LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 791, 14 April 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

llcssrs. Dalgety and Co. report having .hold their fortnightly stock sale at Waipukurau on Tuesday, when they offered 5000 sheep and a good yarding of cattle to a large attendance of buyers. Bidding was*.brisk for ewes and, wethers, but lanros wcro not keenly competed for. Quotations:—2, 4, and (-tooth ewes, in lamb, 7s. 9d. to 10s.; aged owes; 55.: lid.: lambs, from 2s. 9d. to 7s. 9d., according to quality; 2-tooth wethers, lis. &&■; 4 and 6tooth forward wethers, lis. Id. to 12s. 6d. Cattle: Fat cows, £5 ss. to. £5 75.; forward and 3-year steers. £6 19s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report as follows ou their Waikanao sale, held this week:—A good yarding of sheep and cattle met with a'ready sale, but no good lines of ewes were offered, the yarding being composed chiefly of lambs, all of which sold readily. Good'woolly lambs, 10s. 3d.: blackface shorn lambs, Bs.; medium woolly lambs, 7s. 3d.; small Jambs, 65.; good shorn lambs, Bs.; mixed fat shcop, 13s. 7d.: light heifers, £4 55.; medium fat cows. £4 165.; small weaners, £1; others, to £1 17s. 6d. , Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report:—At Waikanao yesterday we had a yarding of tSOO sheep. A good demand existed for all classes, and a satisfactory clearance -was mado at the undermentioned prices.. A' fair entry of cattle also met with a keen demand, and every lot was disposed •of under the hammer. Quotations:—2-tooth fat wethers, 1 155.; light fat wethers, 14s. 6d.; halfbred forward ffethers, 12s. to 12s. 6d.: forward ' ewes. Gs. 6d. to 93. 6d.; ewes in lamb, mixed acres. 10s. 4d.; fat and forward ewes, lis. 6d.: cull ewes, 55.; lambs, 6s. Bd. to 6s. lid. Fat bullocks, £8 Is.; 3-ycar steers, £5 45.: springing heifers. £5 to £6; heifers, in calf. £4 7s. 6d.; weaners, 255. 6d. to 275: 6d.: small weaners, 18s.; 15-months heifers, 385.: spring calving cows, £4 10s. to £5; wcaner pigs, 7s. 6d. . Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report as follows:—At Woodrlllo, on Monday, wo had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle, the latter comprising mostly weaners, which sold well. Wo mado a clearance of everything yarded, at cood values. At Pahiatua, on Tuesday, we yarded over 40CO sheep, a large number of which were wethers, for which we had strong competition. All classes of sheep met a good sale, and cleared the whole yarding, with the exception of one pen of aged ewes. Cattle were yarded ud to advertised numbers, and sold at late rates. Quotations:—At Woodville: 2 and 4tooth wethers, 12s. Id.; s.m. ewe 3 in lamb. Bs. 6d.; empty ewes. 6s. Bd.: medium lambs. 6s. 2d. to 6s. 6d.; small do., 4s. 6d.; springing heifers, £5 12s. 6d;; heifers iu calf. £3 7S. to £4 2s. 6d.;.g00d weaners, up to 345.; others, 19s. to 275. At Pahiatua: 2 and 4-tooth, wethers, in good condition, lis. lOd. to 135.; fair wethers, 10s. 2d. to lis.: small, 9s. 3d. to 9s. Bd.; good s.m. ewes in lamb, 12s. to 12s. 4d; others, 7s .lid. to 9s. 6d.; f.m. ewes in lamb. 5s 9d to 7s. 6d.: empty ewes (forward), Bs. to 9s. 3d.; store ewes, 4s. to 55.; good lambs, 6s. 9d. to 7s. Bd.; medium, 'ss. 3d. lo ss. 9d.; cull lambs. 35., to 4s. 3d.; fat cows (prime), £5 Is. to £6; others, £4 55.; store cows, 355.; empty cows, £3 2s. 6d.; 15-month steers, £2 10s.: springing heifers, £4 lis. to £5 55.; weaners, '355. 6d.

