LIVE STOCK SALE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 940, 6 October 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALE.

: Messrs.'" Dalgety and' Co., Ltd., - report sale, in, their. Taratahi .yards on\llohday: last,'' when they offered a .yarding ..well' abovo :numbers toi.a good and representative crowd;'; The ".'.report.-'-'states was' keen throughout/ and we are pleased to be abW to report a; total clearance. "We quote =as follows:—T?M; : .ewes, with lambs/13s. 4d.\to'l6s.;. empty ewes,',lis. Bd.'. to 13s. 6d.; hoggets, 12s. 9d. to 15s. Bd.; smaller hoggets, 7s- 6d.. to. 10s. One .extra, good : line of hoggets brought 17s.' 9d. Porkers; to. 16s. Cattle:. Springing -cows,. ,£7, J37, 2s.V6dJ',' to-'"£7-.^los:;,:pmnty".heifers, £3 : :8s;.to -£3'125.;-empty v cbws,."£3, :£3.'.Zs.;; : .twb-year-old-steers/.£3 155."; yearling steers, £2:19s;; one ' Ayrshire * crossvbull,' £8, one' Ayrshire' Jersey cross,': £8 15s.

'. Messrs.'' Dalgety■' andVOolji' Ltd.."- "report hiiving held a .'sale-on account of Mr. E. ■D. M'Kenzie : and:,other .vendors in' their .Kopuaranga., yards :on. Tuesday, 1 : when all -adyertised. .Same ...f.o.hHrd . .and ; met Vwith a- ;ready,. sale;; '■-* Quotations :—Hoggets, '135.; : empty ! ewes, * to; 10s." 10d.-; 'springing cows/ £5,. £5 10s„ £6 2s. 6d., to £8 2s.- 6d.; cows in milk,' £4. 2s. 6d. to £5; empty .heifer's,. to;£3.ios.; „yearling.;heifers, -£2 55.; yearling steers; £2.751; two-year-old steer's, £3 -15s.s, steer calves, 305.; three-year- steers, : £5. lis.;, one. Shorthorn bull, £6j. one-year-. ling;:bull, l £3;:-pigs,,-,tO;10's.-:6d.';';One.set. harrows, £2 2s. 6a. - . .''

, Messrs. SDalgety ■ and ,C6.,v Ltd., report having held;their:f6rtilighj,ly. sale, in",,their Masterton yards when only .a fair " yarding, of both ---sheep ' and', cattle 'earns'forward/; Quotations;— Sheet: Mixedsex hoggets, to 14s.'lid. A : line o£ 232 lull-' mouth owes, with black-face lambs at'foot, sold at 15s.' sd. ', Cattle Four-year' bullocks, ,tO'.£6}'■■ two■'off-steers,. to £4 55.;-'lB-months -eteers;. t0.:,£2 155.; forward cows, to £4 IDs.; one yearling bull, £4; one three-year •gelding,,, £8 12s. 6d.,^

Messrs. Dalgety :■ and.; Company, Limited, report:—At.-our Wanganui- sale yesterday •we ;had . a'.'Email , yardint'.,'of- sheep and cattle. : ; Sheep v were in keen demand, a ;clearanco ;■ being effected under .the hammer. Fats were. well .competed for, all •lines [changing hands at. prices in .vendors' Cattle.'maintained'late rates. "Wo, quote:—Mixed fat ewes and- .wethers, £1 os. 3d.;"-tat : ewes,- 10s. 6d. to IBs. lid.;, shorn do.; : -13s. - Id.; shorn two-tooths, lis. 3d.; mixed-age"''ewe's; .with -100-per 'cent, lambs,' 165...8 di; ewe hoggets, 15s: 9d.'; mixed hoggets, small,. 13s. Id.; forward-conditioned ewes,',lss. 6d. :-Cattle: Four-year bullocks, £6 12s.' 6d.; three-year do,. £5 13s. 6d.;, twoyear.-' steers, £4 to,:£4: Bs. 6d.;.. yearling do., £3;-run', cows," £4;2s;'6di; yearling heifeva, cross, £3 lis."; -others,. £3 15s. ,6d.; dairy cows, t-o'£s." '• ' - '■

■ ■ Messrs. ' Dalgety - and Company, Limited (Palmerston North .branch) report on tlicir .Hunterville''sale; held-on October 4\as;follows:—A small yarding, of both sheep and cattle <: cameto hand;•' which sold as-fol-. lows:—Sheep: -Mixed, hoggets,. small, to' 13b.*. 7d.; good ,'wether hoggets, to 14s.v lOd. , Cattle Yearling heifers; to £2 155.; twoyear Jieifers,'. to £4- Is..;;:springing .heifers, to t0.£6125. 6d. /;.

