LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2828, 20 July 1916, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

' ADDINGTON MARKET. , By Telegraph— t'ress -Christchurch, July 19. '' 'At Addiiigton market to-day there were 'ftgain moderate entries, in almost all • -classes of fat stock, except fat sheep, which :>wero again , seut forward in fairly large /numbers. Fat cattle were very firm ■> ;,«s". wero fat lambs. There was a very fair demand for store sheep, and prices showed . jl ''further hardening iendency, especially ' * for ewo hoggets.; Fat sheep were rather -easier. Store cattle,-dairy cows, and all yclasses of pigs sold well. : . ■cxL Store sheep: Hoggets, mixed sexes, 14s. •''^W.-t0.,205.; t .cwo hoggets, 245, Id. to 28s. Id.; wether hoggets, 19s. Bd. to 21s. 6d.; two* ' J tooth wethers, 20s. 3d. to 225. 3d. ; two and • .'four-tooth wethers, 225. to 245.; four and-s'eix-tooth wethers, 21s. 4d.'to 295.; two, four, ; • •'and six-tooth ewes, 275.. to 285.-'.9 d.'; best [ ; ewes, ..255. 6d.' to 295. 8d;; ; .14s.'6d. to. 235;; aged-ewes, 13s. Bd. • 145.. 2d.; sound-mouth . merino ewes,' ' u l&. Id. to 15s. 4d:T . , Fat lambs: Ertra prime, to 365.; prime, : ; '[-Zosi ,to • 295.; medium, 225. 6d. to "245. 6ci;p , . lighter, ,20s.i to 225. " "• - 1 slieep: Extra prime wethers, to" 535;; • prime wethers, 28s. to 355.; lighter. 245. . >10d.Vto\27s. 6d;; merino wethers, 19s. 7d. to ;>• -i2Ps.;lod.; prime' ewes, 27si t0,335.;-medium, ;.225. 6d. .to." 26s;.'6d,;..others, 18s.. to 225;; : - . merino owes, 13s. . fid. to 17s. 9d:. cattle: Extra " prime steers, to'£2o ordinary steers, £9 to £12 10s.;' extra i'; ; ; • .-prime heifers, to .£4; ordinary heifers, £8 V">:to £9.105.; extra prime cows, £15 12s. 6d.; ';;odiuary cows, £7 10s. to £10. ' - Store cattlc: Fifteen to eighteen-month, . £4 75.; two-year steers, £5 7s. 6d.; two and a, lialf-year 6t€ers, £7; two-year lieif- . ) v ers, £4'los. to £4 155.; three-year heifers. ' *s£6 3s. ,6d.; dry cows, £3.155. to £6 7s. 6d.; cows, £30 10s. to £16. •' ; Pigs: Choppers! £4 .os. 6d. to £7 lis. 4d.; .Jieavy baconers,.B7s. to 955.; light baconers, : 70s.'to 80s.; prime,- per lb., 6§d. to7d.; heavy porkfers. 56s.\to 625.; light porkers, 48s. to 545.; price, per lb., 9d. to 9£d.; large stores. If. .48s. to 52a.'; medium, 355. to 455.; smaller, ... 20s. to 325.; weaners, 14s. 6d.'fo 225. ■ BUENSIDE MAEKET. Dunedin, July 19. '<At'Burnsidc to-day 213 fat-cattlo were penned, including- a number of good quality. Some;, however, were unfit for tho . butchers. Competition for prime. ; i cattle was keen, but medium sorts were *. ' at'times neglected. Best bullocks, £17105., .: #v v £20 10s.'; extra, £25:105., £27 10s.; medium, £14,' £15 10s.; inferior, £12, £13; b/6t cows and heifers, £14, £15;' medium, £11, £12; . inferior, £9 10s., £10 10s.. Fat sheep: 2856 penned. Competition for all classes was good, and prices were firm, v The quality on~ the whole was only me- .'- dium. Extra, wethers,-435. 9d.; best, 365., ,395.; medium, 295.. 35.; inferior. 275., 28s. Fat lambs: 1056 penned. The quality .was -medium, but competition was keen. ■ Best,'.2ss., 28s. 6d.;.-medium, 225., 245.; infenor. 195., 2ts. . / Pigd: .liiero was a medium yarding of ■' fats, and prices were easier by ss. to 10s. per head.' . Best baconers. 855.; medium to good,. 80s.; best porkers, 555.; medium, 455. v : There was a medium entry of stores, and ' good competition for good quality. - Good clips, 355.; suckers,'. 13s. 6d., 245.

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