.-Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale, held yesterday,, as follows:—We ofl'ered a largo yarding of fine bullocks and sheep, which sold readily at recent rates. Bast bullocks, £8 7s. 6d. to £8 10s.: lighter, £8 to £8 55. ; ; plain, ■£7 155.; nlain cows. £3 13s to £4; prime wethers, 15s. 6d. to 16s. Id.: prime ewes, 13s. 6d.' to 14s. 3d.; medium. 12s. to 125. 6d.; woolly lamb 3, lis. 10d.: prime shorn do., 10s. 7d.: medium shorn do., 9s. to 95., 6d.; plain do.. 7s. 3d. to Bs.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00. report:—We held our monthly sale at Wnikanae yesterday, when we had a-fair yarding of sheen and cattle.' Sheen: Bidding lacked animation. Two and fourtooth wethor3 made 12s. 6d.: store lambs. Bs. 3d. Cattle: Bidding was spirited. Mixed ■wcauers made 355.; heifers, in calf, £3 ss.:' 16-month steers;- £3; other lots at late values. A quantity of sundries offered found 1 a, ready sale at good prices. (Br Tcloeranh.—Press Association.! . Christchurch, April 13. At the Addington yards there wa3 another, largo attendance. . Entries in sheep were again' very larse, store sheep and fats remaining about tho. came in numbers as at previous week's market. Fat lambs dropped a good deal as far as numbers were concerned. The yarding of cattle was about on a par with those brought forward at recent stock sales, and pijß penned were also about the .same. • Tho yarding of store sheep was again a' large one, although slightly belo\t\ that of recent markets. The yarding, consisted principally of ewes of all ages and grades and Iqmbs. Wethers were not in very large supply. There was good demand for tho latter class of sheep, and sales wero made at recent rates, but for ewes and lambs the.vprices'), littler dropping from 6d. to 9d. a head as. compared with last week's market. The ewes'offered wero generally of rather secondary quality, few really good young ewes being penned. Tho range of prices was:—Best ewes,- 12s. to 175.: others,'7s. lOd. to ■ 113.' 6d.; meriiio ewes, 3s. Bd.; wethers, 12s. 2d. to 165.; best lambs, lis. to 13s. 3d.; others, ss. to 10s. Gd. There was a largo decrease •in the number of fat lambs yarded, as compared with last sale, hen tho number was a record one of 14,300, but nevertheless tho entry was a largo one, there being 10,536 in the pens. The market was' distinctly easier, and prices declined, about 6d. .a'head all round, in: come cases dropping id. a lb? This weakening is put down to exporters, -who declined, to'advance to rates ruling at the last sale, .their action being partly attributable to recent cables from Homo and lack of accommodation at several freezing: works. The quality of the lambs penned also, was not quite up to tho standard set at previous sales, and some instan-ces of careless drafting would also be responsible for the lowering of prices of some, lines that might otherwise have fetched a higher rate. As the end of the season is approaching, however, it is only to bo expected that moro unevenness would bo found in tho lines'' yarded. The demand by butchers and local buyers was unchanged, l'rices ranged from Us. sd. to •17s. Bd. Tho passings are large, upwards of 3700 being' withdrawn at prices ranging from 10s. 6d. to- 14s. 9d.

