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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 319, 19 February 1910, Page 2

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LIVE STOCK SALES.,

NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

At Kaponga on Friday I held a weaner i fair in conjunction with my ordinary j cattle sale. Tlie yarding was not up to j advertised numbers, several vendors who had entered their cattle failing to put in an appearance. There were about 3UO penned, and everything offered was sold at the hammer. Weaners made 25s to 30s, do. small 20s to 24s Od, 15-months heifers £2 12s 6d, 15 to 18months steers' ,£2 13s to £3 0s Od, store cows £2 9s Od to £3 5s Gd, forward do. £3 12s Od to £3 17s 6d, fat do. £4 Os to £4 14s. On the same day I held my annual sheep fair at Stratford, when there was a. fair yarding, about 4000 sheep being penned. The attendance of buyers was good, and bidding was brisk throughout. There was a keen enquiry for young breeding ewes, though practically everything was sold at the hammer. Twotooth ewes made 14s to 15s, 4 to 6tooth and f.f.m. ewes 13s Gd to 15s 7d, f.m. ewes 5s to -Os 3d, lambs, shorn 5s to 7s 1 Od, do. woolly 5s to 10s, 2-tooth wethers up to 10s lOd, Lincoln rams iy 4 gns, English Leicester lgn, Shropshires %gn to iy 2 gns. At Awakino on Saturday I held annual sheep and cattle fair. There was a small yarding of sheep, though nearly everything was sold either at the hammer or privately at satisfactory prices. The cattle yards were well filled, principally with grown stock, all of which met with good competition, nearly every pen being quitted at prices oeyond vendors' reserves. F.f.m. ewes made 10s to 10s od, 2-tooth do. 13s 3d, aged do. 5s Gd, 2-tooth wethers 10s to 10s 6d, 4-tooth do. lis, 2-year steers £3 16s, 3 to 4-year bullocks' £5 8s 6d to £5 13s 6d, 4-year forward do. £6 Is, 3-year do. £4 3s to £4 Bs, store cows £3 to £3 2s, forward do. £3 14s 6d to £4 2s 6d, 18-months heifers £2 9s 6d Ito £2 15s Od, 2V 2 -year do. £4 Is. On Tuesday at Urenui my sheep fair I attracted a l'arge attendance of buyers', but owing-to unavoidable causes nearly 4000 sheep were short yarded, which reduced the entries considerably. All young sheep met with good competition, there being an unsatisfied demand for 2 and 4-tooth ewes and wethers, the former class selling especially well. .Two-tooth ewes made 8s to 16s 2d, old ewes 4s' 7d to 6s 7d, 2-tooth wethers fis 7d to 10s 2d, 2, 4, and 6-tooth do. lis 2d, woolly lambs 8s to 8s Bd, shorn do. Cs 7d to 7s 2d. Two-tooth Romney and English Leicester ranis' were in good demand, but Lincoln and aged rami were not saleable. Two-tooth English Lelcesters made 3y,gns to 4gns, Romney do. 3gns to 3y,gns, Lincoln do. lgn to 2gns, Shropshires 2y 4 gns, aged do. 10s Gd to 15s 9d.

