LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1276, 3 November 1911, Page 7

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At our Tajhape sale on Wednesday we had a fair entry of stock, which met with a good demand at prices as below:—Mixed-age owes, with small percentage lambs, 12s. 7d.; yearling heifers, to £2 17s. 6d.: yearling steers, to £3; two-year steers, £4. £4 2s. 6d., £4 IDs., to £4 155.; empty cows, £3 to £3 15s.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Ltd., report having held a very clearing sale, of dairy cows on Wednesday on account of Mr. 11. Walton, Waikanac, who, after 25 years, has given up dairying. The cowc, which were all in good condition, were well sought after, and made up to £10 55., the average of the herd being £7 Its. per head. Cows ill full milk, £8 2s. fid. to £10 55.; cows in milk, £5 ss. to £7105.; winter calvers, £6 12s. fid. to £9 12s. fid.; others, £5 to £7 155.: ni'xed yearlings, £2 75.: young heifers. £3 Bs.; bull, £5 2b. 6d.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Limited, Palmerston N., report having liehi their dispersal sale on account Meters. Slack Uros. at their farm, Walker's Road, Longburn, o:i October 31, when they submitted to miction the whole of Ihoir herd of podljtre.c Ayrshire cattle, UcrkEhiro piss,

draught horses, etc. There was a very large attendance, buyers being present from luvercargill, >Soulhland, Jfawera, Featherston, Opouriao West, Whangarei, an<l Aurkland. The Ayrshir: l cows showing good pedigrees realised from 10, 11 % 14, 17, 20, 31, to 33 guineas: two-year heifers voalbi-d from 11), 15$, 20 to 27 guinea;-; yearling heifers, £3 to 15.? guineas; weaner calves, 21 to 5 guineas; crossbred cow-s brought from £6 15«. to £9 ICs.: yearling crossbred heifers, £2 16s. to £3 135.. 1 iew: Saws, in pig, .£2 6:<. to £2 Ss.; tows, with litter, £2 It. to £Z Ks. Horses: Aged ma.re in foal, £13; oipht-nionths colt. £la; heavy horses, £43. £46 ICs., and £47 ICs. A nua.nlity implements, etc., were sold at market" value.

IfesM's. Dalpet-y and Co., Ltd., report on their Wansstnni sale of Wednopda.v:~Wo yarded 15C0 sheep and 870 cattle, ntul have to report a fair sale. Sheenwere in pood demand, all classes of youns sheep selliss readily under the hammer. Cattle were somewhat dull under tho hammer, hut we effected a jjood clearance before the c1o?e of the day. Wo quote:—Two-tooth wethers, shorn, Us.; cull do., Bs. lid.; small shorn two-tooth ewes, lis.; woolly hoppcts, 12s. *d.; ".nil ewes Bs.; three-year steers, £5 to £5 55.; twoyear do., £4 65.: rough do.. £3 14=*. 6d.; yearling cteers, £2 12?. 6d., £2 13s. 6d„ £2 15s. 6d., £2 16.-. 6d.; pood do.. £3 5?. to £3 65.; yearling heifers. £2 7s. 6d.. £2 10s. 6d.. £2 lfe. 6d., £o 2s. fid., £3 Ss. 6d., £3 135.: tv/o-year heifers, £3 7s. 6d. to £3 18s.; rough yearlings, £1 155., £2 55., to £2 Bs.; store cows, £2 25.. £2 3k. 6d., £2 4s. 6d., £2 10s.. £3 Bs., £3 Bs. 6d., £3 155.; dairy cows, £3 76. 6d., £4 2s. 6d., £4 55.. £5, £6.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams Ltd., report on their Johnsonville fralc of Wednesday:—A full entry of both cattle' and sheep ca-me forward, and sold well at last week's prices. Prime heavy bullocks, £11 55., £10 10s., to £12; Uphter, £10 to £10 7s. 6d.; pkiin light, £8 15s. to £9 55.; vealcrs, 19s. 6d. to 255.; prime heavy wethers, 2k\; prime wethers, 21s. to 21s. 2d.; prime heavy ewes, 225. 10d.; good ewes, 19s. to 19s. lid.; plain, 17s. Bd.; prime heavy shorn wethers. 17s. lOd.; prime lambs. 13s. Bd. to 13s. lid. to 14s. 7d.

ADDINGTON MARKET. (By TelecraDh.—Press Association.) Christchurch, November 1. At the Addington live stock sales to-day there was a double market in consequence of the holidays next week, and consequently the entries were somewhat larger than of late in several • departments, though in others they were not as largo as last week. The attendance was aVove the average. There was practically no rhangn in tho valuc/s of store sheep and fat caUle, hoth of which elasscfi were firm. Fat lambs recovered from the drop of last week by about 3s. per head. Fat pigs were al?v> firmer. Fat sheep sold at late rates till towards the end of the sale, when they wero rather easier. Storo and dairy cattle sold fairly well.

