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LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Wright, fitcplienson and Co., Ltd., Pahiatua, report on their sale on Tuesday last:—-Competition wa« good, but prices wero slightly easier than previous sales, the result was a total clearance at the following rates :-S.M. breeding ewes, 295. 7d.; two-tooth wethers. 295. to 31s. 4d.; fat owes, 34a.; low-conditioned ewes, 14s. to 165.: culls, 10s. to lis. 9d.; good l woolly lambs, 16s. 6d., 17s. 4d., to 225. Id.; others, 13s. 6d.; shorn lambs, 9s. 9d„ 135.'5 d., to 14s. Bd.; culls, 9s. Bd-.; two-year heifers in calf, £8 10s. to £8 12s. 6d.; two-year .steers, £10; empty cows,Jslo is. to £11 Is.; good framed forward cows, £8 4s. to £10; cows and calves. £11 to £13. We submitted an excellent entry of stock to a largo attendance of buyers at our sale at To Wharau on Tuesday.. Good values were realised, and with, the exception of one 6mall lino of wethers wo effected a complete clearance. Included in our entry was a line of 644 four and five-year •Romney ewes, which 6old at 355., and 72 two and a half-year steers realised £14 18s; Quotations:— Sheep: Four and fiveyear ewes, 355.; f.m. ewes, 22£ to 245.; two-tooth wethers, 295. 6d. to 30s. 6d.; b.f. Tape lambs, 18s. to 19s. Cattle: Two. and a half-year steers, £14 18s. Hack, £8 10s. ADDINGTON MAUKET. % By Telegraph—Press Association.' Christchurch, January 24. At the Addington Market to-day there was a heavy entry of fat cattle, and a largo yarding of' store sheep, mostly lambs. There was a moderate entry of fat lambs, and a small offering of fat sheep. Store and dairy cattle formed a moderate yarding. Fat cattle '«T2e somewhat easier, as also wero store lambs, the dry weather affecting the latter. Fat lambs wero very firm at late rates, and although fat sheep were somewhat Irregular, prices were high. Store and dairy cattle and pigs sold well. Store' sheep and mixed-sex lambs sold at 9s. 4d. to 225. Bd.; wether lambs, 12s. 3d. to 20s. 2d.; ewe lambs, 16s. 2d.; two-tooth ewes, 30s. to 355.; four and six-tooth ewes, 335. 9d.; aged' ewes. 14s. 3d.; two-tooth wethers, 17s. lOd. to 265. 6d.; two and four-tooth wethers, 245. 2d. to 275. 10d.; four and six-tooth wetherß, 245. lid. to 28s. 9d.; fat lambs, beßt, 275. to 355. Bd.; medium, 235. 6d. to 265. 6d.; ■unfinished; 18s. lOd. to 235. Fat sheep, prime wethers, 335. to 395. 3d.; lighter, 28s. 2d. to 325. 6d.; prime ewes, 31s. 6d. to 375.; medium ewes 265. 6d. to 315.; lighter, 225. lid. to 265. Fat cattle, extra prime steers, to £24 10s.; > prime steers, £15 to £19 10a.; ordinary steers, £9 12s. 6d. to £14 155.; prime heifers, £12 to £15 2s. 6d.; ordinary heifers, £8 10s. to £11 155.; prime cows, £12 6s. to £14 10s.; ordinary cows, £8 7s. 6d. to £12; extra prime cows, to £16 17s. 6d.; store cattle, two-year steers, £6 55.; two-year heifers, £6 2s. 6d.; two and a half-year heifers, £7 155.; three-year steers, £9 19s. 6d. to £10 55.; three-year heifers, £8 ss. to £8 10s.; dry cows. £5 to £9 7s. fid.; dairy cows, £6 7s. 6d. to £15 10s. Pies: Choppers, £4 to £4 125.; extra heavy baconers, £5 65.; heayy' baconers, £4 10s, to £5; lighter baconers, : £3 10s. to £4 55.. equal to 7d. to 7£d. per ! ]h. Heavy porkers, 475. to 555.; lighter porkers, 40s. to 555., equal to Bd. to BJd. per lb. Best stores, 565. to 625.: medium stores, 38s. to 485.; small weaners, 14s. fid. to 245.; b.est weaners, 28s. BTJBNSIDE MARKET. Dunedln, January 24^ At Burnsido to-day 1884 fat Bheep were offered, a large proportion consisting of ewes of good quality, the wethers forward Being medium to prime. Export buyerß were, operating freely, and a-keen sale resulted in the prices all round rising Is. per head. Extra prime wethers, to 425.; prime, 355. to oßs. 6a.; medium, 325. to 345.; others, to 315.; extra prime ewes, to 395. 9d.; prime, 325. to 355.; medium, 28s. 6d. to 305.; others, to 265. Fat lambs were good, and the yarding was of fairly good quality. Competition was animated, the prices being about Is. advance on last weok. j. Extra, prime, to 31s. 6d.; prime. 245. 9d. !-to 28s. 3d.; medium, 235. to Ws. 6d.: other, 19s. 6d. to 225. There was a large yard- ; ing of fat cattle, the bulk being medium Ito good quality. Bullocks and heifer? were in excess of the number of requirements, and prices fell 15s. to 20s. per head. Prime bullocks, £17 to ,£l9 17s. 6d.; medium, £15 to £16 10s.; light, £11 10s. to £13 55.; best cows and heifers, £12 to £13 10s. j medium, £10 10s. to £11 155.; inferior and light, £8 to £9 155.; dairy cows, to £13 17s. 6d.; calve©, to 40s. Pigs: There was a small yarding of fats and stores, and a good demand for medium-weight fats at prices a shade above those ruling last week, but choppers were in less request. All classes of 6tores -sold well.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 8

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LIVE STOCK SALES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 8

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