LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2541, 16 August 1915, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs.- Abraham and Williams, Ltd'., report :. on „' their Fcildlng sale on Friday, •August 13:—Sfhcep slightly easier than lest week's 1 sale, but cattle sold at late raitos. Small hoggets, 14s. 6d.; forward ewes. 20s. 7d.;."forward wethers, 295. ML; 'fat wethers (small), 31a.; fait lambs, 2Cs. Sd.; ©tore ccywt", £3 2e. to£3 145.; forwava cows,-.£4 .105., ; £4 :15s. 6d., to £4 175.; heifers, in milk, £5; springing heifers, £5 155., £6 lis., to £6' 17s. 6d.; small weaners, 306.- to 31e.; light fat cows, £5 Is. to £6 15a.; medium, £8 13s. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., ircport on their fortnightly Dannevirke falc, August 13:—Fat sheep, keen competition/; store wethers and hoggets, good demand: ewes in'lamb (tho bulk of tho yarding of which, were medium sorts), hard to sell; cull hosget&'to 9s. 7d.; medium flo., 136. 6d. to'l4s. 7d.; low-conditioni ewes, in lamb, 145.>94. to 17s. 3d.; f.m. do., to 215.; fat OWC3' (good), 295. 3d.; fot Tfctacra .(good), 335. ' Cattle: Empty heifers, to £3 if. tel. -Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Mmerton" North:— Feilding sale. Friday, August] 13: -Small' mixed hoggets 12s. to '14s. 9d.; medium mixed hoggets, 15s. 6d. to 16s. sd'.; very fair mixed hoggets, to 175.; mixed age ewes, in lamb, 13s. 9d, to 14s. 6d,; ewes in lamb, 18. lOd. .to 19. 3d.; empty Btoro owes, to-125.;. forward empty ewes, j to -195.. 3d.; fat and forward ewes, to 20s. '6d.; fat hoggets, ,19s. 7d.; vroaner steers. £2 55.; t"wo-yefl.T-oltl heifers, £3 155.; empty cows, £4 17s, 6d.; - light /at cows, £6 IBs. 6d.; .backward, dflin r . heifers, £4 17s. ,6d.; dairy cows, to' £8; "two and c. lialf-ycar (Tt-cers/ to £6 18s. : ; three-year steers, to £» lie. • •- " .• „ • Newton King's quotations:—urenui— .Mr.- R. Kent's dairy cows sold at from £5 15©. tb £14 55., averaging £8 10s. 3d-, for tho line.' l£r. J. Jones's herd sold at from £5 155.. to £11, averaginff.' £11 3s. Dauy cows, on accoumt of other vendors; mafle from £5 155.-to £10-55.; springing heifers, £4 ss. to £10 Ee.; yearling heifers, £1 los. to £1,18s.; good Jersey yearling heifers, ; £2'lis.;: yearling steers, £2 14s. to £3 lis.; ,tvi'o-yfor duKjalf heifere, £4; "well-grown two-year empty heifers, £3 14s. to £3 193. 3 fair £3 3s. to £3 10s.; small fifteen-montli £2 10s. to £2' 165.; two-year, steers, £4 15s. tO '£5 17s. 6d.; Jerseys, £3 14s. to £4; store cows (very light framed), £3' 14s. to £4 Is.; fair stores,-£4 10s. to £4 155.; good stores. £5 10s. to £6; in-calf cows, £5 65.; forward cows, £7 25..t0 £7 lis.; fat cows. £8 7s. to £9 Is.; hoggets (small), 17s. Id.; fat wethere, £1 lis.; two-tooth wethers, £1 45.; f.m. eweff, empty, 13s. to 17s. Stratford Heifers," from £6 to £10 10s.;. cows, from £5 to £12 10s.; dairy ca,ttle, avejaging-£9 Us." tftatotu—Yearling' heifers. £1- 12b. to '£2 8a" 6d.;'yearling ", steers, good, £S Bs. 6d.; smater, £2 6s; 6d. to £2 145,; muxed yeaiflings, £2 95.; fat oows, £8 10s. to £9 95.; and ,£l3 ,10s. fpr a. very prime Short horn cow fattened by; Mr. Gilhooly, oi Pungarehul fonvard cows, £o ,7s. od l . to £7 2sf. 6d.: store cows, £4 16s. to £5 18s.; light-framed cows, £3 18s. 6d. to £4 65.; dairy . bulls, £7 17s. !6d. to £? Zs. ' 60.; 'empty -two-year heifers, £3 and £3 14s. 6d.; springing hedfers, £6 ss. to £8 ,10s.;« dairyvCOw>s,..