LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1077, 16 March 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalßct'y and Co. report, having held their weekly sale at The Snlway yards yesterday, when they offered a- y.irdins well mi t'j advertised numbers. Tlioy st.it?•. -In our entry of lambs, Messrs. Nitz Bros. 600 woolly liiinhs brought from 8?. to 8?. Sil. The rc?i of our entry was principally of f.in. owes, and ymall lamb?, which sold \ip In late rates. . The attendance of buyers was not up to that nf Into bales, but competition was fairly Iteon throughout, and we have to report a satisfactory clearance. We tjuote as follows:-Fat ewes. 13?. .6(1.: f.in. ewes. Bs. 2d. to 8:;. 10d.; poor conditiniied ewes. 3s. 2(1., 3s. Vd.'to 4s. IOd.: Iwn-tonth o.wcf. 10?. to 12s. 3d.; woolly lambs, 6s. Ed., 6s. 9d., Bs. to Bs. 3d.; poorer sorts, sp. 2(1.. Ss. Bd. to 6s. 3d.; two-tooth wethers, 11s. 3d. to Us. Bd. and 9s. 6d. to 10s. Id;; Southdown rams, to 2.1 guineas; Lincoln rams, 2 guineas; springing cows, to £5 15s. Messrs. Abraham and William;, Ltd., report, on their Johnsonvil'e eale as follows: —Wβ offered a , good yarding of sheep and cattle to a large attendance ol buyers. Everything sold readily at late quotations. Best bullocks, £9 ss. to £9 12s. 6(1.; lighter, £8 7s. 6d. to £8 10s.; light, £8 to £8 2a. 6d.; vealers, 325. to 335.; good wethers, 15s. 3d. to 15s. fid.; prime heavy ewes, 155.; medium ewes, 13s. 3d. to 145.; plain light, 12s. 6d. to. 12s. 9d.; good woolly lambs, 125.; plain, 10s. 6d.; prime- shorn, iCs. 6d. to 11s.; plain 9s. 6d. to 10s. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua. sale this week:—We offered over (5.000 sheep and a fair entry of cattle to. a large attendance, which included buyers from Manawatu, Waikato, and Wairarapa. Sheep of good quality sold readily. Poorer sorts were harder to quit than of late. On the whole, we have to report a very successful- sale, over- 11,000 shC'-'P chamriuc hands, the bulk of which were bought by Marmvatu and Waikato buyers. Cattle sold readily at late rates. Quotations ;-Two-tOGth. ewes, Us. 9a , ,, 125.-3d.'-.to 135.; poorer sorts, Bs. to 10s.; 2, <!, and 6tooth ewes, 145.; others. Us. 6tl. to. 12s. 9d.; 4 and 5-yeir ewes, Bs. 6d. to 11s. 6d.: poorer sorts, ss. 3d. to 6s. 9d.; 2-tooth wethers.'9s. 9d. to 12s. 9d.; woolly Jambs, 6s. sd. to 9s. Id.;, shorn lambs, 6s. 3d.-to 7s. 9d.; culls, 2s. to 45.; 2-tooth Eomney rama. £3 3s. to £4 45.; Lincoln rams, 3 to-5i guineas; forward bullocks, £5 15s. 6d.; 3J-year bullocks. £5 10s.; 21-year steers, £4 10s.; cows and calves, £3; forward cows, £3 15s. Messrs. Abraham and Williame Teport having conducted an Onaki settler's sale in -coniuunction with other firms on Tuesday. Stock was yarded up to advertised numbers, and the attendance of thg public was satisfactory, buyers from a distance being prominent. Two-tooth ewes, 10s. 3d. to 10s. 9d., and up to 13s. 10d. for an extra good ' lot: 2-tooth wethers. Ifs. Id. to 11s. 3d.; aged ewes, 7s. M. to 10s 1d..; good lambs, 70.; cull ewes, 65.-. crocks, 3s. Id.: cull niixed 2-tooths (small). 7s. Bd.; 3S-ye.ir bullocks. £5 65.; 2i-year Kteers, £5 2s. 6d.: cows, £5 6s. Hessr3. Abraham and Williams report:—At our Mastcrtbr salo yesterday the entry was small, as comnared with the previous week, but the bulk of the stock changed hands at elightly better prices (according to quality and condition), than ?X the previous isle Our entry was confined to sheep, r.o cattle being offered. A thousand wethers (on behalf of Messrs. A. and W. Cameron), light wooHed sheep mado 12s, 9d.; ,2-tooth. wethers, 123. 9d.; email cull wethers, 6s. lCd.; good woolly lambs, 10s. Id.; aged owes. Bs.-4d.; small cull 2-tooth ewes, C' 3. 3d.; 2-shoar Southdown rains. 34 guineas; 2-shear Eomney ram. , :. 3 guineas: aged stud Eomucy rams. 1 cuinea; small Lincoln rams, down to 12s. 6d. ADDINGTOX MABKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchtirch, March 15. At Addington there were large entries of stores, though they were not up to last week's numbers. There was a very good demand for 6tore sheep, which were of better quality than last week. Fat lamb 3 and fat sheep cased still further' in price. Fat cattle also dropped back in value. The entry of pigs was large, and the market was weaker. There was a poor salu for store cattle, but good dairy cows were in demand. The entry of store sheep was not so large as.lait week, there being a smaller proportion of oversea sheep offered. The quality showed ah improvement, and consequently the better classes sold rather better than at the recent sales. Backward sheep were on the other hand dull of sale in consequence of continued dry weather and shortage of feed. Good ewes were firmer. Best rape lambs made 9s. to 10s. 6d.; medium, 6s. 9d. to 95.; and small, ,ss. 3d. to 6s. 6d.; best forward locally bred wethers, to 135.; and smaller, to lie. . 