Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 April 1915, Page 2

Commercial

ALDINGTON MARKET. Christchurch. April 14. At Addington to-day the chief feature of the sale was the diminished entry iu the store sheep pens, though the yardings of fat sheep and lambs were about the same ae at the last sale. Entries in the cattle section were fairly good, but the sale wae slack. Fat Cattle—Extra steers made to £17 ss, ordinary steers £5 los to £9, extra lieifcre to £13" ss, ordinary heifers £5 17s 6d to £8, extra oohb to £10, ordinary cows £4 17s Gd to £7 10s; price of beef per 1001b 28s to 10s. Store sheep.—Forward Inmlis ;0s 3d to 12s Gd, ordinary lamb* ('» Gd to Ms 9(1, inferior lamb* LV 9d to ."« iid. good sound-nwnith oMTt. t'i l-">s 'id, good 2tooth c'vws t<: 15s ~i. good 0-tootD ewe* 11) I lib Id; «()<"! -I and l-year «-,wes to 12s \y'\. in.. ru)f sound-iut'uth -mvos 7s (id u> IU- (kl. good 4. (i. and 8-tooth owes I(l> <kl to I.*. Pigs.-- C'}i'>ppi'i.s fOs to 725. extra Jioavy b.'ii'o'jors to 725, heavy baconers GO.s to G7s, light baconors 47s (3d to r .~>s. price per lb sid to s}d. Heavy porkers 35s to 40s, light porkers 30s to 335. price per lb 6Jd to 5Jd. Fat lambs.—Approximately 3670 were yarded, as against 1200 last week and 1500 the week before. Aβ was anticipated the sale opened dully, and showed no improvement as it progressed. Lamb was sold at about 5d to sjd per lb, the rango of prices being: Prime lambs 'los to SOs; others 8s 3d to 14e 6d. Fat sheep.—There was a large yarding, the bulk of the entry being ewes. Much of the offering was not prime, but what was met with fair competition. The range of prices was: Primp wethers 19s to 23s 6d, others l4e to 18« Gd. prime ewes i&; to' 21e Id. medium 13s to 17k 6d, others 6s Id to ]2s M, merino wethers 19s 3d. '