LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2466, 20 May 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua sale of May 18 as follows;—We offered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was very little demand, and the bulk of the entry

was unsold. Values were low on a par with other markets. Quotations: Mixed aged ewes, in lamb, 14s. 6d.; two-tooth wethers, 195.; woolly lambs, 12s. 6d.; shorn

lambs, 76. 9d.; heifers, in cflif, £3 165.; eightcen-monlhs heifers, 355. to £2; eight-een-months steers, £2; empty cows, £2 le. to £2 Bs.; weanere, 17s. 6d. to 22b. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report having held a most successful clearing sale of dairy stock on account of Mr. K. A. JTDonald, ol Levin, on Monday. Bidding for all lots was particularly keen. The whole herd of 50 cow 6 made the remarkably good averege of £8 10s. bd. The greater portion of the cows were August and September celTer6, and these eold at the following range of prices: £7 ifts., £8. £8 17e. 6d., £9 55.. £9 155., £10 55., £10 17s. 6d., £12 5e., £13, to as high as £13 15s. The late eel vers realised from £4 10s., £5 5e., £7 2s. 6d., £8 12s. fid., to £9. A nice line of 25 two-year-old heifers, in calf, due in August and September, mad© £6; bulls, £5 se. and £7. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville wle as follows: —A fair entry of cattLe and'a good one of sheep came forward, and sold well at late raxes Extra henry bullocks, £16 10e.; light bullocks, £12 12s. 6d. to £13; extra prime heavy wethers, 295.-6 d.; prime lighter wethers, 265. 6d.; light wethers, 275. 2d. to 255.; extra heavy ewes, 265.; prime ewes, ; 245. Id.; light ewes, £1 os. 10d.,t0 21s. 9d.; I prime woolly lambs, 19s. 6d. to £1 Os. 2d.; | prime shorn,- 14s. to 14s. sd. .

The, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report ;—At Levin on Friday we had «■ small entry of sheep, and a fair yarding of cattle. Bidding throughout was dull, but a fair clcarancc

was made at the following pric€6Sheep, light fat ewes, 18s. lOd. to 20s. 4d.; cull owes, low condition, 6s. 7d. Cattle: Rit COW 6, to £7 55.; two-year fat steers, £6; eighteen-months heifers, r.w.b., £2 12s. 6d.

ADDINGTON IIARKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.! Christchurch, May 19 At the Addington live stock market the entries of fat sheep and fat lamb 6 were much larger than of late, and there was » fairly large yarding of fat cattle and more numerous entries of store sheep. Good store wethers sold well, but lambs were easier.

Store sheep: Failing-mouth ewes, 6s. to 7s. 3d.; two-tooth wethers, lis, to 12s. 6d.; lair four-tooth wethers, 14s, to 15e. Id.; forward four-tooth wethers, 15s. Id. to 17s. Bd.; ewe lambs, 9s. 6d. to lis.; good lambs, 6s. lOd. to 95.; cull lambs, 2s. 6d. to ss. 3d. Pat lambß: The sale was a dragging one throughout, and prices showed a drop of about 2s. per head ae compared with last week's prices. Prime lamb, 15s. to 19s. 4d.; others, Is. lid. .to 14s. 6d.

Kit sheep: Extra prime wethers, to 255.; prime wethers, 19s. 6d. to 225. 2d.; others, Ms. Ba. to 195.; merino wethers, 12s. to lSe. ii.\ extra prime ewes, to 225. 3d.; primo ewes, 1&3, 6d. to 19s. 6d.; medium ewes 126. 6a. to 155.; Inferior ewes, 7s. 3d. to 12s. * merino ewes, ss. sd. to 10s. lOd. Store cattle: Yearlings, 165,; fifteen to eighteen-months, £2 to £2 55.; two-year heifers, £Z 9s. M.; three-year steers, £4 ss. to £4 18a. 6d.; dry cows, 30s. to £4 12s. 6d.;-dairy cows, £3 10s. to £12 ss. „ Ikt cattle; .Extra, prime steers, to £17 2s. 6d_; ordinary-steers, £6 15s. to £8; extra prime heifCTS,; to £12 155.; ordinary J'eifers, £5 t0.,£7 10s.; extra primo cows, to £12 10s.; ordinary cows, £4 17s. 6d. to «? , Pr lee-oi:,;bMf per 1001b., 2ta. to 40s. Vcalers, Bs. to vos„ According to size and quality. Pigs: Choppers, 50s. to 80s.; extra prime baconers, to 80s.; heavy baeoners, 6£s. to (45.; light bocojicrs, 50s. to 625. 6d.; price per lb., hi. to fid.; heavy porkers, 38s. to ib!; : sid K to p 6°d- ; Ms ' t0 36s ' : pricc Store pigs: Medium stOTes, 14s. to 176 2s.' ! to m ss. 9d!" 12S ' TCC ° nC " :

BURNSIDE MAHKET. „ .. Dunedln, May 19. 220 fat cattl « were yarded This number proved to be in excoss of butchers requirements. At the beginning of the sale there was very little difference in prices compared with last >\eek, but as the sale progressed' values receded about £l n per head. Best bult'jfjM? v It 5 ' medium, £12 to £13; light and unfinished, £8 10s to £9 10s.; be6t heifers, to £11 10s.- medi'um and unfinished','to £5 10s . iat Sheep: There was another large vardins of fat sheep, 3374 bcin§ penned. There were very few good duality wethers fo® ward, and any such met with sniritrd competition, realising prices slightly In fld\Anco of those r>uling i«ist wenk n n «j sold weli eW h 6 t WCr< r K!, air dcm and, and sold well, but unfinished ewes and woth ers wero neglected and were hard to ptace Primo wethers, 265. to 295.' extra m-i™» 14. 21 £-f° 149. M. to 17s. 6d.; best ewes, 225. to 25s • extra, prime, to 2fe. M.; medium, lfc to 18s.; inferior, Bs. to He. Pat lambs: 1538 were penned. This kai an unexpected y large, entry in view of i . j 1 „ freezing works are still closed. J3ut<;hcr6 secured a few of the i heaviest, ana the balance were boucht bv Braziers. Prices were a Uttle better then last week. Best, 17s. to 18s. 6d.- citrn prime, to 235. 3d.; medium, 15s. to 16s 6d • unfinished, to 12s. fid. "