LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs.rDalgety • and; Company,'. Ltd., report...having licla , theiri/'Woneanui sale yesterday.: ..Tho report statesHivfe.yarded altiO ■ sheep. and . &j, cattle.' .The bulk -; of the .'sheepyarded' < were full-mouth, ewes of rough, quality' and low condition.'. Bidding was quieter than , of. late - for sheep, but we effected, a eood,clearance, thougn prices, showed a downward" tendency. Oat-, tlo wore in good demand. We auote:— Two-tooth'■ ewes,. 12s. • 4d. to. 12s. -7d. ; ■ fourtooth. to; f.f.m.. ewes,; 12si; mixed-aee ewes, 10s. to JOe., 2d.; four - and . five-year owes, 8a„ • Bs. 6d.,. ; to. 9s. id.; f.f.m:. ewea, good, 12a. 6d.;; full-mouth,ewes,' 3s. 10d., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss;'. 4dii fat and:forward ewes, 9s. Id.; ■iat. wethers, 13s. Sd.j mixed fat sheep, 12s. 6d.;-two-tooth; wethers,. 10s. 6d. to lls. 7d.j small lambs, 6s. 4d. two-tooth-' Southdown rams, : s : to 51 guineas; two-tooth aomney rams,. 2 "to'2J .guineas; six-tooth to f.m. ;Bomneyrrams, .11, I},. to 21 guineas: old rams, BSn, 10s., lie;, t0,155. .Oattle: Good two", and. a .half-year ..steers, ;.£4 14b.; '18montll .do., £3 76.'; springing heilers, .£4 to £6;. two-year heifers,- £3';. fat' cows, £3 18s.-.' fid.;. weaner" heifers, 3Qs. 1 1 .' "

.Messrs. Dalgety •• and ; Company, -Limited, report hating hold.'their usual fortnightly Bale, at their -AVaipoti'a yards ' yesterday. Sheep came in- considerably over! advertised numbers. There was-a good attendance of farmers and - graders, and the firm', was successful.;in quitting all -.-its sheep, with the exception of a small line of wethers. As is . usual at this' time of the .year' a' great .number of aged owes aTe ciming- forward for. sale, and the yarding, resterday comprised" a fair number of such sheep... Uuring ■ tho- past lew weeks scllors'; reserves on,such- aged.,ewes were too/high to: permit', of-'much business l pass ; ' ihg, but ypsterday . buyers' and sellers were more,-in■ accord, -and' all- lines offered changed'hands' iit fair rates'. For some time to'' come' the firm anticipates -that a fair - number of old owes will bo on tho market; and it would facilitate -business -if ■ settlers who have to dispose of; Buch sheen would- not . hamper l the. : auctioneers = with high reserves- For. aged ewes,-with fair mouths, fltn for ripo. feeding, there are plenty of buyers,, and sellers woiffd probably do well to , accept. prices ■at present ruling. Tho demand for lambs of all classes was! good, although' prices were a shade easier.. Wethers were, also inq.uired for,-but'no first-class lines' wore' yarded. Quotations are as follow:—Aged- ewes - (fair mouths), from 65. : 3d., to 7s. 9d.; inferior, from 3s. Id. to ss. Cd.; sound-mouth breeding owes, from. Bb. 6d. to 'Bb.' Bd.; four and six-tootli ewes, : 12s. Bd.; two-tootli ewes (small), 103. 9d.; lanlbs, good woolly,'from' Bs. .to-Bs. 6d.; shorn lambs (good), 6a. lOd. to 75., 2d:; fair shorn lambs, 4s. 3d; to ss. 5d.; .inferior,, 25.;. 6d.-, to 3s. Id.; wethers, two-tooths (fair), 10s. 4d;; small, Bs. 3d. A good line-6f/two:tooth'-wethors sold at'lis. 7d,j fat'. ewes, 10a,' lid.' A fair-number of rams wore'in. for. sale, and anything-good, offering riiado . full market rates., Tho yarding of cattle was .small. . Empty store cows made £2 15s. to £2 17s. 6d.

