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Southland Times, Issue 17652, 9 February 1916, Page 7

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AGEaCTTE.T'tJSAI. EVENTS POK WEEK ENDING PEBEUAET 12. Thursdaj', February 10.— Stock sale at Fortrose. Stock sale at Woodlands. Stock sale at Mataura. Friday, February 11. —■ Stock sale at Otautau. WALIiACETOWN STOCK SAXE. KECORD YARDING FAT CATTLE. TRICES AVELL MAINTAINED. The Wallacetown stock sale yesterday was attended by a large number of farmers, dealers, and buyers. The day was Intensely hot, and by the time the last pen had been disposed of the auctioneers wore unite willing to quit the scene of conflict. The sale was undoubtedly a good one, and it is evident that the splendid year that Southland is experiencing in so far as fat stuff is concerned will he materially evidenced by the quantity that will be offered during the current season. The exodus of stock from Canterbury and North Otago has, momentarily at any rate, been greatly checked owing to improved weather conditions for stock in the north, and it is quite within the bounds of possibility that Southland will this year bo greatly understocked. Following is a record of the stock yarded yesterday and at the two previous sales:— Feb. S. Jan. 25. Jan. 11. Fat cattle 20 1 262 160 Store cattle .... 520 70 1 668 Fat sheep 620 1110 1324 Store'sheep .... 731 810 220 FAT CATTLE. The yarding was a record one, and the entry in the main consisted of cows. There were one or two pens of decent bullocks, but both butchers and freezing operators seemed to give preference to cow beef. No doubt the warm weather that is at present being experienced has made a material difference in this respect, as the loss ensuing from compulsorily discarded ox beef would be much more than with cow or heifer stuff. It was known yesterday that butchers were in want of stuff, but, notwithstanding, they were by no means keen. Freezing buyers, however, were apparently right out, and two buyers in particular singlet! themselves out for many debits in firms’ books. As an indication of what was evident in this direction, it may be stated that the purchases of one buyer alone, was easily 160 bead. On the whole prices were no better than those obtaining at the previous sale, in fact one or two pens of ox beef showed a decided easier feeling. There were no coun.try butchers operating, these evidently preferring to buy privately. The whole of the large yarding, however, was sold, and vendors need not be afraid that for a long time to come, at any rate, their stock will not realise well; indeed, everything points to their yielding very high prices. Values ruled; —Ox beef, 43/- to 14/-; heifer, 41/- up to 42/6 for good quality; cow, 39/- to 40/-. FAT SHEEP. There was a fair yarding, consisting of about an oven proportion of ewes and wethers. Comparatively speaking, the quality of the stuff forward was the worst that has been noticed at AVallacetown for some time past; in fact there was hardly a pen of extra prime sheep in evidence. Butchers were not keen, but freezers were noted making purchases, and this had the effect of keeping up values. Although the quality forward was not as good as has been seen at recent sales, very fair values indeed were forthcoming when the class of stuff offering was taken into consideration. STORE CATTLE. Included in the yarding were a number of fairly good pens of quality. There was a number of buyers present from AVinton, Five Rivers, Otautau, and other places. From commencement to end a briskness was noticeable, and good wellbred (rattle were in good demand. Smaller beasts, also, easily field their own compared with recent sales. There were not so many dairy cows forward ns lias recently been the ease, but a good stile was noticeable. Prices may be quoted as follows:— I Three-year-old forward bullocks, up to £10; 2At-year-old, £7 15/- to £8 12/6; two-year-old (good), up to £7 10/-: ordinary, £6 10/- to £7 5/-; 18-monlhs-old, £4 15/- to £5 5/-; yearling steers, up to £3 10/-: yearling heifers, £2 10, - to £2 15/-: calves, 25/- to 30/-; dairy cows, average sorts, £!) to 111); extra good, up to £l4. STOKE SHEEP. As usual at Wallacetown there was a small yarding, which consisted of mostly average stuff, in equal proportions of aged ewes and small lambs. There were, however, two pens of good lambs which sold well. Hood two-tooth wethers went up to 19 0. There were a numher of prospective buyers for good sheep present, but for them the hulk of the stuff yarded was rather aged. Sales recorded were as follow: National Mortgage and Agency Co. STOKE CATTLE. —Account K. Russell, 23 steers at £l9, 17 do. at £S 5 -, 12 do. at £4 2/-, 9 do. at £5 !)/-; account W. Curran, 3 do, at £6 15/-, 9 do. at £3, 19,-. 8 do. at £4 2/-; account S. Klakie, ID do. at £1 10/-, 17 heifers at £3 9/-, 12 steers at £2 14/-; account A. Llisset, I cows and calves at £8 1.-; account Mrs .las. Klakie. 4 steers at £1 ]O, account I >. Sullivan, hull at £7; account .1. Milne, 5 heifers at £2 10/-, SO stem's at £7 10..'-, 9 heifers at £4 10/-, J~ steers at £1 17/-; account .1. Duffy, bull at 19, 2 steers at £ll. 2 cows at £5 10 8 steers ill £3 15 -: account K. Waldron, dairy cow at £l4; account .1. M eOeart y, 6 steers at £5 1,-: account W. Swale, 6 do. at £7 3/6; account AV. Baird, 17 cows’at £3. 25 steers at £5 I/-; account .1. Flint, 2 bulls at £6 10/-; account AN’. Saunders, dairy cows at £9, £7, £B, and 3 at £9; account J. Timpany, heifer ill £6 in,-, 35 steers at £7 11/-; account E. (Yosslaml, bull ill M 10. account F. 11. Bennetts. I I steers at £6 2/-; account J. Evans, dairy cow at £10; account NV. Bo vie",* hulls a I £9 17/6 and £5 2'6; account W. Barker, 4 calves at £1 7/6. STOKE SHEEP. —Account E. AA". Brooke, 116 lambs at 11/-, 3(1 wethers at 16/1; account A. E. Cocker, 107 ewes and wethers at 19/6: account \\ . .1. Boyd, 60 ewes and lambs’ at 6 -, 139 lambs ill 1 e -. F.\T CATTLE. — Everything was cleared at the hammer out of a yarding of Hit head. Account F. J. Best, 3 cows to ’ Winders at £9 2,6, 3 do, tc Raines

Bros, at £9 3 2/6; account Mrs Galt, cow to Wm. Swale at £ll 2/6; account J. Duffy, .'! heifers to P. Winders at £S, 3 steers to T. A. Stephens at £S 3 0/-, 2 cows to W. Swale at £l2 3 0/-, cow to M. C. Davidson at £7 3 0/-, 2 do. to W. Swale at £l2, heifer to ,T- Davidson at £0 2/6, do. to W. Swale at £B, cows to W. Swale at £lO 0/- and £9 5/-, cow to A. Hotting at £6; account 31. Stewart, 2 bullocks to F. A. Price at £l4 3 2/6, 2 cows to W. Swale at £l4 2/6: account Silas Cook, 2 bullocks to ,1. Taylor at £ll- 15/-, 2 do. to P. Winders at £ll 12/6; account Wm. Lee, 4 cows to at £9 3,7/6, 3 do. at £6 to W. Swale, 4 do. to F A. Price at £9 30/-; account T. Brown, cow to W. Swale at £l2 7/6, do. to T. C. Maltby at £lO 2/6; do. to W. Swale at £8 10/-, do. to T. C. Maltby at £9. do. to W. Swale at £8 15/-; account .lohn Anderson, bullock to T. C. Maltby at £ls 17/6; account A. Botherway, 5 cows to W. Swale at £9; account R. Russell, 5 cows at £l3 30/- 33 do. at £9 5/-, 41 do. at £l3, 3 5 do. at £7 10/- to AV. Swale: account Ronald Bros., 2 bullocks to T. A. Stephens at £9 12/6; account E. Crossland, cow to W. t4wale at £9 30/-; acocunt M. C. Davidson, 2 heifers to .1. Wills at £9 2/6, bullock to T. A. Stephens at £l4; account W. Swale, 5 heifers to T. A. Stephens at £6 7/6, 2 do. to .las. Humphries at £8 2/6; account R. Brown, bullock to Raines Bros, at £9 2/6, cow to W. Swale at £7 5/-; account J. Wilson, cow to D. H. Jones at £3 5 3 5/-; account W. Swale, cow to Ryan and Turpin at £3l 2/6, 2 heifers to F. A. Price at £7 7/6; account J. Timpany, cow at £8 3 5/-, 2 heifers at £7 to W. Swale: account W. Swale, 3 3 heifers to M. C. Davidson at £8 10/-, 5 heifers to T. A. Stephens at £6 17/6; account W. Smith, 2 bullocks to J. Wills at £l4 3 0/-, 2 heifers to W. Swale at £l4 5/-; account U. Russell, 12 cows to W. Swale at £8 5/-.

