LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2544, 19 August 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

■ ; The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile • 'Aeency ; Co.. Irti. report- having "held thenusual monthly stock c.t Waikaiiae on Tuesdiay. when' a goodi.entry. of, bojh sheep, and cattle cam© fonrord, and the', whole , changed -hands at. priccs .: gheep:' I'at : aJid forword ewes. 205.; empty ; etoro'ewes, 16s. 6d.; empty two and fourr , toooth - ewee,. 215.. Bd.; two-tooth wethers, 235. lOd.; medium mixed-sex hoggets, ,175.. ' 8d • low-condiitioned owes in lamb, 18s. 4a. Cattle: .Light; fa,t: heifa:3. ,£5 „10s. to. £6 10s.j -cows with calves,.>f4_,te.--to. -5|., - ■ twelve■ months.coloured heifers,, £2 7s. 6d.; small weaner heifers, 235. i twelve months . steers (good), £4,«75.;, weaner .steers, 355.; V dairy cow. £4' 10s.; store pigs. 15e. to 16s. — 6d A- nice line of 21 good-conditioned : ' three-year springing Jieifers .off-wed on account of Mr. W.- -H. Fjeild,-..1f..P., -sold, from 75.. 6d. 'to £6 15s.' s ", „ ADDINGTOX MAEKET. , (By Teleuranh.--Press.' . * 1 -Chrlstch'ur'ch'," August 18: 'At the Addinston live stock market there ' - ' were l&rge yordangs of fat stock, especiaJly of sheep. : . Hat" cattle were rather .easier, " and fat lambs did not equal. the price per .- •' lb ruling at the previous'sale, , fat sheep * : were also a little easier. There was ;a

'good demand for store wethers and hogeots, but poorer classes, and ewes were xmker. Sforo>sheop: Good hoggets, 14s. 3d. to 16s. Bd.; medium hoggets, lis. 9d. to 145.; inferior hoggets, 10s. to lis. 64.; good ewe hoggets, 16s. Id. to 16s. sd; good four anil six-toot/h wcthors, 2fts. Id. to 225.,4 d.; fair ; two, four, and six-tooth wethers, 16s. 9(1. , to 19s. 9i.-,'-cull wetliere, 13a. 9d. to 155.-td.;/ ■aged owes, £s. to 7s. 64.; soiuid-monthetl ewes,. 15s. to 16s. 6d.;-faiUing-mouthed ewes, ' ,10s. 6d. to -12s. 6d. Fat ;lamb's": Prime lambs, 225. to 25e. 6d.; i extra p!rime lambs, to 495.; medium lambs, 1 17e.: 6d. to! 21s. T6d'.; lighter sorts, lfe. to ' 17s. -v ■■ :.' 1 ' Eat-'sheep: Extra prime wtthers, 375. 6a.; 'prime "welkeTO, 245. to -325. 6d.; others, lfls. i 3d. to' 253. r: 6d.; merino wethers, 235. to 265.; i oxtra primo ewes, to 415.; prime owes, 22& >■' to 30sl;-medium ewes, 17s. to 21s. 6d.; light ' and inferior,'l3s. ,3d. to 165..'6d-.;' merino -■ ewes,. 7s. 9d.: to .'lss. sd. # . Fat cattle: l Extra prime steers, to £23 ' 10s.; other steers, £8. to £11 10s.; extra ■ prime heifers,.- to' £17 .10s.; other heifers, . £6 to £10; extra cows, to £19 10s.; other -cows, £5 10s. to £9., Price of beef, per : 1001'b., 335. to 525.' ■ Store'cattle: Yearlings, 18a. to 265.; 1 to eighteen-month, £2-Ss. to £3-7s. . ' : 6d.; two and a'half-year steers, £5 2s. 6d.; ,' two-year heifers, £4; three-year steers, £8 ] 17s. 6d„. passed; three-year heifere, £5 7s. 6d.; dry cows, 30s. to £5 55.; -dairy cows, £3 10s. to £12 15s. ; , ' Pige: Choppers, 70s.- to 1405.; extra baconera, to 905.; heavy baconers, 755. to 845.; light baconers, 575. 6d. to 70s. Price, per ' lb., 6Jd; to 6id. Heavy porkers, 435., to 475. 6d.; light porkers, 355. to 40s. Price, , per lb., 6;d; to 6'^d. Store pige were in good demand, medium sorts making 225. ; to 285.; small, 17s. to 215.; weaners, Bs. to 215.; sows in pig, £2 to £3 55.; sows with litters, £2 ss. to £5. BOTNSIDE 'MARKET. . Dunedln, August 18. "At Burneide'to-day there was ' a fair ; yarding -of fat cattle, 183 being penned. , ®liis number'was about equal to butchers' requirements, and priccs all round 'wore about on a - par with last week's rates. Best bullocks, £15 to £17; extTa prime, to £20 10s.; medium, £12 to £14: light, from • £9 ss. to £11; best cows and heifers. £12 to £13 145.; extra prime, to £15; medium, £9 to £11; light and inferior, £7 to £8 10s. Fat sheep: A large yarding came forward, 2960 being penned. The quality was much better than has been the case for several weeks, d big proportion of tho yarding, being best to well-finished wethers and'; ewes: there weTe also some pens of extra liea-vy wethers. There: was good competition ' throughout, and prices were . equal to last week's rates. Extra heavy wethers,-up'to 575. *6d.; prime wethers. 325. t6 3(8:; medium to good wethers, 275. -6(1. to 303.; light, 24a to 255. 6a.; unfinished, to 235.; prime ewes, 253." to 275.: extra heavy, to 375. 6d.: good, 21s. to ■ 245.; medium, 17s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.; unfinished, to 15s. Fat,lambs: There was a medinm yarding of 1460. The'quality, was only fair, a number. of.,lambs being hardly fit for freez:ing, but there .-were' a number of .good lambs. Competition was keen throughout . and prices were- & sbidc flrmer than laGt i week. Extra, up to 32 1 !. 6d.: good, 235. to 255.; medium. 19s\ to 225.; light and im- , finished, 13s. to 16s. ■ • ' Pigs: There was'a,: much better demand : for suckers and dins than there has been • of late, while porkers and baconers sold at late rates.