LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2460, 13 May 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety a.nd Co., Ltd., Mastcrton, report having held their usual weekly rale at Pahiatua, on Tuesday, when there was a good attendance, and a large entry of both sheep and cattle. There was a marked improvement in the demand for sheep, but cattle were hard to quit. A total clearance was made at the following prices:—Sheep: Woolly ewe lambs. 12s. 3d.; cull'ewes, Bs. 3d. Oattle: Fat, and forward cows, £4 9s. to i' 6 2s. 6d.; store cows,' £2 6s. to £2 135.; cull cons, 275. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report having held their .usual monthly stock sale at To Horq, on Tuesday, and offered a fair entry of 6hcep and a heavy yarding of cattle to a good, .attendance of buyers, and wc havo to report a fair clearance at satisfctory prices. Sheep Two-tooth wethers, 15s. lOd. to 18s. 6d.; ged ewes, 9s. 3d.; small mixed sex lambs, ss. Cattle: Light fat cows, £5; 2-year steers, £4 145.; 12.mouths steers, £2 165.; empty 15-months .heifers,. £2"-45..: 6d.;'„:wcancr heifers, 245.; vealers, 335.; heifers, r.w.b., £4 Us.; dairy cows, £6 2s. 6d. to £7 10s.; Cow closc to profit,.. £12; springing heifers, £5 to £8 35.; aged ptore cows, £2 75.; bulls, £2 155., £5, to £5 10s Messrs. Abraham""and Williams, Limited, report on their Woodville sale, held on Monday, as follows:—We offered a fall' yarding of sheep! and a large yarding of cattle. There was very little demand, and the bulk of tho stock were turned out unsold. Quotations:— Empty ewes, 12s. 6d.; empty cows, £2 10s. to £4; store cows, 28s. to £2 ss. i springing heifers, £7 to £7 55.; heifers, in calf, £4 35.; wcaners, 2ls. to 30s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited, roport on their Pahiatua sale, held on Tuesday, as follows:—We offered e, largo yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was an improved demand for sheep, and a satisfactory clearance was effected. A good clearance was made in cattle, but in most cases values were lower. Quotations:—2, 4. and 6-toolh hreedfng ewes. 14s. 6d. to 18s. 5d.; 4 and 5-yea.r ewes, 12s. to 15s. 9d.; sound-mouth ewes, lis. to 13s. 6d.; empty ewes. 165.; 2-tooth wethers, 15s. 6d.; woolly lsmbe, 7s. Id. to 10s. lid.; B.F. lambs, 9s. 7d. to 9s. Ud.; small lambs, 4s. Id.; 3i-ycar steers, £7 to 7 155.; 15-month steers, £2 25.; weaners, 216. to 275.; dairy cows, £5 I2s. 6d. to £6; fat cows, £6 lfe. to £6 12s. 6d.; empty cows, £2, £2 19s. to £3 65.; heifers in calf, £2 10s. to £3 lis.; yearling heifers, 20s. to £2 63. Messrs. Abraham and Wil'iams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale, held yesterday, as follows:—A good yarding- of bullocks and sheep came forward, «160 a line of good vealers,"and everything sold well at late rates. Prime bullocks, £15; lighter, £13 176. 6d. to £14 2s. 6d.; light, £13. 7s. 6d.; heavy vealers, £2 2s. to £2 95.; lighter, 325. to 385.; others, 255. to 265.; prime wethers, 285.; prime light wethers, 245.; medium wcthere, 225. 6d. to 225. 7d.; prime heavy ewce, 28s. 5d.; prime ewes, 235. Id.; lighter; 20s. 6d. to 20s. 7d.; light, 18s, (id.; prime woolly lambs, 17s. 4d.; &liorn, 14s. to 14s. 7d. Mr. H. Ernest Leigliton reports:—At Mr. William Eoutlcy's clearing sale at Trcntham there was a large attendance, and a most satisfactory sale resulted. . Cowb sold at £6 10s. to £8 155.; springing heifers, £9; 2-year-old heifers, from £3 to £5 155.; young pigs, 175.; sow, 58s. Poultry sold exceptionally well. Ducks, ss. 3d. each; Black Orpington pullets, 4s. 6d.; White Orpingtons, hens, 3s. and 35 % 6d.; implements, tools, and sundries sold at full market value, whilst nursery stock met with a keen demand.' TTNIIESER7ED CLEARING SALE. The attention of those requiring firstclass stock is directed to advertisement appearing in this issue showing particulars of sheep, cattle, and horses to bo offered at the Palnicratou North saleyards on Tuesday next, on account of Ml'. Gcorgo Green, who has sold his Karcre property. Tho special lines of sheep comprise 800 ewes in lamb to Southd.own