LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 952, 20 October 1910, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

llessre. Dalgety and C 0.,. Ltd.-: held their monthly sale at. Waikanae on! Tuesday. Only , a small yarding of sheep, came, forward, but there was-, a good yarding of cattle. Quotations:—Sheep: .Hoggets, Us. Oattle: Three-year'steers, £5 ss. to-£5 75.; eighteen-months and two-year steers, £3 65.; fat cows, £5 2s. 6d.; twelve to fifteenmonths steers, ;£2 to £3 Bs.; cows' : and calves, £3 2s. 6d;; dairy cows, £6 75.,, £5 10s., £6 125.: 6d.; ' five-year bulls, £4,55.

Messrs. Dalgety .and Co., Ltd.,. report At'our Wanganui sale yesterday we yard-, ed 850 sheep 'and 200 cattle. Fat sheep were somewhat' quieter. of sale than - of; late," but all 1 other, classes were in-good demand... Cattle , were -well, .competed for, tho demand, for- good- young steers being particularly keen.-.: We quote:—Fait ewes, ,17s. 6d., 18s. ; 10d., to, £1; full-mouth ewes, with 100 lambs, 15s.;' 165. ; 4d., 18s. to 19s. 5d.; cull hoggets, 65.-lid.; store ewes, 125.-2 d.: 125. : 6d., to'. 135.; two-year steers/ £4-798. 6d. to .£4 .10s.; eighteen-months do., £3 315.;. yearling do., £3 s£. 6d. ; weaner do., £2' ss:; Polled Angus cross yearline - heifers, £} 10s;;. twenty-months dairy-bred' heifers,' £3 17s. 6d.; store -cows,' £3' 145.; two-year Jersey' bull, £9 195.; yearling grade-do., .£4 10s. ;'yearling bulls, £3 155., : .54,' to v . £4. lis.;' aged bulls, to. £3 15s. •

■ ' Messrs. Dalgety atad, Company, Limited, report liaving held, their fortnightly sale' in .the Waipoua :Yards, yesterday., There was a good attendance of .buyers fromall over;the. district ■",and .aleo buyers from Woodvilleand Palmerston North. "Competition was keen throughout, and the firm report' 'a- totil. clearance. The entries of . sheep comprised hoggets , and ewes, and the entry of. cattle, which comprised all. classes; also' met- with a ready sale. Quotations:—Hoggets, 15s. lOd. to 16s. 2d.; fat ewes,; :19s. 6d., *£1, to" 21s. Pigs: Slips'to 16s.' 6d.;,mixed. yearlings,.£2 16s. to £3 Is.; heifers, in calf,. £3,145., £4 45., £4 fs., £4 13s.' 6d., £5 lfe., to..'£6 Bs.;. cows to ,milk (poor condition),. .£2 18s:, £3, to £3 18s.; two-yeai-old .steers, £4 6s. to £4 13s. 6d.; two-year-old empty heifers to £3:11 a.; fat heifers, £4 to £5 15s: .

' Messrs. Abraham; and ■ Williams, Ltd., report' on their Johnsonvillo salej held yesterday, ,as ' follows:—Wo offered a good yarding: ofv:fine' slieep and cattle, which sold readily at late rates. Best bullocks, £10 2s. 6d.' to £10.55.; medium 'bullocks, £9 125. : . 6d.Y;to £9 .153..;: lighter, '£8 17s. 6d. to £9 ss/;. .light, ',£B;.:7s.' 6d:; prime wethers, 225. 3d.-to 255.; prime heavy owes, 235. Vd.; good fcwes, £1 toV2lb.; prime shorn-ewes, 15s. 2d.; extra prime' lambs, 15e." 4d.: prime lambs, .-14s. to 145.-'4 d.; lighter, 12s. 3d. to 13s. 3d. <' ■ . . i ■ ,

