COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 June 1927, Page 1

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

ADOINCTON STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, June 2. There was another heavy entry of fat cattle at the metropolitan weekly market at Addington yesterday, hut the raidings of fat sheep and fat lambs were shorter than lias been the case for some time. Over 000 head of fat cattle were yarded, and the entry was a good deal in excess of requirements. The result- was that prices generally were lower than last week. Extra prime cattle sold at about late rates, but other classes were cheaper than last week by £1 a head on the average. Fat sheep met with an excellent demand throughout. The sale opened with prices showing an improvement on late rates, and tlie. tendency was for a further improvement as the market progressed. From the point of view of vendors it. was the best sale of fat sheep held at Addington for some time. Fat lambs also met with a keen demand, and .all decently-finished soils were Is a head better than at the previous sale. In the store sheet) section the yarding was smaller than has been the case at recent sales, and here, too, a general improvement in prices was recorded. There was a large entry of store cattle, but the demand was not very active. Competition for dairy cattle also lacked brightness, hut in a large measure this was due to the indifferent quality of the hulk of the yarding. Vcnlers fit for killing sold well, but ii-s usual, inferior sorts wore hard to quit. Fat pigs sold at about iiite rates, and store pigs met with free competition. Beef—Extra prime steers lo £lB 7s (id, prime heavy steers CM to £l6, prime medium-weight steers £l2 to £l4 ]9s, medium quality steers £7 to £ll 10s, rough and unfinished steers £0 2 s Od to CO 15s. Extra prime heifers £4 I to £l2 7s Od. prime heifers £8 u> £lO 1()s, medium heifers £6 to C 8 ss. light heifers £4 to £5 10s. extra in line cows to Cl2 2s 6d. prime cows £7 to £9. medium cows £4 to £0 10s. aged cows 03 to £3 17s Od. Store cattle -Two amt a half-year steers £5 5s to £5 18,s, best cows £3 to £1 os, medium cows 35s to £2 17s 6d. -aged cows 25s to 30s, hulls £5 5s to £0 10s. Dairy catle— Best second, third and fourth ealvers £7 10s to £9 10s. medium suits £4 to £5. one extra good heifer £l3 15s. good heifers £0 10s to £S 10s, others £3 10s to £O, old cows in profit 25s to £3. Vealers—Runners to £0 10s. prime vealers £4 to £4 15s, medium vealers £2 to £3 Ids, smaller calves 8s to 355. Fat. .sheep—Extra prime wethers to 80s 7d. prime wethers 30s to 335, medium wethers 27s to 29s (3d, light wethers 22s to 26s 6d. Extra prime ewes 23s to 33s 4d. prime owes 10s to 235, light ewes 10s 6d to 18s 6d. Aged ewes 13s 6d to 4 6s. Store sheep—Good cross-bred wether lambs 13s Cd to 14s d, ordinary crossbred wether "lambs 11s 6d to 13s, halfbred wether lambs 11s to 13s 7d, mixed sexed cross hreil lambs 13s 3d to 17s 2d. cross-bred ewe lambs 46s 7d to 20s. good half-bred ewe lambs to 265, forward four and six-tooth lmlf-hred wethers to 24s 2d, four and six-tooth wethers 20s, two-tooth wethers las Gil to 45s 9d, four, six and eight-tooth cross-bred ewes Ms 9<l to 20s, aged ewes Is Cd to 10s 3d. Lambs—Extra prime lambs to 31s 4d prime lambs 27s Od to 29s fid. medium lambs 20s 0d to 21s. store hunbe, 17s to 19s Cd. Fat pigs—Choppers £2 10s to £5 las, light haeoners £3 7s to £3 15s, heavy haeoners £4 to £4 15s. average price per II). sijd to Old. light porkers 43s to 50s, heavy porkers 55s to 635, average price per lb. 7d to Sd. Wearers 10s to 10s fid, slips 17s fid to 245, medium stores 26s to 3!s fid. large stores 22s fid to 3(5.s fid. extra large stores to -12 s fid.