LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2709, 2 March 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

M« r srs. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, quote from their Fcllding ewe fair, February 25:—0u1l lambs, 7s. to 95., 6d.; small lambs, to 10s. Id.; mixed lambs, 13s. 14. .to 145.; aged ewes, 12s. to 145.; medium 4 and 5-yoar ewes. 21b. Id. to 225.; small 2-tooth ewes, 205.; 2-tooth ewes, 255. fid. to 245. Id.; small 2-tooLli wethers, 215.; 4-year ewes, to 245. 6d.; 2-tooth ewes, account G. W. Poarco, 265.; 4 and 5-year ewes, account M. A. Oonway, 255. 2d.; 4-tooth to f.f.m. ewe?, account A.' Rntledge, 265. 3d.; 5-year ewes, account P. L. Jackson, 235. to 235. Ud.: 6-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, account B. Williamson, 27a. 6d.{ 4-tooth ewes,, account client. 28s. 8d; to 30*. Id. The New Zealand' Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Palinerston North, quotes as follows:—Himitangi, February 28—Small lambs, lis. 3d.; low-conditioned' ewes, 13s. I'd.; mixed weaners, 255.; 2tMnonth discoloured steers, £4; dairy cows, £6 10s.; porkers, 275.; slips, 15s. Waikanae, February 29-2-tootli wethers, &3s. 6d.; woolly ewe lambs (good), 16s. 3d.; medium wetherlambs, 10s. Id.; 2, 4, aud 6-tooth ewes (good), 275. 7d.; 2-tooth to f.m. ewes (good), 28s. Id.; 4-year ewes (m'edium), 225. 4d.; ciill ewes, Bs. (3d. to 125.; store ewes, 14s. 3d.; Komney ram, 2}gns.j fat heifers, £7 7s. to £8 95.; forward cows, £5; heifers in milk, £6 95.; springing heifers, £6 16s. to £7 65.; mixed weaners (small), 225. j yearling bulls, £3 to £3 2s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., quote from their sale at Waikanne on Tuesday:—On account of H. E. Elder, Esq.: -4-fcooHi wethers, 245. 7d.; 4-tooth to 5-year-old ewes, 255. 2d.; 4 and 5-year-old ewe?, 245. 4d.; 4, 6, and 4-year ewes (low condition), 225. 8<l.; Bonmey rams, £3 15s. On account , of Hodge Estate :-4, 6, and f.f.m. ewers, 245. 6d. Other quotations:— Woclly lambs, 15s. 2d.; shorn lambs, 13s. Bd., 145.; fat and forward ewes, 225. 7d.; forward ewes, 20s. 2d.; f.m. ewes, 135., 16s. to 17s. 5d.; medium lambs, 10s. 4d.j cull lambs, Is. id., 7s. Bd.; ttomney rams, £3 2s. 6d.; 2-tooth wethers, 21s. 2d.; fat cows, £8 55.; empty oows. £4 17s. 6d.; vealers, 305.; 15-month steers, £3 14s. 6d.; l&-month ; steers, £4 175.; 18-month and 2-year steers, 1 £5 35.; 18-month heifers, £3, £3 Us.; bulls, £5 155., £6 to £11 10s. Messrs. Abraham and "Williams' annual Pahiatua sheep fair was held on Monday. A feature of the sale was the excellent acaommotfation jahd iarranJomiMHs that had been provided for tho nuge yarding of 27,000 sheep, which constituted, it is bcli'eved, the largest entry of sheep offered by t any individual firm in. New Zealand. The yarding consisted of all classes of store sheep, and, out of the total yarding, over 22,000 found buyers under the hammer. , The prices realised easily