LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2536, 10 August 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

r "SANDON HOGGET SALE. Messrs. Dalgety and Oonipany, Ltd., Palmerston North, report having held their third . annual hoggets sale at Sandon in yards kindly lent by Mr. H. J. Fagan.on Thursday, when the yarding comprised 6347 hoggets and one lot of 75 light fat wetliers. ; Tlic sheqp cam© forwa-Td in vory good order, and some exceptionally nice lines wea-e penned. .Competition was ammated - right throughout the Kile, and all lines changed hands at auction at prices With which vendors in every instance' expressed themselves most highly ; pleased. The following are detailed particulars On account Miss 11. P. M'Kenzie: 149 mixed hoggets,'lßs. 10d.; 217 mixed hoggets, 195.; 687 wether hoggets, 19s. 2d.; 190 mixed hog-, gets 16s: Bd. On account J. Masters: 342 mixed,hoggets, 17s. 3d.; 34 hog»ets, 15s. 9d.; 67 small miiec! hoggets, 14s. 3d. On account W. Port 292. chiefly ewe hoggets, 20s. Id. On account J. Rasmuseta: 287 wether hoggets,'*-19. sd._ On. account W. J. Hirch and Son: 330 ohiefly wether hoggets, 235. Id.; 77 mixed hoggets 17s. 3d. On account E. R. Matthews ewe hoggets, 235. 2d. On-ac«.unt J.,; Williams' 213 mixed hoggets, 18s.- lid. On account T. Masters: 219 mixed hoggets, Ms. - 9d.; 187 mixed hoggets, 17s. Bd.; 18 cull hoggets, lis. 7d. On account H. J. Fa£au; 256 mixed hoggets 18s. 3d.; 50 small hoggets, 14s. 6d. On account W. S. Hammond: 294 mixed hogets, 255.; 51 mixed hoggets, 17s. On account T. H. Williams: 160 mixed (hoggets 19s. 3d. On .account A. Matthews: 101 e wo hoggets, 21s. 5d.; 100 wetherhoggets, Us. On account W. J. Phillips: 102 mixed hoggets, 225. 10d.; 190 mixed hoggets, 19s. On account J. B. Bradley: ilB mixed hc.ggets, 245. Bd. On account W. Lawrence :71 mixed lioggets,_ 16d. 4d. Oil account Bishop Bros.: 88 mixed hoggets, 16s, 2d.; 162 mixed hoggets. 19s. Bd. On account Pearce Bros.: 75 .fat wethers, 325. Bd. The 5347 hoggets average 19s. 9d. '■ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report:-Wo held our fortnightly sale at Eketahuna. on Friday. Competition wps fairly keen throughout the sale, and a good clearance was made at the following rates :-Mixed aged ewes in lamb, £1 Is. 6d. to. £1 4s. 6d. : hoggets, 15s 6d. to 175.; good dairy cows.. £7 10s. to £8: low-conditioned do., £3 15s. to £4 10s ; springing heifers, £6 .10s.; empty heifers, £2 18s.; empty cows, £2 17s. to £4 95.; fat cows, £9 2s. 6d._ We held a successful sale of sheep, dairy cows,. liorsea, etc., on account of Mr. G. A. Withell, at Atca on. Wednesday. Competition for tho sheep and good dairy cows was animated. Tho 2-tooth ewes mad© £1 ss. sd.'; mixed aged cwe». £1 2s. 9d.; hoggets,. 15s. lid.;'cull do., 125.; 2-tooth wethers, £1 2s. ,6d.; dairy cows, £14, £14, £12 10s., £11 10a„ £10 17s. 6d., £10, £9 55., £9 2s. 6d., down to 355. tho herd averaging £8; bull, £4 2s. 6d.; mixed ywLTlirigs, £1 ss. A successful sflle was held on account of Mr. R. W. Ashcroft at Marima, on Monday last. Competition throughout was keen. Four, six, and f.m. ewes in lamb.to Romney rams mado £1 4s. Id.; springing heifers, £6 .ss. to £7 55.; 18-months steers, -£3.105.; 18-months heifers, £2 155.; mixed yearlings, £2 Is.; bull, £8 Bs.; sows £5 12s. 6d.,' £5 12s. 6d., £3 2s. 6d., £2 7s. 6d.; porkers, £1 9s. tp £1 lis. 6d.; small • storo pigs, £1 ss. At Pahiatua, on Tuesday, competition, with

