LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2715, 9 March 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on thoir Johnsonvillo sale as follows: —A good entry ol cattle and sliecp enmo forward and Bold at late rateß. Prime bullocks, £16 10b. to £17; light-or, £15 10s. to £16; prime heavy wcthors, 27r. 6d. to 27e, lid.; light wothors, 245. 2d.; prime heavy ewes, 245. 7d.;. prime ewes, 235.; lißhter, 225. 6d.; prime liunbs, :'2os. to 20s. 2d.: medium: lambs, Us. 6d. to 17s. 4d.; lighter, 15s: 6d. to 16s. . The New Zoaland Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Llid., report that at their usual monthly stock sale held at To Horn on March 7 they offered a full yarding of both sheep and cattle to a large attendance of buyers. Competition ■was brisk throughout the sale, which enabled them to malio ft good clearance. Tliey .Quote:—Two-tooth wethers, 235.; aged storo ewes, 14s. to Its. 2d.; medium lambs, 15s. 6d.; cull lambs, 6s. 6d. to Bs.; f.m. Southdown rams, 2gns.; two-year steers, £5 to £5 55.; weaner steers 395. 6d. j weaner heifers, 3^6.; vealers, 365. to £2 lie.; fat cows, £7 10s. to £9 55.; fat heifers, £6 3s. to £7 10s.; forward cows, £5 10s. to £6 Is.; storo cows, £4 to £4 156.; cull cows, £2 10b. to £3 10a.; springing heifers, £7 15s. to £10 7s. 6d.; heifers, in calf, £3 15s. to £4 56,; yearling bulls,- £3 2s. 6d.; fat bulls, £7 7s. 6d. to £7 17s. 6d.; dairy cows, August calvers, £9 to £10 55.; .September calvers, £6 10s. to £9 10s.; October calvers, £8 to £9. The lino of winter cows advertised nn account of Messrs. Tavlor Eros, came forward in nice condition and sold well, making a good average of £11 Bs. 6d. per head. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00. report:—At Rangiotu on Monday wo had a good entry of sheep and a small entry of cattlo. Competition was not keen. Wo quote:—Mixed lambs, Bs. 4d.; aged ewes, 95.; good two-tooth ewes, 225. 9d.; store cow?., <£4 55.; bulls, .£5 12s. 6d. to £7 2s. M. ■ Messrs. Daigoty and Co., Ltd., Palmers, ton North, Teport on their Palmerston North sale as follows:—A large yarding of slieep came forward, and although bidding wa6 Inclined ■to bo slack a goou clearance was effected. Quotations:—Mixed age ewes, 15s. 3d., 16s. Id., 163. Bd., 17s. Bd., to IBs.; well-bred mixed-age Uonincy eSvcs, 240. 6d. to Z7s.; four nnd six-tooth ewes, to 235.; fat and forward ewes, to 18s.; I small lambs, 7s. 3d. to Bs.; medium lamhH, to 13s. lid.; woolly lambs, to 15s. 2d.; twotootli wethers, to 225. 3d.; $'ood liomney rams, 6' f to lOgns.; two-tootli Southdown rams, 3, 4, 45, to 6gns. Messrs'. Dalgiety and Co. report:—At Mangaweka sale on Thursday a good entry of sheep and a small yarding of cattle came forward, and every line changed hands at the following prices:—Small lambs, Bb. 10(1. to lis. 9d.; mixed lambs, 14s. 6d. to' 15s. 6t1.; aged cwei, Us.; four and five-year ewes, 17s. 6d. r 19s. lid., to 20s. 4d.; small two-tootli welliers, 17s. to 19s. 3d.; fat ewes, to 21s. lid.; small lour-tooth wethers, 21s. lid.; good twotooth wethers, to 235.; two and four-tooth ewes, 245.; ctorc cows, to £3173. 6d.; forward cows, £5 to £6 75.; mixfid wcanore, to 285.; weaner steers, £2: cighteen-months steers, £4 155.; two-year steers, to £5 15s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report:—At Fcilding sale on Friday a very fair yarding of both sheep end cattle came to hand, and prices wero as follow:—Cull lambs, to 7s. 6d.; mixed lambs, to »145.; forward ewes, to 18s.; s.m. ewes, to 18s. 9d. ; four and five-year ewes, 205..3d. to 225.; two-tooth to five-year ewes, 20s. 2d.; good four and live-year ewes, 245. to 255.; two-tooth ewes, -215.; Southdown rams, 4J to