£6.los. to £10 55., Kent Boad—Mr. N. T. Bundle's dealing sale: Dairy,.,co-ws up .to .. £9 155., £8 <sa/-fo?"the liner empty ocw«?. £4 129,..6 d. •and £5 10s,; yearling heifers, £2 Is.; yew'ling bull, £2 12s.i 6d.; three-year Jersey. £8; •:four-year -mare, £30;. breedlnsp I'bows, •£3 v l6s.; : to £6 15s. Private salesi 'Yearling heifore, • 355. to £2 25.; yearling , steers, ■£2 109. to £3'55.; empty two-yeux heifers, £3 10s. to £3 .175.; choice springine heifers,; £8 to'£10; springing, heifers, •'je6.ilOs,."to; £7 ; 12a;>,'6d.; fat cows, £?..95.; -steers,' -£13 to : £l3 10s.; dairy bulls, £7 15s. to £14; dairy herds, £9 to £12; forward buillocks, £10-to.-£U; two and a halfyear and three-year steers, £8 to £10; for •forward cattle; ewes in lamb, 20s. "6d. to 285.; 14s. 6d. to 17s. for small, and 18s. 9d, to 20s. for good; f.m. empty ewes. ,145.; 6d, to 17s. 6d.; -fonv«®d wethers (two•tootih), ,255, t0..27e. "

!' The. New, Zealand Loan 'and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.,. report:—Feilding, on Friday—Mixed hoggets,-20s. 5a.; . yearling heifers, 3Cs. to 365. 6d.;.yearlirfg eteers,. £2 17s. -to £3 ,35.; fiftcen-montha heifers, £2 : 16s. 6ii.'; twenty-months heifers, £3 2s. •(& to'£3l3s.. 6dt; -low-condition..oo*g,-.£2 3s. to £2 Bs.; store.cows, £3 155.; forward. ,cows,.£s- lls.;.i.eiß , hteeinnonths steers, £3 19s.' 6dv;--two-year-'steers, ,'£s'6s.; two and a half-year steers;' £6 17s. fid. to £7 55.; threeyear steere, £8 llsl; forward bullocks, £12 10sAto»ffl3;-*fat--buUooSfl, £15 55.; threeyear Shorthorn, bull, £11 2s. 6d.;-eightean- ■. months Shorthorn bu.11,.£4 16s. Dairy sale at'Feilding on Saturday—Herds on account ; of. Messrs. J. A. Brown,'J. Fergusson. J. Basmussen,.and 1 C. ; .PHSsell: Best cows, £10 10s. to £14 10s.;: fair cows, £7 to £9 10s.; backward sorts," £5 ®s. to £6; springing heifers, £5 ss. .- -

'■ COMMERCIAL ITEMS '^V^INTESTMNT' SHARES; \ lihcrc wjro • no treineactioria "■ in invest:meat, Saturday. ; . Tho quotations •wera-as-follow:— t ... Buyers., Sellers. , . : £ s. d. £ s. d. 'National- Bank t'-J.:.:....... —. ■■ ' 4 19 0 ,8k:;.N:Z;:' 1 (£6 < ;135. , :4(!.)16 o o 'Union . Bank' I ... 49 10 0 — Well.- 'Del). > and-: Mort. ... ■ —. 0 8 0 Well. Gas,..(pref:) — 10 0 Standard'/'lnsurance':.- : 115 9 Union' Sliam!.(ordi.)'.', 1 20 — . Union..Steam>{prqt.), — 10 3 Wcstport -Caal"-''.::..;........ — 111 0 WestpbH-'5t0cKfc0n'.v.......... -0-50 . — Loyland-O-Brieh .-H .:.... .12 0 — IZ Drug - 2 7 0 Golden-.Bay^Cemcnt:-— 113 Ward and Co. . ..J.::.....-..... 5 8 6 _ — Kauri-'Timber.-'(ISS.) '.. 0 16 6 — D.1.0. (pref.) !...... - 10 0 • : WHRAT AND KLOUR. By Telegraph-Press- Association-Copyright ■ ■ , -(Bee; 15, 5.4 p.m.) - . - -I London, August 14.. Wheat'bos opened higher under the influence of unfavourable harvest and threshing weather ■' in- America., coupled with the -unsettled - condition in Britain-, but finished'weaker, '.following a sharp decline on American-:cablegrams. CMcago , Sep-

