LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1202, 10 August 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company raport:■At our Wanganm sale yesterday we had a lair yarding of sheep nad cattle, and ?f vc , 0 ? 0 /! a ')' ,ict pale - Hoggets, 83. 6d. to 10s. 2d.; wethers, lis. to I'2< 2d • empty cows, £1 165., £2, £3, ±i 4 S „ £i 10g . dairy cows, £4 to £7.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd report on their Johnsonvillo s.ilo. held yesterday, as follows:-.! good yarding of bullocks and a- heavy one of sheep came forward, and met with a ready sale. Prime heavy bullocks, £10 15s. to £11 ?<,. 6d.prime medium weights, £0 12s. 6d. to £10; light do., £8,125. 6d. to £8 17s. 6d.; voders iis : 6d.; prime heavy wethers, 22=. 6d • prime wethers, 19s. Ed. to JEI; extra." primo heavy owes. 22i. 9d. to 245. 6d.: prime ewes, 18s. 6d.; good medium ewes, 16s. 6d.

ADDINGTOK stock sale. (By Tclct'raph.-Press Association.) At »*!• . ..Chrlstoliurch, August 9. At Addmgton live stock market to-dav there were only small entries of stock and hri-w 1 ' ? 1 tt V d 1 iu " : <!- Beef sold even more « -ik\F r Ua " ast , weck - Fat £h<;e P showed sheep did not realiso prices equal to thoio ot tho previous week. The few fat hogBets in also sold well. Store hoggets recovered from the decline of last, w-eek. and ?m„°,L, Cla ' W ? st 2 d , wn L l - Pi S ? showed somo improvement, hut there was not much demand for cattle. O JiVL/ a . r £ i,,s , ot , store , Ehc(! P much smaller than last week, and comprised mixed ines of ewes and hoggets, and a few pens of wethers. There was a good demand for al classes, and hoggets which showed a falling off in value last week, sow up to the prices previously rulinir. $»m,„ n ,? wc o nt!,Br , no do » b *» improving the demand. Several lots of ewes failed to find buyers at the rrieos asked. Weth-rs n,d nythm "' were firmer. The fango of prices was:—Ewe hoggets, 12s. to 13s • small halfbrcds, 14s. 2d. ; average lines of* S 11 ?? S fi c - V lU \ to IlE ' 6d - : sma »= r Sato lCs.3d.; wether hoggets, to i?.». /A.f? Ur 'i, sl ?;u an , d «'shWooth crossbred' ewes, 17=.; half bred, same ages. 15s. Id. to 17s • sound-mouth, 10s. 6d. to 13s • tv-n.tnojV! halfbrcds, to 175.; good eight-tooths, l£W° sd m qUa withers, 13s. led. to

There were only some 130 fat hoggets penned, and thece sold well, especially wel -finished lots. Pried ranged fiffm 13s! to 16s. 3d., and up to 265. for extra. rncre was a. very small entry of fat sheen., including a few lots of show the part of buyers, and prices advanced £i. to 43. per- head on last, week's rates, the show sheep, however, did not «»il =o we as last week as the hi K h oricc.i""tlicn the Grand National weeks trade. Primo wethers made 23*. to 295. 64.; ertra, to 455.; 2« her 0 s i 17s ;v t0 m - '' d - : Prime.cwos, 20s. to i6B. 9d.; other;, 18s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.: cit-ra, ■pnpe menno wethers, Z6s. to 31s. 6d ' There wero 237 head of fat cattle penned chiefly of good quality. Tho,i!:!i , S I°V» Ji ore i,-W- rajd i st th< ; of the sale, the biddimj became brisk when valuer, had bean cstabUshed, and tho sale had a, j'Tmor tone. than even the week before though at times it was irregular. Steers made £7 7s. 6d. to £11: extra, to £16 10=lHeifers. £5 I/3. 6d. to £3; extra, to £12 15- • and cows, £5 to £8; and extra, to £10 2s. 6d. equal to ?7s. 6d. to 32a. for prime, to 355. for extra. 2os. to 275. for mediiiii

Veal calves made 4s. 6d. to 455., and evtra, to 655.

, Vnry ,.f? w store cattle wero yarded, tno*tlv of indifferent quality, and several clas'e'i were nm-enrcscntcd. Tbc demand was not keen feed being still scarce. Fifteen to eiehtccn-months sorts piii/Io £2 15s. 6d to £3; two-year steers, £3 17s. 6d. to £4' ?« 6d.: two-year heifers, £3 JCn. to £3 IDs. fd : and dry cows, 30s. to £4. ST''', 3 w , cl '°, "wetted b J" between 40 and 50 head, but. the quality war, on to *8 r« e poor ' ° 3 rallircd trom £3 !fc -

, There was an exceptionally small yarding of pier, and the tale concluded before noon. Owing to the shortage, there wai a very Uecn demand for fats, and nil sorts sold readily, prices showing a sMrht M.vance. Lnrwc bace.ucrs realised 58s.'to 645.; an-d smaller <. 3r t n <,i. s . ( 0 c 6s ttc<! priees being eeeiT.i'.enl. to ".d. to 42d.. -mi] mo*! 3Es. -to «s. and sinallor sorts 265. to 355., equal to Ed. to 5-A. pei- lb. Sto'-i were m very short supply. Mndium sorts made 16s. to 21s. 6d.. ar,-l sir-iUcr, 6i to 12s. No wcanors were offered.

BUENSIDE JfAItKET. (By a'clcKraph-Freys .\.-sueiatlon.l ~ „ ~ . , Dtmedln, August 9. A, i Bun „ 1 l" J< ; to - da y 2(15 fit cattle wero yarded. The bulk were of medium qualitv with a few pens of really prime. Owing to the large yarding, prices receded to tho rates riilnis a fortnight aio. bullocks, £11 to £12 10s.; extra, to £14 5- • medium, £8 ss. to £10: best cows -i;wi heifers, £8 lfs. to £9 155.; medium, £6 to £7 10s.

Fat sheep: 35<1 penned. The majority wore really good wethers, and there' ware a few peim of prime ewes. The market was very erratic, and. taken all prices were'ls. to 2s. per head easier than last week. Prima wethers. 2P= 6d to "»* 6d.; extra, to 255. 9d.; medium, 16?'. to l§s" 11: ewes. 17s. 6d. to 19s. Fat lambs: 180 penned. Most of tbe-o were boiiTht by butchers. The ou.alitv was only medium. Pest, 14s. 6d. to '16= • extra to 17s. 6.1 : medium, 12s. 6d. to 135."6 d Pigs: There was only 0 medium yarding Bacaners wore scarce, and rcalifed good prices. Heavy baeoners. 60s. to 655.- liWit 455. to 505.. " '