LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3146, 26 July 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Qo., Ltd., report that at their weekly Bale held at Levin on Tuesday they offered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. Competition was good and a good clearance was made. Quotations: Fat wethers, £2; fat ewes, 325. 10d.; fat hoggets, 305.; fair mixed hoggets, 235. 3d.; black-face do., 205.; cull do., 12s. 6d.; forward condition cows, £7 to £7 10s.; store cows. £6; medium weaner steers, £4 4s. to £4 125.; wcanor heifers. £3 to £3 7s. 6d.; small mixed-sex wcaners,. £2 125.; weaner hulls, ,£4 2s.;'springing cows, £9 to £12; springing heifer, £10. Messrs. Dalgcty and Co. report having oltcved a fair yarding, of sheep at their Levin yarte on Tuesday. Quotations: S.m. ewes, in lamb to Southdown rams, 305.; f.m. ewes, in lamb, to 265. 6d.; m.s.V hoggets, 20s. Bd.; cull hoggets, las. 6d.; m.s. wcaners. 315.; hack mare. £10. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—Our monthly stock salo was held at Raumai on July 24. We had a fair muster of Btock, practically all of which were sold, prices being on a par wita those ruling at other centres. A line of ewes in lamb brought 265.; two-tooth to f.m. ewes in lamb, 245.; forward cows, £10 2s. 6d. to £10 155.; fresh-conditioned cows, £8 loh. to £9 2s. 6d.; store cows, £7 ss. to £8 2h. 6(1.; dairy cows, £8 10s. to £11 55.; heifers in calf, £7 15s. to £10; forward enipty "heifers, £8; fat heifers. £10 55.; small empty heifers, £4 10s. to £5 17s. 6d.; a small herd of cows sold on account of Mr. J. Dawson brought from £8 15s. to £13 2s. 6d., averaging £11 2s. 6d. The Wairarana Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd.. stock department, report having held a clearing sale yesterday at Ahiakouka. Grcytown, on behalf of Mr. C. Williams. The cows came forward in very fair condition, and were submitted to a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the Wairara.na. Bidding at auc'tion was exceptionally keen, the cows making the satisfactory average of £13. Quotations:—August and September calvers made £11 to £17; October calvers. £9 10s. lo £11; cows just calved, £11, £13 2s. 6d., £14 55.; Shorthorn bull, £15 55.: Holsteiu bull. £13. ADDINGTOJJ MARKETS, lly Telegraph—Press Association. Christohuroll, July 25. The ofierings of fat stock at Addington to-day were the smallest for some time past. The fat lamb, supply is now over, and there were only half a dozen races of fat sheep. Store sheep, which were mostly ewes, sold well, and there was a good demand for well-grown hoggets. Prime fat cattle of good weight met with a. keen salo "at advanced rates, hui/light and unfinished sorts showed little Improvement. The prices were above eiport level. Fat eheep showed an ad-

vanco of Is. 6a. fo 2s. per head ou account of tlic sbortagc. There was again u fair demand for store cattle, and pigs of all classes sold exceptionally well, porkers being dearer. Quotations:—Store sheep: Two ami four-tooth ewes, to 435.; four and six-tooth, to 425. id.; six and eight-tooth, to 375. 9d.; souni'-uiouth, ,225. 6d. to 345. lid.; four and six-tooth wethers. 345. to 365. Bd.; six and Kght-tooth, to 255. 9d.; ewe hoggets, 215.. 2d. to 31s-. 5d.; wether hoggets. 15s. 2d, to 30s. 2d.; mixed sexes, 235. 9d. to 295. Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers, to 565. 6d.; prime wethers, 38s. to 465. 6d.; ligbter wethers, \ 335. 3d. to 375. 6d.; ineriuo wothers, 30s. to 365. Id.; extra prime ewes, to 455. 6d.; prime ewes, 365. 6d. to 40s. 9d.; medium ewes, 31s. 6d. to 365.; lighter ewes, "28s. to 315.; hoggets, 245. to 295. 