COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1926, Page 1

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

YYATARI)A STOCK SALE

TUESDAY, -MARCH 16. ’The National .Mortgage and Agency Co., reported having held a successful cattle sale at AYataroa in beautiful weather and before a good attendance, when an entry of just on 600 head of cattle and about 400 sheep were yarded. 'Taken altogether the sale was not up to the standard regarding prices realised at the previous fixtures in October last. Owing to the wetness of the season and early approach of winter, the condition of some lines was not as good as usual though some excellent fat rows and heifers came forward. 'The demand seemed to he best for good, well-grown lines of 2.) years and more, especially 3 year old steers. Three-year-old steers realised from £lO 12s (id to £ll. 12s (id; 2}- year-olds from. £(> 10s to 09 7s fid. Fat steers I'S 17s (id, fat cows and heifers up to 28 2s fid ; store cows and heifers up to 27 15s.

The National Mortgage entry comprised 186 head of cattle and some 210 sheep. The following being some of the sales to the account of: — Andrew Scott, 87 2-tooth ewes, at 35s (id, 68 2-tooth wethers at 22s Od. 51 lull-mouth ewes, 17s (id; Nolan Bros.. 17 2.V and 31 year steers, £8 7s 6d lo L'S 17s (id, 7 21 to 8 year heifers at 26 10s; Kggling Bros.. 8 21 to 3 year steers at £7 7s Od, 7 cows at £7 2s 6d ; .J. .Mcßride, 9 21 year steers at £6 17s (id, I heifers at £5; Harris Bros.. -1 3-year bullocks at CIO 7s (id, 8 bullocks 27 17s fid, 8 heifers at 26 10s; John Condon. 19 bullocks at C‘B 15s, Edward (‘mu. 16 heifers at £5 2s fid, 16 heifers at Cl 15s, 10 rows at £7 15s, II rows .28 2s (id, 10 steers at £7 ss. 111 steers, 21 years old, at £7 2s (id. 5 steers at Cfi 17s fid; Delin Bros.. 2 Jersey heifers at 27 10s, 2 cows in milk at £O.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

very heavy yarding. PRICES FAIR. (By Telegraph.—Special to uuardian.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. .Messrs 11. Alatson and Co. report as follows regarding their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday:— Store Sheep.—One of the heaviest yarding* on record and comprised mostly ewes. There was not such a large proportion of lambs as usual and very lew wethers. A largo proportion of the ewes were from tile North Island mostly Poverty Bay, and the sale all round must be considered a good one. Store lambs evidently in tlie face of the advance in Fat lambs showed a sharp rise. Any good young ewes also met with a good demand; threo(|uarter bred and Romney crossbreds especially so. Considering the extraortlinnrily Inrjjje yarding tho sale was very Jinn, nmi ns the yard officials ciiforced a strict time limit, the sale was over in good time. Best 2-tooth Romiicv erosshred ewes to 37s 9(1; other 2-tootli ewes from 28s to 365, sound mouth Romney and erosshred ewes 24s to 28s (id ; others 19 to 23s fid. Best North Island 2-tooths 26s to 345; others down to 20s. Best lambs threoqatirter bred 20s to 225, extra to 245,' medium -17 sto 19s 6d. 'l’bo market closed firm.

Sloki Cattle.—A small yarding and again mostly nondescript lots. One pen of live year old strews made £9 10s and one non of three-year-olds £7 17s fid. Other prices were unaltered.

Pigs.—A medium entry of porkers and ha rollers. The market was exceptionally good for both classes and prices improved. Bight, porkers. 66s to lies, heavy 70s to 7Ss, average price Did to I Old. Light ha eoncr.s £4 4s Od to Co. heavy C 5 10s to £6, extra to £0 6s. Average price 9d to lOd. Store Pigs.—A larger yarding than usual, mostly wenners, slips and small stores. Any good medium and large stores sold well up to Into rates. Wenners and small sorts wore neglected. Amines—.AYoaners 12s to 18s; best sorts to 22s ; slips 23s to 265; />mall stores 28s to 33s ; medium 35s to 43s ; large up to 58s Od. Beef.—A very largo yarding, comprising 590 head as compared with 512 last woelc. AVitli the exception of a few outstanding lines the yarding was verv mediocre. On tho whole wo would

say 10s to 20s a head easier, except for anything of outstanding quality. Prime steers Cl 3 10s to £1.6; extra to CIS 12s fid; medium. CII. to ,£l3, lighter down to £7 10s. Prime cows £8 to £9 ]os, extra to £l2 10s. Medium £5 5s to £7 15s, others to £3 10s. Prime heifers £7 5s to £lO, extra to £l3 2s Od : medium C 5 15s to C 7, ot hers to £4.

Arutton. —A medium yarding and with the exception of one or two outstanding lines of owes and wethers, the quality generally was not, up to the standard. The market was fid to Is easier than last week. Prime wethers 29s Od to fits, extra to 375; medium 26s fid to 29; lighter to 24s fid: prime ewes 23s to 20s : extra to 32s Id : medium 19s to 22s fid; others down (o 13s. Fat Lambs. A small yarding hut a good sale, tho increase of 4d per lb in overall prices being more than maintained. Watauga stock rale. W. .IFFFRIES AM) CD’S REPORT. The Autumn Sato of South Westland surplus stock was held at these yards oil Tuesday last, when the yarding comprised the usual drafts front the settlors principally situated in the far South. The quality of the entries was not equal to that of previous years and most of the vendors attribute this fact to the extremely wet season and consequent shortage of feed experienced through tho late- summer. Competition was not as brisk as in former years, there being no outside hovel's with the result that local graziers had the market pretty well to themselves. ' Nevertheless some ot the lines sold reached quite their full value and consequently vendors taking tho market as a whole were satisfied with their sales. Our entry comprised 174 head of cattle, the whole of which were quitted under the hammer, with the exception of two lines which did not. reach the vendors idea of values. The following sales were recorded:— tin account of Air Jas. Friend. 1 yearling at £3 7s Od: for Harris Bros.. HI two year old steers at £9 2s Od, fi eighteen months steers at £5 17s fid. o p, i cows at £, 12s fid, 3 ditto at £0 2s fid: for Eggling Bros. .-:x 2.5 vear steers at £9 15s, 6 fat cows at £7 10s 1 stag at- £7 2s fid; on account of Messrs Sullivan Bros. 12 steers at £B, 12 ditto at £7 17s fid. 9 heifers at £4 15s. 4 ditto at £5, 7 ditto at ,£4 15s; for Air P. Aliley. 5 cows at £0 4 ditto at £3 os; on account ot Messrs Nolan Bros. 16 2 .year old steers at £7 17s fid, 1 heifer at £, 2s fid, 3 ditto at £5 7s fid. o ditto tit £4 17s fid, 4 fat cows at £8; for Air Jas. Green. 5 two year old steers at ; £8 17s fid. 10 fat heifers at £7 17s 6d. S f. and f. heifers at £8 17s fid.