LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2700, 21 February 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

!'.* Messrs.-Dalgety and Co., Ltd,, quote-es- • follows fTom • their Daunevirko' sale • la6t Friday:~smeE shorn, lambs. 10s. 6d.; me- ' dium, to -12s. W.; best lines, to' We. 3d.; i medium woolly iambs, 12*. 6di to 135.; two-' ? tooth .wethers, medium, 205.; best lines, > 225. to 2fe. ; medium four and : five-year owes,' 183. 9d. to 195.; mixed-aged ; breeding ..ewe3, 210. 3d. to 235.; two-tooth | ewes,. 2Ss;r»diito, good, to 255. sd. This Matter price-, wain obtained lor . a, nice line 1 of 2CO llomney ewes sold on behalf of Sir. ■ E. W. 'Poole,; Motea.) Eighteen-months ' heifers, dhiry" sorts, £2 19s..■'to'. £3.J 155.-; !'.Polled- to. £4 10s.; forward i';two-year-olf "-heifers, £4 lie.; ""eighteen-i.-months steers', £4 4s. to £5"Ms.; aged 1 cows and calves, £5 to £5' 25.; light fat .'cows, £6 175.. 6d. to £7. 10s;;' two and a :lialf-year steers, to £8 12s. 6d.;.. yearling ibulls, £3; four-year bulls, £7. Mango-weka ; quotations:—Mixed age ewes.- 175., 17s. "w.; cull two-tooth ewes,, 165.; Braall four:(tooth ewes,-to *£1; small le-mbs; 10s. Id.; ! mixed lambs,to 145.; four and.-fivo-yeur ©wee, 19s. -6d; to £1 os. 6d.; light fat ewes, ; -<sos. Id.; two-tooth ewes, 20s. 3d.,'215. <d., 1 21s. 6d., 235.-3d., 275.; two-tooth wethers, 225. 5d., 225; '10d., 255., to 235. 6d. A line , gf 246 four- and. five-year ewes sold on ac- ! count of Mr. C. G. Oliver realised 225. 6d.; ;:4(X) four and. five-year ewes, on account ; Mr. C. G. -Wilson, price 23*. lid.; and 373 j two-tooth, ewes, 011 account Mr. F." Gor- ; rinse, realised' 275. ' to 27s'. 4d.; nfteenmo&t'hs heifers, £3 17s- fd.; eighteenmonths steeds',,£s 165.;.tw0 and two and a i half-year., steers, £6 25..-6d.,.£6 Bs. 6d.; to ; £6 165.;-threc-y&ar steers,-£8 14s, to £10; j empty cO\Vsy.'tb £5 ; 12s. I"" f: The New-. Zealand Loan and Mercantile •{Agency. Co.v Ltd., quote from their Feild- | ing sale oh. Friday—Dull.lambs,- 7a..10d.t0 *'Bs. lid.; small lambs, Us. 3d.; fair lambs, ; i3g. 4d. to 14s:. 5d.; forward wethers; , id. and 235."t0, 235. 5d.; cull ewes, 9e. M.; ' aged -ewes, v 14s. Id. to-17s. 6d.; • six-tooth \ owes, 245. 6d.;, miised age ewes, ,225.. 1-d. to ':225. ' - 9d;;ofoiir>dnd five-year ewes, on ac- • count of Milne; Ltd-., made 25. 9<1.; yearling l?s.; eightten-months. hei- | xers,. r.w.b.,0£3 Bs. 6d.; .light store cowe, . £3 3s. 6dvtrO - "'£3 55.; forward cows, • £6; ; bulls, £5 .'and .£9 105.,\ to £12 15s. for heavy sorts. At'Palmerston Nortli on Thursday | vre had a; good entry of sheep and cattle, but several.'lines failed to make vendors'- : Jeserves. - --We-- quote:—Fair mixed lambs, l / 135.; taj>e "laijibs, 15a.; small weaners, 18s. 6d»; weaher, steers, £2; yearling heifers;'£2 • <s. 6a., £2 Bs. -6d.; eighteen-months heifers, , £5 12s. ;i&d.eighteen-months 6teejrs, £4 ; los.; speyed twenty-months heifers, £3 17s. 1 6d.; store cows, £3 155., £4 65., £4 18s.;' for- ? Ward cows, , £6 2s. 6d., £7 35., £7 12s. 6d ; ; fat cows, £7.195., '£8, £8 ss. ifesere. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., report % value 3 &s under:—'Weancr pigs, IDs. 6d. to ; 135. % ; slips, 15s. to 18. 6d.; light porkers, to '-365.; hens; per pair, 35.. to 45.;. ducks, 4s. i to 4s. 3d.; light cockerels, 2s. 9d,; peaches, . 