sgns.; eighteen-months steers, £4; forward cows, to £6; fat cows (light), £7 2s. 6d. to £8 55.; eightcen-months heifers, £3 12s. 6d.; bulls, £5 to £9. ADDINGTON MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association. Ghrlstciiurch, March 8. At the Addington live stock market thero were large entries! of sheep and an increase in the number of fat cattle. The attendance was large. Fat cattle wero easier, store sheep sold at late rates, fat lambs were very firm, and fat slieep commanded late rates. There was a good demand for store cattle, and pigs sold well. Store Slieep.—Forward lambs, 14s. 6d. to - 16s. 6d. ; ordinary lambs, 10s. 3d. to 145.; inferior lambs. 7s. 6d. to 9s. 10d.; cull lAmbs, ss. to 75.; good four and six-tooth ewes, 20s. to 235. 6d.; ordinary four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 16s. 6d. to 195.; soundmouthed ewes, 18s. to 225. 9d.; sound-mouth-ed ewes (low condition), 14s.' 6d. to 175.; failing-mouthed ewes, 12s. 6d. to 155.; aged ewes, &. 9d. to 95.; good two-tootli wethers, 16s. to 17s. 3d.; four and six-tooth wethers, 16s. 6d. to 225. Fat Lambs. Prime lambs, 20s. 6d. to 235. Id.; medium, 18s. 6d. to 205.; lighter, 15s. to 18s. Fat Sheep.—'Extra prime -wethers, to 355. 3d.; prime wethers. 255. to 295. 9(1.; others, 20g. to 245. 6d.; merino wethers, 13s. JCd. to 15s. Id.; extra prime ewes. t-o 315.; prime ewes, 245. to 295. 6d.; medium ewes, Ms. w 235. 6d.; lighter, 13s. 7d. to 18s; &d.; merino ewes, 10s. 6d. Fat Cattle.—Extra prime steers, to £19 155.; ordinary steers, £9 to £13; extra prime heifers,' to £13 10s.; ordinary heifers, £7 17s. '6d. to' £10; extra prime cows, to £16 55.; ordinary cows, £6 12s. £d. to £10; price of beef per 1001b., 325. to 505., extra to 555. Store Cattle.—Small yearlings, £1 155.; fifteen to cighteen-months, £3 ss. to £3 lis.; two-year steers, £5 155.; two and a half-year steers, £6 10s. to £7; two-year heifers, £4 2s. 6d. to £4 155.: three-year' heifers, £5 2s. 6d.; four-year steers, from Chathams, £10 12s. 6d. to £10 lCs.; dry cows, £2 to £6 12s. 6d.; dairy cows, £4 to £15 15s. . Pigs.—Choppers, to 1355.; extra heavy baconers, 100s. to 1035.; heavy baconcrs. 775. fid. to 925. 6d.; light baconers, 60.i. to 755.; price per lb., 6jd; to 62-d.; heavy porkers. 48s. to 555.; light norkers, 425. to 465.; price per lb.. 7Jd. to 7Jd.; large stores, 48s. to 525.; medium, 345. to 455.; small, 16s. to 305.; weancrs, 7s. to 12s. BURNSIDE MARKET. ' Ounefiln, March s. At Burnside 117 fat cattle were yarded, chiefly medium quality bullocks and heifers, with an odd pen of good cattle. Owing to the small -ontry prices showed an improvement. J'rime bullocks, £17 10s. to £18 10s.: extra prime, to £19 12s. 6d.; medium to good, £15 10s. to £17; light and unfinished, £10 10s. to £12; primo cows and heifers, £9 10s.-to £12; extra-prime, to £16 17s. 6d.; modium to good, £7 10s. to £9. ■ Fat Sheep.—264o fat sheep wero penned, mostly medium, with a few pen's ot good' sheep. Competition by freezing buyers kept prices steady, and tho values for heavy sheep were much the 6ame as last week, but medium and light wore hardly so good. Prime wot-here, 275. to 305.; extra prime, to 325. 6d.; medium to good. 225. to 255.; light and unfinished, l?s. to 205.; prime ewes, 225. to 265.; extra prime, to 30s. 6d.; medium to good, 17S, to 21i=.; light and inferior, Bs. to 12s. Fat Lambs—There was a small yarding of fat lambs, and the bulk -was of poolquality. Freezing buyers were operating, and prices were practically unchanged. Prime, 21s. 6d. to 245.; medium to good, 17s. to 2pb.; unfinished, 10b. to 15s. Pigs.—There was a small yarding of fat pigs, which realised prices well up to late values: