LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

i il[essrs.-, Dalgety^and % 'Cb.(ij:i/td;; '. report -their?'.Tnonthly "-Btocl: ,sale- yeeterdayV".."The.r3 ; ardihg"was ; larger ;than-. for : months ■ past, .and prices ■ were on- a par' .ivith''late: rates '■ for sheep,' but cattle .>showed a sharp riEC, ! and ; realised high-prices. :.,Quotations:—Prime Vernon wethers, :24s.;i.others, :215.; t0.'225.; ■ shorn Marshland ■■■wethers,, ; 145..5:11 d.; '.wethers, , 11s.' 3d.; mixed ■ sex'. ; hoggets, ■ 12s. 6d:'.to: 145.; voaler calvesj!7s.v6d.,to 295; ; 6d.; '2-year-pld'' isteers; ;£6 IPgI ; ! '2-yesr-old,heifers,' , £5,135.'-to £7;118-mbnths :heifers,' £5 135.; .Steers," '£4 95.; yearlings,...£3. 75.; fati. hei- ■ f< , rs,;.£Bj pldcows, £4;;bu!l, 355;; trap mare; -£o.- :. :> ;'-ri\ -.-■*';i ,r -:-'- 1 ' , , : -'. : ■ ~ '

i:.;M;cssre. i'DaJgetii' and, Co.; Ltd.; , report ifUnne-TieW their.usual'Etook.sak.at Wai-' pulturau/when'they -offered-: 1600' sheen to: 'a good, attendance (of., buyers.. .•■ They" gnot« a? follows:—P.m.' ewes; ./.witi. 50. ijer. cent. : :lamba'.at.foot, ;i 9s.;' mixed'.'aged- ewes, with 100 .per cent, lambs',; 6d.;, Cμ!!, JioßKets, 75.-- 9d.;'-medium'■ miied. sex hogErets. 10s. Zd.i wether > hoggets," lls. , ■ Id.; mixed sex woolly.' hoggets,;;-. 125.. 9d.; ewo:■■'.hoggets, ■800d,.4f5. 7d.': ; .'.;;,:: ;■.'-'■':'-■;.'. :.-.:■. '';,:■:',: : v.MeSsrs. Abra,ham.\aiid , W'illiamß, iitdi,. report, on their Jqhnsonvillo: sale. aG follows: —A good yaTding, , of prime bullocks rand sheep.,.came, and' sold -:at ; late rates.' , ;. .Primq;,;buUocl£S. , , f J£lo:ia, £10 155.;. medium ■■ bullocks,.' ;£9' 12s:- 6d* ..-ito:- £9 • 15s.;' 'lighter,' £9 to ,M 17s. 6d.; iprimb wethers,' 24s;;,:p1nin. .wethers,.'; £l;.. prime vewes,.Z2s. 6d. to 23s.;':'inediuiri:ewes,"19e. 'to £1;. plain ewes,; 175..-: lid. :j extra ' primo - lambs,' 155.; Rood lambs, 125.--,6 d. to 135.;: small,. 9s. fid. :t0.118.,:.:Vv-- : ■,\y.y<;- :.. ■: ; v :.;;THBi SALES' AT'.'ADDiNQTON.' ". ''. v ; ;'^(lsy;:Teleßraph,^PrcEs: A Assqciation.) ', ;. >.;■■■ V '... A;, : :Cliflstchuroh, October:i2.-..'-.VAddington Live'Stock.'MarlietV.There was ;a good■'attendance; tq-day.,iand there were ■larger entries -in , -several deiiArtmonts-.than of, late. :• On. this account:,the prices of •fat cattle; and , /sheep .showed a , short de-; cline.:.'. Fat !ambß',&old well,, as did .'store , ;npßget'Sj•• but pigs'. \ "showed 'little. or, no :change in; price.; ..Store..and dairy.- cattle ,'Were . in::.only i moderate demand;. : There :was a : small : yarding: qf store sheep, chiefly ■hoggets,'with va'-few,' pens . of ewes and lambs and wethere.: ,The demand fqr.'.liQKgets, especially ;.ewes, showed eorn'o im-, provement,; aud .wether ' hoggets : alsq Bold well. »;-The :fing<3; of, tiricesi-was:—Ewe- lior- . B«ts, 15s. tolCs. 3d, ;'koo(l.wether lioKcets, 13s. to 135..;;4dd.;. small and inferior do., 95.'..1 d. to 10b. 6d. ~Wethers' sold well, a forward line-'malunß 17e.'; 'a, medium," 14a. ■ id;; .merino''wothorS...in': the: wool;' Ss". rlld!; ■f.m.;. ewes and 'tombs,"7s: ■6d..';:":6.m. do., 10a. Id., all , counted;-dry- ewes, in the wool,. 9a. ,7d.-.There was an entry of 207 fat lambs—the ■' largest number-■ this season —and,■ -thqught;most oL-lth'ein>wero well, grown' and 'finisTie'd, 'there'were , several' , lots inbackward condition.; opened easier, but afterwards imprqved: auito up' toi-the■ previous- wcek-'tfi levels 'Best lambs made. 15s. ,toV 18/Csd-; '105.,t0 Ks. 9d. THo: yarding: of; fat. sheen was' the lareest since tho factqrios closed," and the , supply ; wa_s.. consequently .beyond"..'.butchers' requirements. ; - There■ was a fair; proportion of.; prime eheep,•.■'.but..the_u.ba!ance. were .mostly unfinished.'; ..ThercswM r a number of lines of shorn, slieep many of..these ..were .little:. bettoiMhan .stores/ Several .lots were with euch ailarge supply,: competition: wag , naturally, less keen. Prices, consequently, sufferod a.decline, ih'somp cases it was considered as much as'2s. and 3s. per headi but, on '.'.the average, it was probably. Is. to 25., and about 700 head were passed qn tho unsold. -The, range o£ prices .was:—Prime wethers,'2os.;.to 253rrligliterrWs. 3d. tb IDs, 6i.; shorii':wethers. ,145.-id...to 205.; jirimo ewes, 18s. to-23s;Id;■extra , .'to 265.; others, 13s. Bd. to 17s. 6a.'; shorn ewes, 13s. 9d. to 15s.' 6d;;. prime merino wethers, 15s. 6d. to 205.; others, Hβ. 6d.\ to ' 14s; '■ 6d.; merino ewes, 6a. ■ Sd.J to Us., 6d. ■■•;. :. : ■. Thore'wa's'a large yarding of fat" cattle, totalling 303 hend, and this included several ;iines-from .tho North Island, tho latter representlng-.the best ocality- in the yarde. Tlio increased; in a sharp , declino- in-values (aboiitr'2e».pcr lOO'.b. for prime, and ss. to .6s. pe.r,'-lM!b., in. some caafe, for cow and' ijiferior' beef). ' Steers made £5,75. 6d. to- £15 ss.;oheifers,'• £i 15s. to'£l2 10s.; and cows.' ; f s4 3,25. 6d. to 10s. sd.'. (erjuftl,':,to: ,275. :;t6-^3os.',for",-, prime, aurt 19s. to 2Je.:6d. for: cow and • inferior, beef peri 1001b). , "A"line'of 25 fit'eerrfrom Wansanui'made £13'i5's,■ to ilClOs.-.- A large yardine of"veal.vcalves ; .mado <to." 6d. to 505., .and y.ea.rlings,'to'-£4 _ 15s;; Tho yardine or store,cattle was ,a:mixodi,onqir.and mo6t of the , stock y,-as'in , low condition... Tho do mand wne'only rtbdprat<i.'7"'yearlings, 50s. to 465. i 15 to 18-months, to- .£5 9,5.; twoyear steers, to £4; fbur : ycar-'steers, ia low condition, £6 10s.; dry cows, £2 10s. aiid £4 13s. Dairy cows, which wero mostly of poor , . Quality, brought '£3" ss. to £8 IDs. ■ An average yarding of pigs showed iittlo. d»clino in .values. Choppers' sold up to 605.;-heavy: baconcTS, 5Zs. +o 60s. 6d.; lighter, 40s. to 505. : (equal, to 4Jd por !b.). Lame norkei's, 31s. to 375. 6d.: smaller, 265.. to 30s. (eo.ii.il. to 4}d. to 45d.''ner lb.). Larso stores, 20s. to-245.; medium, 14s. to 195.; wcaners, 4s. to 7s. • .';... BURNSIDE SALES. ■ : ; (By . Telegraph.—Press. Association.) '. ■'. :,. • Diinodin, October 12. ' Burnsido stock, market;— Fat Cattle; 193 I yarded, but, as of late, the quality was disappointing, and prices, wero hardly , up

to last-week's rates. Best bullocks, up to £14-53.;-good, £12 to -*-13 10s.; medium, £9 to £11 10a.; bast heifers, to £11 10s.-; medium, £7 10s. -to £9 10s. Fat Sheep: 2742 yarded. These met- with a good ealc, but prices, on the whole, wore about Is. lower than last week's rates'. A few extra theory show sheep sold up to 41s. 6d.; 'prime wethers, 235.- to 275. 6d.; good, 21s. 6d.' to 235.; medium, 18s. to 205.; bor A owes, to 245. 6d.; medium, 17s. to 21s. Fat uanibs: '58 penned, these selling at about last week's prices. l Pigs: 250 penned. Owing to an exceptionally large yardng, aaid a Email attendance,' prices for'young pigs wore lower ; by 4s. to 56. than last week's rates. .