eclipsed that of any sale held in the Forty Mile Bush district this year, and, although ewes formed the great part of the entry, the demand for that class held throughout tho day, and we titers and iambs were keenly sought after. In fact, any sheep showing condition and heavy skins in most eases lar exceeded the owners' ideas of their value. Backward ewes and poor lambs were the only class which showed a weakeuing tendency. A line of 111 4-tooth ewes, offered on account of Mr. H. F; Ooom, oi Makurj, looped the market, realising 365. 6d., same being heavy skinned, big-boned Lincoln ewes of exceptional quality. The range of prices was:—Forward lambs, 14s. 6d. to 15s. 3d.; ordinary lambs, 13s. to 145.; inferior lambs, 10s. to 12s. 6d.; cull lambs, 7s. lid. to 9a. 6d.; good 2-tooth wethers, 21s. 9d. to 235. 9d.; ordinary 2tootli wethers, 19s. 3d. to 245. 6(1.; good 2-tooth ewes, 235. to 245.; ordinary 2-tooth ewes, 225. Id. to 225. 6d.; good 4-tooth ewes, 265. 6(1. to 365. 6d.; good 4, 6, and 8-tooth owes, 23a. to 245. 6d.; ordinary 4, 6, and 8-toot'i ewes, 225. to 235.; good s.m. ewes, 245. 6d. to 26s'. 3d.; ordinary s.m. owes. 21?. to 235. 6d.; inferior s.m. ewes, 19s. 6d. to 20s. 6d.; aged ewes, 17s. to 195.; cull aged ewes, 13s. to 16s. The •following were among the sales:—Lambs: S. J. Boyden, 2? woolly, 15s. 3d.; Neil Small, 139 woolly, 155.; Mrs. Upston, 43 shorn, 15s. 3d.; li. Halliburton, 31 ewes, 13s, 4d.; Mrs. Verry, 88 wethers. 13s. Wethers: Checkley Bros., 8 4-tooth, 245. 6d.; F. M'Ken&ie, 60 4-tooth, 245, id.; Murphy Bros., 69 2 and 4-tooth, 235. Id.; S. J. Boyden, 49 2 and 4-tooth, 235. Id.; J.-Breeds, 68 2 and 4-tooth, 225. 9d. Ewes: H. F. Ooom, 111 4-tooth, 365. 6d.; P. Stenberg, 80 4-tooth, 265. 6d.; H. F. Cooin, 125 5-year, 265. 3d.; S. M'Leod, AO 4-tooth, 245. 9d.: J. Moughan, 215 6 aud 8-tooth, 235. Gd.; J. Clulow, 348 4-year, 245. 6d.; W. E. C. Tylce, 131 5-year ewes. 245. 3d.; N. Walden, 199 2-t-ooth, 245. Id.; 71. Halliburton, 109 2 to 8-tool.h, 245.; W. Mitchell, 366 4 end 5year, 255.; Hodgins Bros., 552 4 and 5-year, 235. 9d.; J. 'Conncll, 81 4 and 5-year. 235. Bd.; J. Clulow, 150 5-year, 235. fid.; A. D. liglinlon. 261 4 and 5-year ewes. 235. 2d.; F. White. 261 6 and 8-tooth owes, 235.; Balfour IMate, 405 4 and 5-ycar ewes, 235.; E. T. Barthorp, 100 4 and 5-year ewes, 225. 9(1.; [). S. Heckler, 245 4, 6, and 8-tooth ewes, 225. 3d.: W. Mitchell, 212 2 and 4-tooth ewes, 225. 2d.; W. K. Godfrey, 163 2-tooth ewes, 225. Id.; A. Ohcckley, 128 ewes, 4 and 5-year-old, 2ls. 9(1. Mr. Newton King, New Plymouth, reports :-On Monday, February 21, at TJrenui I had a fair yarding o[ cattle, with a good muster of sheep. Prices obtained were:—.SpriJigi'ng heifer 3, £5 10s. to £7 155.; springing cows, £6; store cows, £2 10s. to £4 12s. 6d.; forward and fat cows, £6 lfe. to £10 75.; fat two and a half-year to three-year steers, £10 lis.; twenty-month steers, £4 125.; two and a half-year steers. £6 125.; light bulls, £5 55.; two-tooth wethers, £1; fat nnd forword ewes, 21s. Bd.; f.m. ewes, 14s. 4d. to IBs.; two, four, ond Mx'tooth ewea, 235. lOd.i Jambs, 14b, 9d, Mr, Kewtoo liing, hew Plymouth, ro*)