At Rahotu on the Same day there was a fair yarding, mostly of weaners, all of Which were quitted either at the hammer or afterwards. Weaners made 24s 6d to 325, do. small 15s to 22s 6d, 15-months steers £2 16s Gd, 18-months to 2-year steers -£3 7s' 6d, forward store cows £3 10s to £4 Is, fat do. £4 16s, bulls £2 10s. Owing to my Douglas sheep fair being held on Monday, the 21st instant, there will be no Toko sale on that day. VICKERS AND STEVENS' REPORT. There was only a small muster of cattle in our Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Bidding was good, and nearly everything sold as follows: — Weaners 15s' Gd to £1 3s od, good stores £2 19s' to £4 2s, old and backward stores £1 15s to £2 10s, springers £3 to £4 10s, bulls £3 to £4 lis. At the Tarata sheep fair there was a good yarding and a good attendance,' Bidding was brisk, and nearly everything sold as-follows:—Shorn iambs' 5s 4d to 7s Gd. woolly lambs 9s fid, 2tooth ewes lGs 6d, I.m. ewes 7s to lis, old ewes 2s Id to 6s sd, rams 10s 6d to £1 8«. ADDINGTON. At Addington on Wednesday lambe came in for particular attention, and for better sorts of these there was a .rise of about Is to Is Od per head on last week's rates. Forward lambs made 9s to 12s Bd, others 6s 9d to Se 9d; medium wethers to 12s lOd, 2-tooth ewes 12s lOd to lGs od, 4-tooth ewes to 15s 3d, 4, 0. and 8-tooth to 13s 7d. 4 and 6-tooth to 15s Gd, merino wethers to 9s 6d. In the case of heavy prime lambs* there was a further rise of about 6d per head. The general range of I prices was 12s to 15s. a few heavier pens soiling up to 15s lid, and unfinished lots as low as lis id; 9477 were. I taken for export, and the balance by butchers and graxiers. There was also a large yarding of fat sheep, the bulk of which were ewes', and included in the entry was a Hue of wethers and ewes I from the North Island. There was a I good demand for these right through the sale, and as exporters were operI atmg m ewes as - well as wethers, .prices j kept firm to the end. and last week's (level of values was' fully maintained. [The range of*prices was: Prime wethers 15s to T7s. others 12s 6d to 14s 6d; prime ewes 12s Od to 14s ild, others 10s to 12s; North Island wethers 15s' lOd to 16s 3d, ewes 14s Od.

The supply of beef totalled 23.") hear! of good average quality. There was improved demand for those, and price* towards the close of the sale showed an advance of ahotft Od to Is Cd per 1001b compared with the previous week. Steers made £7 12s' fid to £lO 12s fid. heifers £5 17s Od to £S 10s, cows £4 17s Od to £B. Veal calves were offered in small numbers, and were of mixed quality; they made 4s fid to 61s. A small yarding of store cattle came forward, mostly inferior sorts, and met with a Tioor sale, yearling-' making 38s, 15 to 18-months £2 15s. 2-vear h«ifers £3 15s. 3-voar heifers £,3 15s. 3-year steers £4 2« to £5 I=. and drv cows 20s to £4. Dairy cows sold well, prices ra""'r!v from £3 5s to CO ss'. There was only a small vanlinrr of fat fiicrs, and nrices were consequently firm. Heavy Iv.icnnors made 40s to 50s. lighter 37s to 44sV laruc porkers 32s to 3.55, and smaller do. 27s to 30s. Stores' were in good demand at advanced rates. Large sorts made 22s to 275, medium ISs to 2lßj weavers 10s to 14s fid. DU.NEDTS. TSnrnside market report:—Fat cattle: 201 head yarded, consisting of prime medium weights, with a few choice pern 1 of extra heavy weights. Prices on the whole were equal to last "week's rates,

