LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2762, 4 May 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

t'-Tho New .Zealand Loan and Mercantile (Lgency ;Co., Ltd., report having held their tsual weekly., sale at Pahiatua on . Tuesjay. when they offered, a very fair-yard-[ng of, sheep and.cattle. Competition - vras keen throughout' the ieale,., and a total flcarance-'was made at'the following rates: r-Good -tfO'olly lambs, 17s. 10d.; good shorn limbs, to 165.; small shorn lambs. ss. Id. tolOs. lid.; b.f. lambs, 13s. 2d.; light iat coivs.iifi 2s. 6d.;! store'.'cows,. £5 6s. to £6; ; weaner,. steers, £2 2s.

, ltessrs.;.Al)raham and Williams, Ltd. (Pa-' ilia tu a, branch) report on tho Woodville sale, Monday, oe under':—There 'vas a very: heavy yarding of . cattle of all lesoriptions, some being oi considerably letter class than the'. usual offering at ,'hese yards: Tho entry of sheep was email, jut the ,6ale throughout' was keen, and jrices ruling were on a par to slightly letter than past rates, rriul w» eoia, fat iwes: .at *19s. 6d. to 21e.. 4d.; fat wethers, 165.; 13s.;' store ewes," 17s. 3d.; '•at bullooks, £11 12s. and £10 17s. 6d.; ict iows, £9-l£e., £8 Es.. £7 10s„,to £6 155.; at. heifers,', £10 10s., £10, £9 155., to £7; [mpty cows, £6 55.,'£5 55., £5 2s. 6d. £5 Is.; Veaner heifers, 335. to. 235.; store heifers, !3 ss. to'?£ 2 17s. 6d.; steers, £7 19s. 6d.; teifers in-calf, £5 2s. to: £3 155.; dairy jow,.£lo 17s. 6d.; bulls, £ll to £5. ! Messrs. Abraham "and Williams, Ltd., fejort on their Pahiatua. sale,- held on Tues|ay last,;e«.follows:—There -was a medium. fnjdihg of i sheep arid a ! small one of ttle.i The. market generally'was weaker an lasf'%eek. Fat and forward' wethers,. 265. lid. to 245,'6d.; five, and six-year iwes, 21sr- ; 5d.; two and four-tooth ewes, 35.; goodiJambs, 14s. to 15s. 6d.; Iluxlium ambs, lOs.ylOdi to 145.; f.tn. ewes, 16s. Id. p 19s. ewes, 245. 2d. | ' ALDINGTON- MARKET. ; By; 'reiegraph—Press' Association;

t : . .. i.- ;\" Ctirlstchurcti, May 3.. . (At the live" stock market toay entriep--'of stock were large, especially, ir stores, 'Jat sheep, and fat lambs, the [tter forniing the -largest yarding this ear.- There -was' a- good ' attendance, felt cattle-met with a brisk demand, store keep soliLi.ivell, and fat lambs were firmr. Owing;,..to the keen demand for exert, freezing sheep were rather firmer, iates for. store sheep were:—Forward imbs, 165',2f0 175.; ordinary lamhs, 13s. to js.' 9d.; 'ctill lambs, 9s. to Us.; wether imbe, 12s. 4d.; ewe lambs, 14s. Id. i;'l7s. 2dff"two-toothiewes,. 178. Id. to 265. 3.; two, -four and ,six-tooth ewes, 17s. 6d. i':27s.; four-tooth 9d.; four, six hd' eight-io.oth ewee, 13s. lCd. to 21s. ,9d; ; ifo and four ; tooth ewes, 15s. 6d.; sis arid ight-tootU'V'ewos, to 16s, 10d.; six-tooth K'es,-'2ss.l'-sbund-moutlicd ewes, 14s. 5d.-.to b.; failing-mouthed ewes, Bs. to 13s.- 4d.; ged ewes,;-4s. 6d. to lis. 9d.; two-tooth ethere, ; two and four-tooth wethfs, ,17s. 3d'.-- to 225.; two and four-tooth ethers,' 17sr lOd. to 17s. lid.; four and

pix-tootli wolhcrs, 17s. lid. .to. 19s. 10d.; six-•tooth-wethers, ZCs. 6d.; six and eight-tooth "wethers, 245. 3d.: merino wethers, 9s. 7<i.. to 10s. Fat Lambs.—ss9B. yarded. Prime lamh6, 225. to 2f0.; medium, 19s.'to 216. 6d.; lighter, ■Us. to 18s. 6d. ■■■-.. '■Fat Sheep.—Prime wethers, 255. to 325.; others, 17s. to 245. 6d,; extiu prime ewe's, .to 35fi..3d.; prima ewes,, 24e. to 295. 6d.; medium, 19s. to 235. 6d.; others, 12s. 3d. to 18s. (id. I Rat Cattle.—Extra prime steers, to. £18 155.; ordinary steers, £8 10a. to £12; extra prime heifers, to £16 55.; ordinary heifers, £6 17s. 6d. to US'. 10s.; extra prime cows, to £16 55.; ordinary- cows, £6 10s. to £9. • Storo Cattle.—Yearlings, 255.; fifteen to eighteen', months, 305.; to 455.; two-year steers, £4 18s: to £5 Bs.;- two-year'.heifers. £4 155.; two and a, half-year steers, £5 10s.; three-year heifers, £6 55.; dry cows, 345. to £6 10s.; dairy cows, £3 10s.-to £15 ss. Pigs.—Choppers, 50s. to 855.; baconers, 575. to Bte.;. equal;to'6cl. to 6jd.-per lb.; porkers, 355.' to 465., equal to. 7d. per lb.; medium, stores, 225.-to Ms'.; smaller, 18s. to 215.; weaners, 4e. to 145.,

BUKXSIDE ILA.EKET. Dunedln, May 3. ' Thcro was c, large yarding of fat cattle at the Burnisde sale, 194 head being penned, and there -was good demand for prime at last week's rates. Best bullocke, £16 to £17; extra, £18 125.; medium to good, £13 to £15; others, £12'105.; best cows and. heifers, £12 to £14; extra, £15; others, £11. Fat ; isheep.- : -3200 were penned, chiefly of medium' quality. There was a keen demand for good quality eorts at last week's rates, but others showed a slight decline. Best wethers,',2Bs'. to 315.; extra, 335. .3d.; . medium,' 245. to 265.-; others, 225. 6d.; heavy '.ew£sf26s; td--2Js.; extra,'34s. 9d.; medium to good, 20s. to £is.; others, 10s. to 15.?. ■ Fat Lambs.—lsoo penned. Freezing buyers were not operating to any extent, but there was good competition by butchers and graziers. Priccs declined about le. Best, 225. to 245.; extra heavy, 31s. 9d.j medium .to good, 18s. to 215.; unfiuiehed; 145.. to 17s. Pigs.—Fifty fats and 40 stores were ; penned. There was a good demand, and prices wero firm at late rates. Heavy baconers, to £5; light, £4; porkers, 575. 6d:; slips, 285.; suckers,. 10s. to 18s. . f