LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2685, 3 February 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety' and Company, .Limited, Palmereton North, report having a fair entry of live stock at their Marton sale on Monday, which sold as follows Two-tooth wethers, 21s. lid.; email two-tooth ewes, 18s. 3d. to 205.; two-tooth ewes, to 235. Id.; six-tooth; Lincoln • rams, 3gns.; bulls, £4 to £4 ss. jltessrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Masterton, report having held at the Solway showgrounds, on Friday last, on account of Mr. 0. A/. Bunny, a very successl ful sale of the whole of hi 6 strad Southdown flock, comprising 240 ewes, 150 ram and ewe lambs, and. four stud rams. The sheep came. forward in excellent coidition, and were favourably commented upon by those present. All stock submitted were sold un-der-the' hammer at the following prices:— Two-tooth Southdown ewes, $, 4J, 45, 43, Si, SJ, to 53gns.; four-tooth Southdown ewes, 3J,,3.V, 33, , 45,- 41, 4?, .5, to. 6SRns.; six-tooth Southdown ewes, .33, 4, 5, ss, to 6gns.; fouryear Southdown ewes, 33, 4, 43, 41, to 43gn6.; five-year . Southdown i ewes, 25, 31, 33, to s}gns.; Southdown ewe lambs, IJ, IJ, 2, to 2Jgus.; Southdown ram lambs, 21, 23, to. 3gns.; -.three-shear stud ram . fiMipipi, 33gns.; other stud rams, llgns. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, report:—At Himitangi, on Monday, we had' a good yarding of both sheep and cattle, ail of which sold at prices ■on a par with late rates. Lowconditioned ewes, 125.; f.m. ewes, 16s. 5d.; ! small mixed lambs, 7s. Jd. to 7s. Bd.; weaner heifers, 20s. to 275.; weaner steers, 285.; eighteen-month discoloured steers, £3 10s.; tworyear discoloured steers, £4 2s. to £4 195.; I store cows, £4 to £4 2s. 6d.; forward cows, £5, £5 55., £6, to £6 5e.; light fat cows, £7.155.; cows and calves, £5"; bulls, £5 ss. to £6 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantilo Agency Company, Ltd., report having conducted a successful clearing ,sale at Manakau on Monday last Cn account of Mr. Charles, Cotter. The stock, which came, forward in good condition, met with keen competition, and they report having sold everything at highly' satisfactory prices. They quote-.—May calving cows, to £14 10s.; August calvers, £8 10s., £9 ss„ £11 10s„ to £12 lis.September calvers, £7 10s„ £8 10s„ to £8 155.; October calvers, £6 2s. 6d.; heirers, calved, £7 to £7 2s. 6d.; springing heifers, on drop, £8 10s., £9 95., to £9 10s.; May calvers; £5 46. to £6; July calvers, £4 195., £5 45., to £6 ,55.; store cows, £5 10s., £5 155., to £7; two-year steers, mixed colIds.: fifteen' to eighteen-month steors,-mixed, £4 135.; weaners, mixed, 245. 6d.j'.yearling, steers,' £2 17s. 6d.; twentymonth etcers, Jersey sorts, £3 10s. 6d.; eighteen-month heifers, r.w.b.; £3 to £3 7a. 6d.; empty fifteen-month heifcre, £2 165.; four, six, and f.f.m. ewes, 21s. Id.; mixed-aged ewes, low condition, 15s. 2d.; cull ewes and lambs, 9s. 6d.; mixed Eomney lambs,'l4s. 6d. to 16s. 7d.; Southdown rams, 21 giuineaa. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.,- Ltd., report?—At Fahiafrua, on Tuesday, we had a large yarding of sheep and a small ono of cattle. Biddine was animated, throughout the sale. We quote:— Good shorn wether lambs, 165.; medium do., 13s. Bd.i medium woolly lambs, 13s. 6d.; small lambs, Bs. Bd. to, 9s. 3d.; cull do., 6s. '9d.;-light •mixed-aged ewes, 13s. 3d. to 18s. 3d.; fat.cows, £9; bulls, to £7 2s. 6d. '

Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency; Co;, Ltd., report having held a supSlementary cattle. fair at' Pahiatua on [onddy. ; An entry, of 750' head was sub-

