LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3014, 27 February 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Mr. Newton King reports :—At/Awakino yards on February. 12, for the annual sheep and cattle fair, I had a full Warding of cattle and sheep. Prices obtained were as follow:—Twenty-month steers, £8 lls. to £9 10s.; twenty-month empty heifers, £5 13s. to £5 175.; twenty-month mixed cattle (email), £5 175.; twenty-month bulls, £7 95.; in-calf two to two and a half-year heifers, £7 95.; two and a, halfyear steers, ijii to £11 55.; three-year bullocKs. £12 is. to £13 lie; three and a half «> four-yew bulloolta, from £14 10s. to £17 55., according to condition; bulls (heavy), £12 to £16 55.; others. £7 2s. 6d. to £10 10s.; store cows, £9 Bs. to £10 10s.-; fat cows, £11 2s. to £13 155.; fat maiden heifers, £11 15s. to £12; cows end calves, £11: lambs, 14s. 3d. to IBs. 3d.; culls. ss. to Bs. 3d.; two-tooth ewes (small), 31s. 6d. to 335.; two-tooth wethers, 31s. 7d. to 345. Id.; fat six-tooth wethers (very primo and nea-vy), £2 os. 9d.; others, 375.; four and six-tooth wethers, '335. 5d.; six-tooth and f.f.m. ewes, 30s. 6d. to 31s. 2d.; four-year ewes, good, 275. 6d. to 325. 3d.; forwardconditioned ewes, 325. 9d.; rams, 3J to 65 guineas; f.m. ewes. 15s. to 18s. 6d. At Douglas on the same day, f.f.m. ewes made 275. 9d. to 31s. 9d.; f.m. ewes, 15s. 10d.; two-tooth wethers. 2Ss. 9d. to isH 6d.; lambs (culls), ss. to 125.; bu.'is, £8 10s. to £12; three-year bullocks. £tJ ISs.: forward cows, £9 10s. to £12 Us. M Stratford on February 13, shot-p were dull of sale, but eattle were selling rcndily; bulls, £11 10s. to £17 2s. 6d., and £7 15?. to £9 , 55.. for smaller; fat mnttvn flolsteiii iic-i- ---{ fer, £16 2s. 6d.; fat cows, £12 11b. to £13; I forward cows, £10 Is. to £31 65.; store cows, £6 18s. to £8 125.: small store cows, iA 7s. 6d. to £5 65.; cows and calves, small, £8 103.; mired, wearers, £3 6a. 6d. to £3 lls.; smaller, 27p. tu £2 lls.; eight-cen-month steers, £8< Ss; 6d.; two-tooth wethers, 325.; f.f.m. ewes.. 255. to 32s<; f.m. ewes, ,18s. 6d. to 20s. Ed.; lan;bs, 155.; culls, 9s. to 12s. 7d.. On Pebrnwy 14, at Inglcwoon, for the annual eiicor- Star and cattlo sale there was an entry t>? o':«r 7COO shesp ana a small yardinp of cutao. A nice peu of two-tooth cwea miiao Ms,; wether 6hora lambs. 195.; woolly.teuH-.s, 20f. i&.; ether prices were: Shorn ls,a>nE, Uβ. Bd. to 17a. sd.;' woolly, 10s. 10d.;.caUs, Wβ, 3d. to lis. oa.; two-tooth wethers, W;. 4c'.; two-tooth ewes, 355. 3d.; f.f.m. ewes, 293. to 31s. 9d.; }- m ',ewes, 20s. «d: : other f.m. ewes, from Ns. sd. to 265., according to condition and frame; rams, up to 4igns.; wcaner steers. £3 ss. 6d.; mixed weaners, £2 155.; incalf two-year heifers, £7 65.; bulls, £9 17s. cd. to £14; forward cows, £9 Bs. to £11store cows, £4 17s. to £3 65.; eighteenmonth steers, £S 2s. At Oliura on Fobruary 15 there was' e, yarding of nearly 9000 sheep, and- a small entry of cattle. A very fine lino of heavy-woolled four-tooth maiden ewes made £2 3s. 6d. Other prices were: F.f.m. ewes (early shorn), and 'a good line, 385.; two-tooth ewes (on small side),. 365.; f.f.m. ewes. 295. to 325. 3d.; two and 'four-tooth, wethers, 325. 