LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2809, 29 June 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Itangiotu, on ilonday, vca hud a lair yarding of cattlc ( nil of which sold readily at auction. We quote:—Yearling steers. £2 10s., £i 55.; Jersey weancr heifers, £2 (is.; yearling heifers, £2 155., £3 45.;. eiKhtcen*nioiith steers, £5 65.; store cows, £3 13s. £d„ £4 "s 6d.; forward cows, £6 155., £7; fat cows. £8 2s. 6d.. £9; heifors with calvce, £4 155.; springing: cows, £6; bulls, £4 to £6; Shorthorn two-year bulls, £7 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At llauniai, on Tuesday, only a small ' yarding was penned. All lots met with a ready sale. tSmali mixed hoggets, 135.; fat cows, £8 12s. 6d., £9 14s. id.; store cows, £2 10s.; twenty-month steers, £4 lis.; springing heifers, £6 17s. 6(1. ADDINGTON MARKETS. By Telegraph— Assoehlij. l. Christchurch, June 28. There was a small entry of stock, especially of beef and store sheep. The yardiug of fat sheep wa<s not so heavy as at the three* preeedjng sales. There was an advauce in beef, the yarding being of excellent quality. Fat lambs were very firm at late rates, "as were also storo sheep. IV- sheep were irregular, but on the whole firmer. Quotations:—Lambs, mixed eexes. 15s. 2d. to 225. 4d.; wether lamb's, 14s. lOd. to 19s. Bd.; ewe lambs, { 20s. 3d., 255. 6d.j two, four, six, and eight-tooth owes, 21s. sd», 255.; sound-mouth ewes, 20s. 3d., 20s. 6d.; fullmouth ewes, 15s. 4d., 19s. 6d.; two and four-tooth wclherg, 16a. 10d„ 255. 2d.; sound-mouth merino ewes, 13s. 10d., 15s. lOd.; four, six, and eight-tooth merino wethers, 175.. 20«.; lambs, prime, 245. 6d. to 325.; medium, 205." 6d., 245.; lighter, 17s. 6d., 20s. Fat sheep: The range of prices wets— Extra prime wethers, to 475.: prime wethers, 275. 6d. to 355.* others, 2?.5., 275.; merino wethers, • 225. 3d., 235. 7d.;* nriiuo owes, 275. 6d., 31s. Id.; medium' ewes, 235. 6d., 275.; others, 17s. t>d., 235.; merino ewee, 14s. 7d., 15s. Ud. Fat cattle: Extra, prime stores, to £25; ordinary steers,. £9 10s. to £24 155.; extra prime heifers, 'to £17; ordinary heifers, £7 105., £10 155.; extra prime cows, £17 155.; ordinary/cows, £7 7a. £d., £14 15s. Storo cattle: Two and a. half-year steers to £6 10s. 6d. j- three-year steers, £7 10s., £8 15a.: three-year heifers, £6 55.; dry cows. £2 10s., £6 55.; dairy cows, £3 10s., £17 10s. BTJU2CSIDE MARKET. . Dunedin, June 23. At Burnside to-day 200 fat cattle were yarded. The quality was medium to good, and the entry was in excess of requirements. Prices dropped 10s. to £1. Extra prime bullocks, £2b 17e. 6d.; prime, £15 10s. to £18; medium, £13 to £14 17s. 6d.; light, £9 10s. to £12 ss.;'extra, prime cows, heifers, £21; prime, £13 10s.«to £15 10s.; medium, £10 10s. to £12 10s.; light and inferior, £7 10s. to £9 10s. , l*at sheep: 2913 penned. The bulk were oiedium sorts. As a result of competition by freezing buyers, prices were steady at last week's rates. L'stra prime wethers. : 425. 6d.; prime, 345. 6d. to 385.: medium, 275. to 315.; light, 235. to 265. 6d.; extra prime ewes. 435. 6d.; prime, 31s. to 365.; good. 2fis. to 2Bs. M.; light and medium, Ids. od. to 225. fid. Lambs: 2600 penned. ' The quality on the whole was good. Export burors wero operating freely, and prices were firm at late rates. Extra prime, 325. 6d.; prime, 245. to 285.; medium to good, 20s. to 235.; light and unfinished, 15s. 6d. to 18s. 6d. Pigs: ;There was a fair yardine of porkers, and baconers were in good demand. • Stores sold fairly well, whilo suckers and slips realised advanced prices.