COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1925, Page 4

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

ADDIXGTOX SALKS. At Addington on Wednesday the following report was made of the fat cattle sale:—Cows of all sorts, conditions, anil sizes Hooded the fat cattle section, and one had to look minutely amidst the entry to find a few pens of good, finished slopes. The quality of many of the cows was from worse to “fierce,” ami their disposal in singles drugged drearily for hours on end. All classes of beef--particularly had and indifferent—met with a harder sale, and values, except for a few pens of exceptional quality habv beef were easier

than last week by up to “Os a head. Hiding was slow and irregular, and sales generally showed a considerable variation. The passings were rather heavier than usual, included in the withdrawals from sale being n consignment of well-finished South Westland steers. They arrived in good order considering their long trek to the railhead at Itoss. Fortunately for vendors, there were no North island cattle forward, and this trade is apparently now finished for the season. The market gives little chance of a recovery until the dried off cows are quitted, and this may take some time yet, as there seems to he a very widespread movement amongst dairymen to reduce their I herds. There were numbers of cows penned yesterday whose only offence seemed to ho that fltey had gone dry, and the asumption is that they are making room for some other class of stock. The total yarding was slightly smaller than last week, comprising 515 head, compared with 590. Prime heel made from 33s to 33s per 1001 b, in a few cases slightly over. FAT LAMBS.

The entry varied little from last week, comprising 2300 head, compared with 2620 last week. Several trucks came from the Coast. Quality was better than for some time. There was an extra operator in the market. Decidedly freer competition than the previous week operated, the drop of the previous week being practically recovered. The average improvement was up to Is 6d a head, or in the vicinity of a halfpenny per lb, The schedule for the.

week was well kept up 10. Prime to ISO’s made 12id a lb, to 42’s overweights 11 ’,d, and second quality 12d. A pen of 14 from J. Close (liarewood) made -L Ist.