COMMERCIAL NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1923, Page 1

COMMERCIAL NEWS

ADJINCTON STOOK MARKET (By Telegraph. —Special to Cuardian.) AX EASIER MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. -Messrs H. Matson and Co., report as follows regarding their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday: Store Sheep—A large entry and all classes were slightly easier. Best rape lambs up to 2fis ; others from 17s to offs; host young ewes 35s to 38s: otlieis from 30s to 335; inferior 17s to 21s: best wethers to 28s. In the face of the large entry and shipment to a-rriio the market was considerably easier, especially for inferior and travelled sorts. Store cnttlo A smnlk»r yarding; for the mixed entry there was n good demand. 3-year old steers fib 5s to £0 fls- 2-year old ditto C 3 10s to £1; yearlings 25s to 355; 2-year old heifers £3 5s to £1: yearlings £2 5s to £2 1.0 s; cows 25s tn 15s.

I’igs A. medium entry ol porkers and bneonevs. The demand was not as keen as the previous week. Rorke'S light 38s to 15s; medium 18s to 535: heavy 58s to 03s. at the price 7ld to 8d; baeon-Ms light C'3 7s to £3 15s: medium £1 to £■! ss : heavy to £1 12s Od. The average prices fid to Old. Store pigs A medium entry and R'o demand was keen. Wen tiers lls to 20;: slips 10s to 28s; medium -lores 30s lo • • . !-.rg,-, e»* * snv* in pig £1 lOs to fill. Beef A -mailer yarding and quality gencrallv noil'll lietler. The market all round was d"eid -llv firmer showing an improvement of quite 20- to :10s per head. Brime -leers £l2 10s tn -Clo; extra to £18: medium £lO 5s to £l2: others £8 10- to £0 15s. Cowami heifers showed the same proportional advance. Melt n A similar yarding to b'-t week, nio-tlv ewes, the qnalilv being very imlilfereiil . hut one or Iwo go-'1 lines of belli wellieis mill ews sold well. The mark-el gi ra!R wa'- ab,ml i lie -ame as the onening rale- of last

sale. | riam nether- 41s in.'l7- fid: .xt a to 12s (id: medium 30s to 33s (id; efhe s 27s to 20- 01. liw-S were 1)1.01 r Ihe -ame as lasi week. Bajnhs Another uoalf •. oiling 1.-nt U>e 'ii'idily ".a. gencr-dly I v than last "eel:. Tile marliet -bowed a kith- difference from last week and graziers were operating keenly on light and Unfinished sorts. The West Coast, wawell represented and several i oa-:gii-meiits me| v. it li good -."!••. Th., ay -r. age over all price w." ■ 10(1 per lb. ICOKATAJI! MUMMER SACK. A! lb ' ah -ve yards y.-terday the annual slimmer fixture for the disposal o ' surplus stock was held by Me-., . V .felfrie- aml (o. The- entry i otiipri . d k'3 fat sheep and lambs 15 rams .and 200 head of caitic. There wa- a re nr: - seal.dive attendance of buyers and "ompetil inn especially for ail (ini-lmd lines wa- distinctly animated. Big '■attle sold well up ta ruling rates and the whole of the line- wen cleared with the weep! ion of one or two loton which the owner- had r;no - for which it wa- aimed: possible io hnv fa I stock. Mnmc grazier- overlooking the 'fact that .-tori* eatth: priia- arc go; ro. ml hv the rilling rales for fat ••rule Milh tho ilepros-ed outlook for beef the holding of store (attle with a view ol obtaining r>ri( a- of two or three years ago is to say ih • least line i-c. i’riia-, for young cal tie e ■ linn and most of the entries in Ibis ehi-s being ' ll finished n.we keenly ( on.pc: ■ d for. A.- m-nal at these yards there wa- a largo ctitrt of Inill-. -lags am! old env ■■•‘•.•eral of the latter selling really well. The loinwing -ah’- were n -ordod: Sheep. - On aeeoiinl Mr Tim- O'Neill. 22 fat cues and wether- at 3(>.s. I I -tore lambs at 12- Od. 5 full-mouth Romney rams £1 II- fid; on account Mr E. Ife-lan, 5 I’ull-mniifh Romney ram- i and 2 guineas: oi> account Mr Al. Bail'd, 10 shorn lambs at 21-; on account Mr X. Harris. Di fat wethrr- at 33s fid. 1 fat lamb at 255. Cattle.— On account Mr B. llcslan. 2 forward 3-yr "deer- C 5 17s fid. 1 fat heifer al £5 17- fid; on account Mr A. Wall. 4 2-.vr old steers al £8 17s fid. fl do heifer- at C'3 ss; on account Mr Al. Baird. 7 ealvn- at 255: on account Mr A. Yrobleski. 4 cows with calves. £8 17s fid, I hull at £l. I calf at 10-. (i Ifi-nu>s steer- and 5 Ifi-mos heifers at C2 lls fid: on account- AY. O'Brien, 2 steers at CM. fi ! wife's at £2 HV-; on »'•- eomil, Mr I). Clarke. 5 steer- a* C'3 Is. 1 heifer- at Cl; on account Mr 11. Bcv-tl: I hull at 255: on account Mr .1. ArcCnrmack. I heifer at £-! 2s fid. I hull at 21s; on account Mr E. Cron. <> |S-mos steers at 03. 3 dry rows at £4. 2 dry cows at £3 2sfid ; on account M. Wallace. I bid! a I L 1 10*. an account O. AL' Ambcrc r. fi 18-mos heifers al oil Is; on a count R. (droop. 1 hull at £'J ss. 8 2-vr steers at £5 10s fid. 0 do at £4 2s fid; on account Mr Y. Ronar. 4 forward bliss at £G 10s. I Dry cow at f;;“; on account Air Jl. Mulhulaud. (• 18-mos steers at £3 2s. fi do hoifeis at £2 14s; on account Alt' T. Stopfortli. _ cow- with calves £3. o dry eous at £4: on account Mr Shingle- 1 tow and call' £1 ID-: on account air de Killippi 5 striv calves at 255.