LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1293, 23 November 1911, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd. (Palmerston North, branch), report:—At our Martou sale on Tuesday a very fair yardiug of sheep carac. to hand, all of which met -with a ready demand, and sold at prices highly satisfactory tc vendors. Small mixed hoggets, lis. 7d.; young shorn ewes, lis. 6d. to 12s. 6d.; good mixed hogcots, to 145.; good ewes hotels, 155., 15s. Id. to 165.; weaner pigs, 15s. to 13s. 6d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report on their Mastert-on stock sale, which was held on 'fuesclav, as follows:—Wo had a large entry of cattle, but no sheep caine to hand. Wo have, to report a good sale, and every cntrv was disposed of before the Close 'of the sale. -The quotations were:—.Spring cows. £7 ss. to £7 iOs.; yearling. heifer*?. £2' 17s. Cd. to £3; yearling steors, £2 15s. to £3 ss. 6d.; 2-ycar steers, £3.1(3. to £4 10s. Messrs. Abraham and WJUliams, 1 Ltd.,report on their Johns-ohvilie sale as follows:—We offered a heavy -yarding of biulocks, and a good one of pheen, which sold readily at la to rates. Best bullock.'!, £9 15s. to £10 12s. 6d.; -lighter, £9 ss. ta £9 10s.; light, £8 15s.;.vcalers, 295. to <53.; lighter, 225. to 245.: prime heavy shorn wethers, 17s. Id. to 17s. 2d.: medium shorn wethers, 14s. 9d. to 155.; prime, shorn ewes, 14s. 9d.; medium shorn owes, 12s. ■ 6-d, to 12s. 10d.; medium woolly ewes, 18s, 9d.; plain, 175.;, prime lambs, 13s. to 13s. 6d.j 12s. to 12s. 6d.; light, lCs. 6d. to'lfs;--'•

ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. (By Telegraph—Press-' Association.) > Ciirlstchuroh, November 22. • At Addington ,thero were fairly large on.tries of stock,.'and a good attendance. StoTC sheep wero firmer,' and fat lambs were e-isier. In consequence of a.laree yarding, the demand for beef was weakc.r. and prices were down Is. to 2s. par ICOlb. Fat sheep were also weaker by Is. to Is. 6d. per liend. Pigs fold at imported prices, as did store cattle. There was a very small yarding of store sheep, .consisting of two or, tlmo lines of ewes in lamb, a few pens of woolly hoggets, and socio shorn wether;, and the demand being keen, all • lots were sold at advanced rates. . Shorn wethers and young ewes with lambs sold particn.lorly.weU. "Shorn venule ewe. l ? with lambs made 125.; the same class in the wool, 10s. to 10s. 6d.; need ewes in the wool, with'. lambs, £5. 2d.; and shorn, 7s. Ed., all counted; 4 and 6-tooth dry ewes, in tlio wool, lEs.; 4 and 6-tooth shorn wethers, 14s. 7d. to 15s. 10d.; 2 and 4-tooth shorn wethers, l?,v 3d. to 13>. 'Id.; small shorn 2-toot.h wct-hers, 11?.; woolly hoggets. 12s. to 15s. 6d- the latter piice for a few of Bond ' quality. • Therri wore no fewer than 737 fat lambs panned, v.-hjch is the largest number vet offered this season, last week's good prices no doubt having. induced growers to send more in. Tliei-e wa= a very gool demand or the part of butcher,;, but,' owing 1o the plentiful supply offering, prices dec-lined 7s. to 3?.. nor bead; the general quality of.the yarding was exceptionally good. Best lambs mado 14s. 6d. lo 18s. 3d and lighter, 11?. .to Us. The .yarding of. fat sheen was smaller than of Into, and consisted principally of shorn local iino==, there being only a few.Southland lines on offer. The in.ir. kot opened a shade weaker than last week's rates, but the supply proving ample, prices rased off towards the close of the rale, when they were lower by Is. to Is. 6d.. as compared with tiie previous week. The rr-nge of prices was: Woolly wethers, 15=. 4d. to 2fs. ?d.; prime shorn wethers, las. 6d. to 20;.: oth-rs. 14s. 3d to 155.; -woolly ewes. 19?. 7d. to 225. 9d.; prime f.hown ewes, 14s.' 6d. to 18s. 6d. ; others lis. 3d. to Hs.; wholly hogget". 19s. sd' to 19s. Bd.; shorn hoggets, 13s. 3d. Tho entry of fet cattle l-otalM 339 fs compared with 182 last week. The o'linlity , T n.s generally prime, and the North I=i,nid consier.!r«.nt3 made no a large pan of hie entry; the competition was wcker in ronsenuen'o of the larre =nppi v end values ro:«dcd by Is. to ?.s. ier 100 lb. _!?te<srs too® •« ss. to 3:14; heifers ■i 13S. to fl 2s. 6d.; and extra, to £11 5=.; cow-s. £5 IS. 6d. to £10 7s. M eoual In 2*s. to 3o= 6d. per IWlb. A -ood' entry of veM calves made 4<>. 61 to <55?. according to eize and Duality. '' A poor yardin? of store rattle with an improved demand. 15 to 38-ironths steers, tfg. to to S-1: 2-ve-»r f-tccrs, £4 55.; 3*ye.ir heifors. £4 tj* '"and £?mV%i % £J ss '• .fl" 7 . c<Mrs brought tir™ 0 ?,-!™' "i sm;i i ,cr •• ntry of f:!t "'ja than la=t week, and prices were cornierno'.y firmer. Chonpers sold un to £4 16s • lerge baconers, 655. to 775. 6d., smallmf. 6d. to o7s. M., equal to 53d. rer lb • largo porkers. 375;. 6d. to "fe.; smaller 3oj' to 355., eonil to 6d. per lb Stor-e ni<M were in keen thmand, and r. va-d-'n-soul well, large sorts making 265. to 34;° nmn.loT 13s. to 25q. ; and wcaners, 9*' to i6s. ' BtTHXStDE MARKET. Illy Telegraph.—Press Associations Duilcdin, November 22. At Burnside to-day 150 fat ea.tt.la wore yarded. At the beginning of tj c c,i c prices were slightlv firmer than lan week but. comntUtion afterwards -alackcn'i-d and values dropped .about, Its. per h»ad ' The rattle were mostly of good Quality' Be=,t bullocks .£l9 ICs. lo £12 10s.: extra heavy £-10.-2s. 6d. to £16; good. £9 10s to £10 10s. :1 light, £7 lite to £8 lte."bon eo ™ and heifers. £6 ICs. to £9 extra to £11 12s. 6d.; medium to good. £6 ICs to r7 10s.; light pud inferior. £4 l<te to lfe Sheep: 3346 were yarded. This was too big a yarding for the time of year a.nd competition was confined to town butchers. The rale was verv dragging at the start, and the demand throughout was erratic; tiriccs fluctuating in an almost nil accountable way. Taken all round prkes for prime ■ wethers wore down about k and for medium wethers and ewes about 2s. per head, compared with last week. There wa.s a larrror yarding of prime heavy-weight vet-tors than usual. Rest wethers, 255. to 275. Ed.; eitra. to 3Cs - medium. 21s. to 235. 3d.: others. 18s to «V 6d.: bost owes, shorn. 16s. to 215.; woollv' to 2's.; medium shorn, lis. 61 to 17c 6d •' woolly, 18s. 6d. to 2Cs. 6d.; others to 15s. Lambs: 197 yarded. A full vardin" which sold under keen competition and last wok's rales were fully maintained. The top priec was 20s. 3d.