3d. Fat cattle: Extra primo steers, to £24 tis.; prime, £13 lbs. to £20; ordinary, £9 15s. to £13 10s.; extra prime heifers to £16; prime, £10 ss. to £14; ordinary, £7 17s. 6d. to £10; extra prime cows, to £17 12s. 6d.; prime, £10 15s. to £14; ordinary, £8 17s. 6il. to £10'10s. Store, cattle: Yearlings, £4 l'Os. to £6 155.; fifteen to eightecnmonths, £6 to £7; two-year steers, £6 to £8 55.; two-year heifers. £8 10s.: two and two and a half-year steers, £9 155.; threeyear steers, from £10 10s.; .three-year heifers, £10; dry cows £4 to £8; dairy cows, £5 to £15 Pigs: Ohoppers, £5 to £8 10s.; baconcrs, £4 to £5 10s. (equal to Bd. to BJd. per lb.); porkers, 50s. to 745. (equal to lOd. to 10} d. per lb.); medium stores, 455. to 50s. 6d.; smaller. 255. to 355.; wcaner« 17s. to 225. BURNS IDE MARKET. Dunedin, July 25. At Burnside to-day 145 fat cattle were penned, mostly medium quality. Prime heavy bullocks, £23 17s. 6(1. to £25 5« • prime, £19 10s. to £22 15s:; medium, £16 to £18 10s.; lighter, £15; prime heifers £18 7s. 6d.; medium, £14 10s. to £16 155.; l>ht and aged, £10 10s. to £14. Sheep (2170 penned): The stock was of good average quality, and tho high values prevented export buyers operating to any extent. Primo heavy wethers, 635. 7d.; prime, 455. to 50s. 6d. : medium. 30s. to 435.; lighter, 335. to 365. 6d.; prime heavy ewes, 485.; prime, 395. to 425.; medium, 355. to 375.; light and inferior, 28s. to 325: Lambs (507 penned): Offerings were ail cleared under keen competition. Prime, 335. 9d.; inferior and light, 265. COMMERCIAL ITEMS INYESTMEKT SHAKES. A sale of Golden Bay Cement shares at 21s. was reported yesterday. The quotations w<p-c .as follow:— Buyers. filler'. £ a- A. £ B. d. National Bank 5 11 0 — ■ National .Mortgage 318 0 N.Z. and River Plate ... - 117 0 National Insorance 218 0 3 0 6 Standard Insurance .... 2 10 — Meat Export (£5) ' — 6 6 0 Auckland Trams 1-1 9 — Union Steam (pref.) 110 — P. and o.Dcf.Stock (10s.) 11l 3 - Well. Woollen (ord.) 6 6 0 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 4 0 0 - ' Wcstport Coal 1 11 6 — I.evland-O'Brien 16 6 — Golden Kay Cement - — 116 Sharland's ordinary ISO — Sharland's preference. ... 1 8 0 — Ward and Co — 6 15 0 Customs-duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £6859 3s. 7d. FREEZING STOCK ■RESTRICTION OF KILLING SUGGESTED: Dr. Thicker (Christehurch East) asked tho Minister of Agriculture if ( he had considered the advisability of stopping tho killing of owe lambs and ewe sheep generally; and -whether ho would stop tho indiscriminate killing, for freezing purposes of young eal tie—calves, yearlings, and heifers? "Anything -with meat on it has been rushed into tho freezers and cool store*,". said Dr. Thaeker. "The Minister admits the bulk of carcasses in cool storage is owe and lamb meat; depletion of stock in this manner may raiso a national crisis. South Island stock returns show a 'great shortage of sheep." ' "Tho whole matter of'dealing with next reason's production of freezing 6tock is at present receiving very careful consideration, having regard to tho amount of refrigerated siorago a.vailnble, and the shipping outlook," t-aid the Hon. W. D. S. JlacDonald in reply. "The question of the slaughtering ofewes arid ewe lambs is among- tho matters receiving; consideration in this connection, but nny proposals as to drastic a/id arbitrary restrictions must be handled with caution. Last year's final eheop returns showed an increase of 208,912 breeding ewes, 1 as compared with tho preceding year. Only tho interim sheop returns for this year ha.vo yet been published, but.it is expected that tho final returns will show a further increase, in the number of breeding ew4«, and a substantial increase in tho total' number of sheep in the Dominion, as compared with last year."