4s. case; tomatoes,- _2s. .to 35.; pears, 3s.' ~€d. to 45.; apples, 35.; potatoes,' 7s. ; to 8s;; cwt.; pig pota'toes, 36. to 3s. 6d. :■ €ack; oats, 4s. 6d.; chaff, £0 10s.; peas, k. 6d.; Scotch, tares, 17s. 6d.; barley, ss. : to os. 6d. : COMMERCIAL ITEMS IS VESTMENT SHARES. . • There were no transiactions in inveet- , Eient shares on Saturday. The quotations were as follow ; , Sellers, i £ B. d. £ e. (1. '-National- Bank S .0 0 — ■ : Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.)... 16' 7 6 - : T7nion Bank 50 10 0 . — N \ !'9x>an and Hero, (ord.) K) 0/0 ' — • N.Z. and Siver Plate 1 19 6 — Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. .. -r . 7 10 : Well. Jleat Export (525. 6d.) 2 14 6 . — : .Union Steam ford.) ........ 16 9 1-7 3 'Union Steam (pref.) ....... 1 0 6 — Well. Woollen (ord.) ...... 418 0 — .Weil. Woollen (pref.) 3 6 0 . — 'Sharland (ord.) 14 6 . — ; : Sharland (pref.). .....* 1 4 6 - — : .W.P.C.A. (£5) - - " 6 2 0 . ' .. . .v.-, i. : ' . .. ITIOZEN MEAT. : By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Eec. February 20, 5.5 p.m.) i . London, February 19. The Incorporated 'Society of Meat lin- ; porters' SuutliGcicl ilarliet quotations lor ' frozen meat are bated on actual-sales of : nol less Utan one hundred c&rcasscs of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of beef, of fair average quality. The quotations are not for selectod lines, but Tor • parcels, fairly representative of the bulk i of the shipments now on the market. The , pri-jos which follow are on the average a ' farthing par lb. more than the values ei : ship, this difference representing the aver- ' age cost In expense, handling, conveyehce, and selling of the meat:— : Jlntton— d. . Canterbury, light' .. .fj- . L'anterbury.'light (seconds) none offering . Canterbury;-medium , -78 Canterbury, heavy 1.'..'. none offering Southland none offering , New Zealand, beet......; nono offering Xew Zealand, ordinary ... nono offering North ißland, ewes none offering New Zealand ewes .; ..; 7J . ' AustrallgS, heavy none offering Australian, medium none offering Australian, light noue offering

Australian, ewes nono offering | jliver Plate, wethers, light. Ih \ Itfvcr Plate, heavy '4 River Plate, ewes '* li&mb— Canterbury, light Canterbury* seconds JS . Canterbury, medium j Canterbury, heavy <o I Southland £ "North Island, ordinary o . North Island, selected ... none offering Australian, best § Australian, secondary ° Australian, inferior 8 . Jtiver Plate, first quality none ofrerang lliver Plate, seconds none offering Beef— - , 7 ' Argentine, chilled fores ; to Argentine, chilled-hind 6 «a I LONDOxV MARKETS. (Rec. February 5.5 p.m.) London, February 19. Wheat is steady and unchanged. Jute.—Native first-marks, March-April shipment, £35 10s.'per ton.. N.Z. Hemp.—The market is dull. Fcbru-iary-April shipment, £46 15s. per ton. Cotton.—February-March shipments, 7.63 tV per lb. k Copra.—December-January shipments, £o5 | 7s. 6d. per ton. Rubber.—Hard fine Para, 3g. 2£d. per lb.; plantation, 3s. 6Jd.; smoked sheets, 3s. 53d. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON . SHAKE MAEKET In the mining market on Saturday there were several bids tor shares, but no business resulted. The quotations were as under :— , Unyera. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dominion Developing ... 115 0 — Murray Creek 2 2 6 - J Ross ! 0 0 1 — Talisraa.n 0 15 .0 — v Grand Junction — 0 19 9 Worksop • Dredge • — 111 0