LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1196, 3 August 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Ualgcty and Co., Mil., Tcport having held their weekly sale in the Solway liii'ariiTtunj yards yesterday, very little slock cumins forward. Kwes in lamb were not. very keenly sought after, and vi.-udors had to reduce their reserves considerably before safes were effected, (load hoggets met with a ready tale, and practically alt yarded were sold under Ihc hammer. Vv'c cjuote r.s follows:—Woolly Insects, 10s. to lCs. £,1.; t'.m. ewes in lamb, lo Ills.; fat cows, to £5 It's.; dairy cows, to £7 7s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their .loUnsourillc sail l , held yesI lerday, as follows:—A good yarding of prime bullocks and sheep came forward and sold at late rates. Extra prime heavy bullocks, £10 12s. 6d. to €11: prime heavy bullocks, .£9 15s. lo £1(1: lighter, £9 to £9 lCs.; extra, prime heavy wethers, 21s. 6d. to 225.: pond, wethers, 17s. ICd. to 18s. 6d.: plain, 16.-. to l'fs. 4d.; good ewes, 16s. 6d.; plain, 15: i. 3d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Mil., report on their tiohvay wil<\ held yesierdoy, as follows:-\Vc submitted a medium ent-.y id sheep and cattle to a fair attendance, and we have to report a lota! clearance at late rates. Fat. wethers, 17s. Jil.: fat ewes. 145.: two-tooth wethers, 13s. In 13s. 5d.; medium hoggets, 3s. Sil. to 3.;. 9d.: accd rams, ss. 6d. to lis.: empty rows, £2 15s. ADDLNGTOX SALK. (By Telegraph-Press Association.) Christchtircil, August 2. At Addington there were moderate entries of stock, and as is usual in the week before the Grand National meeting there were some extra prime lines of fat sheep and cattle offered, and they made exceptionally good prices. Beef generally sold at about the previous week's prices. Rood young store ewes maintained their values, but hoggets showed a. decline. The lat lambs ollcred were of inferior and ordinary nnality, and made only. moderate prices. There were only a few new season's lambs penned, and they sold well. Vat "sheep of all classes were in good demand; store cattle were dull of sale, and dairy rows were selling as well as of late. Fat pigs were in demand, and stores met. with a drawing sale. The yarding of store sheep showed an increase in numbers as compared with tho previous week, anil was. made up principally of hoggets and ewes. There was a, much weaker demand for hoggets, and prices were down about. 6d. to 9d. per head, flood two. four, anil pix-tooth ewes sold rather better than last week, but, lowconditioned lots were easier. Others sold at late rates, forward sorts making 15s. to 165.; low-conditioned lots. lis. 6il. to 12s. 6d.; good ewe hoggets realised 13s. to 13s. 10fl.: medium, lis. fid. to 125.; tmall ICd. 3d. to lis.; good mixed lines. IC-. to lis.; medium, Bs. 9d. to 9s. 9d.; half bred wether hoggets, Es. 6d.: small sorts, 6s. to 7s. Ed.; four and six-tooth ewes (good), 17s. M. ?o 13s. 3d.; four, six, and ciglil-tooth. 15s. ICd.: good sound-mouth sorts, 14s. to 165.: pood lilies of mixed ages. lis. to Us. Cd.: others, Bs. 6d.; aged and inferior, ss. to ss. lid. There were only a few hundred fat lambs penned, and thev were mostly of medium quality. Better sorts, 14s. fid. to 18s. 6d.; extra, to 225. 6d.; others, 9s. to 145.; a fewnew season's lambs made 13s. 9d. to 225. There was a moderate yarding of fat cheep, though much larger than last week, and the range of finality was very wide, running from inferior wethers and ewes to specially prime 'show wethers. There was a keen demand on the part of the butchers, who had been able to obtain only short supplies the week before, and consequently all classes sold well. The range of prices was: Kxtra prime wethers, to 535.; prjme, ZOs. to 255.; medium, 16.;. 6d. to 19s. ba.: light. 13s. 3d. to 16s. td.: extra prime ewes, to 295. 9d.; prime. 17s. 6(1. to 235. fd.; medium, 14s. 6d. to 175.; aged and light, 9s. to 145.; extra prime hoggets. 265. to 3Cs.: extra- nriuic merino wethers. 18s. 9d. to 21s. Id.; merino ewes, IC3. 3d.

There was a yarding of 327 head of fat cattle, of which a good proportion consisted of extra prime lines held back specially for this sale. They were sent in by local graziers and Amuri stations, and a number from the North Island. The average quality of ihc yarding was the "nicnest seen at the yards for several years. Thero was a good all-round demand, and late values were fully maintained. The top price in the market was £20, made by a bullock sent by Mr. 1). Kutherford (Leslie Hills). Steers made £7 10s. to £11 lCs.;. extra, to £20; heifers, £i to £10: extra, to £14; cows, £5 15s. to £9 55.; and extra to £13 (tqual to 355. for extra prime. 275. fid. to 525. for prime, 243. 6d. to 275. for medium, £3s. to 245. for cow and inferior per ICCIb.).

Veal calves made 4a. fid. to £4, according to size and quality.

There was a small entry of store cattle, principally poor tons, anil there was little demand. Fifteen to eighteen months sorts made 'As.; three-year steers, £5 10?.; threeyear heifer?, £4 65.; and dry cows, 21s. to £4 ss. There was a fairly large entry of dairy cows. As the springers were mostly backward, there was not.a very brisk talc. Prices ranged from £31Cs. to £7 10s.; extra to £11 ss. Pigs formed a medium entry, and all classes were in good demand. Choppers realised 455. to £6; large baconers, 523. 6d. to 605.; lighter, 435. to 18s. (equal to 4Jd. to 43d. per lb.); largo porkers, 30s. to 385.; smaller, 235. to 275. (equal to 43d. to sd. per lb.). Store pics were entered in large numbers, but the demand was dull, and the sale ivas a dragging one. Medium sorfci made 14s. to 215.; niiallcr, 7s. to 135.; good weaucrs, Os. 6d. to 10s. £d.; and smaller sorts, 3s. to Bs. BUHXSIDE MAHKET: A GREAT SUKPHISK. Illy Telezraph.-Press Association.) Dimedin, August 2. Great surprise awaited patrons of Hurnsida saleyards to-day. Only 81 head of cattle were forward, and a keen sale eventuated with such a small yarding. The position was accentuated by the fact that butchers had only small stocks on hand, and they had to buy or have no supplies. Cattle which ordinarily would fetch £9 or £10 sold at £13 10s. One butcher declared that the memory of no man could recall such a day when prices had been so high and the quality of the cattle offered fo inferior. On an average 1001b. of beef realised from <os. to 455. Sheep: 3844 yarded, n full yarding, which evoked keen competition throughout the sale. On the whole, prices were on a par with last week's rates. Prime wethers, 2C-. to 245.; extra,'to 2£s. 3d.; medium. 17.-. 6d. lo 19s. 6d. ; best ewes, lo 215.; others, 14s. 6(1. to 16s. 6:1; Lambs: 1100 yarded. There were onlv a few peus forward, and these sold to freezing buyers at into limits. Best lambs, 13». 3d. to 15s. 6d.; medium and inferior, lis. 6d. to 13s.