LIVE STOCK'SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2400, 4 March 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK'SALES.

Meesre. Balgety and 00., Ltd.; report.ha.ving held their monthly Bale at Wadkanao oa Tuesday, when a good.' yarding of both sheep and cattle'came forward. The sale all through was.a dragging one, and except for sheep showing ' quality i .bidding was. very dull. Cattle , were also hard of sale, although somo -good lines of bullocks came forward. The, jirincipal- sales- effected were as follow:—On'account, of Mr. I. G. Duncan: 150 2-tooth-wethers; at: 175.'3d.; on account of Mr.-T... Powell: 105 2-tootJi fXm." ewes, flit 17b. 6d.; : on .of-other vendors: f.m. owes, at-125., 135., and 13s. .6d.; low-conditioned owes,- 7s. 6d. to lls.; mixed 2-tooth," 13s. Cattle—Fat bullocks, £9 Is.; sfcoro cows, £3 10s.-; bulls,'£s.'- ". - 1

ileasr.s. Mgety and Co., Ltd., report hav--ins held their, wcefcly 'ealc at -Levin on-pjfldo-y, when '• they offered;,: satisfactory yarding of both eheep ond.-cettle. Al,tho«ffh bidding • was a-littie Black, -good husincsa was done 'before,,.tho end v of the day. The principal sales -were a 6 under Heavy weight,* fat-ewes. 225.;, 9s. to 10s. 6d.; good .'shorn lambts, Bs.vto .Bs. 10d.; cull lambs, 4e. fid. to ss. id.; f.m. owes, 7s. 4d. to Ifls.; sjd.' : cvrcs,\ 14s to 15s. 3d.; cull 2-tooth, Bs. Bd. Cattler-Empty. cows, £A 7s. 6d.'; 5-yeaJ.'-old- steers, £S 7e. 6d.; forwaid 3tore cowb, £4 15s. to £5 Is;;. • light-weight, fa-t -cows,' £6 :4s. - to - £6. 6s.j tpringing heifers, bulls, £A 14s. to £5. Messrs. Abraham and Wililams, Ltd., report on thuir Johnsoaville sale aa foUows: —A good -yarding of r bullocks and a heavyone ct sheep came forward, and sold at late rates. -Prime ; lieaVy " bullocks, ±.15;, jjrimo bullocks," £M>' lighter, £12. 15s. to £13; primc..hc.aTy;.vrethers, 25b. 10d.; good wethers, 225.;- light wethers. 20s.. 6d. to 2U. Id.; prime heavy'ewes, 225.; gooa ewes, 19s. to 19s. fid.'; light "ewes, 17s. 6d. to 18s.; prime lambs, lffl- 6d. • to . 165., 6d.; plain, lis, Sd. to 12s. . •Ibraiuam and /Williams, ,'WA, report on their Pahia,tua a,nnual eheep fair, held on Jlaich-2, a3 follows offered an extra heavy yarding well in exccss of advertised numbers, over 20,000 coming under tho ■hammer. Tho entry was well up to the average for quality, -tihero being, a. large .number of first-rate ~ewes, for wluch there ■'was.-lieen demand, owners' anticipations,in most casns being exceeded at from Is, to ' 2.?. • Kwc-s backward In condition were in some instances difficult, to riuit, all other clases of sheep sold well, the bulk of the eai.ry being, disposed: of .under the hammer. Mr. I). Vi. Allen topped the market for-4 ajid 5-yca.T-old ewes, with 19s. Id.'; otlicir sales were:—A..D.'f&linton, 18s. Id.; vr. .Jlitchcll; 18s.'; V,'. E. O.'Trlee. 16s. 9d.; W. E. Taylor, 15s. 9d.| BnUour HsUte, 17s. "Wliilc. 175.; J. Moughan,' 17f. 4c1.: ,T. Oluiow, 16s. and 17s. .Id.'. W. R. Godfrey, 16s. -5d.; K. C Ellingham. 163 Id.; 8. ifacT.eo'd, 17s. lOd.; R. Haliburtori, 175.; :H. Huit, 15s. 6d. • Olhcr sal« 6 ranged-from 13s. "145." Id., 15s.' Id., to 15s. 6d. In the younger ewes, Mr. B. 1 ['Gowon topped tho eaJe- with 215. 6d.: other sales were:—l ? . Koore. 175.; P. Wllite, 1&5, 6d.; W. Tosswill, 16e. Ed.; W. E. Godfrey, 16s. 9d., 175... and' 17s. Bd.: J. Moughan, 16s. 7d.; W. and T..pabert,:l7s. Id. Crawford and S. •ItoeLeod, 16s.

