LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2797, 15 June 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

K ; J f Messrs.. Dalgety and Co.,- Ltd., Hastorj. ' ton, report having held tholr usual weekly jsv"'.'safe, at Tarataiii.on Monday, when there . . was' a small yarding of sheep, which met with keen competition, and a total clear-. , ' ancG WQs mado at the following, prices:— V> ' • ' Bheop-. Fat wethers, 28s. Id.; fat ewes, 255, V'-6d;;" half bred breeding: ewes to' Romney E : ' - 7^a;rid ; Southdown rams, 18s. Id,; , small m.s. p—., lambs, 145.; rams, 16s'.'6d. ■ Messrs. Abraham and. Williams, Ltd., ref.; : _ port on their Johnsonville sales, held yesr terday:—A good yarding of cattle and 5 . sheep, came forward, the former selling at . ■I. high prices. Sheep'were in very small'de- : mand. Extra prime heavy bullocks, £17 . L -' 10s.. to £10 2s. 6d.;. prime heifers, > £13 2s. pfxi'.i: 6d. to £13.'65.,' to . £14 2s. 6d.; - empty heig"' ; , fers, £4 55.; prime/ewes, 275.; prime -wetht:: - ' ; er's; 29?. 6d. to 335.; frame, 215..8 d. to 225. Id:,-265. 9d. to 275. 2d.; prime lambs, to' 1 ' . '. £6s;- 9d. . ' V" ■ h\ ■ Messrs.. Abraham and ""Williams, Ltd., {fj..', : Pahiatua, .report ..that at the Woodville i/-. : sale held on Jlonday, : 'the stock yarded was. of considerably better class than is .usual.at these 'yards. Sheep particularly l • were in very keen demand,, and showed a - riso 'of from '2s. 6d. to' 35.; per head on : recent rates; four and five-year-old ewes (1: made 345. 3d. to 335.; two-tooth ewes, 325. "fid.~to 255. Ltd.; fat wethers, 295.; fat ewes, Kv , 235.",-3 d.; fat . and forward lanibs, 18s. 9d.; :: - old,ewes, £1; rams, 16s. 9d-.;. fat cows, £13, i . ■ £12,'£9 10s.; lighter weight, £8 10s., £8 2s. ■ 6d. J ,- £7 55.;, empty heifers,'£l2, £8 2s. 6d., 8 ■ £6-55.; dairy "cows, .£8 10s.; store cows. £6 r ' . 75.-6 d„ £5 55., £3'los. S:; 5 -:.; The New: Zealand Loan and Mercantile p .-.Cx . Agency Company, Tuesday, wo t : ,';. held . a sale of dairy stock on account of E. Sly, Whakaronga. The best 5 ' prices for good early cows were £12, £13, ?, £13 ■ 10s., £15 10s., £17; the herd of 26 cows' averaged £10; Jersey heifers, springing, iV'-J ~£7-155., £8; heifers, in calf, £4 10s„ £5 155., -. £6,105.;; three-year half-draught ■ filly, £15 t: > ■ . £s.j pony, £3; boar, £3 10s.; sows,'-£3 15s. p to £4 ss. ■ • ' j■ - ■ V Mr. Ifewton -King, reports :-On June -5, J.-;;:"- I had a small entry, all of. ;; : which was sold at the following prices:— f; r; : .Store..to forward cows, £5 lis. to £7 19s. ' 6d.;, bulls, £6 7s. 6d.; two-year stee-rs, £6 i'.;-, ss.empty twenty-month heifers, £4 55.; , ;-mixed weaners, '275. 6d„ to - £2• 10s.; choice springing heifer, £10. At-Kaimata, on the . .same day, at-Mr. J. Duuwoodie's clearing 'sale,' dairy cows showing to. be early .' '. calvers sold well, malting up to £14 55., K' . : .V" but the - backward-looking sorts sold at . fr.om .£7 10s. to £9 ss. Sheep made top prices; two-year iii-c'alf. lieifers alsp were selling well. At Stratford on Juno 6, / yearling steers-made from £3 to £3 12s. Iv-: - 6d,;'small and.weedy, 30s. 6d. to 455.; best ■ .' -weaner heifers, £2 3s. to £2 125., 6d.; weaners, o3s. '6d.- t0.385.;. empty twenty-month

