LIVE STOCK SALES.
Messrs. Abraham and Williams, ltd., report on their Johnsonrille sale as follows:—A fair yarding of Irallocks »nd sheep came forward, and sold at late nates. Medium bullocke, £ls ss. to £12 10s. to £13 55.; veolers, 253. to 345.; extra prime wothors, 265.; prime wethers, 236. to 235. 3d. j light, 19a. 6d. to 215.; prime ewes, 20s. to 20s. 6d.; light ewes, 18a. 6d. to 195.; prime lambs, 16s. 6d. to 176. Id.; others, 13s. 6d. to 14s. 3d.; prime ehorn lambs, lis. lOd. to 14s, Messrs. Abraham . and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua solo of Tuesday ee follows:—We offered a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle. Theie were a large number of real good guality sheep offered, a large proportion coming from the Pongaroa district; There wee strong demand for all classes, practically everything selling under the hammer. Quota--tionsi—Two and fcur-tooth ewes, 156. 4d.; four and five-year ewes, 12s. 6d. to 14s. 3d.; sound-month ewes, 10s. 2d. to 12s. ■ 6d.; for-
ward ewe 3, 12s. sd. to 14s. 3d.; store ewes, ss. Id. to Bs. Id.; two-tooth wethets, 12s. 9d. to 15s. 5d.; mii:ed two-tooths (email), 12s. 3d.; woolly lambs, good, 10s. 2d. to Us.; medium, 9s. 2d. to 9s. 19d.j smalj. 4s. lid. to 6s. 5d.; shorn livmbs, good, 10s. 2d., lis. 7d„ to 12s. Id.; medium. 75.; smell, ss. to ss. 5d.; light fat cows, £5 17s". 6d. to £6 45.; light fat heifers, £5 55.; empty com, £4 3s. 6d. to £4 193.; store oows, £2 116. to £3 Is.; 45 cows and calves, £4 18s. 6d.; eighteen-month steers, £4 7s. to £4 Us.; emcll yearlings, £2 2s. 6d.; springing .ieifers, £5 17s. 6d.; two-year heifers. .£3 105.,-edghteen-month heifers, £2 17s. 6d.; weaners, 225. to 26b.
ADDINGTOS HASKETB. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Chrlstchurcil, January 27. The entries of stock in almost all Departments were larger than loet week, end there was a good attendance, including two new buyers for export. Fat cattle sold well, and fat lambs and fat sheep were firmer by about Is. per head. There was a, good demand for forward store sheep end ewes, the only class that was dull of sole being backward lambs. Store sheep: Very forward lambs, 16s. 2d. to 16s. 6d.; forward, 15s. to 165.; fair, 12s. 9d. to 14e. 9d.; forward two-tooth wethere, 145.; good halfbred two-tooth ewes, 17s. 6d. to 18s.; good crossbred two-tooth ewes, 16s. 2d.; Inferior ewes, 10s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. , Po-t lambs: Kxtra prime heavy lambs, to 26e. 3d.; tegs, 21e. to 245.; average weights, 18s. to 18s. 61; light and unfinished, 14e. 3d. to 17s. lOd. • Fat sheep: Prime wethers, 255. to 265. Id.; others, 18s. 6d. to 225. 6d.; mbrino "wethere, }7a. 3d.; prime ewes, 21s. to 265. 6d.; othere, 17s. 6d. to 20s. 6d. Eat .Cftttle: Ordinary steers, £1 15a. to £12; extra stcere, to £19; ordinary heifers, £5 15s. to £S 10s.; extra heifers, to £12 55.; ordinary oowa, £5 ss. to £8; enra cows, to £13 15s. Price of beef, per 1001b., 345. to 425. 6d. Extra, to 45a. Store cattle: Fifteen to eighteen-month to £3 13s. 6d.; two-year steers, £4 6s. to £5; two and a half-year steers, £5 10s.; two-year hedfers, £4 Ss.; two and a half-year heifers, £4 155.; three-year steers, £6 17s. 6d. to £7 106.; three-year heifers, £5 < ss. to £5 95.; dry cows, £2 to £5 55.; dairy cows. £4 ss. to £13. Pigs; Choppers, 50s. to 67e.; light baconCT3, 478. 6d. to 555.; heavy baooners, 575. to 655.; oitra heavy baconers, to 68s. Price, per lb., 5Jd. Lipht porkers, 325. to 36e.; heavy porkers, 38s. to 445. Price per lb., 5Jd. to sid. '
BUENSIDB MAEKET. Dunedln, January 27. There was e, very large yarding of fat cattle, by far the greatest proportion being only medium-weight steers and heifers. There was only a email proportion of good heavy bullocks. Freezing buyers were operating for suitable quality. Prices, however, were lower than last week by 10s. to 156. pe rhead. Quotations: Primo heavy bollocks, £15 10s. to £18 7s. 6d. ; medium, £12 10s. to £14; light unfinished, £8 fit 10s.: .prime cows and heifers, £12 to £15; medium, £10 to £11 17s. 6d.; light and inferior, £5 10s. to £8 lie.-, dairy cows. £5 12s. 6d. to £10 10s. Fat_ Bheep: The yarding was composed principally of medium to good wethers and ewes, with an odd pen of prime heavy wethers. Freezing buyers kept prices for suitable weights np to last week's values, but heavy sheep experienced a drop of 103. to 15fi. per head. Quotations: Primo Primo wethers, to 325.; prime wethers, 26s !° S 6 ' l I ? ndl ! lrn Pood wethers, 225. 6d' to 245. 6d.; light wethers, 19s. to 21s. 6a • extra prime ewes, to 285.; prime, 225. 6d.' to 245. 9d. : medium to good, 18s. Gd. to 2lfi.: light, to inferior, 15a. to 17s. 6d. Fat iambs: A medium yarding. The anality was fair, with some pens of verv prime lambs. Export buyers operated freely, end seenrod the bulk of the entry Quotations: Extra prime, to 275. 3d.; prime 20s. to 225.; good, 17s. 6d. to 195.; light ami unfinished, 14s. to 16e. 6d. Pigs: A large yarding of fata and rtores Prices for good animals showed a drop on last week 6 sales. Quotations: Suckers ss. to 95.; slips, lis. to 165.; storcfl, 18s. to 235.; porkers, JJs. to 44®.; boconcrs, 50s. to 65e.; choppers, to 80s.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 8
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