FAT STOCK MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 16

FAT STOCK MARKETS

NORTH, AM) SOUTH ISLANDS

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 11th. February. Taken as a whole the weekly market at {Addingf!on to-day was a-brighter-'one, as .values in all major sections either remained itirni at t late rates'-or recorded slight increases/ while the general tone of the market had improved. Fat Lambs.—The entry of fat lambs was 8550 head, and the quality generally good. (The sale was a firm one at late rates. [Values were: Extra prime lambs, to 17s tJd; prime lambs, 15s Gd to 16s 6d; medium Jambs, 13s 6d to 15s 3d; light lambs, 10s 3d |to 13s; store lambs, 8s Gd to 10s. Fat Sheep.—The entry ," of "fat sheep •totalled 4800 head; the sale was irregular tond although there was no advance in Values it was a firm sale. Values were: Prime heavy wethers, 15s to 16s Id; medium wethers, 13s to 15s; secondary ■quality, 9s to 12s Gd;'light wethers, 7s to 8s lOd; prime ewes, 10s 6d to 11s lOd; Medium ewes, 8s to 10s; light ewes, 5s 6d ,Hto 7s 6d; aged ewes, 3s Gd to ss. AUCKLAND, 11th February. j ': At Westfield fat stock sale to-day extra 'fchoiee ox. beef sold to 27s per 1001b; choice ,and prime ox, 24s to 265; just ; tillable, 21s to 235; .prime young cow jjand heifer beef, 24s to 265; just killable, fy}2a to 235: heavy'prime steers'made £9 f.'to £11; lighter prime steers, £8 to £8 Kl7s 6d; light prime steers, £7 to £7 17s ifed; small and unfinished steers, £5 to !|£6 17s 6d; extra heavy 'prime young Sjcows and heifers, £fi 5s to £7 2s_ 6d; jjjieavy prime cows and heifers, £5 15s to 2s Gd; lighter prime cows and heifers, ■I£4 12s 6d to £5 12s. 6d; other killable r^ows, £2 ss'to £4 10s. ! Sheep sold under steady competition at '-jfull late rates. Extra heavy prime r" ethers, shorn, made 13s 3d to 13s 9d; eavy prime, lls 9d to 13s; medium, 10s *d to lls 6d; light and unfinished, 9s 6d to 10s 6d; lieavy prime ewes, 7s to 8s 3d;' fighter, 5s 9d to 6s 9d; other ewes, 4s 6d $o 5s 6d. ' ' . Lambs.—Fat lambs came forward in fcbout the usual numbers, and sold feteadily at late Tates. Store lambs were bffered in big numbers, and values were bn a par with late rates. Heavy prime Jambs, 14s 9d to' 15s 9d; medium, 13s to 14s 6d; light, 10s 6d to 12s 6d.~-•-