The yarding of store sheep was barely as large as last week, quite one-half of it consisted of hoggets, the balance being ewes and lambs, and a few pens of shorn sheep. The hoggets were mostly of a. medium class, with a few pens of ewes. Among tho wether hoggets was a large lino of good halfbreds. Shorn sheep consisted of a few pcn.s of two-tool lis, and an odd pen of four and six-tooths. The ewes were mostly medium, full, and failingmouth sheep. There was a I arse attendance of buyers, and last week's priccs were about maintained for all classes, with little or no allowance. Good ewu hoggets made 15?. 2d. to 15s. Bd.; medium, mixed sexes, lis. 6d. to 12 1 -:. Bd.; wether hoggets, 123. to 13s, 3d.; one extra good line. 13s. lCd.; and a large line of halJbreds, 12s. lOcl. to 13s. id.; sound-moutli ewes, with lambs, 10s. to 10s. 9d.; full and failing-mouths, Bs. Gd. to 9s. 10d.; aged and inferior, 7s. 4d. fall counted); forward wethers in the wool, 17s. 3d.; small twotooth dry ewes in the wool, 135.; shorn two-tooth weMiers, to 11f.; final] Mid inferior, 10d.; four and six-tooth shorn wethers, 14s. 9(1.; six and eight-tooth dry shorn ewes, 10s. sd.

The entry of fat lambs numbered 311, beiug little more than half of the previous week's offering. Tiicre was a good proportion of prime lambs, and a good demand existed throughout tho sale, and the decline of tiic previous week wa.i recovered J>y about 3s. per head. Be*t lambfl made 15s. fid. to 19a. 9d., and smaller. 11b. to 15s.

There was a large yarding of fat sheep, a good proportion being from Southland. D-nd there were also \ number of lines of shorn sheep. Tho quality generally was good, and the market opened well, but cased a Uttlc toward* the close. Tho ranco of pricce was-i—fatra prime woolly ivetlie/*.?, to 415.; piime, 235. t.o 205.; others, prime shorn wethers, lid. to 275.; extra prime woolly ewer to 26*5.; prime, 20s. to 245. 9d.; ot-heru, 17s. 2d. to 19-7. 6-d.: shorn ewt?, lPd. to 2i?!.; prime woolly merino wethers, ISs. 6d, lo 245.; prime woolly merino ewes, 20s. to 215.. 3d,-

The entry of fat onfMo totalled 297 head, the North Island being wcil represented hy a number oi consignment? of prime steers. The yarding generally wa3 of good to prime Quality, and tho d*m*-nd was fairly brisk till towards the end oi the Rale, when business was more difficult to effect. There was practically no change m prices, prime beef heins firm at t ? :e prcviaus week's rates. Steers made £8 5s to £12, and extra, to £16 55.; heifers, £5 17s. 6d. to £3: and extra, to £11 12s. 6d.: cows, £5 ss. to £7 10s.; and extsa, to £9 lcs. The prices were equal to 2fV>. to 33e. 6d,; extra, to 38s. 6d.; medium, Ms. to 27a. 6d.; and cow and inferior, 245. 6d. to 255. 6d. per ICOlb.

There was an average entry of veal calves, and tlu-y made 4s. 6d. to 51s. A fairly large entry of store cattle came lqrward, and was mostly of poor Quality and condition, but there was a fair demand at late sales. .Yearlings made 3Cs.j. 15 to 18-months, 475. to sCs.i two-year Btecrs, £4 7s. Id.; two-year heifers, £3 Bs. Brt„ £4 12s. 6d.; three-year steers were parsed at £7 103.; three-year heifers, £4 10s ,to £5 155.; and dry cows, 15s. to £4 18s. Dairy cows made £3 lCs. to ss. [The offering of fat piss was below the average, and there was a keen demand, and prices were firmer, especially for porkers. Choppers made 5Cs. to 025.; largo baconers, 60s. to 745. 6d.; smaller. 4te. to 57n. 6d. Eoual to 6d. per lb. Larger porkers made <os. to 475. 6d.; and smaller, 35s to 395. 6d. Equal to 6ld. and 7d. per lb. There was a keen demand for store piss, and all classes cold well. Largo sorts made 28s. to 345.; medium, 235. to 27? • smaller, Us. to 18s.; and weanera, 6s. 6d. to 16s. A lino of halfhred Tamwortli jugs, sold and bred by Mr. H. Stuart, brought 21a. 6d.

BTJRNSIDE MARKET. (By TnlezraDh.—Press Associations _ . Dunedin, November 1. At Burnside to-day 220 fat cattle were yarded. The sales opened with prices about 15s. per head below last week's rates, but as a number of pens were paused the rates improved, and, taken all round, showed a decline of 10s. per head. Prime bullocks made from £11 lCn. to £13 155.; extra, to £15 155.; medium, £10 to £11; good heifers, £10 to £11 55,; extra, to £13; medium, £8 10s. to £9 10s. Vat sheep: 2/14 were penned, including some very good-cjuality wethers and ewes. Ihc sale was slow at the commencement, but improved later. Prices showed a decline of Is. per i'gad on la6t week's rates. Best wethers made from 225. 6d. to 245.; extra, to 275. 3d.; medium, 19s. to 503.; 17s. to 18s.; best ewes, 225. *o 235.; extra-, to 275.; medium, 18s. to 6d.

Fat lambs: 152 penned, making a largo yarding. Lest sorts were 2s. lower than last week, while medium quality declined 3s. per head.