; ■ ;THK ADDIXGTOX SALES.; ' V,-. ■ I -■I (Byi.Telegraph;— Press Association.) ■ . .. Chrlstchurch, October 19. ■ ,-At -the Addington ealeyards to.-day there was a fairly'large yarding of stocli, and a.good.-attendance.-; Pat cattle - were .firmer, and store sheep also showed an im-' provement, but . fat r lambs .' were ; down 2s.' to' Zs. ; ,6d. > per head in consequence of a' large gentry. Pat,, sheep, showed practically .no ; change, in. values, but pigs mot with'a good demand for all classes. There were only 1200 store sheep yarded, about one;half being hoggets. For these there .was an .improved.' demand, and ; prices firmed-/about 6d.- per head. . Woolly weth-' ers'made' 17s; 4d. to Ud.'; shorn' wetlv-' ers,: lis.- '6d. to lis. 9d.; hoggets, mixed sexes,;l4s; 3d.; .wether hoggets,. 13s. 6d. to 145.; ewe hoggets to ;16s. 2d.; ewe's and lambs, Bs.' 6d., to 9s; 4d.'. all 'counted.' The. entry'- of fat. lambs totalled 389,; as against 207 , last -week, and the quality gener." i jf. 'was, better, with''a larger' supply. Competition : among the butchers ■ was less keen, -and prices, lower by 2s. to, 2s. ,6d. per head, and about 50 lambs were passed unsold, . Best'lambs made 13s. 6d.,t0 ilss. . 9d.;-_ lighter, 10s.. 6d. to 13s. . The entry of' fat sheep was, not quito ,so large as last wcek, ; ;'and was. 'of mixed quality. The market', opened; at 'about;.last week's. rate 3, but eased considerably' as the sale progressed, : aid the' presence of- the West Coast '.'buyers .assisted to .make the competition keener. The. shorn ,6heep were of better; quality than ■ last week, , and sold more readily..- The .range -of prices ..was: Prime. brothers,' 20s. to; 265. 6d.;' lighter; 165.. to 19s. 6d.;; shorn' 1 wethers, 125. : 6d. to 18a. • Id;; .prime ewes, 17s. 6d;; to ,225...3d;;, others;. 15s. sd. to 17s;; shorn ewes,, lis. 6d..;vto i'lss.;'hoggetsl 16s. 4d. ..to 18s. .2d.;; primol-'merlho- ; weth'ers; >155.; to 19s. -,7&i, others,. 14s. 6d. • ..... ; , 1 •

The yarding of fat cattlo totalled 217,, or.:about 100 less than last week, and included' some exceptionally prime lines, especially tho .draft from: Mount Palm Station. There was more life in the competition, andprices 1 , were firmer by about Is. per .1001b. Several lots were passed, including? consignments from 1 the ■ North Is--land. : Steers made £5 15s;. to - £11,-v. and extra :to £14 :55.; heifers, £5 ,ss. to £10;' and extra, to £12; cows, £5 ss. to £8 10s., and extra, to £9,. equal to 28s. to 31s. for primei:hahdy:Weights, 255.' to- 275.; 6d; formedium,' and -20s. "to 245.- M. for inferior per ,1001b.'" There ■•:was only a , small: yarding ;of :6torc cattle, the greater number being.'of indifferent:quality; but all'lines .met' with a free demand, although a few pens , : were ..passed.' Yearlings ..made to. 31a.; eighteen to,, twenty-months sorts, £2 175.. fid. ji two-year heifors, £3 ■ 55.; ,two-and-a>half-year steers, £5 .36.;. thTee-year steersi '£6 . ss;; ';three-year.:. heifers, £4 ' 10s.; dry cows, '£1 16s. to £4. Dairy cows made £3 10s. :tp ; ;£B, and'.exti-a to £10.

. Pigsr.hoth fats' and stores,- were entered in, fairly, large, numbers, -and all classes met with'a.good demand at.the previous .week's, rates; . Choppers sold, up to £3 10s.; weaners, 315.-to 585.; equal to 4id. per lb.;' porkers; 275. : .t0.385., equal to 4id. per lb.-; large storee,. 205.,t0,245.;. medium, 14s, to 19a.; weaners," 'ss;'' to lis.'. '■ ■ " "

- x.' BtIRSSIBE STOCK PEICES. :; . , (By Telegraph.—PreEs Aesociation.) . -."■"' 1 Dunedln, October. 19. . ■Burnside'stock market;— Fat cattle: 137 .yarded,;,a few pens being' of firstclass quality, and the. balance from medium to good; Well-finished sorts 6old up .to -.last week's' rates, but medium were a, shade easier. .Best bullocks made,'up t0.£17,55.; : good,'.-£l2 10s.; to £14 10s.; medium, £9 to £11 10s.; . best , heifers, £11 10s. ..to £12! 55.; medium, '£7: to: £9::'10s;' -' , A'.'..;'-',; . ',■ ;,

, .Pat sheep:' '2452 penned; "the bulk 'consisting of really, prime, wethers .with a fair sprinkling, of' good well-finßhed ewes.. It is doubtful if:the yarding has -been ; equal'-. led . this ■ season ■ for . all '.roundduality. Prime wether's,' 265. to 28s. 6d.; good) 225. to 245.; medium, 20s. .to 21s. 6d.; best ewes, 235. to 265.; good, 21s. to 225. 6d.. Lambs; 115 penned, tho quality -being good, and prices 25.-to-25. ; , 6d. higher .than last week. Best, 195.; to. 235,; medium, 16s. to 17s. (d.

Pigs; 216 penned. This 'was a laTge yarding, and, consequently,: there was only a dull sale. ' -' ■