LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2601, 25 October 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantilo Agency Company, Ltd., quote from tueir fortnightly sale at Miller's ltoad yarae', Uannevit'Ke,. on iYidjay fact:—Jmvcs ana lambs, -325. lla.'to oOs.; forward cows, £5 17s. 6d. to £5; springing cows, £8 , to . r i '' yearlings, 345. to ous.; two-year heiiers, I £3 3s. 6d.; Hokteui bull, £15; wcaner pigs, 17s. Owing to the Falmerston elww bciuff 1 held on fiiday, November i> the "oxtijiiuuevirki' sale will be held on October <JJ. The New Zealand Lwn and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on their clearing j-aie on account of Air. liilton iowlur, ul Kimbolton:-—Mixed-age ewes, with luiiius. 355. 6d. to 365. fid.; eaoru ewes and weUicrs, 20s. 6d.; mixed hoggets, 3d.; yearling ! steers, email, £2 6sj yearling heilers, 335. ,6d.; two-year heiieio", £3 Uss.; eighteen* ■ month steers, £4 65.; dairy cows, iiU as. to £8 10s.; draught marcs, £29 to <ut); s.i. plough) £? 10s.; d.i". plough, «£# ss. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report having hel<l their wceKiy tale at Leviu ou Friday. Quotations;— Fat ew«, 355., 3?e;; fat wethers, 375. Ed.; a nice line [ of '200 hoggots realised 225. Vd.; others, 195., j 215.; .heifers, olo«:C to profit, £6 7s. 6d., £7 10s., to £9; backward heifers. .M aA 1 155., to £5 Bs.; light fat cowe, £7 12s. 6d«, £7 15s:, to £8; forward cows, £5 lfisi.. £6 75., 1 £6 10s,; store cows, £3 9s. to «£3 155.; yearling heifers, £2 55., .£2 56. 6d.; eighteenmonth .heiters, empty, £3 2s. to £3 7s. i two and a hall and three-year heifers, empty, £5 2s. 6d. The entry of pigs realised particularly high prices, selling as under;— Weaners, 175., 1/s. 3d., 17s. od.; .light porkers, 3c\s., 325., 35-s., 3fis., to Is. 6d.; empty sowe, £2 35., £2 7s. 6d. to £2 l«s. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Feilding cattle_ fair, held oil Friday last:—Our entry cpnsisted of 9-6 head of cattle. Buyers were present from all parts of the country. A largo number of the cattle ' were bought by W ajk&to buyers. We quote:—Oil account -Mrs. il'Donald, 93 three and four-year bullocks.. £11 6s. 6d.; on account Mr. H. Stewart, Waiata, 10 three-year biillocke, £10;' on account Mr. G. Tumbull, Makino, 17 three-year bullocks, •£8 95.; on account Mr. Donald Frascr, Bulls, 8 fat bullocks, £15, and 8 ditto, £14 12s. 6d.; ou account' Mr. G. Purnbuil, 33 two and three-year steers, £5 lis.; on account Mrs. M'Bonald, 40 two-year steers, £5 385., and 22 small two-year steers, £4 ISs.; on account Mr. It. D. Kogcrs, 33 twoyear steers, £6 55., and 40 P.A. empty cows, £8 25.; on account Bruce-'s Estate, *0 empty cows. £8; on account Mr. W. Anderson, 30 two-year P.A. heifers £3 19s. 6d., 30 twoyear Hereford hcifere, £4 65.; 9 yearling heifers £2 Bs., 12 two-year stcere, small £3 195., 23 yearling P.A. heifers £2 175.; on account Mr. J. Si c h°l sol3 » Makino, 10 steers, £4 10s.; on account Mr. E. l'aylor, Ouiininghame, 10 eteers £2 175., 15 heifers _ 7s. td.; on account Mr. J. Honey-field, Halcombe, 21 yearling eteeTs, £2 195.; ou account, Mr. J. Morrison, TekorflJigi. 17 steer©, £4 18s. 6d.;-on account Sir. 0. Masters,. 13 empty heifers £4 lw. 9d., ditto, £4 10s.; on account Mr. H. Clare, Weituna, 44 year-, ling steers, £5 165.; on account Sir. D. Gordon, 71 empty lieifers, £4 2s. 6d. Sheep: -Ewes and lambs, 345. 6d.; fat ewes, 30e., 325.-6 d., to 335.