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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9333, 6 October 1910, Page 2

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STOCK REPORTS. ; ; v ; V. raUNTERVILLE. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston N., report on their Hunterville. sale held on 4th inst. as follows:—A small yarding of both sheep and cattle came to hand, which sold as below:—Sheep: Mixed hoggets (small) to 13s 7d, good wether hoggets to 14s 10d. Cattle: Yearling heifers to £2 15s, 2-year heifers to £4 Iβ, springing heifers to £5 10s, Shorthorn bull to £6 12s 6d. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their H*nterville sale:—Fair entries of sheep and cattle came forward and met w'ith ready sale. We quote:—. Sheep: F.f.m. ewes in lamb 10s 6d, lps 10d, empty ewes 12e Id, old rams 8s 6d and 13s 6d. Cattle: Yearling to 15months steers ;£3 2 8 6 d 12s^6d ,2- ' year steers £4 13s, light fat cows £4 10s, yearling heifers £2 9s to £2 19s 6d. PAHIATUA. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua F.A. eale, of 4th inst., as ollowe:—We only yarded one pen of sheep, but good yarding of cattle, comprising mostly young eorts and dairy catJβ. The attendance was small in consequence of the wet day, but we have nevertheless to report a practically total clearance, the cattle meeting a ready sale at good values. We quote:—*.M. ewes and lambs 15s 9d, 3yr steers £5:55, ~18-months eteers £3 Hβ, yearling steers £2 2s to £2 19s, good dajry cows £7 2s 6d to £7 12s 6d, springing heifers £5 2e 6d to £5 ss, empty 2yr heifers. £ i. Kβ to £4 2s, 12 to 15-months heifers £2 13e 6d to £3 2s, bulls £2 6s, to £4 10s. JOHNSON VILLE.. Abraham- and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johneonville sale as follows: — We offered a heavy yarding of prime sheep and cattle to a- large attendance of buyers. Cattle sold at ruling rates, but sheep were quite 2s per head easier/owing to the large number available in the oounti-y. We quote: —Prime bullock* £lu 2s 6d to £10 15s, medium weights £9 11 to £9 15s, lighter £8 7s 6d to £8 17s 6d, prime wethers 22s 6d to 27s 6d, lighter 19s, prime heavy ewes 22s to 22s be prime ewes 19s 4d to 20s, medium 17e 3d, lambs l*s to 14s. GORTON AND SON'S REPORTS. Gorton and Son report that at Bulls on the 26fch they had a fair yarding ofsheep and a good yarding of cattle. Sheep sold at late rates and cattle sold well. At Emmett - Bros. , clearing sale on September 28 at Cheltenham we ha< a good sale for dairy, cows, ewes, and lambs. At Bladder's clearing sale at Rongotea on September 30 we had a good sale, and cows averaged ±.10 14s 9d. At Feilding on Friday we had fair yarding of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle. We quote as follows: — At Bulls.—Ewes and lambs 18s, light fat ewes 15s, ewe hoggets 14s 7d, 20months steers on account Amon Bros. £4 2s 6d, yearling steers Amon .Bros. £3 2s 6d, yearling heifers Amon Bros. £3 4s 6d, yearling steers McDonald and Son £3 7s 6d, yearling heifers McDonald and Son £2 17s, small yearling heifers McDonald and Son £2, fat bullocks £8 0s 6d, £8 15s, fat cows £5 Bs, empty heifers £2 lSs. ~„.,. , Emmett Bros.' sale.—Mixed hoggets 14s 6d, ewes and lambs 225, 245, and 21s 4d, S.D. ram hoggets fgns, Zggns, 2igns, 3gns, and.; 4gns, stud 6-th b.D. ram llgns, S.D. ewe hoggets 2igns 9 S.D. owes and 11 lambs (not flock sold), all counted at 20s each, flock Southdown sold at the following rates, all counted: 6 ewes 9 lambs 2igns, 6 ewes 10 lambs 2ens 8 ewes 7 lambs 2gns, 4-th up to f.m. S.D. rams made 2igns, cows in milk averaged £9 ss. Blackler's eale.-Cows sold well, and averaged £10 14s 9d. Sundries sold well. At Feilding.—4s mixed hoggets on account E. Thomas Us, 145 wether hoggets Thos. Lowry 12s lid, 187 ewe hoglets A. E. Pearce 14s Id 176 ewe hoglets W. J. Phillips 15s sd, 20 fat ewes J. Bussell 225, 18 fat ewes Jeffries Bros. 20s; lid, 14.. fat ewes : S. J. Jeffries 20s 40 forward ewes R. and J. H. Pe«ett ■13s sd. 20 ewes R. and J. H. Perrett 8s Bd, 44 mixed hoggets O. S. Tyerman 12s 6d, 48 forward ewes W. B. Barker 11s Bd, empty cows £4 Is, £4, springing heifers £6, £8 4s 6d, fat cows £6 4s, Jersey bulls £3, £7 18s springing cows £8 ss, £9, cows in milk £7 2s 6d,,15mdnth empty £4 Is, heifers calved £4 17s 6d, mixed weaners 35s od.