6d.; small halfbred wethers in low condition, Bs. 4d. to 9s. 4d.; and North Island.wethers, 93. to 10s.; four a.nd six-tooth ewes, 12s. 9d. to 165.; medium two-tooth 3, 12s. to 139.; four-tooths, 14s. 6d. to 16s. 3d.; two and four-tooths. 13s. to Ks.; oversea two-tooth ewes, 10s. to 11s. 3d.;, cix and eight-tooth?. 7s. $i. to 10s. 6d.; and smaU sorts, ss. to os. 6d. There was an entry of 5242 fat lambs of fair to medium quality. In the early part of tho sa!o the market was somewhat excited by operations of two outsido speculators,, but afterwards prices easpd. off. and compared with last week's values showed a further decline owing to unfavourable reports regarding future • prospects at Home. There were <583 taken for export at 9e. to 15s. 6(1.; 139 by butchers, at 11s. 6d. to 13s. 6d.; and 520 were- passed at 12s. 3d. to 13s. Id., some of those being afterwards taken by export-buyers. Tho yarding of fat sheep was much smaller than of late, and was chiefly made un , of medium and inferior ewes. There were a. few lines of good wethers, but the bulk were light corts. Wethers and prime ewes 'maintained their values, but second-class and aged ewes showed a, further decline. The range of prices was: Prime wethers, 16s. to 18s. 9d.; lighter, 12s. to 15s. 6(1.; prime ewes, 12s. 6d. to 165.; medium. 9s. 6d. to 125.; afrcd and light, ss. 3d. to 9.5. ■ There were 337 head of fat cattle yarded,' and the quality .was very good all round. The demand owing to "the larger offering was not aftive,, and values receded to tho extent of 2;. per lCOlb. Steers made £7 15s. to £12 12s. 6d.; heifers, £5 2s. 6d. to £9 15s; and cows, £5 to £11, equal to 2os. 6d. to 295. 6d. for prime, 235. to. 255. for medium, and 20s. to 225. 6d. for cow and inferior per ICOlb. . . A small entry of veal calves made 4s. 6d. to ss. . A line of 55 steers from Messrs. Pratt Bros'.' St. James Station made £8 17. 6d. to £12. A small yarding of inferior store cattle met with a dull sale, yearlings making 255. and 375.; 15 to 18-months, <os. to <45.; two-year steers. £3 135.; two-year heifers, £2 155.; three-year steers, £5 10s. to £6 55.; three-year, heifers, £4 10s. to £6 55.-. and dry cows, 33g. to £3 145.; dairy cows sold at £3-6s. to. £9 ss. There was a very largo , yarding of pigs and the demand was slack, especially for unfinished baconers, which sold at id. to 3d. per-!b. below .well-finished lots; choppers made up to 605.; laree baconers, 425. 6d. to '.75.; and smaller, 355. to <os. (equal to 3jd. to Id. per lb.); large porkers, 265. to 345., and smaller 225. to 255. (equal to <d. to 4Jd. per lb.). The entry store pigs was beyond tho demand, and tho sals was an exceptionally poor one, a large number being passed. Large stores made 18s. to • la.; smaller, 14a. to 175., and weaners, 2s. 6(1. to 6s. BUItJSSIDE SALE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) □ uncdln, Jlarch 15. At Burnside to-day 240 fat cattle were yarded. This was far above the average yarding, consequently prices cased 10s., and in somo cases 20s. per head. Prime bullocks, £9 10s. to £10 155.: extra choice, to £12 55.; medium. £8 to £9; best cows and heifers, £7 to £8; extra choice, to £9 55.; medium, £5 to £6 10s. Fat sheep: 4429 penned, which constitutes a record. Owing to continued dry weather farmers were forced to sell a number of their sheep.,with the result that tho bulk of the yarding comprised Ualf-finisheA ewes with a few pens of extra good wethers. Prices for wethers declined Is. to Is. 64, and for eivca 2s. to 2s. 6d. Prime wethers, 16s. to 13s. 6d.-, extra, to 225. 9d.; medium 135.,6 d. to 15s.;.inferior. Us. to lls. 6d ; best ewes, 12s. 6d. to Ks. 6d.; extra, to 16s. 6d.; medium,' 9s. to 10s. 6d.; inferior, ss. 6d. to 7s. - 6(1. Pat lambs: 3368 penned, another record Tho quality was only medium, and prices declined Is. Best, 12s. 9d. to 13s. 9d.; extra to 14s. 6d.: medium, lls. 6d. to 12« • inferior, 9s. to ICs. 6d. Pigs: 137 yarded. Porkers and baconers were in good demand, and sold up to last week's rates, but younc pigs wcro verv dull of sale. Suckers, 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6il • slips. Bs. to 13s. 6d.; porkers, 355. to 42s 6d.; light hneoners, 4s. to 55.; heavy 48= to 575. 6(1.