tember options, 110 centG to 107 cents; Dc-' comber, 108 cents to 106 ccnts. The wiheat and Hoar afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,785,000 buslicis, for the Continent 640,000; Atlantic shipments, 173,000; total for Europe, 250.000 bushels, including India,, 83,0C0. Tho grain imported . into tlio various States, world's shipment, is now misleading, ' Canadian details ore officially withheld. < HIDES AND LEATHER. (Eec.' August 15, 5.4 p.m.) London, August 14. 'Hides arc quieter. Queensland, 10 3-B*l., 10Jd„ and 9 3-Ba.;.New' South Wales, 10 3-Bd., .10 l-Bd., and 9 9-16 d. Leather is in strong demand. Bost heavy Australian 18(1. to 2Z(I. Basils have limited inquiry; Australian, 15d. to 17(1.; Kew Zealand, 18Jd. to 19ia. LONDON MABKEHS. (Rec. August 15, 5.4 p.m.) London, August 14. Cotton.—A®gust-Scptember shipment, 5.27 d. per lb. Jute—Native finst-mairks, August shipment, £24 ss. per ton. New Zealand Hemp.—August-October shipment, £31 10t?. per ton.; Copra—August-September shipment, £22 10s. per ton. ... Rubber.—Hard, fino Para, 2s. 41d. per lb.; plantation; 2s. 43d.; smoked sheeits, 2s. 42<1. . Silver.—Bar silver is quoted ait 22 15-16 d. per ounce Btandoird. FROZEN HEAT. (Rec. August 15, 5.4 p.m.). London, August 14: Tho incorporated Society of Meat Importers' Smithfield market quotations for tho undermentioned clascs of frozen meat Eire based oil actual sales of not less than one hundred carcasses of-mutton or lamb or twenty-five quarters of beef, of fair average quality. Tho quotations • are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of tho bulk of the shipments . now on the market. ■ The prices ■which follow are on the average a farthing per lb. more than the values ex ship, this difference representing the averago cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat:— Mutton— ' d. Canterbury, light 7 . Canterbury, medium 63 . Canterbury, heavy 6fc .Southland 6j North Island,'best '. 613-16 North Island, ordinary; 611-16 New Zealand owes 5J Australian, heavy * 6 Australian, light '. 6 : • Australian ewes 1 : River Plate, light '. 6jj River Plate, heavy 61 River Plate, ewes '. 53 Lamb— ® . . : . Oanterbury, light 85-16 Oanterbury, seconds ... 1 . 8 ••• Canterbury, medium '.... -73- ' Canterbury, heavy .'...; 8 Southland 11 North. Island, ordinary 72 North Island, selected 81-16 Australian, b&st ...' : 73 . Australian, fair 75 Australian, inferior 7« River Plate, light 78 River Plate, heavy '. 71-8 BeefArgentine, chilled fores •• none offering , Argentine, chilled hinds (} ; • : RABBITS. '' ' ' New South WMes'blues, 20s. 6d. London, August 13. Bar silver is quoted ait' 23d. per ounce (standard. Copper.—On the spot, £67 to £67 6s. per ton; at three months. £68 ss. to £68 10s. Tin—On the spot. £149 10s. to £150 per ton; at tihrco'months, £151 ?s. 6d. to £152 ss. . Lead.—Soft foreign. £20-l&. 6d. to £20 17s. 6d. per ton: Spelter.—Cash, £68 per ton; forward, £58. SHEKPSKIXS. Messrs, M. and 6. .Titrnbitll and: Co., Ltd., report having received . tho follow-! ing cablegram from their London agents in reference to the sheepskin' ©ales, which opened on August 12:—"Combing, par to halfpenny decline; clothing much ncgleotcd', three farthings lower." Messrs. Dalgety and Companiy, Ltd., Wellington, receivod the following telegram from thciir London office, dated August 12: —"S-heopskin sales havo . cloeed l . Merinos generally wero Id. louver,. whilst clothing declined 3-Bd. and shorn were neglected. Crossbred combing were 3d. lower, and lambs id. lower, and clothing and shorn were neglected; 6600 bales were offered, and 4100 sold.". Customs duty collectcd at tho iport of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1370 ss. 6(1.