ADDINGTON. (Peh PbeßS Association.) CHRISTCHURGHr, Oct. 5. At the Addington stock sales there were moderate entries of stock and a good attendance. Fat cattle were firm aj; late rates. Store hoggets sold well, but ewes and lambs were not in such good demand. Fat lambe showed a sharp nee in , values, and fat sheep opened firm at the previous week's rates. Pigs were in good demand. Prices for both store and dairy cattle were easier. The entry of store sheep was not quite equal to last week's in point of numbers, and was made up chiefly of hoggets, ewes, and lambs. There was keen demand for hoggets, but continued dry weather affected the sale of ewes and lambs, and they sold below late rates. Ewe hoggets sold up to 15s 9d, wether hoggets to 13s 6d, and mixed sexes to 13s 6d, and small wether hoggets to 9s 9d, aged ewes and lambe 7s 9d to Bs, and e.m. ewe and lambs 9s 9d all counted. The entry of fat lambs totalled 157, or rather less than last week. The quality was good, and there was a sharp advance in prices. Best sorts made 15s to lbs 3d, and smaller Us to 14s 6d. Tho yarding of fat sheep was a comparatively small one, and the quality was hardly so good as the previous eale. It consisted mainly of crossbred and halfbred wethers, with odd lines of ewes and merino wethers, there being more of the latter than of late. The market opened under keen competition, at pi-ices fully up to the level of last week's rates, and in some cases over. The range of prices for prime wethers was 21s to 25e 3d, extra to 335, lighter 15s 8d to 20s, prim© ewes 19s 3d to 25s 3d, others 13s lid to 19s, hoggets 15s Id to 18s 9d, prime merino wethers 15s-Ud to 21s. The supply of beef totalled 182 head, or about the same as the previous week, but the quality showed a falling off. The demand was keen and late rates were firmly maintained. Steers made ho Tie 6d to £14 15s, heifers £5 10s to £10 7s 6d, and cows £4 15s to ,£ll ss, equal to 30s to'33s, aild in some cases to 35e for prime; second quality 295, and inferior 26s to 28s per 1001b. , There was a large yarding of veal calves, which sold at a decline of 5s per head, in consequence of over supply, prices ranging from 4s to 40s and up to £4 for yearlings. Store cattle were dull of sale on account of the dry weather, and prices were easier. Yearlings made £1 10s to £2 2s 6d, 2-year steers and. heifers, £4 10e, and dr,y cows £2 10s and £4 6s. Dairy cows were also easier, and several of the best were passed in. Prices forged from £2 10s to £8 12s 6d.

The yarding of pigs was an average one. Prime baconers were in specially good demand, and porkers also sold well, but stores were dull of sale, a large supplv being on offer. Heavy baconers made £2 8s to £3 and lighter £2 2s to ,£2 7s 6d, equal to 4id per lb, large porkers £1 18s to £2 Is, and lighter £1 8s to £1 17s 6d, equal to 4|d per lb, large stores 18s to £1 2s 6d, smaller 14s to 17s 6d, and weanere 5s 6d to 9s.