COMMERCIAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 September 1913, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

A , AI)J)L\(JTUX STUCK SALES. [j/Ki; i'uess association;.] Cliristchurch, Sept. 24. At the Addiiigton live stock market tin , yardings of slock showed a further reduction, especially in tlio lat sheep and .lint cattle sections. Tlie scarcity ol fat cattle caused a further rise in _'prices, values reaching up to £2 per 10011). Store lionets were somewhat easier on account of the continued dry weather, bu wethers and ewes and lambs showed no change. Fat lambs sold at improved rates. Fat sheep opened at advanced prices, buf eased oil' towards the end of the sale. Store sheep and piji's of all classes also showed an advance. Sheep. -Good wether hoggvls, 16s 6d to 17s Id: medium. 15s (id to 16s; small and inferior wether hoggets, l : is Gd to 1-Ls: good ewe hoggets, .i'l 2s Gd; 4-tooth wethers, £1 Is Id; 4 and G-tootli, £l. 2s Td ; 2-tooths, IDs Id ; full-mouth ewes and lambs, 12s lOd. There was an entry of 01. fat iambs, all well-grown and of good quality, and prices were firmer than the week before. Best lambs, £1 0s (id to £1. ss; others, 10s to i>l. Fat sheep. Extra prime wethers, to £1 10s; prime, £1 0s to i>l. 1.0s; others,£l 0s 9d to £1 4s lid ; shorn wethers, 19s Gd to £1 Is 7d: prime owes, £1 2s to £1 8s; hoggets, 18s 6d to i>l 4s: merino wethers, £1 18s 9d to £1 2s lid. Fat cattle. Steers, £8 10s to £12; extra to i>27; heifers, £8 10s to £10; extra, to £19 l()s; cows, £(i ]5s to £10 15s; extra to £17 10s. Store cattle -Yearlings, £1 10s to £1 IDs Gd; 15 to 18-month sorts £.'{ 7s (id to £4 10s (the latter price being- obtained for very good animals); 2-year heifers, £4 7s (id; r'j-year steers, £8 (passed); o-year heifers, £5 ss; and cows, £1 2s (id to £4 os. Dairy cows made £3 to £11 ss. Fat pigs.—A moderate yarding. Choppers, £3 10s to £4 8s;" heavy baconers, £o 10s to £4 2s Gd; lighter, £2 10s to £3 10s; equivalent to s :i d to Gj-cl per lb. Heavy porkers, £2 7s Gd to £2 14,5: lighter, £2 to £2 ss; equal to G-kl to 64C1 per lb; large stores, £1 16s to £2; medium, £1 5s to £l\l4s: small, £1 to £1 4s. There was a fair entry of weaners, and very keen demand. Very small shorts 15s to 17s; extra good, £1 to £1 6s.