COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1924, Page 4

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. A SMALL YARDING. (By Telegraph.—Special to uuardian.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Messrs H. Matson and Co., report as follows regarding their stock sale’ at Addington yards yesterday:— A very small yarding, and but for the fact that a shipload from Poverty Bay was yarded, the entries would have been considerably smaller. The attendance of the public was very small and owing to the railway strike, buyers were evidently afraid to operate on the chance of not getting their purchases home per medium of the rail. On top of this, the continued dry- weather has a very detrimental effect on the market. The sale opened very apathetically and all ewes, especially the older sorts were somewhat easier all round. Lambs and wethers, which were not forward in great numbers, were if anything, primer. Best 4,6, and 8 tooth crossbred ewes to 32s 6d, medium 20s toi 27s lOd; failing mouth ditto good condition 23s to 27s ; best 2 tooth ditto 31s 6d. Crossbred wether lambs 18s 0d to 21s; backward wethers 23s 9d.

(Store cattle—A very small yarding, mostly old cows. No quotable lines were offered.

Fat pigs.—-A small entry of baeoners met with a slack demand and while the strike lasts the demand is not likely to imrpove. Porkers.—A medium entry and the demand in the earlier part of the sale was good, but eased off considerably towards the finish. Values were — Light baeoners £3 12s to £4, heavy £4 5s to £4 15s; average price 6pi to 7d. Light porkers £2 to £2 IDs; heavy £2 15s to £3 8s and average price of 7Jd to 9d. Choppers £2 to Cl. Store pigs—A very small entry only weaners and medium stores offering and the demand was very slam. Values were, weaners 4s to <; s ex'ra to 14s; medium stores 26s to 2-s. Beef. —A comparatively large yni l ing, comprising about 34) head. The quality was generally belter all round. The market o;:< n\l a good deal firmer than last week, but afterwards sagged somewhat and in lie middle of the sale was about similai to last week. Towards the. end, how ever, the sale brightened up again find pn the whole showed an average advance of 10s to 15s per head on lasi week. Prime steers £ll 10s to £ll 12s lid; extra to £l6 10s; medium £9 5s to £ll ; others down to £5 10s. Prime heifers £7 to £9 12s (id, extra to £ll 10s; others Cl 10s to .£6 15s. Prime cows £5 5s to £8 15s; extra to £1.2 15s; others £3 10s to £o. Mutton and lambs—A very small yarding, the combined entries only occupying 5 races. The sale opened much firmer, hut butchers were evidently keen on filling their requirements early, to enable them to attend the trots, consequently with the absence of this competition the market eased considerably and towards the end of the sale freezing buyers were able to secure several pons. Prime wethers 37s to 435; extra to 50s; 'medium 33s to 335; others to 27s lOd. Prime owes 29s to 37s 9d ; extra to 30s, others 23s to 28s (ill.