LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2591, 13 October 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

ir„- r = Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Wellington, ' report laving held a successful Siirini sale on behalf of Mr. J. *-• Vornf Levin The lierd came forward m fi&lV C and met with lceen competition, the average per head being £6 ICS. Seme of tho best priccs ■wero : £6, £6 12s- f/' . ' 2£10, and £10 7s. 6d. All entries offered brought up to the full market value. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Te■oort having held a special sale in thou TJpper Hutt yards on Thursday, on account of Mr. Don. Eeid. As Mr. Beid had sold part of his property, the stock which came forward for sale were unreserved. Competition for all lines- submitted was good, and as tie sheep /were in firstrclass order, there vras no difficulty in obtaining full market rates for all lots submitted. V few '/outside. • entries were-yerded, and these sold at rates in favour of vendors. The principal sales wore as -underFourtooth. to f.f.m. ewes. with, lambs afc foot, 355. 6d.; e.ns. ewes, 275. 6d.; good-conditlon-ed woolly hoggets, 205.; fat ewee and wethers, 535. Id.; fat lambs, 165.; eighteen-month, springing, heifers,. £3"to, £3... lis.; storo cows,-£3 ; Ha.--to ■£3 '-12s. -6d.; lightrweight fat cows, £5 Is. to £6 fts.: bulls, £5 to £6 v The Xew Zealand Loan and - JTercantilo 'Agency. Company report:—At Rangiotu on Monday: we had a fair yarding of cattlo, which sold at-low rates.- • Yearling hei-' fers, 335.;. cows, £3- 145., .£4 135., 4£4 155.; springing cows, £5 10s.springing heifers, £5 to £7 ICs.; fat cows, £7 to \£B h.i heavy- fat cows, £10 55.; two-year bulls. £4 10s., to £4 15s. • COMMERCIAL ITEMS INVESTMENT SHABES. Tere were' no transactions' recorded in the investment market yeeierday. The quotations were as -under Buyers. Sellers.

Customs duty collcctcd at tlic port of. Wellington yesterday amounted to £2551 06. «<L SOUTHEAST MARKETS. By'Tolegraph.—Press Association. Christchufch, October 12. There is no change to Teport in tho local gTain market, thero being* no demand* for either wheat or oats, and none offering. The potato market, is firm without further change in price. The demand, is chiefly from Auckland and Napier;-and a, quantity

is still going' to Australia.. So far there nr© no reports of daowigc to early crons by frost ill tho Hortll Island, but m the North of iucklnud blight is prevalent m conscquefico of the season beinc wot and mild. ICSTAL MAMET. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, October 11. Copper.—On tho spot, £72 17s. 6d. to £73 2s. 6a.; three months, £73 7e. 6d. to £73 12s. dd. Tin.—.On tho spot, £149 ss. to £149 155.; three months, £150 17s. 6d. to £151 7s. 6d. load—Soft foreign, £24 7s. 6d.; forward, sa. Spelter, .£<9 10s„ forward £60. Silrer, 23 15-16 d. per ounce standard. WHEAT. • (Bee. October 12, 3 p.m.) London, October 11." The wheat market is firm, and supplies arc being sparingly offered.

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