FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2520, 22 July 1915, Page 8

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

NEWS AND NOTEib

h LIVE STOCK SAEES

( Mossts. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Par miatua branch, report, that at their Woodvillo- 6a)e held on- Monday there was a ■very; large.' entry of sheep,' most : of which apparently' were itravelling-'from the ,Dannevirke sales to Feilding . and elsewhere. Some particularly nice lines .were yarded, ■but, the sale on tho whole was disappoint-:ing;'-prices not: coming up 1 to sellers' .anticipations. We effected'a clearance, of all . lines; submitted by. lis.- - There .was also a Jorge entry, of cattle, - fat cattle 1 particularly. selling well, showing a rise of about .£1 per liea-a on previous sales. The following; is an indication of prices:—Four and : five-year ewes in lamb, .176; • 9d.;. shorn Jambs ..(forward condition), 14s. 6d.; good .hoggets, 17s. -Bd.; lambs. : Bs.. Id. to 155.: f.nu ewes, 17si 9d. to 21s. 4d.; fat cows, £7 . 175.-!6d. to £10 25.; empty forward cows, £6 6s. 6d. to £7 -17s. . 6d.; dairy heifers (good), . £6,105. to £7 2s. 6d.; stoTe cows. .£4 to £5 fcs.;.. dairyicows, due, August and Septembar, £4 Is. to £6 :12s. 6d. .

Messrs. Abraham and 'Williams, Ltd., Palilatua branch, report. on their Pahiatua Ktock-'sale'.held, on; Tuesday as follows:— There litis a large entry of both sheep and cattle. The sale was not keen 'regarding sheep", but (Tattle sold very freely .under, -the hammer. We sold ■ 4-year to f.m. ewes, ■ ■255.; -ewes in lamb.: 288. .iod. to, 295;. 3d.; ■used ewes. He.'3d.; hoggets,:Bs. 2d. to Us. ; 9difat ewes, 245. 6cL: fat . wethers, 22b. 6d. Cat-tle: Bulls, £3; 325. 6d., £3.175. 6d„ to £5-,45. -fid.; three-year-steers, #7 :155.; : .'two and a .half-year steers,£6 Bs.; , two-". y{£ir steers, .-£5 .14s. ; eighteen-moriths steers, /■£4;. store cows, £3 ss. to■ £3- 18s. fki.; forward, empty cows, •, £7 55.;.' springing het-.' fers; ,£6 ss. to £7. '

• Messrs. Abraham and Williams, .Ltd:, re;iport :on their Johnsoniville sale as follows: ■-Prime ox,' £15 105.,-£16.,'t0 £16 '.55.; lighter, £131&. to '£14 10s.; prime heavy weth-. .ers,--'32s. lOd. 1 to'- '365. - 6d.; prime" -wethere/ 275. -2d. to 30s. "Id. light wethers, 265. to 265. 6d.; prime heavy ewes. 295. to 345. id.; medium ewes, 245. : 10d.; light ewes, 225. 6d.; eta-gs;'!'3ss.; rams, 215.;.;1amb5,.,,175. :6d.,.t0 38s.

-The New, Zealand. Loan and Mercantile ' Agency Co., Ltd., report having' held their -■usual monthly stock, sale at: Waikanae on Tuesday. A, good entry, of 6hc-ep and a small:yarding of cattle came forward, and met a.. good market. . A nice lino of two, -'four,-./and-six-tooth ewes offered on' • account. of Mr. Geo. Hillas, were, sold at 255. .6d,--;other sales, were made-at the.follow-' ing prices:—Breeding ewes, two-tooth - to ,f.f.m.,V 245. Id.; . mixed age ewes, 18s. 6d.; ,6... wether hoggets (good), 15s. 6d.;. S: ewe. hoggets (good),.- 165.;-- medium, miz«d?«ez' ; hoggets. 135.; culls, Tio'ggets, 7s.'2d.;'spring- ; lng heifers, £6 65,; spring-calving heifers, .£6 65. ; -- . •

■ ADDINGTON MARKET. ■ '(By Telegraph.—Press Association.! ,- Chrlstchurch, July. 21. ■ 'At the Addington live stock, market thero ,wero moderate ya-rdings of-fat stock .and a ■ fair attendance.' Eat. cattic', fat lambs, ■and fat sheep showed an advance in, price'. Good/store ■ 'sheep, ; especially ewes, ewe' lioggets, and wethers, sold well. Store sheep: Good: ewo hoggets. 15s. 3d. ito: 17s.■ Id.; fair hoggets, 12s.'"9d. to 14s. : 10d.: -inferior hoggets, 10s. to Us.: 3d. ;, good .; sound-mouthed ewes, 21s. to 245.; fair sound-. :mouth ewes'., 175.-9 d. ,to 18s. 4d.; good'four. fond six-tooth/.wethere, 20s. to 21s. 3d.; twotoothed ; wethers, '-17s. - 6d/ / , Fat Uanibs^^Ei.tra,'.prime'lambs,'.to 305.; • 3>rime^Jambisi : ; 20s.- to- 245.;'. medium : lambs;17s. 6di''. , .t6..i196. ;6di; * light. and unfinished, 335. to" 17s; 'r /-.,•. ! ■. Pat :sHeepExtra prime wethers,, to. 465.; • Jprime'\vethers.-225. 6d. to-305.; other weth:'ers,.,lßfc'..to :225.; prime ewes,' 21s. to 275. 6d.;- medium, ewes/ 17e.-"to 205.; inferior /ewes,';l2s;".to.,lss. '6d. ." i, \. Extra .prime steers,- to £20; 'ordinary steers, £8 10s, ito £12; extra prime ."heifers;"'to.£ls; ordinary'heifers,-£6 to £8 '10s.;' extra prime cows, to £16.155.;. ordinary cows, £5 12s. 6d. to.£10; price of beef :t>er 1001b.', 28s. to 42s.;,.extra;prime. to ,445. -..Store cattle:. Fifteen to eighteen-months' sorts, £3 55.;, three-year steers, £4 . lis.;, dry cows, £2 to'£6. Is.-;-dairy cows, £3 10s; to '£12 15s. . / ■...