rums, and these and the 700 forward lambs will bo sold in lots to suit purchasers. A particularly hue draft of 230 fat aind forward bullocks will be yarded, and offered in suitable lines, and the young cattle, which are in good condition, will be drafted for sex and age. Those in search of extra good heavy draughts, broken to all work, will have a. splendid opportunity of filling their requirements, og the young maros being submitted to auction are staunch and sound in every respect. The balance of the. horses comprise a number of young draught geldings and fillies, hacks, suitable for remounts, and the well-known gelding Wrndage, who has won many valuao 0 race-. Tho sale will be held m the l'almerston North saleyards, commencing at noon, and luncheon w-ill be obtainable at the yards. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd,, are the auctioneers. 1 ADDIUGTON MARKETS, (By Telegraph.—l'resi, association.) Clirlstchurch, May 12. At the Addington live stock market the yardings o£ stock were again moderate, and there was a good attendance, xat cattle , sold rather better, as did fat lambs aud fat sheep. Store sheep were in , a little better demand, and fat pigs showed an inMU'ovemcnt. j , , n Storo Sheep.—Good forward lambs, 10s. 4d to 12s. Bd.; fairly good lambs, Es. 3d. to 9s. 3d.; inferior larabs, 4s. to fa. Id.; good ewe larabs, lCs. 3d. to 12s. lOd.; inferior ewe lambr-, 6s. 7d. to Bs.; cull lambs, 3s. to 3s. 9d.; aged ewes, 3s 6d. to 7ri.; sound-mouth ewes, Bs. to 9s. 7d. ; good twotouth ewes, 14s. 9d.; forward four and sixtooth wethers, 13s. 3d. to tss. lOd.: good two-tooth wethers, 12s. 9d. Fat Lainbs.—Best lambs, 17s. to 19s. 9d.; others, lis. to 16s. fid. Fat Sheep— I'rimo wethers, 20s. to 235. 6d.; other wethers, 15s. 9d. to 19s. 6d.; extra, prime cwtw, lo 245. 6d.; prime ewes, 17s. ftd. to 21s. 9d.; medium owes, 13s. 6d. to 175.; inferior ewes, 7a. to 135.; merino ewes, 9s. 4d. Fat Cattle.—Extra, steers, £15 17s. td.; ordinary steerts, £7 2s. 6d. to £11 10s.; extra , heifers, to £12 12s. 6d.; ordinary heifers, •fis to £8; oxtra cows, to £10 155.; ordinary cows, £4 17s. 6d. to £7 l(te. Price or'beef per 1001b., 265. to 40s. Store Cattle.—ls to 18-month sorts, 355.; 2-year hcifcra, £3 12s. to £3 155.; dry cows, 21« to £4 155.; dairy cowe, £3 10s. to £10 10s Fat Tigs—Choppers, 60s. to 925. 6d.; extra heavy baconers, to 785.; heavy bacouers, f's 6d. to 705.; light baconers, 525. 6d. to • 60<!.- Price per. lb., 5Jd. to 6d. Heavy poTkerc, 255. to 28s. Price per 3 b., 5Jd. to 53 Storo Pigs.—Medium 'tores, 9s. to 175.; smaller, &. to Bs.; wcaners, Is. 6d. to 4s. BTJKXSIDE MARKET. Dunedin, Jfay 12. At Uurnside to-day fat cattle were yarded, consisting chiefly of medium weight bullocks and heifers, witU few pens of good bullocks. Priccs for good quality were, if anything, a shaie tetter than last weelt, but medium and inferior sold about tho same rates. Fat Oattle.—Prime bullocks, £13 10s. to £15; extra prime, to -27 17s. td.: medium, £10 10s. to £12; best.sows and heifers, £10 10s. to £22; medium to good, £8 to £9; inferior, £6 to £6 10s. There was a large yarding of fat sheep, 4730 being penned, pr'ncipally medium to good ewes, with few prime wethers. Tho number which came forward was far in excess of butchers' requirements, and prleta showed a drop of 2s. id. per head on last week's values. .ilcd'Uin and light wctlier« and ewes in parfcular were difficult lo'fccll. although princ heavy wethers did not suffer in value the same extent. licst wethers, 235. M. to 2is.; medium to "ood. 20s. to Zk. 6i'.; inferior, l'/s. to 195.: best ewes, 20s. to 2is.; sodium lo good, 14s. to ISs.; inferior, tf<=. to 13s. Fat lambs-600 were penned, and prices were a shade better than la«t vcek. Best, 17s. to'lßs. 6d.; extra prime, 21=.; medium to good, 14s. 6d. to '65.; inferior, 10s. to lis. 6d. Pigs-61 fats and 20 stores 'vcre ynrded. Prices for fats were a good deal easier than last week. Suckers, ss. to Bs.; slips, 9* Sd. to 125.; stores, 14s. to 215.; porker#,