but, if anyttiing, neavy cattle were * shade easier.. Prime bullocks £8 10s to I £9 lOs, tnedrium £0 10s to £7 15s, I light and inferior from £5 10s. | Fat Sheep: There was a big entry of | .8000 of these, .consisting principally of I 'medium quality ewes, with several pens ! of nice quality wethers. Most of tlie , j butchers wanted supplies, and this kept] 'prices firm at last week's rates. Best 'wethers 14s' 3d to 16s, medium to good I2s Gd to 13s 9d; best ewes Us 10'! 12s Gd, extra heavy to 13s Gd, medium j 9s to 10s Gd, inferior 4s to /s Gd. j j Fat Lambs: 2118 penned, consisting'; jof particularly prime quality animals, j 1 Prices were a shade firmer than was the case last week, as a number of freezing buyers were operating, and spirited j bidding was the result. The best sold ,at from 14s to 14s 9d, while a few pens 'oT forward store lambs sold at 8s to 9s'6d. .1 Pigs: There was a big yarding, con- ! sisting principally of baconers, with • several pens of suckers, which were in poor demand. Suckers 4s Gd to 9s Gd, i baconers 34s to 38s, porkers 28s to 34s'.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonvifte sale as follows: —We had a good entry of prime sheep and cattle, and disposed of every pen at late rates. We quote: Medium ox £7 12s' Gd to £7 15s, lighter ox |/£7 5s to £7 10s, plain ox £G 15s, fat ' cows £4 ss, best wethers 13s 5d to 13s Bd, medium wethers 12s 2d to 13s 3d, best ewes 12s 3d, lighter ewes 10s 8d to lis' 7d; lambs, wooly to lis 4d, shorn j 8s 4d, 9s Id, to 9s 7d. J The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report: —At Waikanae on Wednesday we had a heavy yarding of sheep and a good entry of cattle. Bidding at auction was brisk, there being a good attendance of local and outside buyers. The result was a total clearance at prices in favor of vendors. We quote—Sheep: Cull lambs 4s Id to 4s ,4d, medium lambs ss' lOd, aged ewes 5s 9d, forward wethers 12s. A good line, mostly 4-year ewes, on account of 'Mr. H. S. Hadfield, realised 14s Id. On account of Mr. R. W. Kelson, a particularly good lot of Romney 4-tooth ewes made 14s Bd, the 4-year-old ewes ion behalf of the same vendor selling !at 14s. Aged rams, 25s to 2%gn&'. ! Cattle: Store cows 25s to £2, cows and calves £2 lis, 18-months steer's £2 10s, 2-year steers £2 19s 6d, 2 and 2y 2 -year steers £3 14s', forward heifers £3 10s. WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. Messrs. Dalgety and" Co., Ltd., report as follows:—We held our fourth sale of the season yesterday, when we offered a catalogue of 6654 bales out of a total of 16,358 bales, and sold 5397 bales at auction. As usual, there was' a large attendance of buyers, and competition ,\vas keen throughout the sale. On the | whole, the quality of most of the offerjings was not up to the standard of j previous catalogues, as there was a i large number of dingy, heavy, and seedy parcels, but, notwithstanding this prices' were very firm, especially for all coarse and inferior classes, which showed a*' j advance on previous rates. As is usually 1 the case at this time of the year, there a large quantity of lambs' 1 wool offered, which met with keen competi- . tion for any lines free of seed. We also offerea number of merino clips from the Marlborough province, aggregating about 1000 kales, most of which was disposed of at prices satisfactory to ' vendors, and we look forward to increased offerings from this district next season. The-highest price for this class of wool was Uy 4 d for a line of the well-known "Benopai" clip. The following figures, .will indicate how vhe prices compared with those of January, the January figures being in parentheses : Merino super, 10y,d to lly 4 d (lid to merino medium ny*d to 103/ 4 d (9y,d to 10y»d); halfbred medium, lid to 12% d (lfld to H%d); crossbred super, liy.d to 12d (lly s d to 12d); crossbred medium, 9y 2 d telly 4 d (9%d to liy 4 d); crossbred inferior, coarse and seedy, 7M ; d to 9V 2 d (7'/,d to 0%d); lambs, first, lfld to 12y 4 d (H)y 4 d Ito 12»/ 2 d); lambs, second, I%d to 10x1 |(o%d to 9%d); halfbred bellies and 'pieces, Sd to 10y 4 d. (7y 2 d to 8%d); belj lies 1 and piece*, sy a d to Sd (5y 2 d to 'B%d); merino hellie sand pieces 8d to 9%d (7d to OVcd); merino lock's, 4y s d to sy,d (4%d to ~>%d); .stained pieces and locks, 3y,d to 5d (3y 2 d to sd); erutchings, 4d to /5%cl (4y..d to Od).