'. Messrs. : Abraham and '•'Williams, Ltd.,report on their. Johnsonville sale as follows:—We offered a heavy, yarding of cattle: to a large attendarice.^ol, 'buyers. Cattle ■sold at ruling rates,-but.sheep .were quite 2b. per head 'easier, owing to' the large number 'available in "the country. We quote:—Prime bullocks', £10: 2a. 6d. to £10 15s.;.medium-weightß, £9 7s.' 6d. to £9 155.; Slighter, '£8 , 7s.' 6d: :tb:: £8 17s.*'6a.; prime 'wethers, 226./ 6d. to. 27a:; lighter, £1 Cs. primo, ewes, jl9s. 4d. to £1 Os. lOd.; medium, 10d.; prime heavy, ewes, ,225. to 225. . Gd.; 17s. lid.; lambs, 13s. to 14s.

THE SALES AT . ABDDTGTON. '. ' (By T?eleeraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchurch, October 5. At Addington'.to-day. there'werc moderate entries of stock, aiid a good attendance. Fat, cattle , were firm at late rates, and storo hoggets sold. well,, but ewes , and lambs were not in suoh good demand.'Fat lambs showed a sharp rise in values, and fat sheep opened firm .at the previous week's rates. Pigs were/in'good demand. Prices for ( both . storo , and - dairy., cattle were easier. . The entry -for store: sheep was: not-.quite equal to last ■ week's in fioirit of numbers, and was. made-up chiefy; of . hoggets and ewes arid. lamb. There 'was a keen demand for the hoggets, but the continued dry ' weather affected the sale of the ewes and lambs, and they were dsposed of at below late rates.

, 'Ewe hoggets sold. up. to 455. 9d.; wether hoggets, -.to' 13s. 6d. :' T mix^d. sexes, to' 13s. 6d;; small wetlier hoggets, to 95..'.9d,j aged ewes and lambs, :7s. 9d. to Bs.; soundmouth, ewes, and lambs,49s. 9d., all counted. Tho entry of fat lambs- totalled 137, or

rather less than the entry last week. The quality was-good,-and there was a sharp advance in prices, best sorts making 15s. to 18s. 3d., and smaller Us. to 14s. 6d. Tho yarding of fat sheep was a comparatively small one, and the Quality was hardly so good as was the. ease on the. previous week, It consisted' mainly of crossbredand halfbred wethers, with an odd line of ewes and merino wethers, there being more of the latter than has been .the case of late. The market opened under keen competition, at prices fully up to the level of. last week's rates, and in some cases over the range of prices. Prime wethers, o i S ' to Ms. 3d.; extra, to 335.; lighter, 15s. Bd. ■ to. 205.; prime-.ewes, 19s. 3d. to 255.. 3d.; other, 13s. lid., to 195.; hoggots, 15s. Id. to r ... • Prime merino ' wethers, 15s. lla. to 21s.

The. supply of beef totalled 182 head,' or about the same as on the previous' week, but the quality showed a falling off.. The demand, however, was keen, and late rates '•were'firmly maintained. Steers made £6 ■fd-'-.tp-£l4 ,155.; heifers, £5 10s. and £10 7s. . 6d.; cows, £4 15s. to £11 ss. Tho rates'were-30s. to 335., and in some cases to 355. per 1001b. for. prime;. second quality,. 295.; and' inferior, 265.' to *285.. A large yarding of veal calves-sold at a decline of ss. per head in consequence, of an oversupply, the prices ranging from 49. to 405., and. up to £4 for yearlings. Store cattle were dull of sale on' account' of the dry. 'jvea-ther, and prices were, easier. Yearlings made 30s.'to 445. 6d.; two-year steers and heifers. £4- 10s.; dry..cows, £2 10s! and £4 ss. Dairy iiows were -also easier;'and' several ,of the best were passed... Prices forged -from £2 10s_. to ,£8 12s. 6d.' . The yarding.of pigs'was an'average one. Prime ■ baconers .were in specially good demand,. and porkers also sold well, but .stores were dull' of- sale, a large supply being on offer. Heavy baconers made 48s. to 605., and lighter 425; 'to . 475., equal to 4Jd. per, lb.; larger porkers. 38s. to 415., and lighter 28s.\ to 375.'6 d.; equal to 43d. jier lb.; large' stores,/18s.' to 225... 6d.; smaller, 14s. . to ; ; 17s. - 6d.; ,weanerß, ss. 6d. .to 9S. -/■ v ■ . ■: .