3d.' four and six-tooth wethers, 375.; lambs, 13s. to 17s. IOd.; small and rough, eighteen-month steers, £6 135.; better sorts, £8 ss. to £9 as.; in-calf two and a half-year heifers, £8 135.; store and forward cows, £8 7s. 6d to £9 12s. 6d.; bulls, £8; two and a. half-year steers, £11 10s.; mixed Shorthorn weanors, £5 3s. On February 16, at Kaponga, bulls made from £7 15s. to £13 155.; fat -oows, up to £12; forward cowe. £9 is. to £11 Bs.; 6toro cows, £7 to £$■ small weaner steers, £3; lambs, 15s. 6d. to los. At Bahotu on the same day mixed weaners, £2 to £2 17s. 6d.: fat cows, £11 9s. to £13; forward cows, £9 to £10 2b. 6i:; store cows, £7'9s. to £8 Us.; small storo oows, £4 7s. 6d. to £4 18s.; bulls, small £7 to £9; rough twenty-month eteere, £7 to £7 Bs. At Pohokura on February 19, for the annual sheep fair, lambs made 17s. 7d. to 18s. 2d.; smaller, 14s. Bd.; culls Bs. to lls. 5d.; two-tooth wothers, 325. 3d. to 345.; mixed age ewes, 275. 6d. to 30s. 6d.; su-tooth to f.m. ewes, 325. 2d.; f.m. ewes 13s. 9d. to 225. ; 6d.; rams, 51gna. At TJrenui on i tho same day both sheep and cattle were selling readily. Bulls made £10 103. to. £11 10s.; forward cows, £9 12s 6d. to £11 65.; store cows, £5 to £8 lls • weaner steers. £3 Is.; good line of mixed weaners, £4 65.; in-calf two and a halfyear heifers, £7 125.; empty twenty-month heifers. £5 to£s 7s. 6d.; four, six', and f m ewes, 275. 6d. to 295.; f.f.m. ewes, 25s' to 30s. 6d.; lambs, 103. sd. to 15s. 3d.- two and four-tooth wethers,- 31s. 10d. to 355.; rams, six-tooth to f.m., 2{ to 33gns.; fat and forward ewes, 335.; f.m. ewes, 10s. 6d. to 16s. 2d. At Stony Bjver on February 20 mixed weaners made from £2 16s. to £3 165.: bulls. £7 to £9 x 7s. 6d.; fat cows, £11 95.; forward cows. -£9 to £9 175.; store cows, £5 Ms. to £7: two and a half-year steers, £11 Ss.; miicd two-tooths, 325.'7 d- . 13s. 6d.; springing cows,- £7 15s. to £8. At TJruti on February 21, for the annual sheep fair, sheep came forward in exoess of advertised numbers, all yarding accommodation being overtaxed. Competition was good, practically all lines being cleared at the hammer. Two and fourtooth wethers were yarded in good numbers, and were selline readily. Woolly lambs, 18s. Bd. to 18b. 9d.j smaller, Ms. 6d. to 175.: good shorn lambs, up to 15s. 6d • culls. 7s. 3d. to 9s. 9d.; two-tooth ewes, 325. lOd. to 355. 2d.; four-tooth ewes, 325.: fat and forward ewes, 325.; sjx-tooth. and

f.f.m. owes, 2Ss. 7d. to 30s. 3d.; f.m. ewes (good mouth), Ms. 3d. to 295. Bd.; others, 21s. 9d. to 255; culls, Bb. Ho 17s. 3d.; twotooth wethers, 333. 3d. to 345. 4d.; smaller, 275. Id. to 31s. 3d.; four and aii-tooth wethers, 335. 2d. to 343, 9d.; smajlerj 275. 6d, to 31s. 6if.; xams, 3{ to Tilgnst, MASTERTON RAM FAIR THE OFFICIAL KEPOET. The associated, selling brokers, comprising the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Messrs. Dalgoty and Co., Lid., Lovin and Co., Ltd., A. 0. Cooper aud Co., Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and the Wairarapa Farmers'. Cooperative Association, Ltd M report as follows:— TOie annual ram fair conducted under the auspices of the Hasterton A. aud P. Association was held at the- Solway showgrounds on Thursday and Friday, a total entry of 2340 being passed through the ring. Tho attondonce was very large, buyers from a distance being present, comprising representatives from Giaborno and the South Island, including Marlborough and Otaeo. A prominent visitor was a member of a firm from tlie United State?, who appeared keenly interested throughout both days. An innovation this year was tho experiment of selling the stud sheep at the conclusion of the flocks. The idea appeared popular, and one that is likely to be permanently adopted. Tho