the exception of good ewes and hoggets, was not very animated. Small 2-tooth wethers made Bs. 9d.; agod ewes in backward condition, 14s. 7d.; medium hoggets, 14s. 9d. to 14s. 11(1.; daily cows, £5 15b. to £6. COMMERCIAL ITEMS INVESTMENT SHARES. There were no transactions in investment shares yesterday. Tho quotations were ns under:— Buyora. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Well. Gas (pref.) - 10 0 Union Steam (ord.) — 13 3 Union Steam (pref.) — 10 6 Kai'apoi Woollen (ord.) ... 5 0 0 — .Westport Coal — 111 6 Westport-Stockton 1 0 5 8 — HIGH COMMISSIONER'S GABLED MARKET REPORT. Tlie Department of Agriculture, Industries, t and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for Now Zealand; dated London, August 7. . (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, axe' average market, prices on spot):—

|. Meat.—There has been no material change in tlio market conditions during thi." week. The market lias declined further, owing to a poor demand, together with larger supplies. ' • ■ Mutton.—North'lsland, 6 13-16 d. for best quality light-wciglit; ordinary quality. 63d.: ewes, 6d. per lb. , Lamb—Canterbury, two's, BJd.; heavyweights, 8 1-Bd.; other iSian Canterbury. 8 l-Bd. for light-weight; second grade, Bd. per lb. Beef—New Zealand not quoted. Chilled hinds, B>d. per lb.; fores, 7 1-Bd. Butter.—The market is very firm for best quality. Danish,-'"" firm, but a limited demand, 170s. .to 1745. for ewt.; Siberian, a good demand, especially for finest, 130s; to 1345.; Australian: The supply is practically exhausted. Prices are not quoted. Irish creamery firm, a fair demand, 150s. to 1545.; Argentine, none offering. Cheese.—The market is steadier. Canadian, ouiet, white and coloured, 745. to 765.; English Cheddar, quiet, 945. to 965.; New Zealand, quiet, 745. to 765., up to 785.; United States, a little more doing, 68". to 745., i according to size. The estimated Canadian cheese stocks at London, Liverpool, and Bristol on August 3 were 332 000 boxes, against 163,000 boxes at tlie same time last year.. New Zealand and Australian cheess. stocks at London and Bristol on August 3 were 8350 cratcs, against 10.5C0 crates at the same time last year. Hemp—The market is steady,, with an improved demand. New Zealand, good fair grade, per ton, £32; fair, £30: August, to October shipment, good fair, £31 10s.; fair, £29 10s.; Manila, new graded, fair' £37. Tlie output from Manila, for the week was 13,000 .bales. HopSi—The market remains firm. English, per ewt., 110s.-to 1305.; California®, 90s. to-110s. Wheat.— I The market is firmer on account of bad weather. August to September shipment American, 48s. per Quarter; Canadian, 655.: September to October shipment: Canadian, new crop,,49s. 6d. Oats.—The market is firmer, and thero Is more demand. August to September shipment:. Argentine, 255. 6d. .per quarter. BUTTER AND CHEESE, Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Company, Ltd., Wellington have been, advised by oablc from their London principals, Messrs. J. and J. Lonsdale and Comoany, Ltd.. s,s f liows:—"Since our last advicS. dated August 2. the position is unchanged." -. Customs duty collected at tho port- of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1209 Us.' 7d.

So far there has ODly been a. slight ad. vance on the prices of the famous Victor Cheese Vats, and factories are now or-, dering iii view of a possible further increase. Various causes will shortly greatly increase the cost, but orders received now will be delivered in rotation and at present prices.. Albert J. Parton, Carterton—Advt. i