Other Quotations ewos, 12s. to 145.; mixed o.gcd ewes, lfe. 3d., 14s. 2d., to 15s. Id.; full-mouth ewes. 6s. tod. to its. Id.; email 2-tooth ewes, 12s. Id., 13s. 7d., to 4s. 6d.; 2-tooth wetlera, 14a. - 10a. to 16s. Id.; shorn lambs, 6e. 6d., 7s. 3d., to Bs. M.; small lambs, 3s. 6d. to ss. 9d.

ADDINGTON ILVEKET. !By Telegraph—Press Association.) • Chrlstchurchi March 3. At the Addington live 6tock market there were small entries of fat stock and a medium yarding of stoTc sheep, but the attendance was tho largest for several weeks past, as harvest is Snow practically over. Fat cattle showed a sharp rise, and gboro and fat sheep aud fat iambs told bettor. !• Store sheep.—Forward two-tooth wethers, to Ms.; ordinary two-tooth wethers, to;13s.; : cull two-tooth wethers, 10s. 4d.; good fourtooth halfbred ewes, to 235. 6d.; pood fourtooth crossbred ewes, 20a. 9d. to 215.; good two-tooth ewes, to lfe. 4d.; cul two-tooth owes. 12s 10d.; good sound-mouta ewes, 15e. to 195.; good five-year ewes, to 155.; fairly forward lambs, to 16s. 3d.; small lambs, Bs. to 10s. 3d.; cull lambs, 6s. 6d. to 7g. 9d. Fat lambs—Best lambs made 17s. 6d. to Z"s.; others, 14s. 3d. to 17s. Fat sheep.—Prime, wethers, 21a. to 265.: others, 15s. to 2te.' 6d.; prime ewea, 20s. to 255. 4d.; mediiim, 16a. 6d. to 19s. 6d.j others, 13e! to 16s. \Vat cattle.—Ordinary steere, £5 15s. to £12- extra steers, to £18 2s. 6d.; ordinary heifers, £6 ss. to £8 lte.; ordinary cows. £0 10s. to £8 55.; extra cows to £13 ss. Prices of boef pel' 1001b., J4s. to 445. ''tore oaittlc.—Fifteen to eighteen months' eorts £2 ss. to £2 155.; two-year heifer" (good) £4 55.; three-year stcexs, £8 12s. 6d.; drv cows. £1 10s. to £5; dairy cows, £3 10s.. to £11); extra to £14 2s. 6d. I'i»s.—Choppers, 50s. to 80s.; light boconers °475. to 555.; heavy baconere. 57e. 6d. to 67s"' extra heavy baeonere to 7te.; prices per lb s!d. to 51d. Light potUcts, 30s. to 535.: heavy porkers, 345. to 405.; pric« par lb. b%d. U> sydStore pte.-liaxge stores, 2fc. to 305.; medium, KB. to 255.; small, 12*. to 17s. 6d.; tpcaneri?, is. to Bs.; sows in pig. 30s. BUBNSIDB MAEKKT. ißy Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedin, Jtareh 3. At Bum side to-day only 130 fat cattle were vorded. There were not many good hnllecks forward, the yarding consisting of a, £ood proportion of oowb and heifersi

Preezinfi; bnycrs : were not. operating, but owing to short supply' there was good competition. by butchers, though tho dcs 4 mand eased off 'towards the end of the sale. Prices were about 15s. per head afcore .thoso', ruling lost week. Fat cattle.—Best, bullocks, £14 t0.£15; medium to'good, £11 to £13; light, £9 IDs. to £10 ICe. ;> beet cows and heifers, £10 to £11 10s/;'extra to £14; medium to good; £8 to £9; others, £6 to £7 10s. . Tat sheep.—There waa a fair-sized yarding, 2585 boin& penned, bat not many prim© sheep came forward. Freezing buyers wore operating, but on slightly reduced limits. Owing to the-decision of the Imperial Government regarding tho export of meat, prices were about Is. per head below thoffe ruling laet week, but medium quality ewea showed'a N- drop of Is. 6d. to 2s. per bead. Prime wethers, 246. to 265.; extra to .316.; medium, 225. to 235.; light, 18a. to 195.; prime ewes,'2ls. to 235.; extra to 275, 6d.; medium, 17e.' 6d. to 19c>.; light, to 15e. . lambs;—There'was a small yarding 700 being penned. The entry contained a large proportion of medium quality. Prices generally were much-the same last week. Good, .lambs met with fairly keen competition, but medium and unfinished wore dull of'sale. Good,, 17s. to 195.; extra, to 225. 6d.; medium, 15s.'to 165.; unfinished to 146.-6d.-~" • Pigs.—Seventy*four < fats and .40 stores were penned.. Fat pigs were slightly easier. and stores 6old much the same a«s at last ealo. ... . .