COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 May 1922, Page 1

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

ADJINCTON STOCK MARKET. LARGE REEF ENTRY. (By Volcgraph.—Special to Guardian.) Store sheep.—A smell raiding, mosti ly ((imposed of breeding ewes of nil de--1 setiptioiis. There was a good demand for best, sound mouth owes and any young ewes, lint aged and inferior sorts were hard to sell. Rest I tooth t bred 1 ewes ii]i to 27s (id, best bred ewes, I 4, (i and S tooth up to l!is 'id: others front 15s (id to ids; inferior and agrl j from Ids (ii!; best forward wethers to ' 17s ; others from listo 1 ‘is ; lambs Ii o n | Ids (id to 15s. Most of the yarding ■ was cleared at nudum. Store cattle. A fairly large yarding i and the (pialily all round was very lair. I and thi' demand generally good, j Heifers, however, did Mot show ti e -am | keenness. Four years old steers Co ds 1 to C 5 15s; ,'i years old ditto to Li I ; 1 I years to Lii 15s; yearlings iss to ids; 1 i a few extra good to Ids; i year boilers jin calf Cl 5 s to C 5 ; yearlings to IS j months Lii Ids to Cii ss; rows ins le ; j ilis (id ; others Ids lo I ss. | Reef.—At o'her large yarding intituling some excellent quality while | there was the usual proportion of light | and unfinished sorts. All prime (pialily i i| anything, was (inner, hut unfinished and inferier sorts showed a further do ! ( line. Hue line of 112 steers ex West i ('easl on account of T. Craig (Ahmira) stood out on tlu’ir own and easily top pml the market, making up to CIS and averaging CM 12". Prime steers CIO . Ids to CM 15s (id : extra to CIS; medi- ! urn C 7 Ids to CIO ss; others Cl to C 7. . Prime heifers Csss lo CS; extra to , CII 17s (id :• others C:l to C 5 to C 7 ss; : extra to Ci> 2s ftil ; others C2 to Cl Ids ! Mutton—A considerably smaller yaid ing than last week, and very lew wethers were penned. The quant iiy was searcelv suHieiont for butchers require i ireuts and the market showed a sharp rise all round.especially for a few of the best ewes. The market eased somewhat lowa ids the end. enabling frcestiiijr buye s to operate sparingly, bill only in li,'Lter sorts. Prime wethers 211 sto ('lk ; extra to Ills !)d : medium IDs lid to

!2s (III; others dint n lo 17s Oil ; I'iiiili" ewes tills Ihl to -Ms, oxtra to l*7s Oil : mi din in His to 20s ; lighter mol interim I:ss to r>s Oil. A low very litflit owes wo o ilotvn to 10s (ill. A small ytinlino of lambs, (bunl stull was firm, but lijijit ami unlini-Insi woro pastor.