LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2418, 25 March 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

I: Messrs. Dalgety nnd Co., Ltd. .report i> having held their monthly Bale at Wai,\kanac on Thursday, when they offered a fair lyarding of sheep and a heavy yarding '. of cattle. The business done .was good, !•' and retnm rates for all classes of stocK • ■were maintained. The , following galea 1 were effected Failing-mouth store ewes, .'• 76.:. three and a half-year steers, £8 10s.; ' forward store cows, £4 to £5 lis.: fat cows. "£6 7s to £7 55.; forward two and a naJf,;yeer steers, £7 15s. to £8 Is.; heifers, with :/calves at foot, £4; vealers, 355.; mixed !■:weaners. 20s. to 265.; fifteen-month heifers, j- 38s. to 465. , .j - Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., ' report on their Woodville sole of Monday as follows :-We offered a. large yarding of i both (jheep and cattle.'. There was an lmi movement in -the values for _ sheep, no ■ doubt on account of the rain in Hawltes - Bay; cattle sold at late rates. Quotei.tions:—Four and five-year ewes, 15s. sd. "to 17s- young ewes, 15s. Bd. to 17s. 3d.; soundmouth ewes. 13s. 6d. to .155..3d.; f.m. ewes, i 6s. 55., 80. 7d„ to ICS. 9d.; lambs, 9s. 9d.; -rams, 1 to 2Jgns.; fat cows, £6 7s. 6d. to < £6 17s. 6d.; forward cows, £4 9s. to £5 7s. lV6d.; store cows, £3 to £3 Bb. 6d.; springing '.heifers, £5 10s. to £6 17s. 6d.; fifteen-month i heifers, £2 2s. 6d.; weaners. 19s. 6d. At '•Pahiatua on Tuesday we oltered a heavy ! yarding of sheep and a moderate entryof i' cattle. In consequence of of the good rains ; in outside districts, there was a- sharp rise ,'dn sleep, practically everything. selling I nnffer the hammer in most cases in cxcceb : of vendors' expectations. ..Cattle sold at ' late rates.' Quotations:— Mised-aged owes, : 14s. lOd. to i&s. 6d.; four and five-year owes, ! 13s. sd. to 155.; sound-moutli ewes, 13s. Id. I to !<s. 5d.; f.m. ewes, 7s. to 10s. 5d.; two- . "tooth ewes, 143. to 198. 9d.; ! wethcre, 14s. 6d., 165., to 18s. Bd.; shorn ■ lamba (medium), Bs. 3d. to 10e. 7d.; pthere, 1 fie., 6s. 6d„ to 7s. lid.; Southdown ramfi, ' 4 to 4^^ns.; forward empty cows, £5 2s. 6d. f to £5 75.: 6toro cows, £3 to £3 18fl. 5 eighteen* f month' steers, £3 fe.; weaners, 20s. to 295.; ! two wdaners (offered, on account of Mr. it. ! :H. Hughes' for 'the 'Belgian xund) made {•'£2 145.-' • , ,r ' ' The ,iN T ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile | AcSrwy 00., Ltd., rerjort:—At Pahio-tua on ' Tuesday we had only a small entry -of f and a fair one of cattle. Competiition was'keen throughout the sale, eepecir ally for ewes and wethers, while good • .lambs met with a ready sale. We quote:— • Medium shorn lambs, 9s. 3d.; cull do., ss. | 6d.; cull ewes, 5?, .lid. to 6s. lid.; good t- aliality -weaner heifers, £1 lfe. and. £1 .12s. 6d. ; weaner .stetfra, ,275. 6d. to £2 55.; , light fat cows, £6-55.;-. forward store cow 6, [■ .£4 Kte.;,to £5;. bfsward do., £1 3s. 6d. to ' The New Zealand. Loan ?.jid Mercantile I 'Agency; Co., Ltd., report:—We held our eale at Levin on Friday, when wo < offcred:;<i good yarding of cattle. A fair 1 cKYirarice was made 'at the following prices:—Extra prime fat.heavy-weight, : Is.* medium do.. £7 lis.; lijrht do., £5 i 17s. to £6 65.; light fat heifers, £5 Bs.; : vealers. 335.; aged store cows, low condi- ■ tinn. £2 165.: bulls, £6 6s. ' Messrs. W. and, G. Tumbull and Co., Ltd.. report having hold n. horse fflle in their . Jlartiuhoroiigh sale yards on Tuesday, wh°n t'nev yarded 46 good types of draught, ' half-draught, nnd honk three and four- ■ year-old fillies and geldings. Bidding was verv keen throughout the sale, and there ■ was a, total clearance of all the young horses, but aged horses weTe unsaleable. ■ '.The following are » few of the principal fales:—On account of Mr. John M'Jloster, Svo three an.d four-year-old draught geld-