- Mossrs. Dalgoty, and Company, Limited, Blenheim, report holding 1 their weekly stock sale: at. Seddon,- whon : thoy -'offered a yarding ~consisting oi.-ivoo sheen and lambi,; a-:number of rams aud cattle, and also a large .assortment of faxin -implements, The attendance was. large, aod

biuthfcg' very brisk, resulting; in almost a complete clearance.; It w*e. £ne. best sale of the .Boason, and prices' were , well maintftined.. 'Ewes, fat, 75.,6d. 1 .105i, and 10s. Id.; .two-tooth,; 95.."4 d. ,to' 13s. 6d.-; eight-tooth halfbred,- 9s. -10d.; s'.m; halfbred,-10a. ■ 7d.; f.m..halfbred,:'4s. 3d.i,merino, 2s.i.wethers, fat, ss.;'two-tooth'wethers,"Ba.- 7d.',to 10s.* Id.; •lambs,-,m;s.,';ss.' Id. to*Bsi ld;j- rams, one-shear halfbred,- £1 Is. Cattle: Cow' and calf, £4;. cow, £4; steer and heifer, £4.

Messrs. Abraham' and Williams, Ltd."; report on their Johnsonville sale' yesterday as 'follows:—We. had. a. foil .'yarding, of prime beef and sheep, and sold- every pen at late rates. -,We Quote i-Best. bullocks, £8.55.- to £8 7a,. 6d.,- lighter,'- £7 12s. 6d.. £7 155., to £7 17si 6d.,vmedium,-£7 7s.' fid*: light, unsuitable, £6 15s. to £7; heifers,-£5 15 s,} best .'wethers, 14s.', 7d.; medium, 13s. 6d.'; best eWes, lis:- 10d., ,125., to 12s/.6d.;: plain do.', 9s; '2d.; • woolly'lambs, 'lie. 6d. ■to; Us. 9d.; . shorn , lamb,: 95." 3d.. 9s. 6d. tO 10S. ' '• V•' '

- ifly Teioffraph.—^Press,;Association.)'' / . ; Dunodln, February 23. . ; At the .Burnside stock-market there was an - exceptionally ? small yarding- of > ;fat cattle, only. 78 being penned. ' ■ Butchers did not • require , many,; but - prices rose from lus.'to 15s. per head,--owing -to the short-age.'.Best-bullocks made from £9, to £10; extra, to'£ll 2a'. 6di;■'mediuia' to good, £7 10s; to £8 10s.; light,- £6 tO.£7; best cows and;heifers, to £7-75. : .6 d.;. light, £5 lOs. to £6 -105..--. fat.-sheep:' There was' a small yarding'-of 1800, consisting chiefly, of oid owes,-but only a'few pens of prime Good-;,weuiers./showed an-.advance'. ofr'-.lB". . flor • head,';.while -.ewes were" much' tho" Bamo as Jast:,week. ; : ';Best; wethers made from lsg. tO,- 103. .fid.;; extra; 1 to 17s;. .3d.';' medium , to pood; 13s. to 14i'6d.; licbt; lis.,6d; : ton3s.i best', ewes,'; 12s. to -12a: 9d.; medium, ..ICa. to Us.' fid.-.'.light'.and inferior; S&.'i 6d. to. Bs.' 6'd.: Somd 3350' fat lambs'were' penned, of'which more 'than tho','usual*",proportion- consisted ,of'stores;-of'inferior Quality. c Prices all roundvßhdw'ed' y av deblino of.about fitl.' per 'head.-; 'Best" made 13s. 'to ■ 145.; : extra, to • i l4s. n ,,6d.i' .;medium. i, to. .goOd,': lls. ; -fid/ to • 125.'.; fid..light" and; store's. ;Bs.'/ ; 3d// 10s'. About .SO piga .were, penned; "ohiefly "porkers '.and -baconers.v' -Small- pigs' - 'were in- short -supply," and realised -slightly bettor - prices than. last .weok. '.iSuckersi :95., fid. to '-12a. fid.;; .slips, 7 125. -6d. ; : to ; 16a.';storos, -165.;.t0 195.; -porkers,"/JOs. 11 : to 325. 6d.; light baconer3, :365.-•to';3Bs.V;hcavy; , db;^ : :45si'|'r«