LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2436, 15 April 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

'Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale a 6 follows: —A fair entry ol bullocks and a heavy one of extra prime sheep came forward and sold well at the following prices :-Prime light bullocks £13 10s. to £13 17s. 6d., lighter £12 17s. fid.; extra prime woolly wethers, 305.; prime heavy wethers, 275. 6d.; light wethers, 225. 6d.; extra prime heavy ewes, 245. 9d. to 255, 2d. to 255. lOd.; prime ewes, 225. 7d. to 225. 9d. to 235.; light ewes. 19s. 2d.; woolly lambs, 16s. sd. to 17s. 3d.; good shorn lambs, 15s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Woodville sale of April 12 as follows:—We offered a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was a large attendance, and with the exception of aged ewes all classes of sheep sold well. Tho demand for cattle was limited, a la.rge portion of the yarding not finding buyers. Quotations:—Four-tooth to 5-year ewes, 16s. 3d. to 17s. 10d.; fat and forward owes, 15s. Id. to 16s. 2d.; 2-tooth ewes, 18s. lOd.; fullmouth ewes. Its. Bd. to 12s. 6d.; mixed 2-tooths (small), 13*=. 3d. to 14s. 6d.; 2-tooth

wethers, 183. lid.; fat sheep, 19s. 3d. to 19b. fid.; woolly lambs. 12s. 4d. to 136. 5d.; cood shorn lambs, lis. 2d. to 13e. 3d.; others, 6s. 7d., 65., and E6. 10d.; fat cow 6, £6 7s. 6d. to £7; licht cowa, £5 10c. to £6; empty cows, £3 6s. 6d t to £4 Ss.i ai-yec? dairy

hoifers, £4 25.; 2J-ycar steers, £4 155.; 18month steers, £3 lis.; weaner sleere, 225. 6d. to 305.; weaner heifers, 325. At the Pakiatua sale on April 13 the firm offered a heavy yarding of both 6hecp and cattle. The values for eheep showed a decline, competition lacking animation, for most c1a660;5, although wethers end good lambs sold practically at late rates. The quality of the cattle was not Srst-claes, and the bulk of it went out unsold. Quotations:— Mixed aged ewes, 13s. lid. to 18s. Id.; 4 and 5-year owes, 14s. 6d. to 17s. 3d.; soundmouth ewes, 14s. 2d. to l&s. 3d.; f.m. ewes, 9s. 9d. to. 10s. 4d.; fat and forward ewea, 15s. Id. to 153. 10d.; 2-tooth wethers, 14s. 6d., 17e., 19e., to 215.; woolly lambs, 116. lOd. to. 13a.; others, 9s. Id. to 9s. lCd.; sliorn lambs, 65., 7b. Bd., 9f., to lOe. Id.; 2-year steers, £4 <fe.; Ifrmonth eteers, £2 18s. to £2 19a.; heifers in calf, £3 12s. to £5 10s.; f-at cows, £7; empty cows, £3 to £4 Is.; weaner steers, 295.; weaner hcifere, 236. 6d* to 31s.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., roport:—At our stock ealo 'held at Te Horo on Tuesday a fair yarding of both, sheep and cattle came forward, there being a good demand for ail lines offered, with the exception of 18 months, which were hard to quit. We report a good clearance at satisfactory prices, as follows:—Forward owes, 16s. 5d.; store ewes, 13s. Id.; 2j-year fat bullocks, £11; fat cows, £6, £6 106., to £7 10s.; fat heifers, £7 106.; forward cows, £5 to £5 18s.; 6tore cowi?. £4, £4 55., to £4 10s.; springing heifer, £7 95.; fat bulls, to £8. 1 The New Zealand Loan and Mercantle Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Rengiotu on Monday we had a fair yarding, which sold at late rates. Forward ,b.f. lambs, 13s. Id.: yearling heifers, £2; aged cows, 30e.. to £3 Is.; forward cows, £4, £5 55.; fat cows, £5 175., £6, £6 35., £6 165.; springing heifers, £5 ss. to £5 125.; good cows and calves, £7; bulls, £6. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At our Levin, sale on Friday we offered a small entry of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle, ejid have to report a good clearance at the following prices:—Small mix eex Romney lamb(S, 95.; b.f.s. lambs, lis. 3d.; fat cows, £6 10s., £7 145., to £8 125.; light fat heifers, £5 55.; forward 6tore cow 6, £4 2s. to £4 10s.; store cows, £3 45.; springing heifer, £8 55.; 15-18 months heifers, £2 165.; veolers, £2 Bs.; weaner heifers, 225. to 265.; lat bull, £8 Is. BURNSIDE MARKETS. .(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ' Dunedin, April 14. At Burnside to-day 210 fat cattle were yarded. The greater part consisted of cows, heifers, and light bullocks, not many heavy prime bullocks heing offered. Prices on the whole remained at last week's values. Prime bullocks, £13 10s., £14, extra to £15 10s, medium £9 ss. to £10 7s. 6d.; prime cows and heifers, £8 12s. fid. to £9 17s. 6d., extra to £11 12s. 6d., medium £6 15s. to £7 17s. 6d., light and aged £5 ss. to £6 15s.

Fat sheep—s6oo yarded. Prime wethers were in short supply, and consequently tho demand for this class was brisk at Is. under last week's values. On account of the freezing works being practically blocked, export buyers were in a position to secure only a few pens, and as the supply was much beyond butchers' requirements a drop of 3s. 6d. to' 4s. per head on last week' 6 rates wee recorded, - and even at the reduccd values sales were difficult to effect, a-number of sheep being turned out unsold. Prime wethers, 22b. 6d. to 245. 9d., extra to 275., medium 20s. to 21e. 9d.;■ prime ewes,, 19d. to 225. 3d., .extra to 265. 3d., medium' lfc. to 17s. 9d„ light 12s. 6d; to 14s. Fat lambs—lsoo yard fid, made up largely of medium-weight and unfinished sorts, and as export buyers had only a limited amount of epa<;e allotted to them bidding was slow, prices being fully is. 6d. per head under last week's values. But for the competition of graziers a much greater fall would have been recorded. Heavy prime, 18s. to 19s. 3d., extra. 225. 6d., medium 16s. 3d. to 17s. 6d., light and unfinished lis. to 13s, 6d. Pigs—ss stores and 62 fats yarded. Baconers met with strong competition, .and realised advanced prices. Porkers also met with a good sale, but stores and weaners were not in request, and showed little improvement.