arrangements generally, with the help of the few minor improvements made, worked splendidly, and the ram fair committee, comprising Messrs.' W. D. Watson aud Peter Cooper, as usual put in a i!tr«nuous lima, and appeared to give satieJa-ction to all concerned. BomHO.VS and Shvspshires were offered tho first- day, and iiim:olns and Southdowns th» seoond Any. A very spirited sale has to lie reported throughout, and some splendid averages were recorded for flock sheep, whilst sensational figures were given for both stud liomnoys and Lincoius. Several lots of aecond-class rams were penned, but they met the usual fate o£ being passed through the ring, in many cases without competition. It was onco again demonstrated that, the Masterton Fair is not the place for the disposal of inferior aheep. ftesb. records were made in several instanoee, and, taken as a whole, the fair can be summed up as the most successful yet held by tie Association, and possibly second to none in the Dominion. •

Flock )iomn6y£.—Daysh Bros., 9 oneBiieiir, jLvcr&je j Percy .Bros., lo oneshear, average Signs.; Eric Hiddiford, 65 one-shear, average ZOgns.; Wm. Perry, 5 two-shear, average 19gns.; Wm. Bayner, 42 one-shear, a.veroee 18Jgns.; John M'l.Md, 81 one-shear, average 16gns.; B. Eglinton, 29 one-shear, average loigns.; E. W. Allen, 2 one-shear, avcrago Uisriis.; W. JI. Buick, 3 one-sheer, average 12ili?i!0.; BlatchfoM Bros., 19 one-*h«ar, avei«ge 12gns.; Holmes Warren, 9 one-shear, amiage llgns.; G. E. Allen. 11 cse-sheur, average lOJgns.; Chas. Wagland, 13. one-shear, average lOgns.; P. ilungavin,. 15 one-shoar, average lOgns.; H. L. Williams, 13 oneshear, average Signs,! J. 0. ll'Killop, 33 one-shear, average Signs.; W. E. Baker, 20 one-shear,, average Signs.; Est. Jno.' Kenson, 6 one-shear, average Bgns.; A. and J. Gray, 8 one-shear, average Bgns.; Quinton Diina.l.d, 8 oae-shear, average Bgns.; Jas. M'Gregor, junr., 17 one-shear, averago Bgns.; Smith Bros., 25 one-sliear, average 7jgns.; F. W. H. Kummer, 25 oneshoar, average 63gns.; E. B. 'Chamberlain, 6 one-shear, average 6?ms.; jae. Knight, 18 one-shear, average 6gns.; It. R. Bunny, 10 one-shear, average 6gns.; David Smith, 31 one-shear, .average Ejuns.; Geo. H'Kcnzie, 10 one-shear, average 4Jgw.; Herbert Smith, 34 one-shear, average 4gns.; F. W. H. Kummer, 80 flock Eomney ewes, average 2Agns., 30 ram Jambs 2igne. Stud Eomneyfi.--oha3. Wasiand, 2Cogns., 55gns., 54gn8., Wgns., 32gn8., Mgns., 27gns., 26gns.; E. Eglinton, 1 thretshear 125gns., 1 four-shear 45gns.;-Wm. Terry, llOgus., ■86gns., 80gns., o2gns., 30gns., 30gns.; Wm. Bayner, 70gns., 45gns.; G. E. Allen, 67gns.; Quinton Donald, 55gns., 35gns., 25gns., 21gns.; A. and .T. Gray, 52gns.; W. P. Jacobs, 38gns., 3tgns.. 2Sgns., 26gns., 25gns.; BlaM Bayner, 1 four-shear, 38gns.; A. B. Fannin, JOgjis., 25gruE., 20gns., 15gns., 13gna.; David Smith, 20gns., 18a;ns.; W. H. Buick, 20gns.; H. H. Gorriiigo, K'gns.; Jas. Knight, 18gns.. 17gns., lCgns., lilgns. •Stud ShropsbiroE.—H. D. V.avasour, lCgns. 6tud 'Lincoln's.—lsia.no Ba.yner, lTOgns., 135gns., 110xn3., 67s\-is., 65gns., oOgns., 40gns., 36g25., JOsna., Ksns.; A. D. Jfilaster, 125gns., 78jr.n.. 35kks., oOgns., 2Cs:ns.; Wm. Perry, lMgns., Kisus., -Wins., 30gns.; Est. Hy; Gaiflford. 41gns., 32>gns.; W. Eayner, 40gns., 33itns.; Est. D. Sl'Gregor, 25gns.; A. E. 24gns., 24gns.; W. Oharman, lOgns., lOgus.

Stud Southdown?.—Jas. Knight, 35gns., 27gns., 20gns., 20gns., 17gne., 15gns.; Howard Booth, 25gcs., 25gns.