mitted. At the commencement tho sale was dragging, and a number of lines were passed in, including some exceptionally incc bullocks from Pongurca, but as the tialc. progressed bidding bocamc inoro {Spirited, and the, majority of lines were sold under tho hammer. The following ar some of the prices realised:—Three and a half-year bullocks, £IO~ICs. to £12; two and a half-year steers, £6 os. to £7 lbs.* eighteen-month steers, £4 to £4 15a. Cd.waner 6tMTs, £1 15s. to £2 18s.; fat cows. £6 to £10 Is.; forward store cows, £6 10s. to £7 175.; backward do., £2 15s. to £3 17s. 6a.; three-year empty hcifer6, £4 12s. 6d. to £6 12s. 6d.; two-year heifers, £4 to £4 6S. 6d.; weaner do., 235. to 37«. 6d.; mixed weaners, £1 15s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on, their Pahiatua sale held on luesday as follows:—Wo had a very ex* tensive yarding of sheep and a small one ot cattle. Bidding wa6 keen throughout; lambs again beiug in most demand, while ior other classes of sheep prices were on a par with the previous week. Cattle, on the other hand, showed rather an casing aV,ni Uno &,. as tho 'ollowißK oricc will bhowi-Jlat cows, £7 3s. to £9 ICS.; store 2^ S 10 £1 2 i' & !' : y carlin ß'lieifers, £*>■ to 355.; cows and calves, £5 195.; mixedsexed wcaners, 225. 6d. to 365. 6d.; two-tooth es. up to Ms. 9d.; two-tooth wethers, 235. iS . 8 ' forward-conditioned owes, 2ls. ?i« . oi ! ® wos , aud wethers, raised, r.i ' , ™ olly ew6 Joubs. very forrV oolly we "ier lambs, very forward lis 6d.; eood-conditioncld rape lambs, 15s. 2d. to 15s. Bd.; sood lambs, 13s. t,'i7 6(, ' ; m edium shorn lambs, 10a. to 13s. 6d.i poorer lambs, 9s. to 10s.; culls, OS. to 9s.

ADDMGTON ItAEKET. By l'elesraph.—Press Association. a . .... Christc.hurcli, Fcbniary 2. At the AddniEtoii live stock market there weie small entries ,in almost all deport{S^?h S ' catt-lo were rather easier, fat whit, fl v . elC i, firja ' u Storo 6hee " Bjld bettor. Sil >. j showed an advance of 2s. per head. Store cattle were easier. sh f? p i '-Two-tooth ewes, 20s. fid.; sound-mouthed ewes. 12s. 6d. to 14s. 2d : failing-mouthed Bs. 3d. to 13s. Bd. a c .'Bht-tootli ewes (Oliathams), 16s ' f? d ' : forward four and sixSL ivethers 15s. to 175.; oUicr two-tooth wethers, 12s. 6d. to 14s. 3d.; forward lambs, hJ" firf i o f lf ! s - ; .ordinary lambs, Us. to ;,,H i ; , Jnfe o r,or lambs. Vs. sd. to 10s. 9d.; cull lambs, 2s. Id. to ss. i u were penned. Prime tS m 9oo' S -' K?" t '°^ 23s ',i d - : metliui n' 17s. 6d. M lithte r , Ms. 4d. to 17s. -.v, . ehcep; Prime wethers, 235. to 295.; 6d S' Ifc' m" 40 2Z S : P rime ewes. 225. «?• M.; medium, 17s. 6d. to 225.; St A„»r. mer J no wethers, 17s. IS. c_ . xtra prlmo steers, to £20 ivV™ " ai ' y I. 6t ?? rs ' £6 10s ' 17s. 6d-! extra prime heifers, to £11 155.; ordinary rf- 10 £S ss ' : <!:[tra cows. sfri ° rtima ri' cows. £5 10s. to £8 ss. to 60s Pel ' " t0 45s ' : eitra ' « St ?l e to eiirhteen-month, in ii T steers, £4 ss. to £4 155.; two-year heifers, £4; three-year £5 £. £ IJ £ - to three-year hdfem' .cows^tol^H^ 3 ' t0 £5 153 ' ; I'lgs: Choppers..4os. to 705.; extra heavy sA " Shf h hcav y baconers, 70s. to , baconsrs, 5Vs. 6d. to 68s. Price 47s ■ feh?' t0 1 , 6 - d ' Heavy porkers, 425. to lb "fild ?j rke £!' 35s ' l<> Pr iw. Per fo'97; n' ,^ >t - or6S: Medium stores, 2&: 4b. M.'''to m fe S ' 16S- 10 weanc "-'

BinwsiDE MARKET. ■ i* -n Diinedln, February 2. v^rdpd UTn nii?o t °- ,la y 163 fat cattle wero or ti,hS CDt J y officiant If., °utchors, and puces wero slightly i>i! M i?» au 'j? 1, ' w ? ek - »Prime bullocks, i£J fl ? : • m ® dl . um to Bood, £12 10b. to £15light and inferior, £10 tn £11 55.; prime cows and heifers, £12 5s. 1 to £14; mediuJn £8 kJ°!» m to £ " I ° B ' i liEht an!l mSh,^i he f P: wcre principally medium to good ewes, the proportion of Sii.? I, s ® ep ■ boin s larger than of late. ExFrJi - yers . GrG operating freely for all '• an< t last week's prices to w maintained. Extra, prime wethers, to 335.; medium to good, 235. to 265.; in--78 6d hi ill ' t 1Bs " to - 208 ' J is. oa. to 135.; extra prim© ewes, to ?7n if: : H 20s. to 245. : Jighti Pat l-imti U m? nisl,c<i ' fa 6d. to 13s. B ,i a J lambs: There was a medium ontrv 816 being penned. Tho quality on the was pood, and for good sorts com-1 nii tS ¥ en ' . £rcezin K buyers operatrag for this description, but unfinished sorts were hard to quit. Extra nrtae to to m. W., lijjht and inferior, t-o 16s.