lieifers, .£3 12s. 6d. to £4 95.; small, £3 to c S, ?J tu * choice two-year Jersey lieiIcrs, £9 # 2s. 6d.; good sorts, £5 2s. to £5 . lOfl.; choice springing lieifers, up to £10; ' others, up to £6 7s. 6d.; twenty-month rough fifteen-month steers, £4; two aud half to three-year steers, £9; small store cows, £4 lis. to £5125. 6d,; good fresh store eows, £6 to £6 155.; forward cows, £7 76. to £6 155.; fat cows, £9 to £11 12s. 6d.;/ bulls, £8 to £10 10s.; cull owes, 14s. 3d.; cull lambs, 9s. 7d. to 125.; small' lambs, 14s. 9d.; fat and forwaiil * 235. to 235. 2d. At -Inglewood on June 7 there was a smaller entry than usual, all of which was sold as follow:— -learling steers, £2 12s. 6d. to £3 3s'.; yearling lieifers, up to £3.135.; empty lieifers,' £3 lis. to £3 18s. 6d.; storo cows, £5 Is. to,£6 18s.; forward £7 Bs. 6d. to £8 125.; fat cows, up to £10 7s. 6d.; springing heifers, ■£6 -17s. 6d. to £8 15s. On Friday, Jun© 9, at Kaponga, there was a. fair entry, prices realised being :-Wemier heifers/31s. to 455.; Holstein weaner bulls, 10s.; fut, cows, up to £10 65.; forward, cows, £7 15s. to £8 145.; store cows, £5 10s. to £6 15s v 6d.;_empty heifers, £3 9s. » BOou line of twenty-month steers, £6 155.; springing heifers, £10 ss. On. the same day, - Eahotu, there was a good entry, everything being sold with the exception of two pens. Yearling steers made £5 63. to £3 Bs.; smaller, 375. 6d. to £2.155. «is mixed steers and lieifers, £2 yearling heifers, £2 19s. 6d. to £3 2s. 6d.; others, 395. to £2 2s. 6d.; empty twentymonth heifers, £3 165.; fat cows, £9 2s. to £11 25.; forward cows, £7 12s. to £8 45.stora cows, £5 Us. to £6 12s. 6d.; choice Jersey two-year in-calf heifers, £10 10s.good sorts, £7 15s. On the same day at Waitara, for JTr, Wm. Cole, junr.'s, sale empty pedigree eighteen-month- heifers made from 12} to 29 guineas; young pedi- .. i>.; A 20 Suincas; grade cows. £1U to £13 10s.; aged cows, £6 10s. to £8or' empty twenty-month Holstein lieifers, £5 losi; weaner heifers, £3 135.; weaner bulls, £3 7s. to £4 9s. ADMXGTON MARKET. ■ By Telegraph—Press Association'. '• Christchurch, Juno 14. . rliere were large yardings of store sheep' and smaller entries of fat cattle "and fat lambs at the. Adding ton market to-day. store sheep sold well, especially good ewes, lambs, and forward wethers; fat catlro -sold at improved rates, and fat lambs .were firmer owing to keen competition of a few of tho exporters. The fat sheep market opened well, and the heavy yarding was all! absorbed itt firm rates, htore cattle were dull of sale, biit nigs were in keen demand. . Store Sheep.—Lambs, mixed sexes, 13s. lid. to 17s. 9d.; owe lambs, 17s. Gd. to 226. 5d.; -wether lambs, 13s. 7d. to 20s. 4d.; twotooth ewes, 28s. to 28s. 7d.; six and eighttooth ewes,, 19s; 3d. to 26j. sd„ soundmouthed ewes, ,18s. lid. to 21s. 3d.; sound and failing-mouthed ewes, 12s. lOd. to 16s. 9d.; full-mouthed ewes, 195.; failing-mouth-ed ewes, 10s. 6d, to 145.; two-tooth wethers, 16s. sd. to 19s. Id.; two and four-tooth wethers, l_4s. 10d. to 245. 