LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2527, 30 July 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having held .successful, sale on. a* count of the trustees in- Harvard s Estate at the homestead m Hay wolds on Tuesday. -The sale ill th ™ uffk wa % a V" t £" tionally good one, the cows offered coming forward in excellent condition. Tho I dairy herd cave the satisfactory aver&go of £7 10s. per head, prices ranging from I £5' 69. to £11 Zs. ,6d. Other sales: Jersey 'bull, £5; fifteen-month wethers, £3 zs.; spring cart male, £19; two-year-old half-'dra-ught fffiy,- £13 10s.; hacks, £5 10s. to £6 10a. ' At the Levin sale on Wednesday Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report having offered a .very heavy yarding of both sheep ana .'cattle.'. The majority of the store sheep offorcd comprised medium ewes, and; "When compared with, last sale rates prices for this class of-sheep were if anything a little-easier. A fair entry of medium hog.gete'was offered, bat bidding was not Q}~tG as animated as fib previous sales. lue quality of the'fat sheep yarded was exceptionally good, and • for every line of» fered very keen competition took place. There wu-s a good demand for all'classes of cattle, and most of the lines submitted iwero sold under the hammer. Th© prinI 'cipai sales were a© under:—Fat _ sheep, heavy-weight wethers, 295. 6d. to 30s. 6a.; good fat owes, 275. lfld. to 28s. 6d.; medium fat ewes, 235. 6d. to 245.. 9d.; forward two to four-tooth wethers,, 245.; s.m. ewes in lamb, 265.; aged ewes, 18s. 9d. to 21s. \ medium shorn hoggets, 155.; fair-conditioned two-year-old steers, £4 Us.: store cowu, £o 15s. to £4 46.; choice yearling heifera, £3 to £3 15s); springing heifers, -£5,105. to £6 55.; dairy cows, close to profit,'£s 2s. on. to. £6 55.; choice halfbred Jersey cow, offered on .account of Mr. ! W. Duncan, made the. «a-tisfactory. : price of £17. .• The New . Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Levin on Wednesday a email entry of sheep and aheavy yarding of cattle was offered. Com-' petition) was good throughout the eale, and. a. good clearance was made at the following prices:—Mixed age breeding ewes, 38s. 6d.; fat cows, £5 17s. 6d. to £B 7s. 6d..; forward cows, £4 17s. 6d. to £5 Zs. 6f1.; good store cows, £4 to' £4 45.; aged -store cows, £3 2s. to £3 10s.; eighteen-months empty heifers, £3 to £3 10s.; ten-months steers, £2 95.; mixed weaners, 255. to 57b. ; breeding sows,. £4 to £6; light fat porlcers, 25a. to 275. 6d.; store pigs, 235. "to 245. 6d.; good weaner pigs. 16s.

Messra. W- and G. Turnbull end Co,, Ltd., report on their Woapoua. sale, held ,on Wednesday, o& follows:—A very, heavy yarding of 6hecp came forward and a few pens of cattle. Competition for ell good line® of sheep was spirited, but any lowconditioned sneep were much easier than former sales. We yarded a very nice line of prime fat ' ewes on account of Messrs. M'Kenzie Bros., Woodlands, which realised the record price of £1 146: 8d„ and also a very good line of 600 well-grown hoggets off turnips, on account of Messrs. Ross J\ros., Hawkhurst, which realised IBs. Id-, to 18s. 3d. Following are the-prices realised;— Two-tooth to. five-year .ewes, in lamb to Southdown ramo ) 1i 225., 245. IGd., 255. 7d., to 265. 7d.; s.m-. ewes, in lamb to Romney rams, 225. to 245.; f.m. ewes in lamb (low condition), 15s. 6d„ 16s„ to 18s.; purebred Lincoln, ewes, in lamb, store ewes, 13s. lid.; good woolly hoggets. 17e. 9d., 18s. Id., to 18s. 3d.; good shorn hoggets. 16s. 6d. to 17e. 5d.; medium lambs, 12s. 9d. to 13s. 6d.; b.f. lambs, 14s. 3d. to 165.; extra pririie fart, ewes, 345. Bd.; prime fat ewes, 25e lid. to £1 10s. Id.; fat wethers, 30s. 2d.; two-tooth wethers, 255. 6d.; potter rdms, 165.; fat cows, £9;, dairy cows, close, to profit, £7 Ss., £7 lCs., to £9; weaner calves, .275.

