LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1041, 2 February 1911, Page 7

LIVE STOCK SALES

<>_ Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Lid., report:— At our Murtou salo on Tuesday a fair entry caino to hand. but. owing to continued dry weather, the demand wa tnot ■ very keen. Quotations :-Cull lambs, to 4s. 3d.; cull ewes, to 35.; sound-mouth ewes, to 9s. lfa.; tat ewes, to 12s. sd. Viai: Slips, IDs. to lie. 6d. Mossre. DaVgety and Co. report:-At the Jtarton talo yesterday, owiai? to the c-ou-tiuucil dry weather, tti , . , demand was slow. There was a. fair entry. . Quotations:— Cull owes, to ,35.; cul! lauibe, to <s. 3d.; sound mouth owes, to 9s. ICtl,: i'at ewes, 12s. 5t1.; pigs, Blips, 10s. to l!s. td. Messrs. Abraham.and Williams, Ltd., report on their JohnsonvlUo soJo as follows: —Wo (ilfered a heavy vhrdimj of eheop and a good yarding of bullocks and" vcalera, which said at .'i'a' rates. Best ■•bullocks sold at £9 to ;., 7s. 6d.; ligUtcr, £8 7fl. 6d. to £3 10s.; light. £8 to £1) 2s. 6d.; vealeve, heavy, £2 16s. and 325. 6d. to 39a.; light, 19s. to 22*. Primo heavy wethers brought 16s. sd. to 175.; m'imo owes. Ms. 6d. m 14s. 10d.; medium wethers, 153. 6(1. to 15s. 6d.; medium ewes, 13s. 3d.-to 13s. 9i1. ; prime lambs, 12s. 6d. to 123. lCd.j plain, 10a. wl.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams; Ltd., report:—At tho Masterton sale we offered over ten 'thousand ehcep, including several very .nice'lines ofyoung'ewes. Tho bulk of the yarding comprised aged ewes in backward condition, a large number of failing mouths, and. also' seYeral'lols of store and cull lambs. For young era and good rapo lambs buEinees at auction was animated, and " tho. prices, all circumstances considered, niuct bo recorded as satisfactory. Tho Matahiwl 2-tooth ewes, were much admired, beiug well-grown shcop, in splendid condition, making Ws. 6d. to 14s. lCd. for a- Ir.e ehowitig well into the liomney, and 13s. 7d. for tho Lincoln owes. The aged ewes from Glenburn Station, good-conditioned, large-franied Romncy ewes, made 10s. to 10s. 7d., and must bo considered cheap at. that money to the purchaser. The Tablelands Station owes, of which cloco oir three thousand were yarded, showed unmistakable signs of tho dry season, and under igrcat pressure made Ss. 7d. to ?s. 9d., prices which can only bo described as being, greatly in favour of buyers. Fut ar.d forward owes sold at 11s. lCd. to 125. 2d.; fat shorn lambs, 10s.: good woolly rape lambs, 9s. to 9s. 6d.: good shorn rapo lambs, Sfi., according to condi--ion. Storo lambs ■ brought 75., 2d. to 7s. 9d.; good cull woolly lambs (wethev), 65.; (owes), 7s. Id. to 7s. 2d.; (small): fe. 6d. to Ss. 9d.; Blnckfaro ewes realised ,9s. ;' store ewes, with'failing mouths. : 7s. 4di; to Bs. 3d.; "crocks," 3s. • to ' to. ',6d.; good 5-year ewts, 10s. 3d.; Glenburn; owes, .5 years old, lCs. to lO.i, 7d. Tablelands, Bs. 7d. to ■ 9s. 9d.; ■ 4 and 6-t<Soth, and 4-year Matahiwi owes, 13s. 3d.; 2-tooth ewes Olatahiwi), 143: 6d. to Ms. 10d.; Lincoln, 133. 7d.; extra good Komncy-Lincoln 2-tooth ewes, 155.. • . BURNSIDE MARKET. (By Telezraph—Press Association.) Dunedln, February 1. At Burniside to-day !56 cattlo wero yarded, very few,of which were of prime quality. Tho solo opened easier than was the case last weak, ar.d prices Temained lower by about IC3. per head. Best bullocks, £9 10s. to £10 '55.; extra, to £12 155.; medium, \p good, £8 to £9'; light, £.6 lte. to £7 10s.: best cows and heifers; £8 10s. to £9 10s.: extra, to £10 10s.; medium to good, £5 10s. to £7 10s.; light and inferior,, £4 10s. to £5 10s. '■■■ ■■ ■■ "•■ •..■•• ' Pat Sheop.-Thcro was a full yarding. 2690 being penned. The majority forward were owes, thoro being very few pens of primo wethers. Wethers fully lipid their own as compared with last week, but ewes, which met with a dragging fate dropped Is. to Is. 6d. al! round.-; Best wethers, ■ 17fl. ou. to 18s.; extra heavy, to 235. 6d.; medium to good, 153. to 17fi.;.light. 12s. 6d. to 13s. od.; best ewes, 16-. to 16s.'Gd.; extra to 205. 5d.; medium, 12s. 6d. to 13s. 6d.; light, 7s. Cd. to 9s. 6d.