- 6d. ; Mi'. Newton King, New Plymouth, quotes as follows: TJrcnui—Fifteen-month heifers (good lines), £2 19s. to £3 2s. 6d.; yearlings, £2 25.; fifteen-month to two-year-old eteers, £4 12s. 6d.;, good fiftcen-montli steers (well grown, good coloured lines), £3 18s. 6d. to £4 45.; rough, £2 to £1 17e.; Jersey two-year steers, £3 18s. 6d.; store cows (very 'email), £3 7s. to £3 18s.;- store cows (fair), £5 3s. to-'£6 125.; forward cows, £7 lis.; fat cows, £8 ICa. to £10 96.; fat bullocks, £15 10s. and £16 10s.; empty ers, well grown and good quality, £4 Is. W. to £4 9s. 6d..;- bulls (dairy), up to .£l2 7ji. 6d. for Shorthorn, and £9 for Jerseys, and £6 15s. for fifteen-month Kolsteins; a five-year pedigree Hols tea rt bull -mado 17gns.; pedigree Jersey bulls, 7 to_ 20gna; fat ewes, 315.; ewes and lutAks, oOs. The spring heifers yarded were all two-year-old cattle, but were nice quality, and sold readily. Best sorts brought up to £9 2s. 6d.; .others, £5 ss. to £6 17a 6d ; ; good cows, up to £9 53. Itahofcu—Fat heifers, £8 13s. id. to £9 45.; forward cows,'£7 2s. £8 135.; fair stores, £5 10s. to £6 "lo?.; small, £3 19s, to M 1&-: iifteen-month lieifcre, £2 16s. to £3 ! ss. 6d. for tops, and £1 13s. for yearlings; rough steers, £21 9s. find £2 10s.; fift-ecD-motith steero. £3 IBs.; heavy bulls, for boning, £10 to £14; lighter, £5 10s. to-£7; dairy biULs, £10 10s. to 1 £12; yearling' Jersey bull {nice quality), £5 10s.; three-year Ally, by; t Garry .Owen, m Stratford :Close-up auality heifers, £B ss. to £12 55.; others, £4 15s. to £6 55.; dairy cows £5 12s. 6d. to £12 se. The 51 head sold averaging £7 7s.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS INVESTMENT SHAKES. There was lio trasiiees dono in investment shares on Saturday. The quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Bellere. £ 8. d. £ e. <L National Bank ' 4 19 6 — Bank N.Z. (£i 6s. Bd.) .... 10 2 6 - Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 16 0 0 16 5 0 Equitable Building ? 5 0- — Loan & Mercantile (old.) 79 0 0 — . JT.Z. and B. Plate 2 0 .0 - Well. Uep» <iihl :\tovt. ... — • 0 a U Chrietchurch Gas (£5) ... 7 7 6 7 10 0 Well. Gas (£10) 15 17 6 ~ Well. Gas. (pref.) — 1 0 0 Well. Meat Export* (£5) •« "T 6 0 0 "Union Steam (ord.) ' 13 3 — "Union" Steam (pref.) ...... 1 0 6 — Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 5 4 0 -- ' Westport Coal -- 19 0 Leyland-O'Brien' 12 6 N.tf. Dnip — 250 W;F.O.A. (£1) 10 0 •WOOL, SKIN", AND HIDES. Messrs. Dalgety and.Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At our usual monthly sale we offered a good catalogue to a largo attendance- of buyers. Competition was keen, and prices for wool and sheepskins advanced, about- fid. to 2d. per lb. on last sale's rat-eo. Hides and calfskins sold ou fl. par with late sales' rates. Quotations: — Wool—Crossbred, in bags. 12|d. to 13 id.; ditto, dead (good lots), 113 d. to 123 d.: ditto, inferior, 9?, d. to 10Jd.; crutehings, free of seed, 113 d. "to 12* d.; inferior and seedy, 4d. .i

to 73d.; black wool, 10id.; pieces and locks, 4£d. to 73d. Sheepskins—Pall wool, cearse, 9|d., 10d., to medium and fino, IOJd. to IOJd.; broken and damaged. 6d. to 7dd.; hotels, woolly, lOd, to IQJd.; shorn, to 74d. ; short and half-wool, 6fcd. to 7d.; ditto, inferior, 4d. to 5Jd.; dead skins, Bd. to GJd.; butchers' part dry ami salted crossbred, at each—Best heavy lines, 10s. to 10s. 6d.; good, te., Bs. 5d., to Bs. 9d.; medium itncl light, 6s. 6d. to 7«. 10d.; pelts, Is. 4d. cach. Hides: Cow, be.st lines, 83d. to Ogd.; medium to good, B£d. to B£d.: inferior and rough, 7?d. to Bsd.; ox, medium and heavy, lCd. to 10id.; ox, light, 9d. to 9id.; ox, cut and slippy, 7Jd. to Bd.; cow, cut and slippy, 6Jd. to 7id.; yearlings, 7>d. to 73d.; yearlings, cut and damaged, 4<l. to 6£d. Calfskins—Ssund linos, lOid. to 10£ d.; inferior and mcat'y, B£d. to 83d.; cut and slippy, 6d, to B£d. Tallow—ln tins, to 216.; rough fat, 12s. • Horsehair, lis. Id. per lb. Our next sale will bo held 011 Thursday, November 18.

