LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 530, 10 June 1909, Page 8

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

- LIVE STOCK SALES. •Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Masterton stock .sale,: held, on .Wednesday, as follows:—We offered an average yarding in both sheep and cattle. The qualityof the: sheep yarded, for the most part, was only : medium, ; and consequently bidding wa's 1 not very brisk. We, howeTer, quitted the bulk of the yarding before the end of the day. ' la, cattle wo offered a good yarding of useful sorts, and prices , were . on a par witli late sales. We qrioto:—Sheep: fat ewes, 10s. 3d.-to 12s. Bd. for an extra prime line of maiden'ewes; forward empty ewes, 7s. lid. to Bs.; 2-tooth wethers, 10s. 7d. to lis.' 6d. s 4-tooth wethers, good, 12s. 9d.; ewes in lamb (medium), 9s. lOd. to lis. Bd.; poorer sorts, 6s. to 7s. Id. Cattle:-fat cows (ipedium), .£3 to £3 155.: fat heifers, .£3 15s. to «£4 55.; store cows, £2 2s. Cd.yto .£2 35.; weaners, ,19s.'to 25s.cows in calf, £2 lis.- to .£'3; grown bullocks,'. .£4: lGs. to £5 165.; 3-year-old steers, ill 9s. to .£4 lis.; 18-months to 2-year steers, £2 13s. to X 3 7s. 6d.

'. (BT TEIBGBAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATION.) ! 'S Christchurch, June 9. At Addington live stock market-to-day there was a fairly large entry of stock and a good attendance. Pat cattle showed a further rise. Store sheep sold well. Fat lambs were a little firmer, and; fat.sheep were weaker. In consequence of the .heavy entry, pigs of all classes showed -an' easier tendency. • The yarding of store sheep was about up to lost week's in numbers, and was mainly- composed of hoggets and ewes, with "a few lines of ; wethers. There was. - a very good demand in consequence of, the continued iiae weather,\ and all descriptions sold at the .late: level of prices. Good' half bred''hoggets, mixed! sexes, 6old up to' 13s.;'average lines of mixed 6exes, . 9s. to 105.'6 d.; forward wether hoggets,_lo lis.; good sound-mouth merino.ewes in.lamb; 9s. 6d.; sound-mouth crossbred owes, in good condition, 12s. to 12s. 6d.; aged ewes, 10s.- to lis.; forward wethers, to'l2s.- 6d.; others, .10s. to lis. !.. There_was again a large entry, of fat .lambs, and the'quality as a whole was. good. Export buyers were operating freely, though the market was not quite so firm, especially towards' the close of the sale. -Prices, however, showed little change from last week. The general range for prime freezers was 12s. :to"13s;-8d.; heavier weights, Hs. to 15s. Id.;, and light sorts, 10s. to Us. 6d. ■ There, was -a-vvery 1 heavy yarding .of - fat sheep, some l of' the- store' pens having to be utilised. 'There was not very keen competition for wethers' for export,' and prices showed aneasier tendency. Prime- fat ewes opened •at about last week's rates, but owing to tho heavy supply there was a decline: liter on, and all classes showed a drop in prices. Prime wethers made lis: to 16s. Gd.; extra, to 175.; lighter, lis. Id. to 13s. lOd.; primo'ewes, lis Gd. to 13s. id.; medium, 9s. 6a. .to Us.; aged,-: 7s.'. 6d. to 9s. ;.merino wethers, 9s. Gd.

, The,yarding of fat' cattle, totalled 238 head, ] and was mostly of good quality, steers forming •fho larger proportion.' .There: was. improved competition, - andprices showed:■ a',.'furtherVrise, of about Is;' per 1001b.. Steers sold at j£6 • 10s; to. £11.75.* 6d.'; heifers, J&'.to Jos.|. and cows, £i 10s. ;to J!8, equal to 21s. 6d. to 235. for prime, 19s. Gd. tq 21s. for medium, and 18s. to 19s. for cow and inferior, per 1001b. There was an ,average yarding of veal calves, and they sold at 4s.'Gd. to' £3, according to size and quality. : . Thero, was: a small, entry'.of store cattle, and yearlings; sold' at 'IBs.fifteen to eighteen-montlis, twb:year;h6ifers,jE2;anddry .cows, 20s. to X3'l2s. 6d.' . . V, Dairy cows 6old at >£3 ss:'to .£lo.;' , ' Pigs were entered in'smaller numbers than usual, and tlie demand for all classes*"was rather slack, and prices; were a little easier. Choppers sold.up to £i 55.; large baconers, 565./ , .to-,625.; smaller, to 535. ; large porkers,' 40s. to 445. Gd.; smaller, 325. tO'3Bs. '(e<iual to |53d. to Gd. per lb.); largo stores,' 30s. -to'36s. • smaller, 20s. to 25s.; ; and 'weaners, 10s. fid. t\ Us.*;'" ;' ■. . 7 ;■...

;y GRAIN MARKET.; . " ' . '■ Dunedin, June 9. There 'is little or no change to report in the position of the . wheat market, , the few sales effected being put through at about late rates. Prime, milling, 4s. Id. to 45..'2 d.; medium, to good, 35., lid. to 4s. whole clean fowl wheat, Ss. 9d. to 3s. 10(1.; medium, 3s. Gd. to 3s. ,Bd. v Oats.—A' moderate' demand exists for prime "bright". sorts, but discoloured lias much less attention. Heavy A grade Gartons, Is. 7d. to Is. Bd.; do. sparrowljills, 15.;,6d. to Is. 7d.; Lgood -to ..best feed, :lsw 5d;.;-to.lsV:'Gcl.; inferior to-medium, Is. Id. 'to Id; :V v :