There: was. a full yarding of fat sheep and good demand at late rates. Tho range of prices was:—Prime wethers, 163. to, 19s. 6d.; extra,, to 245. 9d;; others, 15s. to 15s. lOd.i primo owes, 13s. to 16s. 9d.; others, Bs. 3d. to 12s. 6d.; merino wethers,9s. 6d.; ewes, ss; Thcro were 311 head of fat cattle yarded, somo. of which were good oujjUtv animals. The sale was, taking in all round, rather a poor one. , The demand was without spirit, and large numbers of entries were passed in. As'no improvement manifested itself toward tho conclusion of the, sale, tho last pen or so was not offered at all. Tho sale throughout was disappointing and irregular, and prices fell a littlo 'below tho rates ruling at tho previous week's sale.' Prices for beef ranged from 18s. to 225. per 1001b., according to quality. Steers realised £7 to £10 2s. 6d.; heifers, £5 to £B;and dry cows. £4 17s. 6d.,t0 £8 12s. 6d. The yarding of fat calves was on a par with the markets,, and the demand was about tho average, little change being recorded. Tho range of prices was from 4s. 6d. to £2 17s. 6d:, extra quality bringing £4 The yarding of store cattle totalled rather more than that of the previous week's sale, and included some very useful sorts, especially in .two-year and two and a half-year-old heifers. There were also some very good dairy cows yarded. The demand was keen, and most of tho lots were quitted at prices that showed an advance on previous rates. The range of prices was as follows:—Yearlings, 2'Cs. to £1 13s. 6d.; 15 to 18-months eorts, £1 14s. to £2 ss. Id.; two-year-old steers, £3 2s. 6d. to £3 15s.- 6d.; two-year-old heifers. £2 17s. 6d.; two and' a 'half-year-old steers,' £4 Is. to £4 Bs.; three-year-old steers, £6 Is. to £6 55.; three-year-old heifers, £4 lis. 6d. to-£4 12b.; dry cows, £1 10s. to £4 Is.: dairy cows, £3 IDs., several at £9, nr.d £9 7s. 6d.; and best sorts,- up to £11 ss. There was a slightly smaller yarding of pigs, but fats were prominent; and prices remained firm. Choppers- realised £3 10s.; heavy baconers, 465. to 505.; extra, to 555.; and lighter sorts, 38s. to 445. (equal to 3Jd. to 33d. per lb.); large porkers brought 31s. to 575.; and lighter, 255. to 30s. (ooual to 4td. per lb.): storo pigs were in good supply, but the demand was vjeak. Best sorts made 225. to 275., and smaller 14s. to 215.; wcaners realised 4s. to Bs.,'tho latter price for extra good, pt'ss only. Dunodin, April 13. Burnside stock market: Fat cattle—lß7 head yarded, including but few heavy bullocks. Prices showed very little change from last week,.but the sale dragged somewhat towards the finish. Best bullocks, £9 10s. to £10: extra, to £10. 155.; medium, to good, £7 10s. to £8; light, £6 10s. to £7 10s.; best cows and heifers. £6 10a. to £7 10s.; extra, to £8,75. 6d.; medium to good. £5 to £6; light and inferior," £3. ss. to £4 10s. Fat Sheep: 2475. penned, principally, old ewes. There were very few pens'of prime wethers; owing to tho freezing wjrks refusing to stock at profeent. Freezing buyers consequently were not operating, nnd prices showed a big decline.- Wethers

dropped about Is. to If. Ctl. per head, and ewes fully 2a. Best wethers, 13s. C<l. to 165.: extra, to 175.: medium to Rood,, lis. 6d.. to 12s. 6d.: best owe.;, lis. 6d. to 12s. 6d.: extra, to 16s. 3d.; medium to good, 9s. to I.'s.; light, 4s. 6d. to ss. Fat Lambs: 1465 penned. There was no competition, except from butchers and Braziers, and prices dropped Is. to Is. 6d. per head. Host, 12s. to 13s. 6d.; extra, to Ms. 6d.; medium to good. 10s. to lis. 6d/ Pigs: Fully 200 penned, about three-quar-ters being suckers and slips. Prices showed a decline of about 2s. per head for young pigs, and toward the end of the sale, it was almost impossible to secure a bid. Suckers, 3s. 6d. to ss. (id.; slips. Bs. to 10s.; stores,' 12s. 6d. to 15s. £d.; porkers. 225. to 255.; light bacouers. 30s. to 355.: heavy, 10s. to 435.