3 se. .

- ADDINGTON MARKETS. (By Telegraph.—Prtsa ABooolatloo.) Chrlstchurch, February 24. - At. the A.ddington live 6tock market there were .'much reduced yiardings of stook, compared with last week,' and generally prices ail round showed a recovery. There was a fair attendance. The late rain evidently had the effect of improving the demand for store sheep, and both ewes and lambs sold at advanced rates. Hat cattle were firmer and fat lamb 6 ' sold 'at Is ..to Is. 6d. (per head hetter. Pat Bhoop, especially' medium, were also a little farmer. " * • Store sheej)—Fair 2-tooth ewes, 16s. 6d. to 19s. 4d. r inferior 2-tooth ewes, 14s. t6 155.; 6 and 5-tooth ewes to 18s. 6d.; lowconditioned and 6 and 8-tooth ewes,- 12s. 6d.; good sound mouth owes to 18s. 2d.; inferior sound mouth ewes, 14s. Bd. to 15s. 3d.; failing mouth ewes, ids. to lis. 9d.; fairly good lambs. 10s. sd. to ' 12s. lid. j small lambs, 7s. 2d. (to 95.; 2 and 4-tooth •wethers, lis. lOd. to 13s. 6d. Fat lambs—Bost lambs, 176. to 19s. 6d.; others, 13s. to 16s. 6d. Hat sheep—Prime 'wethers, 20s. to 245.; others, 18s. 3d. to 19s. 6d.; prime ewes,* 18s. 6d. to 256. Id.; medium, 15s. to 18s.( others, Bs. to lis. 6d. .Ilat cattle-Ordinary steers, £7 156. to £9, eitra prime steers, to £13; ordinary heifers, £5 15s. to £8; extra prime heifers to & 17s. 6d.; ordinary cow 6, £5 to £8 2s. 6d.; extra prime cows, to £11 7s. 6d. Prime ox beef, per' 1001b., 28s. to 375. Store cattle—ls to 18 months, £3 ss. to £3 \7s. 6d.; 2-year steers, £4 '17s. 6d.j 2year heifers, £4 ss. to £4 65.; 3-yeax steers, £6 ss. to £< 10s.; 3-yeax heifers, £5 2s. 64.; dry ootts, £3 to £6; dairy cowe, £3 10s. to £13 10s. •

Pigs-Choppers, 70s. to 956.; extra heavy Mconers, to 725;; heavy haconers. 576. 6d. to 665.; lighter baconere, 476. to 55a. Price per. lb, sd. to . 5Jd. Heavy porkers, 365. to We.; lighter porkers, 30s. to 346. Price per lb. sjd. to 5Jd. Medium. stores, 245. to 28a.: 6mailer, 18s. to 23b. ; weanere, 3s, fd. to 86. 64. BTJRNBIDB MAEKETS. ■ Dunedin, February 24. At Bmrnside ■ to-day 233 fat cattle were yarded, comprising chiefly cows and heifers. On oocount of .export bnyers being temporarily out of market' prices showed .a drop of. 15s. to £1 per head. Prime trallocke, £13 to £15; • extra to £16 17e. 6d. j medium; ■ '£10. 106. to £11 - 17b. 6d.; light. £8 10s. to £S 55.; cows and heifers, £8 7s. 6d. to £10; extra to £11 17e. 6d.; medium to good, £6 15s. to £7 15s. j light and aged, £4 15b. to'£6; ■ • •* ■' ■ Fat sheep—3ol were penned, the greater number consisting of ewes of medium to prime quality, with a fair proportion of wethers. Export buyers were fully represented aad operated to the extent of their limits; nevertheless there was a drop of te. to is. 6d. per head on last week's values. Prime Wethers, 255. 6d. to 256. 9d.; extra heavy, to 325. 3d.; medium weights, 225. 6d. to; 235. sd.'; light, 19s. .to. 20s. 9d.; prime ewes,'. 245. to 255.'3d.;' extra to 27f1. M.; > lightt ■ end unfinished, lfe s*l to lea. 6d. '

Pat 1amb6—2789 were penned, .the greater proportion were unfinished, many pens consisting of . only . forward conditioned .stores. - There wh,s a full attendance of the trade, but bidding for all eicopt very prime lota was much lees buoyant than has been' the case of late. Prices for plain Quality suffered a drop, of .over is. per -lead: prime quality sold at prices slightly under those; ruling last week. Prime, 19s. :to 21s. 9(1/:' crt.ro to" 2te: 9d.'; medium, 16s. to 17s. i9d. : ;i -unfinished, 14s. to 155., 3d. Pigs—9s fats and-140 store and weanera penned. Porkers and baconers met with good competition-and for these, prices showed a decided improvement on the upruling at the lest few sales. Stores'and small sorts were neglect ed, aad 'many s of -them- were paesed in unsold,: while any soles affected ware at much reduced rates.