.FAT STOCK.—Account J. Smith, 74 ewes to AV. J. Boyd at 20/-; account E. W. Brooke, 20 wethers to J. Humphries at 22/-, 28 do. to G. Deegan at 21/11; acocunt D. McOallum, 20 to T. C. Maltby at 25/11; account E. Chilton, 30 wethers at 23/-. 90 do. at 22/9 to D. R. Jones; account T. Crowe, 14 ewes to .1. Balnea ves at 18/6; account E. F. Kelly, IS owes to Ryan and Turpin at 18/1; account J,. Wilson, 21 ewes to Ryan and Turpin at 23/5; account_R. lambs at 17/-, 6 <lo. at 17/6 to W. Swale; account AA r . Smith, 30 wethers to J. Wills at 24/6; 26 do. to T. C. Maltby at 25/3; account R. Scott, 37 ewes to W. Swale at 21/6. WWgbt, Stephenson and Co., I*td. FAT CATTLE. —Account a client, 3 bullocks at £ls 17/6, 3 do. at £l4 10/-, 3 do at £l6 5/-, 3 do. at £l4 12/6, 3 do. at £l4, 4 do. at £l4 17/6, 2 do. at £l2 7/6; account Allen Galt, cow at £lO 10/-; account Mrs B. Mullan, cow at £l2; account J. Geaney, 6 heifers at £9; account M. Beattie and Sons, 8 cows at £J3; account D. O'Keefe, heifer at £8 5/-; account Currie Bros., 2 heifers at £8 15/-, 1 do. at £7 15/-, 6 steers at £l2 5/-; account Dr Rogers, 2 bullocks at £ls 17/6, 2 do. at £35 7/6, 4 do. at £34 7/6; account P. A. Price, 5 heifers at £9 12/6, 4 do. aX £lO 7/6, 4 do. at £9, 5 do. at £7 12/6, cow at £l3 10/-, 4 heifers at £B, 5 do. at £9; account F. A. Price, cow at £l4 10/-; account C. 3'’airweather, 2 cows at £3 0, cows at £3 0 10/- and £9; account A. Bisset, cow at £l2 2/6, heifer at £8 10/-; account R. Russell, heifer at £5; account Jas. Robb, cow at £3 0 2/6, 2 do at £5 5/-; account K. Grant, cow at £3 0. STORE CATTLE.—Account C. C. Thomson, cowat £5 3 2/6; account A. Bisset, 3 heifers at £4; account J. H. Thomson, 3 6 steers at £4 10/-.; account AV. Baird, 26 steers at £6 2/6, 3 0 yearlings at £2 5/-; account F. A. Price, heifer at £6 12/6, 3 do. at £6, 3 cows at £3 5/-, 4 bullocks at £B, 25 do. at £7 5/-, 6 steers at £5 5/-, 2 bulls at £9; account T. Maloney, 6 steers at £2 18/-; account D. Cook, bull at £8 10/-; account Mrs B. Mullan, bull at £7 15/-; account D. O’Keefe, bull at £9; account W. Baird, 16 steers at £5 12/-. STORE SHEEP. —Account T. Greaney, 99 wethers at 18/-; account F. J. Fitzgerald, 61 owes and lambs at 8/-. FAT SHEEP. —Account Currie Bros,, 47 ewes at 20/5, pen of lambs at IS/-, 7 ewes at 16/4; account a client, 29 ewes at 24/-; account F. A. Price, 52 owes at 20/-. CHBISTCBTTBCH MARKETS. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, February 8. The wheat market is without change, and no lines are offering. Buyers are not very keen to do business, and are only making purchases where their own prices are accepted. Growers are endeavouring to obtain more than 5/-, which is the limit buyers appear to have fixed for the time being. A’ery lew oats are offering, and the demand is not active. Oatsheaf chaff is also rather dull of sale, witli a little more coming forward. The onion market is easier, £2 10/- at country stations being the ruling price. LONDON MARKETS. META LS. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, February 7. Received February 8, 7.10 p.m. Copper—Spot, £97 10/-; three months, 197 5/-. .Electrolytic—Spot, £128; three months, £l3O. Tin—Spot, £180; three months, £179 15/-. Pig iron.— £1 9 1. Dead—Spot, £3l 5 -; throe months, £3O 15/-. Spelter—Spot, £B9: three months, £Bl. Silver —27 J-Hid per ox. Imports increased by £77,0 10,550; exports by £8,509,57 5, and re-exports by £1,931.707. LONDON WOOL SALES. The Bank of New Zealand have received the following cable from their London office;—“ London wool sales close firm. Prospects favourable. Prices, crossbreds, coarse 19d; medium, 20 J /jd to 21’/.d; halfbreds, 21d; merinos, inferior, 13A£d; superior, 21d.” SYDNEY WOOL SAX.E3. RECORD PRICES. SYON’EV, February S. A’esterday’s prices were the highest obtained for greasy crossbred in the market’s history*