Pigs: Choppers, 60s. to .14Cs.; extra.,heavy'. ': , toaconers, to.-. 87e.; heavy/ baconers, Gfe. to, *' ' '725;; flght baconers,' 625. 6d. to 605.;-price' per lb., 6d,; /heaTy porkers, 40s. to, 165.; -light' baconers. 335.■'.» 375.; price per .lb., ■ £<L to 6}d. " • , ■A". Store-pigs:'-Medium store?, 28s. to-325.; small stores, 185."t0.265.; weaners, 7s. 6d. to ■" Us.;- sows 'in pig :(iii. low : conddtion),\ 30s. to 4ZS. . " Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and' Co., Ltd., .teport that:they.conducted one of the.best' dairy sales ever ■ held in . the -Wairarapa, .. when they offeicd Mr. A., J. Harris's'dairy v - herd at'. Pukio, 'Mairtinborongh,' on -Tues/V/ day. There was ® very large attendance :./., ,of buyers fom. all parts of the. Wamtrapa, / i end : competition ; for all lots : .offered.) was ■ ' very animated. The cows tarn©-forward: in : .-Very good condition:' for this. time ; of the:' -- -'.-i year/ and early calvers brought from £10' /'to-' £25 for a tip-top Holetein-croes. cow. - The ivholo line of 71 dairy'cows (including Jive three-teaters) made the record'average of £10 105., and,a,nice line,of.llspring- ', ing from £6/10s.-to £10,155., .the line averaging £8 14s. '.'The' following -~ are the prices:—Early Aragust calvers, £10, /i£lZ 10s., £15, £16; £18 155., to £2a;!Septemr B>er oalrers, £7, £8. £10,. to-. £15; purebred ; '.'Jersey cow, 30 guineas; purebred Jersey Jieifer calf,'' 20gns.; ' Holstein bull . calves, -.'!Sgns./.to, ZOgns.; -two-year bulls;: 25gns. to ~-/.; 33gns.; three-year bulls, ,30gns.;,to 38gns.; . . six-year ■: bull. 17igns. Pigs: Sows in pig, . *;X2- 10s. "to £3 Is.; porkers, 235. 6d.; weaners. 9s.' 6d. Mr; Harris very , kindly donat-. Ed a' purebred Holstein bull to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.: .-which realised 30gns., : ibeing purchased by Mr. .Win., Abbott, • of ■ 'Dalefield. ejid also' a .thiree-qixarter-bred - Holstein cow, which realised £25, being purchased\ by lh-. Alien Doiuild. Wo also ' offered on behalf of other vendors: '38. • weaner ca-lves, -which realised 375.; fiTe fat tows, at £7;. and two store:cows, £3 Bs. /' ■ V : ...; BDRNSIDE .MARKET. □unodln, . July 21. Thee was a large- entry ■ of cattle at' ' Burnside to-day, 230 being yarded. A geatt proportion of the . entry was "of medium quality, and required -another (month's ' deeding. Prime beef was eagerly competed

for, as lias. been , the case for a number of weeks, and: satisfactory prices were obtained. Tho sale opened with prices 76. 6d. below loot week's rates, but values' hardened as it progressed, until last week's level was rcaohca. Prime bullocks, £14 to £15 55.; extra prime, to £16 10s.; medium, i £12 fe. to £13 10b.; light, £8 17s. 6d. to £10 7b. 6d.; prime cows and heifers, £10 ss. to £12 to £15 155.; medium, £7 12s. 6d. to £9. ss. • . Fiit sheep: Only 2E69 weTe penned, and this .number was made up chiclly of ewes of fair to medium quality with a few hundred, prime wethers. Competition was particularly brisk throughout, butchere bidding with, great freedom, and prices showed an advance of 2s. 6d. to 3s. on last week's. Tates. Prime heavy wethers, 28s. 6d. to 31s. 3d.; extra prime, to 405.; medium, 245. 6d. to 265. 9d.: light-, 21s. to 225. 9d. j prime heavy ewe 6, 28s. 3d. to 305.; extra prime, to 355.'3d.; medium, 235. 6d. to 265. 9d.; light and' aged, '16s. to 20s. 9d. Fat lambs: The entry totalled 1149, mostly of only medium quality, cjuite a.number of the pens having tie appearance of having 'been in better condition a short time ago, and failing in. condit-on from loss of teeth. There were a few pens of splendid quality, and these realised, very satisfactory prices. Export buyers were competing with more freedom, and prices advanced-Is. .to Is. 6d. per head. Prime medium, 18s: 6d. to 205.; light and unfinished, 14s. 9d.:to 16s. 6d. . ... Pigs: There wrs a moderate yarding of fat pigs and a fair number of stores and weaners. porkers and baconers were ui good, demand, and owing to "the small yading realised'an advance on late values. For good slips and stores there "was better competition at slightly improved values, but for suckers there was only a- modcirate demand.