LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2113, 2 April 1914, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Abraham and WilUame, Ltd., report on their Johnsonvillc sale as 10lJows:—lFo offered a fair entry of prime bullocks and sheep, which e'old at tho following prices :•—Prime heavy bullocks, £11 15s. to £12; prime bullocks, £11 to £11 10s,; lighter, £10 10s.; medium wethers, £1 Os. 6d.; good ewes. 175., 17e. 3d. to. 17s. 10d.; prime lambe, 15s. 9d.

Mcesro. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report :—At Efinmai. on Tuesday, we yarded large entries of both sheep and cattle. There was keen competition for all classes of sheep, ami every lot sold readily under tho hammer. Cattlo also were in good demand, . and very little went unsold. Quotations:—Ewes in lamb, two-tooths, 18s. 6d.; four and eis-toothe. 195.; mixed-ages, 17e. Bd.; full-mouth, 10s. 7d. to 10s. Bd.; twotooth wethers, 16s. lid.; forward lambs, 12s. '4d. to 123. 7d.; good rapo lambs, 10s. 6d. to lls. 2d.; others, Bs. sd. to 10s. Id.; two-year steers, £5 55.: heifers ■in calf, £0 19s. 6d.; two-year Holatein in-calf, £5 Bs.; store cowg, £3 83. to £4 lls.; weaner steers, 359.; good .weaner heifers, 38s. to £2 Is.; mixed wcaners, 245. 6d..t0 31s. 6a.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At "Rangiwahia. on Tuesday, we had a good entry of shecji end cattle, and have to report a cood clearance at very satisfactory prices. Quotations:—Sheep: Small lambs, 75.; ewe lambs. 113. to lls. 3d.; e.m. ewes, 12s. tt 12s. 6d.; forward ewes, 14s. 10d.: two-tooth ewe 3. small, 155.: forward wethers, 16s. 811. to 17s. 6d. Cattle: Small wcaners, .liis.; weaners, medium, 245. to 265.-. weaner heifor3, good, 355.; yearling etecrs, £2 ss. 6a\ to £2 He.; eighteen-inonth steers, £3 13s. to £3 ISs. ii.; twenty-month heifers £3; aged cows. £2 135.; atoro cows. £3 103. to £3 17s 6d.; light fftt cows, £5 lls.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Levin, report:—At. a special sale held on account of irr. Waggery, sell., at Paraparaiiniu, on TuePd.iy, we had a most successful pn.lo of dairy cowe, the whole of the herd (3S) beiUR sold Under tho hammer. We quote: Cowst in milk. £7 155., £8. £8 &>., £9. £9 55., £10 to £12 155.; store cows, £5; bull. £5. On account of other vendors—Heifers •in call made £7 15s. to £8.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christohufch, April l. At the Addington live stock market today there was again a very largo entry of store fiheep, but rather smaller yardhißs of fat sheep and fat lambs. The attendenco was well up to the average. I'ut cattle showed a little improvement in extra prime sorts. Store sheep were again in keen demand, and primo light-weight lambs sold <it about laet week's uricce, but heavy-weights and inferior lambs wero a shade easier. ■ ' Store sheep: Best two-tooth cwctf, 225. to 275.; others, 15s. 6d. to 21s. 7d.; four and six-tooths, 18s. to 27.». Id.; four-year-old ewes, lfe. to 225. 9d.; best sound-mouthed, 18s. to 215.; others, 15s. 9d. to l"e. 60..; aged 6s. 6d. to 145.; best rape lambs. 13s. 6d. to 16s. id.; othcre, 10s. id. to 12s. 9d.; tulle, 8s 3d. to 10s.; two, four, and six-tooth wetherc, 16s. to 19s. 10d. Fat lambs: Tors, 19s. to 20s. 5d.; average sveights, 17s. to 19s. id.; light and unlinished. Us. 9d. to !fe. 6tl. ' Vat sheep: Prime wethers. 21e. to 225.: extrn, to 275.; iithci , ;, 17j. lo 20s. 6d.; jirime ewes, lSe. to 23=.; extra, to 265.: medium la-, to Us, 6d.; aged and liglit, 11s. iH. to 'Is. 6il. Kat ratlin: Steers, ordinary, £7 to £llj ' 3

steers, extra, to £13 10s.; hoifcrs, ordinary, £6 7s. Bd. to £10 10b.; heifers, extra, to £12 53. j cows, £5 ss. to £9 10s.

Store cattle: Yearlings, £1 10s. to £1 lie.; fifteen to eighteen-month softs, .£2 Bb. to £3 165.; two- year steers, £4 l?s, Set-; twoyc.iv liuifcrs, £3 IBs. 6d. to £4; two and n, half-year heifers (a useful lino, but poor), £4 55.; three-year steers, £5 IGs.: cows', £2 se. to £4. A lino of 16 cowe was passed at £4 17s. 6rt. Dairy cows nni.de £i ss. to £12 ss.

Fat pigs: Choppers, £4 to .£5 2s. s heavy baconers, 60=. to 705.; light baconers. SCs to 575. Cd. The price per It, vrae sd, to WfL. Heavy porkers, 465. t9 485.; lighter porkers, Sin. to 445. Tho price per I'o. was 6Jd. Store pigs: Large stsrrss, 3{s. to 445.; medium stores, 30s. to 3?s.i smith stores, 22". to 295.; wemicrs, IDs, 6d. for very email, to 15s. for good sstrte. BURNSIDE MARKET. Duncciln., April i. At Burnsidc to-day 211 fat cettlo were yarded, and the entry proved to bo in excess of the rflfluircments of tfcts trade.' There were a. few pens of extra good quality forward, hut in tho main the ontry ivas mode up of medium-quality imllocHf, cows, and heifers. Owing to the lnveu yarding prices were much loviw than those ruling last week. Host biiHnek:, £12 tu £13 ICe.; extra, to £14 55.; medium, £10 to £11 Ifc.; light ami unfinished, £8 to £lCi ICe.; best cows nrol heifers, to X 9 10s.; medium, to .£7: inferior, ta £5. Thero was a large yarding Oi f«t Elicnp, 4167 being penned. The qnality, taken all over, was only fair, a very large proportion of tho sheep being only half finished. For this class compalitlou wns decidedly dull, poles being hard to effect. Prime slicep eold well, heavy wethers bringing just about equal to last w-cck's β-ricos, though heavy ewee did not <?cll ijuHb *o well. Best wethers, 275. to ife: cxtwi. to 295. 9d.: nicdiuni. 235. to 255.; Itghl ond unfinished, 18s. to 205.; best cwto, t« S.s.j extra to 30s. 6d.: medium, to 1!?.: imforlor, to 14s. Fat lambs: 1-iCO penned. Tho. quality was only medium, with odd- pone of goad sorts. Competition was fairly Iteen, and prices were, much the Eaßie β-s last.week. Host, to 19s. 6d.: 0.-itrn, to 21a; medium, to 17s. 6d.j inferior, to 15s. Thero was a. large ynrdiiig of nigs. T2 fats and 149 stores coming forward. Tho supply o! fat pigs was in <k«ss oi tho demand.- and consequently thero Wiis ,a deelino in prices. ' There was only a pTnclt sale for store nigs, and prices s&owud a. drop of 2s. to 3s. per head. Swelters, 7s, 6d. to 13s. 6d.; slips, to 14.=. to 165.: (itotcs, to 30-s.; noi'knrti, ffls. to «-s.; li-ghl bflcbii. ers, to-605.; heavy baconers,.to 755.