FEItiDING PROUCIS MARKET. Messrs. Atkinson, Ltd., report priccs as follow:—Straw chaff, £3 10s.; oatenshcaf chart, £7 10s.; barley, 4s, 6d. to 6s. per bushel, seed maize, ?e.; oats, 4s. 9d.; tares. 16s. to 17«.; G.l\ peas, ss. 6d.; potatoes, £8 per ton, seed £5, pig £5; onions, 12s. pur owt. Hens,. ss. 3d. to ss. 9d.; ducks, 6s. Best, weaner piss, 21e. to 225.; others. 14s. 6d. to 17s. 3d.; stores, 235. to 255. 6d. ; heavyweights, to 385.; cows, to early profit, £7 15s. to £9 17s. 6d. Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington oil Saturday a mounted to £1236 BS. Ed. FKOZEN MEAT. By Telegraph—Prose Association—CoDrricrht (Rcc. October 24, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 23. The Incorporated bocieiy ot Meat importers' SmitlifieJii market quotations for iroiseu meat are based on actual sales of uot Jess than one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-live Quarters of beef. of fair average quality, 'i'ne quotations aro uot for sclented lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulK of the shipments now on the marltot. Ino pdcea which follow are on the average a tiirthing per lb. more than the valuei c* snip, tiiis difference representing the average coat in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat;— Hutton— f'; i.auterbury, light i*« Canterbury, medium '» Oanteruury. heavy < . Southland : none offering Now itealand, best nono offering New Zealand, ordinary ... none otfermff New Zealand, ewes 55 Australian, heavy 5? Australian, light »a Auctroii«ui, ei.ea M Kiver Plate, light 'a Kiver Plate, heavy ° Kiver Plate, ewes 5J Lamb— Canterbury, light »a Canterbui'y, seconds Canterbury, medium i'i Canterbury,' heavy Ti Southland North Island, ordinary 7t>. North Islajid, selected ... none offering Australian, best '••••■• 53 Australian, fair fx Australian, interior ■River Plate, first quality 7 Itiver Plate, seconds 51 Beef— , , ~ Argentine, cliilled fores oi Argentine, chilled hinds 8J RABBITS. Rabbits arc declining in value, English being plentiful. The arrivals of colonials are heavy. New South Wales blues, ex store, 245. LONDON MARKETS. (Ecc. October 24. 5.5 p.m.)

London, October 23. Wheat.—The market is cjuiet, 61s. is being asked. Chicago December options, 103 3-BC. Cotton.—October-November shipments are quoted at 7.C2U1. Jute—Native liret marli6, NovemberDeecmber shipment, £25 10s. per ton. N.Z. Hemp.-Octobcr-Docembcr shipments, £34 per ton. Rubber.—Hard fine I'ara-, 2e. std. per lb.; plantation, 2s. 5Jd.; smoked sheets, 2s. sd. Copra.—October-November shipments, £24 10s. per ton. Danish butter is quoted at 160s. to 1826. Silver.—Bar silver, 23Zd. per ounce standard. METAL MARKETS. London, October 22. Copper. —Spot, £73 to £73 55.; three months, £73 7s. 6d. to £73 12s. 6d. Tin—Spot, £152 to £152 lCs.; three months, £153 ss. to £153 15s. Lead, £25 2s. 6d. to ,£23 ss. Spelter, ,£7l and £62. Silver, 23 13-16 d. per ounce standard. MINING NEWS . WELLINGTON SHAKE MAEKET. There iva>s nothing doing in the mining market on Saturday, and the scrip only two companies received attention. Slurray's Freehold shares were offered at 255„ and Talismans at 15s. 9d., and there -were no buyers for either of .the chares. TALISMAN MINE! (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Karangahake, October 23." The' manage]' of - the Talisman Mine has font to Loudon the following cablegram ''Woodstock, No. 5 crosscut, progress 42 feet; No. 6 crosscutt, progress 39 feet."