LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2496, 24 June 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

I The N'ew Zealand;- Loan and Mercantile I Agency Company rcport:-On Tuesday w« held a clearing salo of dairy stock on ou count 'Afters. Beale Bros., Buinesse. i Thn herd was a particularly gooil one, with a. high record, and in liivst-elass condition. Bidding was spirited, throughout, ajid tho 77 cows made an average of £8 lbs. THo prices realised were as follow;— Best cows made £11 to £16 10s.: cnod average cob's, £8 to £10 10s.; backward cows, £6 to £8; weancr hrifors, 235.; U.L). gcldinjrs, £16 1&». tj £?.2; hacks, £4 155., £7; spring dray, £17; s.f. plough, £11 10s. Alcw-rs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows: A good entry of bullocks earno forward, some of which were plain and light. A heavy yarding of prime quality sheep al«o came forward, and both bullocks and ciheep met a strong demand from a full attendante of buyers, Prime heavy bullocks, £15, £15 7s. 6d. to £15 12s. 6d.; prime bulloslw, £14 7e. 6d. to £14 10s.; light, £13; plain, £11 12s. 6d.; extra prime heavy wethers, 325. 9d.; prime wethers, 28s. 3d.; lighter, 265. 2d.; extra prime ewes, 2fe, 6d. to 265.; lighter ewes, 245. to 245. 10d.; extra primo lambs, 20s. Bd.; prime lambe, 20s. Bd.; prime lambs, 18s. Bd. Messrs. Abraham and William?, Lt.il., report as follows on their Polilatua stock sale, held on Tuesday last;—We had a largo yarding of sheep and a small one or cattle, which we submitted to a largo attendance of buyers. We have to report a good sale, nearly every line of sheep being Quitted at . prices in excess of previous sales, ficut hoggets, 13s. .3d., 13s. 6d. to 14s. 9d.; others, 75., 10s. 7d., Us. 7d., 12s. 6d. to 135.; 4, 6, B-tooth and 5-year ewes in lamb, 22c. 9d. and 15s. Bd.; empty ewes, %. 2d. to 9s. Id.; 2, 4, and 6-tooth ewes in lamb 20s. 9d.; 4 and 6-tooth ewes 205.: 2-tooth ewes iu lamb, 18s.; f.in. ewes in lamb, 17s. 3d.; potter rami?. 10s to 145.; wcaner heifers, 14s. 6d. to 16s. od. ADDINGTON MARKET. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, June 23. At the Addington live stock market therfc were again large entries of fat s' eep and fat lambs, a fuller yarding of store sheep, and a rather smaller entry of fat cattle. There wa»> a good attendance. Pat \*mbs were rather easier owing to the largo proportion of unfinished sorts. Fat sheep were firm; fat- cattle were a little elsier. Store Sheep.—Forward four and six-tooth wetheio, 19s. to 205.; two mid four-tooth wethers. 15s. 6d. to 16s. 9d.; good ewe hoggets, to 16s. 7(1.; ordinary ewe hoggets, iOs. Gd. to 12c. 3d.; wether hogget?, 9s. fcd. to 12s. 10d.; inferior wether hoggets, 6s. 6d. to 95.; cull hoggets, 3s. to ss. 9rt.; aged ewes, 4s. to 75.; low-conditioned four find eix-tooth ewes, Vs. 3d. to 10s.; good lour and six-tooth ewes,' to 14s. 6d. Fat Lambs— Prime lambs, 17s. Cd. to 225. Id.; medium, 14s. to 175.; light and unfmisked, lis. 6d. to 13s. otf. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to 265. and 30s. 3d.; prime wethers, 20iS. to 255.; others, 16s. to 19.5. 6d.; merino wethers, 12s. 6d. to 235. 4d.; extra prime ewes, to 2bs. 9d.; prime ewes 17s. 6d. to 245. 6d.; medium ewes, 14s. 6d. to 175.; inferior ewtis, os. 2d. to 145.; merino ew.es, Bs. 3d. to 9s. 6d. Fat Cattle—Extra prime steers, to £15 55.; ordinary steers, £7 15s. to £10; extra prime heifers, to £11; ordinary heifers, £5 to £8; extra prime cows, to £10 7t>. Oc*.; ordinary cows, £4 15s. to £8. Prioc of beef, per ICOlb., 225. to 37ti.; extra prime to 395. Store Cattle.—A small yarding viUa made nip of twoiyear-old hciieand tiy cows, and the former sold at £3 ss. to £3 155., and the latter at 30s. to £4 lbs. Dairy cows made £3 lte. to £13 sa. Fat Pigs.—Choppers, 455. to 1355.; extra heavy baconcrs, 765. to 80s.; heavy bacooers, fcCs. to 725.; light baconera, bcs. to 575. 6d. Price per lb., 5/d. to 6d. Heavy porers, 4Cs. to 45c.; light porkers, 30s. to 36fi. Price per lb., 5Jd. to 6d. Store Pigs.—Medium stores made 18s to 245.; smaller, 12s. to 175.; and wcancrs. 6d. to ss.