STOCK SALES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 32, 14 March 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

STOCK SALES.

LEESTON.

i There was an exceptionally large 'yarding of sheep at yesterday's market at Leeston, the largest seen at Leeston for a long timei The total entry was about 3000, pf whiqh well over 2000 were ewes, and the balance lambs. On the whole the sheep sale was a very satisfactory one, and very few lots failed to find new owners. The prices were exceptionally good for this season of the year, especially for store ewes and lambs. Pat ewes improved slightly in values, and the few fat lambs offered /were quickly bought up at advanee'd rates. Store lambs met with a fairly keen enquiry from graziers, and ready sales Tesulted. The pig pens contained 88 fats and 210 stores. The prices for fats were still encouraging to settlers, and it was evident from the demand and the prices ruling for stores that farmers have a fairly good supply of feed on hand. Business was not particularly, brisk in ,cattle. Out of an entry of 48 head, 31 dairy cattle were passed. Fat cattle were bought up to fill local requirements at satisfactory rates. The range of values was as follows:—Fat ewes, best quality, 16/6 to 23/-; others from 13/6; fat lambs, 15/6 to 16/9; forward stores, 13/10; stores, 7/8 to 11/8; bacon pigs, 54/- to 75/-; choppers, to 85/-; large stores, 25/- to 50/6; small from 13/-; fat cows, £5 5/to £7; springers, £7 to £9 10/-; eighteen-month-old heifers, £4 17/-; six-month-old calves, 47/-. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association held their annual horse fair at Leestoafc*m Thursday, when there was an of about'7s. horses, 55 broken jya4 20 unbroken. .'The demand for aircMsses qr airim»l&"was not very good, and in mans; cases there was a big differejacte /between vendors' and buyers' Ideas of values, with the result that only a small percentage of sales was effected. Some of the sales were: — Draught (broke«> mares, £3B, £25, £2l, £l6 10/-, down to £10; draught geldings, £3B, £39, £32/iO/-,, £22 10/-, £2O, and £l9; a pair of grey harness horses, £3O; hacks, £8 to £lO 15/-.

SHEFFIELD. At Sheffielor monthly market yesterday sheep and lambs came to hand in string supply, 11,200 being yarded, fats for 4500, of -which 3,97.0 were lambs practically all good to prime freezers; whilst several lots were extra good. . About 440 ewes and iwo small lots of wethers made up the balance, of fats. In the store pens there were 2,350 rape and stoje lambs, 2,770 crossbred &M halfbredf. ewes, *590 crossbred wethers, 380 mojrino ewes, and 700 merino wethers. ,The major portion of the ewes were of the uncertain age and aged class, but there were* a number of pens of young sheep mostly off the tussock and backward. There was a full attendance of .freezing buyers and others. Bidding for all classes, both fats and stores, was very keen, and top prices were given, lambs selling at prices fully?'if not above, A&dihgton rates. Prices were follow:—Fat lambs, 17/6 to-20/-» tegs to 22/3; unfinished and'light, 15/7 to. 17/-; fat crossbred wethers, 20/- 'to 21/4; fat crossbred ewes, 14/9 to §B/3; fat merino ewes, 7/d; rape lambs, 14/1 to 17/-; store lambs, to 12/1; culls, 7/-; ewe lambs (off tussock), 12/- to 14/-; others to 17/-; two-tooth halfbred ewes, 23/9; two-tooth crossbred ewes, 16/3 to 23/6; four and Six-tooth, 22/2; four, six, and eight-tooth, 19/1 to 21/1; full and failing mouth, 15/4 to 17/4; failing to aged, 11/10 to 12/6; aged, 8/6 to 8/9; six and eight-tooth merino ewes, 11/-; failing jhouth, 16/-; aged, 3/3 to 3/6; two-tooth crossbred wethers (small) 14/-; others, 16/5 to 17/5; two and four-tooth, 17/10. Noteable saies were: —Fat lambs account D. Humm, 13 at 22/3; W. Humm, 133 at 18/7 to"21/-; C. Eves, 85 at 20/5; G.Judd, 247 at 20/3; W. J. Baxter, 100 at 20/4; D. M'Millan, 795 at 20/-; J. JEt, Cullen, 115 at 20/-; D. Budge, 247 at, 19/5; F.,8u11,-214 at 19/5; W. M. Williams, 30 at 19/4; A. M'Donald, 24 at 19/5; D. M'Beth, 56 at 19/-; E. Jenkins, .18..at 19/-; C. Gamble, 137 at 18/11; G. Gray, 56 at 18/11; J. Watson, 69 at 18/9; J. Henry, 101 at 18/6; H. C. Townsend, 51 at 18/3; Stewart Bros., 6& at 18/7; H. W. Neutze •157 at 18/4; D. A. Fraser,.33'at-18/1; G. Berry, 67 at 18/1; W; Dora*an> 127 at 17/11; B. Gillanders, 29 at-18/-; J. Shaw, 140 at 17/11; Benmore' Station; 333' two-tooth halfbred ewes/"23/9; W. J. Atkinson, 294 four-tooth crossbred ewes, 22/2; D. J. Hawke, ItT ifvrd-tooth halfbred ewes, 23/6; A. Duncan, 312 four-tooth ditto, 19/9.: Th ? rt ?r; w 9 r ? ,aboujt. 50. head of eattle and 46 pigs'yarded, most classes being represented,, all of which sold at full market

HILLERSDEN.

jpftas- Association. Blenheim, March 13. The. dispersal of the Hillersden sheep was hfelcf ttrider'splendid weather conditions at the, homestead yesterday, before a large attendance of buyers from all parts of the island. Competition was spirited throughout, and the whole of the sheep offered were cleared at prices which constituted a record for merino sheep in New Zealand. The bulk of the flock sheep were purchased locally, mainly by new settlers, and some of the stud sh'aep were secured by Canterbury ' ' ; ' The following prices were realised:— Two-tooth iikrino ewes 18/6, tfour-tooth merino ewes' *' 25/9 to 26/-, six-tooth merino ewes 25/6/ -eight-tooth merino ewes 15/-' td five-year-did merino "ewes 11/- tor 12/6, merino wether lambs 7/10 to 9/-j, in'erino" ewe lambs 12/8, halfbre'd wetfter lambs 9/6, cull merino wethers 9/10 "to 10/-1 Stud merinos:—Two-shear ewes 2] gs. to sgs.,' three-shear ewes Hgs. to 4gs., four-shear ewes 1-lgs., five-shear ewes ligs. to 2gs., 'stud rams sgs. to 7gs., flock rams ligs. to 2£gs., ram lambs 17/6; flock e'w.es," two-t6oth 22/6, fourtooth 29/6'/, six-toothl 27/3, eight-tooth 27/2, five-y;ear;old 13/9, English Leicester rams to' Lincoln rams to 4gs.