COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1923, Page 1

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

ADJINCTGN STOOK MARKET DROP IX BEEF A XT) MUTTON. (Oy Telegraph.—Special ta Guardian.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Messrs H. Matson arid Co., report ns follows regarding their stock sale nt Addington yards yesterday:

Store sheep.—Another very large yarding, and the market generally was much easier all round especially lama and backward sorts of ewes. Rest rape lambs from 18s to 225; others from 15s (Id; bet sound-mouth ewes up to 355, ‘ tliors from 20s to 25s ; best wethers up in 275, others from 21s. Beef.—Another large yarding, comprising 450 bead, too many for butchers’ requirements and as a majority of the entry comprised light and inferior finality, the market was easier all round by 15s to 20s per bead. Prime steers til to £l3 10s; extra to £ls ss; medium CO to CIO Ins - others £0 10s to £8 15s ; prime heifers £7 to £0; others £4 10s to CO 15s. Prime cows, £5 PH to C 8; extra to CIO: others £3 to £5. Store cattle.— A medium entry ami the finality was very mixed. The demand generally was slack. Rest 3 and 4-year old steers £0 to £7 5s 2-yr steers C 4 5s to £4 12. s fid; yearlings 30s to

£2 . o_ V |. o ] ( j heifers £3 to ;C3 15s; yearlings IS months ditto 10s to C2 45s Cows 25s to 355.

Pigs.—Of fat pigs a medium entry was forward and the demand for porkers we.s good. Baroners were selling it late raes. Light baconers £3, 10s to £1 ss. heavy £4 10s to Cl I os; extra hervv to C 5 an average price of Old to 7d. Light porkers £2 10s to £2 14-: heavy C"! 17s io £3 os. an average price ol Hid to Od. Choppers made ,C 3to £0 15s. Store pigs.—A large entry and keen demand on a par with lasi week’s rate-. Wellers 15s to 225. extra good to 25; • lips 20s to 28s. Medium stores 30s to 38s. large £2 5s to ,C2 14s. .Mutton. A vr-'-v large yarding, comprising again mostly ewes, although sunn- excelleui lines were yarded. in fa.-e of tin- drop in freezing limits, tie market was easier, showing a drop of about Is per herd all round. B< -t wethers to 3 1 ■ ; extra to 38s Od. medium 20s to 20s Oil; prime ewes J|. cd to 27s Oil ; lighter down to 1-". Lambs.---A similar yarding to hist week. but. in face of the drop in irei-z----ing limits the market was decidedly eas--ii r -iiov iiio a dlep of quite 3‘- to -s .... i liejnl. 44: - a vet see price per !b overall was about t»1'I.