LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1299, 30 November 1911, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messne. Daigety and Company report 'n their Wangariui sale, which was held yesterday, as follows:—We had a. good yarding of rattli .inrt sheep, and have to report \ good Pale, tho demand for all dashes Vicing brisk, sheep in particular meeting n-ith a. rcadj sale. Wc quoteFonf-tuoth weihers, ISs. 4d.: woolly do., 16s- 4d.: mixed 'shorn two-toorhs, lit. 5d.; cull do., o ! . led.: woolly, lioggcts, 12s. lCd. to 13?. 9d.; small do., 15s. Fat. cows. £5 10*.; forward do., £4 8?.; backward cows. £2 18-'.: yeailinj steers, £3 sa. 6d.s two-year steers, £4 2s. 6d.: yearling heifers, £2 7s. 6d.s two-vt-ar Hereford. 12igns.; six-year do., Signs., Mens., Uigns.. 12gns., to 17\gi>f. Messrs. Abraham and 'Williams l , Ltd., report on their JohDsonville sale, held yesterday, as follows.—A heavy yarding of bullocks and sheep cami? forward, and fold at late rcduoed prices. Extra heavy prime bullocks ilO 10s. to £12 2s. 6(1.: prime bullocks, £9 10s. to £9 17iv 6d.: lighter, £9 to £9 55.; light, £8 10.-.; vcalere. 21:.. to 315.; prime heavy wethers. 16s. 9d. to- 17p.; good wethers. 14s. :V!. to 15?.: light. 145.; goon ewes, 13s. to '3s. Cd.; light. 12s. 3d.: medium woolly ewes, 17s. lid. to 18s. Cflett.va, prime larnbe, Ms. to 14s. 3d.; prime, Us. tc 13s. Bd. . ADDIXGTOX SALE. ■Illy Telegraph—Press Association.! Christchurch, »vemhcV 29. The,weekly sal: of jtnrk at Addington nas held to-day m beautiful weather, the attendance in co.isciueiict. was a little better tbatt usual, and. though there was a small entry in all ilasscs of stock, the sale on the whole was a satisfactory rn;. Sheep: There was an unusually small yarding of store sheep, but a. good demand, and nil lots changed bands without hesitation. Tbe bulk of t1... entry was made up of wetiicrs, in and out of the wool, aud mixed two-tooths, with a f?w pens of woolly cw.35 and owes and lambs. There was a distinct, hardening, and priccs advanced nvi-r last week's, market. Four and-six-tooth woolly wethers made 16s. to 17s. 7d.; dry bur-tooth ewes (good r.orts) made 21s. 2d.; and woolfy merino ewes, with lambi-, made i 95., all counted; soundmouthed shorn iwes, with lamb, made 10s. Id. to 10s. Cd.; thorn two-tooth wethers, lis.; for iow-ccnd-.tioncd sorts, to lis.; for fair line.-, shorn four and si".-tooth wethers, 15:'. 60. U 165.; and two and fourtooth shorn. withers, tSj. Fat lambs; The yarding of fat lambs .'totalled 7M, beir.e a slight decrease on tbe entry ou last week's :'.ale. The quality was generally cood, peihaps a. shade under that penned last- week, but prices showed a flight tendency to Bim. although there is •no quotable advance. . The only operators Were the. butcner.;, who took pracf.rally all the. lots; Uie meat companies' buyers were'in tjic pens, but were only procuring lambs for the. shops. It is stated that -the exporters .will bo opera tir.g. nrat m?r kct. TUe range of . prices < was f;om Us. ■to IGs. :id. ' 4 Fat sh?ep: Taexa was a small yarding jrf fat sheep, ana a.'keen demand, prices hardpning for all description?,. The ranca of prices -wether?, 235. frl ■to 245. Bd.; prime shorn wethers, 16s. 6d. to 21a.; others, 14s. 6d. to 165.; woolly ewes, 16s. Bd. to 24:.: prime shorn ewes, 15s. 6d." to 18s. 9d.: others. Us. Bd. to 145.; shorn l.'oijgets. 13s. 4d. to 15s 4d. < Fat cattle: The entry, of fat cattla numbered 312, '".being tare® 4 more than at the nrcviou'3 sale. A fair proportion of the entry consisted of North Island . cattle, and the general quality' of the whole yarddug was very good, the do.masd, however, ,was very much. quieter, and there was an 'undoubted fall of about Is. to Is. 6d. per lOOib..' Beef made from 255. to 345. Ocr lOOlb.; steeis made £8 Ss. to £12 2s. 6d.; heifers. £5 15s. to £8 So.; extra, to £10: cows. £5 10s. to £9 10s.; -vealors made from ,4s. 6d. to' £4 li'. for an extra good calf. There was'a »air yarding ol tloro cattle of ''useful claw. Competition was free, 'and-prices showed an Improvement, lcarUnW.'£2 155.; 18-montlis steers, £2 4s. 6d. .to ~£3; three-year-old stec-rs, 7«. to £4 13s. 6d.; two-year heifers, £3_ 17s. _ tc£4; throo'-year slier*. eood line, £6 155., three-vcar heifers, £4 16s. to £5; 18-moti.tti-nolstein heifers, £5 4s. 6d., and dry cows £1 IDs. to £4 7«. Sd.; dairy cows made ±3 •ic*. to £8 10s.: extra, tu £11 15s. i The entry of fat pi?s vas moderate, and the majority of the lots were condtfione'l. The demand was good lor all ■cla='.c=. .-lid a clearance w.as effected. Ohop.««rs realised £2 10a. to .#-4; heavy batoners. £3 to \£S ■16».':' lighter. £2 7s. 6(1. to mi 15?.; equal to 5Jd. to s|a. per lb. ITeftvy pork- : "Y? macte' £1 18s. bd. to r .2 55.: I:jhlcr sorts. £1 10s: to £1 17s. .6(1.: ocnal t6 55d. to fid. 'Per lb. All sorts .of jrorcs sold •freolv—'large 28s. to 305.: smaller, 225. to 275.;' weancrs, 12s. to 18s. 6d.