COMMERCIAL ITEMS INVESTMENT SHARES. There *ere bo transactions in invest' mcnt shares yesterday. The auotations were as follow Buyers. Sellers £ 5. d. £ s. d. National Bank 5 9 6 — Rank N.Z. (£6 133. 4d.) 17 3 6 - Equitable Building 9 10 0 — Loan and Hcrc'tile (ord.) — 90 0 0 Loon and Merc'tile (pre!.) — 91 0 0 Well. Int. T. and A 0 11 3 — Well. Trust Loan, Ltd. ... — 712 6 Well. Dep. and llort. ... — 0 8 6 Well. Gns (£10) 16 7 6 - Canterbury Meat — 8 12 6 Union Steam (ord.) — 14 6 Union Steam (pref.) 10 8 1 1 fl K-aiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... — 6 2 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 6 0 — Golden Bay Cement 10 9 — Customs duty collected n't th© port, of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2534 Os. 2d. NEW ZEALAND FRUIT ON HOME , MARKET. 1 Cabled adxico from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London, in record to a small consignment of "New Zealand fruit shipped "by the s.s. Ruahino to London in March last, states that the apples arived in excellent condition. They were exhibited at Covent Garden on May 10, and much interest in the fruit was taken by member's of the fruit trade and the Press. Prices realised were up to 4Jd. each for Cox's Orange, and up to l?d. each for Jonathans. The cases of pears shipped, however, arrived in bad condition. LONDON WOOL SALES. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) London, May 11. At the.wool sales pricce for crossbreds were harder, and for merinos firm and unchanged. The following prices were realised for fleece portions of clips named: —Gowrie, top 16d., average 14£ d.; RosaStnore, 13d. and llSd.; Piangobla, 15d. and 14d.; Malboona, 26d. and 22 3-Bd.; Yanget, 12fcd. and Hid.; Now Zealand: Puknui, 15id. and 15 3-Bd. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agcncy Company, Ltd.. hag received the following cablegram from its London house, under date May 11: — I "London Wool Sakri—Faulty merino scoured is 6 per cent, tower, and greasy crossbred is 5 per cent, higher." Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., have Tcccived the following cablegram from London in reference to the wool sales:—"There was good attendance of buyers at the sales held to-day, and competition was fair. Prices show no change for the finer wools, but other sorts havo declined 5 per cent." FIXTURES FOR AUGUST. London, May 11. The Colonial Wool Merchants' Asociation will fix the date for the August sales as early as possible. It intends to continue the system of frequent galea during the war. WHEAT. London, May 11. The wheat market is quiet, and prices are unchanged. TASMANIAN APPLES. i London, May 11. The Tasmanian apples by the Hector at Liverpool realised 6s. to Us. 6d. - | ' MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHAKE MARKET. No business was done in the mining market, yesterday. Tho quotations were as under:— „ „ Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. 4. Murray Greek (4s. paidV 0 13 0 — Now Big Biver — 410 0 New Sylvia — J ? ? Ross 0 0 8 0 1 0 Tali? man 14 3 14 9 Wailii 1 17 9 1 18 0 Grand Junction — 1 ? 5 Wlaitangi 0 13 0 16 STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, May 12. Sale— I Tal'sman (reported), 2k. 6d. Chrlstoluirch, May 13. Sales—Bank of New Zealand .fully paid). 17 45.; Standard Insurance, 3'ie td.; Waihl Grand Junctiou, 265. Dunedln, ITa.j 12 The follovrins sale was made on the Stock Exchange to-day:—W aihi Grand Junction. £1 6s. The following sales were reported :—Waihi, £1 IBs.; National Insurance, £2 10s. 6d.; Union Steam, ordinary, £1 fe. 6d. EOSS GOLDFIELDS. The mine superintendent of tho Jloss Goldfielde reports as follows for the week ended lfay-6:—No. 3 shoot has been connected with the intermediate working, and a drive is now being carried alone northwest from this point in pay wash. Blocking is proceeding off Nos. 2 and 3 southwest drives, and No. 4 north-east drive, with three shifts. At Kanieri works repairs to the tunnell extending over 1500 feet have been completed, and the main race i 6 now in use. The following telegram hag been received from the mine superintendent ftt Koss:~ "Return, 230z. Bdwt of gold from 482 trucks."