Messrs. W. and G. Turn bull and Co., Ltd., report on their Taiiherinikau role, hold on Tuesday, as follows:—A small yarding of sheep came forward and. a large entry of caitAle, principally daiTy cows and heifers. Bidding for all dairy cows close to profit or good'springing heifers was fairly keen, and with the exception of a few odd dairy cows-and heifers the whole yarding was disposed, of as follows:—Shees: 203 mixed.ewes in lamb, 225. 3d. Cattle: Good dairy cows, calving in August, £7 10s., £8, £8 7e. 6d.,'£9 2s. 6d„ to £10; September cat vers, £6, £6 10s., £7, £7 7s. 6d., to £7 165.; springing heifers, £6 10s.. £6 155.. to £7 155.; fat cows, £7 135., to £9 10s.; forward cows, £5 to £5 55.; store cows, £3 lfe; yearling steers, £3.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS INVESTMENT SHAEEB. In the investment market yesterday ft sale of Wellington Trust and loan shares at £7 7e. wua reported. The prices of quoted sliare3 were as follow:— Buyers. Bellors. £ 3. d. £ e, d N.Z. and Rifer Plate ... 2 0 6 — Ohristchurcli Gas (£5) ... 7 19 0 8 2 0 Well. Gas (£10) - 17 0 0 Union Steam (ord.) — . 1 3 (i ' J Kti.ia-poi Woollen (ord.) 5 2 6 — Westport Coal — 1 11 6 Wwiport-Stockton 0 5 0 — Leyland-O'Brien 12 0 — N.Z. 'Drug .". — 2 7 6 Sharlond (ord.) 12 6 — Sliarlancl (pref.) . 12 6 — Ward and. Co 6 12 6 — s Cumi <iiv. . COMPANY: REGISTER-ED,,.' \ The "Mercantile Gazette," issued yesterday. records the registration of the following company:—Moutcre Inlet' Orchards Company, Ltd., registered in Wellington. The capital is £4700 divided into 4700 shores of £1 each. Subscribers: Lower Tlutt—l). G. U'Kibbon. Wellington—lt. E. Kent, A.' Ooutts, G. P. Middleton, A. Dickson, M. Juriss, A: T. Macdonald, J. H. E. Marshall, H. N Jl'Leod, J. A. M'Gregor, all 470 shares each. Objects: To purchase certain lands, to distribute the property of the company among its and to carry on businees of fruit growers in all its branches. ' Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4691 17a./3d. ' LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated July 26 For the sixth series the wool sales are opening on .September 7. , List of arrivals closed on July 24. The groes arrivals amounted to 249,000 bales;. 128,500 bales were forwaTiled direct to manufacturers; 72,000 bales of old stocks were carried-forward, leaving 192,500 bales as the net quantity available. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. have received the following cablegram from thoir London house -under date July 28:—We quote present spot, values for the following descriptions:—Fine mutton, 365. per cwt.; good beef, 345. 9d.; mixcij, 31s. 9d. .The market is firm. '

AUSTRALIAN" WOOL SALES. . By Telegraph—rress Association—Copyright Sydnoy, July' 29! At the' final wool sales of the season prices were equivalent to 'ate rates. The new season's rales open on September 11. Melbourne, July 29. At the wool sales there .-was a big at-' tendance, and competition 'for all better classes on Continental and American account was keen, at 5 to 7i per centum increase on June rates. Burry, faulty, and ncgleotsd did not improve. > AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. . (Rec. July 29, 10.50 p.m.) Sydney, July 29. Oats, 'flasmanian ss. 6d., New Zealand Duns and "A" grade Gartone ss. 6d„ American ss. to ss. 3d.; bailey, nominal; maize-, ss. sd. to ss. 6d., Java ss. 2d.; potatoes, Taemanjan £8 to £9 10s„ Victorian £9, New Zealand £8;' onions, Victorian £8 .10s. to £9; pickling onions,; £4; New Zealand, £7 10s.; cheese, 10d.; bacon, lC;d, \ Adelaide, July 29. : ■Wheat, ES.,to- Bs. 2d.; (lour, £18 Es.; bran, 28. Id.; pollard, 2s. 4Jd. ' WHEAT. (Rec., July 29, 10.50 p.m.) . ■ ; London, July 29. Wheat is firm, and is sparingly offered at late rates. • HIDES. (Rec. July. 29, 11.45 p.m.) : Melbourne, July 29. Hides—Competition is keen; . prices unchanged. •' ■' • •,

• i " TALLOW. ... '' x.. London, July 28. At the tallow soles 2139. casks were offered and 1871 sold.. Prices 'realised:—Mutton, fine &s. 9d., medium 335.; beef, fine 375., medium 325. '' METAL MARKETS. ' Londsn, July; 28. Coppor.—Oii the spot,. £71 17s. 6d. to £72 10s.; three months, £73 ss. to £73 10s. Tin.—Cash £160 .5?. •to £160 15s. . Bar silvor is quoted* at 22 3-6d.'peir oz. standard. AMERICAN TR'ADE RETURNS. . , London, . July 28. American trade returns for the year ending June 30 show 'that the volume of trade was of the value'of 1,094,423,G00 dollars—a. record. The exports increased by 404 million dollars, and the imports decreased by 219,700,000 dollars. .. .