LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 6

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Messrs. Swainson and Bovan, Ltd.,, Levin, roport n's follows their wool, skin, <pid' hide sale yesterday:rrA large catalogue'was.offered, comprising 1150 sheepskins, 350 hides, f,adges wool,' and'6'casks. of'tallow. Bidding-was not brisk, but prices wero on :a' par' with -late ratbs,':.. Hi'deis—Medium ox, '4|d4;;Hght; :4{d.; coiys, medium, 3Jd..to 3Jd.j light, ; .3d. to 3{d.; cut'aad slippy, ',2di'to' 2!id.y calf, 4Jd. to 4Jd. •Tallow)' 10s". in casks;'-16s.' per'owt.i in tins. Horns, 7s.'; cow tips, 9d.\ AVool—Flecce,'sid. to 6d.;.dead„ i-d. to '4Jd. ; 'locks and- pieces, 2d. to 3sd. Sheepskins-rFull wqolled .crossbreds, Sjd. j' lambs,. Id. to 4}d.;' dead," 3d. , : iof ijd. Polts, Is'., Is. 3d.-,' Is. G'd., to' Is. 9d.; ;'6alted lambs' pelts, Is. .Sd..;.to Is. lOd. •

A sale of stock was'held by Messrs.' Hudson and Easther, Shannon, at Mr., W.- Galloway's last .Tuesday.' Cows, were sold' up to .£7 155.; a herd of. 28 averaged i/t 10s. Sow's with litters fetched up to ,£3 7e.' Cd.; stores, 13s. 6d. Heifers went at £2 3s.;.weaners,'at 13s.' One trap gelding, was bought for ifi26.. Everything was'r.old.< ■ '

(BT :TELEGBAPH-f-SEEBS AS3OOrATI6».), ; .'.■• CHp.iSTcirußcn,. January 8. . At the Addington livo-stock market'to-day there were fairly large entries of stock; aria a good attendance. Sheep were in good demand. 'Prime fat', lambs sold rat- lata ■ rates; beef was somowhat easier, .and ; pigs. : wero rather dull .of sale., Tlicro. was_ a fairly ..large entry of stbre sheep, the bulk; being lambs, and, as buyors from'the South were operating;. there'■. was' a "good. sale'. The entry; of fat. lambs was a fairly largo'. orie,- ! -but the quality was uneven, ' tho. majority being woll finished. • There ,was fair competition for export, and prime, lambs sold,up to late-rates, But other descriptions were easier. Tog's sold at 16s. Gd. to' ISs.; prime'.freezers, Ms.' fid. to 10s.; 'lighter,' 12s.' 6tf. to 145.; arid lis. to 12s. The entry of. fat sheep was ah averago one; . Tho supply of beef totalled. 283 head, of which there was only , a small proportion prime quality,' cows forming the greater part of the entry. ■ The sale was dragging, and priccs showed further reduction. Steers brought £6 ss. to .£10; heifers,' w£s 10s. to £!■ 15s. j and cows, ,£1 ss. to i 8 55.,. equal to 225. 6d. to-. 31s. for prime,- and 18s. to 225. for cows and medium steers per 1001b. A full yarding of veal calves sold at 3s. 6d. to; 40s. Thero was a medium entry of pigs, and fats wore easier, whilo stores sold at late rates. Baconers made'42s. to 60s. (equal to 4]d. to sd. per lb.), and porkers, 28s. to lAs. (equal to sd. to s{d. per lb.).

Dunedin, January 8. At tho Burnsido stock sales 2133 sh.cop were penned, of good quality,. Prices, on, account of tho. largo yarding, showed a decline of fully 2s. per head on Inst week's rates. The quotations aro as follow:—Best wethers, ,18s.; Od. to 20s. ; extra, to 225.; medium, 17a. to l"s. Gd.; inferior, 13s. Gd. to 14s. 3d.; best ewes, 17.V 0(1. to 18s.; extra, to 19s. Gd.; medium, 13s.'6d. to 155.; inferior, 9s. 6(1. to,, lis. Lambs: iflO penned. Prices showed a slight ndvanco. Bost,: 15s. to 17b.; extra, to li?s.; medium, ISs. 6d.' to lfs. (id.; inferior, lis. to 12s. Pigs: 120 varded.' Prices were on a par with those of last week. Suckers, 16s. to 205.; slips, 225. to 245.; stores, 275. to 315.; porkers, 40s. to 495.; light bafconers, 535. to 575.; heavy baconers,63b. to 745. C'attlc: 200 yarded. . The quality generally was good, but, on account of tho large yarding, prices were about 10s. per head easier. Best bullocks, .£9 105....t0 ,£lO 10s.; extra, to .£ll 17s. fid.; medium, .£S 7s. Gd. to J£9; inferior, .67 to £,' 155.; best cows and heifers, £i to JS7 155.; medium, .£6 to XG 10s. ; inferior, JU-Ss. to- £&•