ports:—At Bahotu on Tuesday, February 22, wcaner steers mado £2 to £2 15s. fid.; weaner heifers, 21s. to 285.; mixed weancl's, 3£t5.; twenty-month heifers, .£3 10b.; fat and fonvard cows, JE7 Is. to £8 18s.; store cows, £5 to £5 lie.; heavy bulls, £11. Mr. Newton King, New Plymouth, reports ;-0n Tuesday, February 22, at TJruti, for my annual sheep fair, the pens were well filled, sheep coming forward in cxI cess of advertised numbers, and included fome lino pens of four-tooth wethers. Bidding was brisk, everything yarded being cleared at the hammer us follows: Lambs (good), 14s. Bd. to 155.; fair, 12s. Id, to 13s. 10d.; small, Bs. 6d. to 9s. 7<1.; two-tooth wethers, 21s. and 225.; small. 14s. led. to 18s. 3d.; four-tooth wethers, 236. od. to 245. 2d.; fat ewes, 235. 3d. to 235. 6d.; four and six-tootli ewes, 245. Id.; six-tooth and fouryear ewes, 19>i. 2d. to 21s. 2d.; f.m. owes, Ms. s<t. to 18s. 1<I.; cull ewes, IC?\ to 10s. 9d.; small mixed two-tooths, 20s. Bd.; rains, 2J to 6gns. ' ' Mr. Newton King, New Plymouth, reports;—At Kohuratnhi on Wednesday, Fobruary 23, for my annual sheep fair and cattle sale I had a full yarding of sheep. Cattle were in fair supply. Messrs. Cleland Bros.' annual draft of 1012 two-tooth wethers made 2os. and 225. 7d.. and their 880 four-year-old ewes made 225. 4d. and 225. Other prices obtained wore:—Best lambs, 14s. 2d. to 155.; fair, 12s. lod. to 15s 10s.; two-tooth ewes, 255. 4d to 255. 10d.; cully, 17s. lid.; four and six-tooth ewes, 235. 4d. to 255.; small, 21s. 2d.; eixtooth and f f.m owes 45.; six-tooth ewes, 2os. Jd., 3e. 9d., 225. lid.. 225. 9d.; four-year-old ewes, 19s. 6d. to 225. 6d.; f.m. ewes 17s. to 18s. 6d.; old ewes, 10s. to 165.; mixed age ewes, 20s. 3d. to 21s. 3d.; two-tooth wethers. 225. o 245.; four-tooth wethera, 235. lid. to 246. 3d.; good twenty-month steers, £5 Is. to £5 35.; rough, £3 16s. to £4; well-grown two and a half-year steers f 55.: rough, £5'195.; twenty-month hel/«rSi9 fonra ' r d heifers, /£6 125.; fat and forward cows, £7 17s. to £8 45.; rani 6, 2J to 3)gns. .' ADDINGTON MAKKET. By Telegraph—Press Association. ... ChMsichuroh, March 1. At tho Aadmgton live stock nlarket there were larger entries of sheep, especially stores, and average yardliings ffni other dopai tments. Plat cattle were in keen demand. at advanced rates, but lambs Store sheep gold at late rates', the demand being- keen, except for inferior sorts.' Pat-sheep were a shade easier Bloro cattle were in fair demand and pigs • sol-d better. sheep—Forward lambs, 14s. 9d to 16s. 9d.: ordinary lambs, 10s. 6d to 14s' 6d.; inferior lambs, 7s. 6d. to 108. 3d.; cull lambs, 4s. Bd. 'to 7s. 3d,; good four, six. and ci£ht-tooth ewes, 20s. to 225. 9<l.