ings (unbroken), from £30 to £35; oil account Mr. \V. J. JlaTtin, three three and four-year half-draught geldings (unbroken), £15 to £18 55.; on account Sir.Eric ltfddiford, 14 three-year-old half and three-quarter-draught fillies end geldings. £8. £9 10s„ £10 £11, £12, £12 10s.; £15 10s., £16 155., £25, to £30; 51 three-year-old hack fillies and geldings, £6, £8, £&, £9 10s., £10, £11, £11 10s.. to £15 ss. ADDINGTON MARKETS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, March 24. There were moderat-e entries of fat stock; but there wa6 again a very heavy yarding of store 6heep. The attendance was good. Fat cattle were somewhat easier, there being no demand for export on account of want of space. l Store sheep sold at 'about last week's rates. Store sheep: Good sound-mouth ewes, 14s. to 165.; fair, 12s. 7d. to 13s. 9d.; good twotooth owes, 16s. to 17s. 7d.; fair, 13s. to. 14s. 9d.; inferior, lis. 9d. to 12s. 7d.; failingmouth. ewes, lis. W. to 135.. 6d.; good two, four,' eix, and eight-tooth ewes, 155., to 195.. 9d.; inferior, 12s. fid. to 14s. 3d.; good forward- lambs, to 15s. 3d.; fairly- forward, lis. 3d. to 135., 6d.; ordinary, 76. 9d. to 10s. lOd,; culls,- 4s. 6d. to 7s. 6d.; fe.irlyforward two and. four-tooth wethere, 145.; forward merino -wethers, 12s. Pat lambs: A., moderate entry and the offerings included a large line of prime heavy lamb 6 from the West Coast, which attracted considerable • attention. The quality of the. remainder of the yarding was only moderate. The range of prices was:—Best lambs, IBs. to 225. Id.; others, 13s. to 17s. 6d. . . . . Fat cattle: Extra, good steers, to £14 106.; ordinary, £7 .10s. to £10; extra heifers, to £11; .ordinary,-£5 vB. to £8; extra cows, to £15; ordinary, £4 176. 6d. to £18 106. The prico of beef per 1001b. was 31s. to 455. Vealers: The yarding of fat catves was an average one, all-descriptions being represented. Prices ranged from Bs. to 50s. for ordinary sorts; extra good animals making to 90s. Fat sheep: Prime wethers, 2te. 6d. to 245. 7d.; others, 16s. 6d. to 215.; prime ewee, 20s. to 255. 6d,; medium, 15s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.; others, lie. 6d. to 155.; merino wethers, lis. to 19s. sd. Store cattle: Yearlings, 385.; 15 to 18- ! month, £2 3s. to £2 155.; two-year steers, £4 56.; two-year heifers, £3 55.; two and , a, half-year steers, £5 55.; three-yeax steers, i £7 to £8 '56.; three-year heifers, £5 ss. to I £5 10s.; dry cow 6, £2 to £4 155.; dairy | cows, £3 • 10s. to £10 17s. 63.

Pigs: There was a large yarding of fata, and prlcc6 generally weTe easier. Chop, pers made 50s. to £5 IDs.; bpconers, 476. 6d. to 80a., equal to s}d. to sid. per lb.; porkers, 265. 6d. to 285., equal to ssd. to 53d. per lb.; a smeller yarding of store pig© mot with a better, eale, large sorts making 30s. to 336.; medium, 255. to 265.; small, 12s. to; 235.'; weanere, 4s. 6d. to 65.. BTTBNSIDE MARKET. Dunedln, March 24. At Bumside . to-day 150 fat cattle were yarded, the entry comprising medium to good steers and heifers.' . The numberß forward was about equal to the requirements of the trade, and competition was firm at last week's -rates. Prime bullocks, £17 12s. 6d.; good, £14 to £15 155.; medium. £11 10s. to £13; light and unfinished, £8 10s. to £10 10s.; prime heifers, £10 to £12 17s. 6d.; good, £8 to £9 10s.; light to medium, £6 10s. to £8. There was a fair yarding of fat .sheep. 2877 being penned. Prime wethers were in 6hort supply, the greater proportion of the yarding consisting of ewes, of which a fair number were oxtra heavy.- For wethers, there was keen, demand, while' all the medium ewes were well competed for by exporters, but extra prime heavy 'e\ree were, if anything, slightly easier. Extra prime wethers, to 345.; prime, 265. to 285.; prime to good, 225. to 245.; light, 17s.'; to 205.; extra prime ewes, to 295. 9d.; prime. 2As. to 265.; prime to good,-21s. to 235. 6d>; medium, 17s. 6d;-to-l9s.Vlight"eind runfiniehed, .to 14s. There was a medium yarding of lambs, .1116 coming forward. The bulk were only of medium Quality?'.hut there were some peno of exceptionally, heavy lambs. Prices for all freezing- qualities were firm at lest v.'eek'6 rates, buVunfimshed sorts were hard to dispose of. . • One small line of four Jambs iealised-368..9d.; prime, 20s. to 2fe.; good, 17s. to" 19e.; light and unfinished, *2s. 6d. to 16s. Fifty-six fat pigs were penned, and prices were on e, par with last week's rates.