LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2733, 30 March 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

IV ADDINGTON,, MARKET.;;; .> ■ Ey„ TdeKraph—Press-Association.-- " I Ohrlstchurclt, ITarcli 29. ' At the Addiigtou livo yiocli . market' tht'rfl ■ were auaiii lairly -large'-eniries of stock, especially store sheep. Rain had the effect * of firming the-store sheep market, and ■ all, classes sold' well. Fat cattle wero ' about equal to last week's rates, fat lambs wero rather.firmer, fat shecD on the- : average-.euual to last week's. rates, store f. cattle \|ere duller of'sale,'arid pigs, wero ! Store : Slieep;—Forward "lombsr Ws. to "l(5s~. | 6d.; ordinary lambs, 10s.- 6d. to 136. 9d.; cull lambs, 7s. to-9s. Id. j good ewe lambs, M 63- 2d.; good two-tooth ewee, 21s. to 235. , 6d.; small two-tooth ewes, 17b. to IBs. 6d.; 1 two, four, and six-toirth ewes, 18s. to 215.; extra good two, four, and ~sii-to"oti" 'ewes/ ' 225? to :275; 3d.; low-conditdone'd four, six, ;ind eight-tooth, ewes,,. 16s. to 176. 3a7;. fail- ~ ring-mouthed ewes.-Bs. 9d.» t0>135..9d.;-sound-mouthed ewes,C'l6s;'t«o'2osV;" four aiid'sit ' tooth wethers, 17s. 6d. to 215.; forward two- , !. tooth, wethers, to 20s. 7d.;' merino wethers; ' 6s. 7d. . . Fat Ijamibs.—362o wero yarded'. Extra primo lambs, to 275. 6d.; prime lambs, 21s. to 245; 3d.-; lighter, 16s. Bd. to 20s. 6d. ... Fat Sheep.—Prime wethers, 255.. to 305.; ; others, 16s. 9d. to ?4s. Cft; prime ewes, 245. ' to. 255.;,: medium, 19s. to 23b. 6d.; others, ■; 14j. lOd. to 183. 6(1. Fat Cattle.—Bitra l 'j>rime> steers, to £19 • Es. 6d.; 'ordinary steel's, £9 176. 6d, to £'2; ortra jirime' heifers, to £12 17s. 6d.; ordin- -——. ''

' ary;'heifers, £7. to £9 10s.; extra prime cows, to £13 5s ; ordinary cows, £6 17s. 6d. to £10. Price of hoof per 1001b., 325. •to 505.; extra, to 555. • Store Cuttle.—Yearlings, 385.; 15 to 18month, £3 6s. to' £3 75.; 2-year steers, £4 65.; 2-year heifers, £3 17s. 6d. to £4; 3- ... year steers, £7 ss. to £8 10s.; 3-year heifers, I' £4 155.; extra good 3-year heifers, £5 165.; dry cows. 30s. to £6 ss. ' 1 Pigs—Choppers, 50s. to 1075.; extra heavy baconers, 100s. to 1055.; heavy baconcrs, 755. to 905.; ltght baconers, 58s. to 70s. Price . per lb.. 6»d. to 6Jd. Heavy porkers, 445. to 485.; light porkers, 38s. to 425. Price . per lb.. 7d. Large stores, 40s. to 485.; medium,'-28s.'to ■ 385.; smaller, 18s. to 275.; ' weaners; 3s;-6d.'to"l2s. '" BUBNSIDE MARKET. « Dunedln, March 13. At Burnside to-day 160 fat cattle woreyarded, and the quality was good. The entry was hardly up to butchers' requirements, and prices advanced 10s. to 15s. Extra prime bullocks, to £19 55.; prime, £16 to £17 10s.; medium, £13 10s. to £14 155.; light and inferior. £9 10s. to £12; extra prime heifers, to £16 sff.; prime, £12 .to £13 155.; medium, £10 10s. to £11 17s. 6d.; light'and'inferior, £7 to £9. Fat Sheep.—27l4 were penned, the greater proportion _'. being . iof . medium quality. Freezing buyers kept i prices firm atfully equal to last week's ratC6. Extra prime wethers, to 345.; prime, 275. to 295.; medium, 235. to 265.; light and inferior, 19s. to 21s. fa-; extra prime ewes, to JOs. 9a.; prime, 245.-6 d. to 285.; medium, 20s. to 225. 6d-.; inferior and light, 14s. to 18s. 6(3. Lambs—l3l2 were penned. There was a keen demand for sorts suit-able for freezing, at prices ; fully equal to late rates, and a complete clearance was made. Unfinished sorts,: we're dull of sale. Extra prime, to 265.; prime, 21s. to 225. 6d.; medium, IBs. ■£&■-.to. 205.; light and inferior, 14s. 6d. to 16s. 9d.;' unfinished, to Ue.