Flock Lincolns.—Percy Bros., 80 oneshear, average 22gns.; Bland Sayner, 5, averago 21gns.; A. D. M'Masler, 17, everage 20gns.; Est. D. M'Grogor, 17, 20gns.: A. E. Anderson, 11, , average ISljras.; Wilton Bros.,- 42, average 17gns.; Itngh Middloton, 20, avorage 15igns.; W. Ciiarman, 2, B.verago 13gne.; B. G. Dalr.iell, 50, average llgns.; J. W. Bowon, 23, average lOgns.; J. Campbell, 10, average 92-gnß.; Fred Evans, 3, average 9}gns.; H. H". Gorringe, 5, average Bgns.: J. 0. M'Killop. 11, average Bgns.; Wm. Bayner, 13, average Bgns.; Jas. Macara, 44, average 7jgns. Flock Southdowns— Geo. Gardiner, 150, average lOgns.; Jas. Bourke, 15, average 4jgns.; J. 0. M'Killop, 30, average 4gns.; F. Price, 25, a,veraße 4gns.; Wm. Bayner, 15, average 4gns.; Jas. Knight, 11, average 4gns.; Quinton Donald. 4, "average 3}gns.; A. and J. Gray, 20, average 2Jgns.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS : IN-VESTMENT SHAKES. Prices of investment and mining stocks yesterday. were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank < 5 0 0 — Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) .... 11 1 0 - Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. Ad.) ... - 17 6 0 N.Z. and Biver Plato ... — 115 0 Well. Invest. T. aad A.... 011 0 — ' Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. 613 6 - Ohch. Gas (£5) 6 2 6 - Well. Gas (pref.) '0 18 3 - Well. Meat Export (£5)... 6 5 0 - Well. Meat Export (£2 13s. 6d.) - 5 6 0 "Union Steam (ord.) 20 0 — Huddart-Parker (ord.) 15 6 — Hikurangi Coal — 012 0 Taupiri Coal ~.. - 012 6 Westport Coal 17 9 - Leyland-O'Brien ■ 13 6 — i Ward and Co 5 15 0 — Golden Bay Cement '' — 110 HIGH COirmeSIONEK'S MARKET EEPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Industries, aud Gonimerco has received the following cablegram, dated London February 24, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are averacre maiiet prices on spot):— •Meat.—All descriptions of meat are in slow demand for reasons) already given last week. New Zealand frozen meat, only small quantities available. New Zealand and Australian mutton, per Jb., Bid.; OW3 mutton, E!d.; Argentine, heavy-weight, Wjd.; light-weight, 103 d.; Now Zealand and Australian lamb, IOd.; Argentine lamb, 12d.; Argentina chilled boof, hinds, lljd.; fores, 10d. Butter.—The market is firm, and prices continue to advance owinsr to continued small supplies. Banish, no arrivals. Australian, per cwt., 2145. to 2185.; uusalted, 2125. k> 2165.; Irish faotory, 1955. to 2025.; Dutch, no arrivals; New Zealand, 2245. to 226e.; unsaltMl, 2225. to 224e.; French, 2125. to 2195.; Argentine, unEolted, 210s. to 2125. Cheese.—The market continues firm. Stocks are very light, and prices are Higher. Canadian, white and coloured, per cwt., 1665.. practically none offering; English cheddar, no official quotations; States Flats, 1625. to 1645. Hemp.—The market is dull, but prices are firm. No New Zealand shipments offering. Quotations are nominal. Forward shipment, good fair, per ton, £66; fair, £64. Wheat.—Market remains firm. Government minimum price is fixed at 60s. for 1917 for English. Oats.—The marl.nt is firmer. Minimum price is fixed at 38s. 6d. during this year. Hops.—The market is very unsettled on account of Government brewing restrictions. Government informed me license cannot be obtained to import hops from ftny source this year. WHOLESALE PKODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery ami Uo. Ltd. Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follows: —Fowl's wheat, prime, 6s. 9d. per bushel; Victorian- Capo barley, seed, As. 6d. por bushel;-, maize food, ss. 6rl. per bushel: crushed maize. 6s: per bushel; chaff, oatsheaf, £6 10s. por ton; ha.y, clover, £4 10s. to £5 per ton; hay, meadow, £5 pcv ton; flour, in sac!;*, £16 10s. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, £20 per ton; poliard, £7 10s. per ton; bran, £5 7s. b&. to £5 12s. 6d. per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides Is. per Ib., rolls Is. l<l. per ib., hams Is. por lb., shoulders 9Jd. per lb.; cheese (factory), medium, lOd. por lb.: cheese, loaf, Ud. per lb.; linseed meal, 100's £11 10s. per ton, 50's £12 per ton, 20' a £12 10s. per ton; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. i>er cwt.; linseedirround cake,'l2s. 6d. per cwt.; whole linseed, 255. per cwt.; onions, £7 10s. to £8; potatoes, white-skinned, table, £7 to £12 per ton; pig meal, £6 10s. per ton. All poultry in very good demand; consignments recommended, liens, 3s. 6d. to 6s. per pair; cockerels, 4s. 6d. to Bs. per pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylcsbury), Bs. to 9s. per pair; Indian Itunners, 6s. to 7s. per pair; | turkeys, gobblers Is. 2d. per lb. live weight, hens Is. per lb.: butter (primo bulk). Is. 3d. per lb.: egp\fresh, Is. Ud. to 2s. per dozen; new-laid, 2s. Id. Ci;Btoms duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3166 16s. 6d. ___________