10d.; six-tooth wethers, 2as/2d. to. 255. 5d.; four and sixtooth, wethers. ?os. to 255. 5d.; six and eight-tooth wethers, 21s. to 22s 7d.- merino wethers, ss. 4d.. to 13s. 9d. ' Fat Lambs."—Prime lambs, 245. to 28s 6d • medium,-19s, 6d. to 235. 6d.; lighter, 16s! 64. to 19s. Sheep.—The range of prices was:i Extra, prime wethers, to 375. 6d.: prime wethers, 275. to 335.; others, 225. to 265. 63.; merino wethers, 16s. 2d. to 265. 9d.; extra prime ewes, to 375.; prime owes, 275! to 295. 6d.<medium, 235. to Ms. 6d.; lighter, 146. 7d. to 225. 6do merino ewes, 14s. 6d. to 17a. Fat Cattle.—Extra, prime steers, to £19 is. 6d,; ordinary steers, £8 10s. to £12 10s ; extra prime heifers, to £14 2s. 6d.; ordinary ■ heifers, £7 to £10; extra prime cows, to £16; ordinary cows, 65s 1 . to £9 7s. 6d. StoTe Cattle—Yearlings, 335.; fifteen to eighteen-months, £2 10s. to £3 10s.; twoyeap steers, £4 95.; two-year heifers, £4 is.- 6a. to £4 125.; three-year heifers, £5 17s. 6d. to £6; dry cows, £2 ss. 6d. to £6 17s. 6d.; dairy cows, £3 10s. to £18 10s. Tigs.—Choppers, 70s. to 1405.; extra heavy baconers, to lWls.;, heavy baconers, 60s. to 905.; light baconers. 60s. to 755. (price per lb., Old. to 6-Jd.); heavy porkers, 48s. to 555.; light Porkers, 40s. to 475. (price per lb., 7d. to 7Jd.); large 6tores, 40s. to 455.; meuium, 28s. ; to 35b.; smaller, 16s. to 265.; weaners, 10a. 6d. to 12s.

- BURNSIDE MARKET. . Dunedin, .Tunc 14. At Burnsido to-day, .141 fat. cattle, were yarded. The sale opened with, prices at about 305.' above last week's rates, and the high prices were maintained lor only one or two pens of really prime bullocks.' Best bullocks. £18 10s. to .£2l 65.; medium, £15 10s. _to £18; flight, £11 to £14; best heifers, £13 to £15; extra prime - heavy heifers, £19 12s. 6d.; medium cows and heifers, .£8 10s. to £12.. Sheep: 3884 were penned. Exporters, -who were present in full force, and all butchers were buying.' v Under keen competition a ready clearance was effected at slightly advanced prices.' Best wethers, 325. to 3Ss.'extra prime heavy, to 50s. ;• medium, 26s'. to 305.; light and unfinished, 21s. to 255.; best ewes, 275. to 355.; extra prime heavy to 405.; medium, 21s. to 255.; light and inferior, 125.. upwards. Lambs: 2900 were penned. Exporters wero operating, ■ and competition' was very keep, and 'last week's prices were fully maintained. Best, 235. to 285.; extra prims heavy,.,3ss, to 405.; medium, 18s. to 225.stores, 13s. to 17s. 6d. .. • > -Never has the'demand for ciear-headed constructive thinking in- business been so urgent as it is Tight new.. We are living in a progressive age, and must take advantage of all up-to-date methods.' It is. in savings from waste of any description that money is made to-day", and by concentrating one's efforts on all details of our business rfe claini. to be able to produce results for.,our many cream suppliers. We want more cream. Can you supply us? Further particulars, Wariganuii Fresh .Pood Co.—Advt Woods' Great Peppermint Cure A For. Coughs and Colds, never fails.*