COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1927, Page 4

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

AOOINCTON STOCK SALES. RISE JX SHEEP PRICES. CHRISTCHURCH, dune Id. All decently finished cattle sold wet! • i price"., somewhat bo: It th:.n those ruling last v.eck. There Mere Mired entries ol’ hath ini sheep and fat iambs, and, in each case, the sale was a particularly bright one. Fat sheep especially sold M'oll. at juices .showing another slurp advance c.n late rates. Fat, lambs improved by about Is a head and the schedule rates for export were exceeded al! round. In tile store sheep sale, lambs met with a fairly brisk demand, but it Mas only the good sorts i ! omos and Mothers that met with much competition. The entry of store cattle. M'as made up almost entirely of cows and bulls, which Mere again sought after by potters, and generally prices for dairy cattle were uell up to late rates. Vealers fit for killing s Id we 11. At the start of the sale there M’as a keen demand for porkers. hut this M'as not maintained. Rac oners sold as weil as last no ck throughout. Pieces far store ])igs improved on late rates. Fat Cattle—Extra prime heavy steers id 7 to £1!) ]2s Gd ; prime heavy str-r.s £1 o t) C 1 (> l.js; prime liicdiuin-veigTt steers £l3 to £ls lCs; medium quality steers £8 5s to £l2 ]os; rough steers £7 to C 8; extra prime heifers to £l2 12s 0(1; prime heifers £8 to £lO Bis; medium heifers £!i 5s to .27 10s; light heifers £1 to £G; extra prime coms to £1.3 7s Gd; prime cows 5s to £9 10s; medium, coms £4 10s to £7; aged cows £3 to £4 ss. Store Cows—Values Mere: Good coms to C l 3s Gd ; medium eon’s £2 to £3 ss: old cows 15s to 355; good bulls £3 to £8 Gs: others £3 to £5 10s. Dairy Cattle—Values were: Best second, third and fourth calvers, £8 to £l2 ss; medium sorts £5 10s to £7 10s; inferior sorts £3 to £5; best boilers £G to £10; others £3 to £5 15s; old coms in profit 30s to 555. Yenlers—Values were: Twelve to 18 months sort to £fi 10s; good vealers £4 to £4 15s; medium vealers £2 5s to £3 15s; small calves Ss to 355. Eat Sheep—The sale Mas a roinark-

ably keen one throughout-, and it improved as it progressed. 1 ast week owes advanced by 3s a bead and wethers by 2s. Yesterday there was a further advance ol up to Is for ewes and 2s Gtl to 3s for wethers. Ewes, in particular, sold well. Values were: Extra prime heavy wethers 39s fid to lls fid ; prime wethers Mbs to 39s : medium wethers 31s to 34s fid; light weijhe rs ‘_’6s fid to 31 is: extra prime ewes 34s to 39s Id ; prime ewes 29s fid to 335; medium ewes lids to 295; light ewes 21s to 245; aged ewes lfis Cd to 20s.

Fat Lambs—The sale was a bright one throughout, values being a shilling per head better than last week. Extra prime lambs 2(ls to 31s 7d; prime Jambs"27s fid to 29s fid; medium lambs 1 Is to 275; light lambs 21s to 23s fid : store lambs 18s to 20s fid. Store Sheep—The demand for lambs was brisk, and generally vendors met the market. Values wore: Crossbred ewe lamlis IDs lid to 22s 9d : inferior crossbred ewe lambs Lis; lorward

lrce-quartorbred wether lambs 14s bd

to 15s 9d ; forward crossbred lambs to 17s; four and six- toothed crossbred ewes, 20s to 255; sound mouthed halfbred ewes 255; failing mouthed crossbred ewes 12s to 18s; aged lialfbred ewes Os lOd to 7s 3d; forward four, six and eight-toothed halt bred wethers 22s lOd to 20s; sound mouthed low conditioned wethers lbs fld to 17s Id; six and eight-toothed lialfbred wethers 19s; four-toothed crossbred weth ers 21s Bd.

Fat Pigs—The market eased towards the finish Baconors sold as well as last week throughout \ nines were: Choppers £3 Ids t i £b 18s fid : light baconors £3 bs t > £3 lb->: heavy haveners £4 to £4 Ills: extra heavy bacones to £4 18s fid average price per lb 5Jd to Old; light porkers 43s to 525; heavy porkers 5-:> to (>3s ; average price per lb, id to Bd. Store Pigs- Values were: V eatier> 13s fid to 18s (id: slips IDs to 255: medium stores 2fi- to 32-: large stores 33s to 40--; extra large stores to lfis; sows m pig up to £'<>.