: Fat Lambs: 12C0 penned, tho quality being very good. There wero too- many forward for local butchers, but an exporter stepped in and ; stopped a- heavy. decline. Prices, however, showed a drop of .about Is. 6d. per head. Best,-13s. to 145.; medium to good, 11s. to 125.; light. 9s. to Ss. Pigs—About 180 wero penned.. Prices wero much tlio same as last week. Thcro was ■. very • littlo- demand for Etora linen. Suckers, 3s. ■ 6d. to 65,. 6d.; ' slips', :iCs. to 14s. 6d.; stortu, 16s. to ,21c.;. porker 3, 265. to 325.; light baconers, 383. to 4Zs. ; ;- heavy do., :<l3s." to. 50s. •'■■'

I" i addington^-stock::-starKei;.,, v" 'illy. -teles.vaph-^ro^VAEsqciatiou.) ■ ;"■ ' ■' Clirlstchurch, February, 1. :. it Addirigton .Yards,, as has -.boou 'the lull yartling of ail descriptions of shcoo and lanihs, both tho fat aud etoro pens being wfi|L- •,.Cattle, oil tho otheiUand, were in smaller EUptily , than at tlio previous ealo, while there 'wto i- coca yarding of pigs. Store sheep came in for considerable attention, and storo lamb .buyers wero -also in attepdanpp. at the fat lamb sale; 'hopinj; to p.lclt up: forward line 3 which wore not quUo up- to. exporters' and butehors' standards. : .

Tho yarding of fat lambs , totalled £839. or ICC9 fewer than at the previous sale, when the season's record entry was penned. Tho quality, as at earlier sales, varied • considerably. There was a good dcmiyad far all. classes, although tho marWt- was slightly irregular, but last we-A's prices wore well maintained, and iip alteration in values has to,bo chronicled,"except" in the caso of'.indifferently, finished lambe,-!whieh \vero caEierMn sonio-cases-to'tho extent of 6d. per head, l-'inort buyers secured lines aggregating :WJ), at .prices ranging from Us. to 16s. 7d.; butchers'took 482 at 12s. ti. to 15s. IOd.; ENiziers secured 357 at 11s. 3d. to 12s. 9d.; while 920 wcro , passed in. . ' ' V ■; . Numerically tho' yarding of : storo" Eliocp /nd lambs was about tho same as 'tho previous week, the maior portion consistr ing of lambs, mostly of a good class, with, a smaller proportion of -culls and inferior lines, tho balanco being made up of a few pens ■of oweß, mostly of an indifferent class, and a few lines of wethers. Tho 'improved demand for lambs recorded last wosk was fully maintained, and in somo instances prices were a shade better, while poorer clashes of lambs ateo sold well at prices on a par with tnos-.- ruling ou January- 25. Few wethers cainc to hand, and tho few pens, of youct;. cwcs'on offer sold remarkably well, and practicnlly a completo clearance was made. For.ward rapo-lambs .raado-Us. to 12s. 2d.: modiura Forts,. 9s. 6d... toi lCsi; indifferent lines, Bs. 9d. to 9s. 3d.;aHd culls and scrubby lots. 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. Forward wethers, .made 13s. to 145..4 d.; medium, 11s. 9d.. to 125..3d.; and/low-cbnditioii sorts, lie. to IK 6d. Two-tooth ewes realised to 155.;'4 and 6-tooth, to 15s. 2d.; <I. 6,-and 8-tooth,i'to Us. Id.; -s.m. ewe's, IDs. 6d. to ! 11s.;; and aged and cull lots, 4s. sd. . Fat r Sheep;—The yarding was . rather "smaller than last week, the majority beinj: ewes. Condition varied considerably, and the yarding included a number of pons of indifferent sheep. Prices showed no matercrs, C l7s. to 18s. 10d.° lighter, Vs. 9d. to 16s. 6d.; prime owe 3, 14s. to 16s. 2d.: other. Bs. lid. to 13s. 6d.; hoggets. 13s. 6d.

Tho yarding of fat cattle was a small one, entries totalling 168. compared with 316 at the , previous sale. The- class throughout was fair, and the demand was brighter than at last sale, although there waG ilo quotablo appreciation in prices. Best beef mado 245. 6d. to 28s. 6d.: medium, 225. 6d. to 235. 6d.; and,cow and inferior boef.' 19s. 6d. to 225. per 1001b. Steers realised £7 15s. to ,£ll 55.; heifers, £5 ss. to £8 17s. 6d.; and dry cows, £5 -to £8 ss. The store cattle yarding was a small one, several classes not being .represented, and thero was a fair. demand, especially for animals in good condition. Fiftwn to 18-month sorts mado £2 Es. to £2 155.; 2year steers, £3 IBs. 6d.; 3-year hoifcTs, £4 55.; and dry cows, £1 ss. to £4 10s. A lino of 15 to Z4-months mixed cattle made £3 lCs. Very few fat calves were penned, but as usual they varied greatly in size and quality, and prices ranged from 4j. 6d. to £2 17s. 6d., necording to age and condition. . Dairy Cows.—Thoro was a good entry and a good demand for better sorts, prices ranging from £3 17s. 6d. to £8 17-3. 6d. There was a medium entry of pigs of all classes. For baconers there wan a good demand, but porkers were slack, and prices were a, little easier. Choppers made to 7Ds.; heavy baconers. 50s. to 575.; and smaller Eorts. 40s. to 475. 6d., c<;ual to 4id. per lb. Heavy porkers realised 325. to 565., and lighter, 25,-,. to 305., equivalent to 4d. to lid. per lb. Stores wore represented by u good yarding, but the supply was. in e\ce'i3 of the demand, aud the market was "weaker. Largo stores made 2'.s. to 27a.: smaller, 14s. to 20s. There was a f;ur dc-, mand for weaners at 4s. 6d. to 10s. TOP PRICES AT WOOL SALES, It is worthy of note-that at both of the Inst wool sales held in Cliristclmrch, clips which obtained top price were from sheep which had been clipped in Little s Sheep Dips. Mr. O. Rutherford, Waitohi Peaks, who took top price, liijd., on January. 12th, used Little's Powder Dip, and Little's Fluid Dip was used' ou the l'ahau Pastures Hock,' wool' from which fetched 13U1. on December. Sth, Ihe highest price yet obtained iu the Dominion .at this season's'sales.*