- ordinary four, six, and - eig-ht-tooth ewes, 18s. 6d. to 19s, 9d.; sound-mouthed owes, IBs t/o -21s. 6d.j sound and failing-mouthed owes, 15s. to 175., 6r1.; Failing-mouthed owes 12s. 6d. to 14s. M.; aged ewes, Bs. 6d. to 10s.; good two-tooth wethers, 16s. to 17s. Id.' four and six-tootli wethers, 16s. lOd. to 225. ' Fa.t lambs—Extra prime, to 255. 9d • prune, to 235. 3d.; medium, 18s. to 19s. 6d'! lighter, 15s. to 17s. 9d. Fat sheep—Prime wethers, 255. to 285.; ' m t<} I "merino wetihers, los. 7(1. to 215.; extra prime ewes, to 235.prune ewes, 245. to 29?.; medi'um ewes, 19?'. to 23s 6d.; lighter. 16s. to 10s. 6d.; merino ewes, 17s. 6d. Fat cattle-Extra prime steers, to £19 10s. s ordinary steers, £10 ss. to £13; extra prime heifers, to £14 *5.: ordinary heifers, £6 103. to £10; extra prime oows, to £15 7s. 6d • ordinary eows, £6 to £10 Price of bee! per 1001b., 325. 6d. to 505.; extra, 553. Styrc cattle—Yearlings, 255.; 15 to 18month. £3 ss. to £3 Bk.; 2-year steers, £4 25.; 2-yo-ar heiiers, .£3 17s. 6d.; 3-year steors, £8 145.; 3-year heifers, £4 17s. 6d.; 4-yoar steers, £8 10s. to £9 25. ; dry eows, 255. to £9 2s. fid.; dairy cows, £5 to £13. Pigs 60s. to 1245.; extra heavy baconers. ICOs. to 3055.; heavy" baconers. 755. to 955.; lipht brtroners. 60s. to 70s. Prine per lb., fiid. to 63d. Heavy porkers, 465. ,to 525.; light porkers, 38s. to 525.; light porkers, 38s. to 445. Price per lb.. 7#!.'to 7|d. Best stores, 455. to 605.; medium, 28s. to 405.; smaller, 16s. to 265.; weanors, 7?. to 12s, BUBNSIDE MAKKET. „ , Dunedin, March 1. j J Urn,sjde to-day 156 fat cattle were yarded, there being a few primu heavy bullocks, but the majority were medium and light-weight steers, and a few wellfiinshea C o\vs aud heifers. At the start prices wtTo about 10s. to 15s. below last week e values, and a good number were passed, but later on the demand improved, and at the close values were almost on a, par with last week's rates. Best pri'mo bullocks, £17 103, to £19; extra priuio heavy, to £20 155.; medfura, £15 to £16 10s.; best cows, £8 to £10; extra, prime, to £11 10?.; best heifers, £9 to £10 10s.; extra prime, £12 17s. 6d. to £16 6s. Pat aheep—l66tj were penned, quality very mixed, and only a few pens of prime heavy wethers came forward. Tho sale opened at prices almost enual to last weeks values, but towards the end, when tindb requirements were filled, Tates receded. Best wethers, 265. to 295.; extra prime. 30s. to 365.; medium, 235. to 255.; light, 21s, to 225. 6d.; best ewes, 255. to 295. there was a small yafding of lambs. 870 being penned. Export buyers were operating, and a clearance was readily effected Prices were much the same as %st week Best, 20s. to 255.; extra prime, 255. 9d. to 265.; medium, 18s. to 205.; stores, 12s. to 14s There was a medium yarding of fat pigs, winch were readily cleared. Prime baconers, 655. to 80s.; light baconers, 85s, to 65s ■ prime porkers, 4Us. to 505.; lighter. 325. to 425.