COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1927, Page 4

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, July 28. Fat Cattle—Prime medium-weight 1 steers and well finished cows and hoi I - • ers s Id very well, and for these classes • uices were better than last week by 15s to 20s a head. Heavier cattle also improved in price, hut there was 1 little improvement in the ease ol moderate and inferior quality stall. Prices a 1001 b. were; - Best heifer beef lo 13s, prime steer heel 37s (id to IDs. medium beef 3-ls Gd to 375. heavyweight 3ls to 37s (id. inferior 32s to 31s. mid rough down to 255. Values were - Extra heavy steers. £11) to £2l 7s (id. prim;' heavy steers £1(1 IDs to £lB 15s, medium-weight prime steers £ll 5s to £lO As. ordinary quality steers £lO to £H. 1 1 Jilt steels £7 15s. to £lO. extra prime heifers £l3 to £ll 12s Gel, prime heifers £ll ti: £l2 15s, medium heifer- £3 5s to £l3 10s. light heifers £5 IDs to £B. extra prime cows to £LI is Gel, prime can's £lO to £l2 ss, ordinary cows £5 15s to £0 10s, aged aids £1 12s (id lo £o 12s (id. Store cattle- The entry of store cattle was a particularly small one. only about 50 head being yarded. The yarding consisted almost entirely of cows with a few hulls. There were no quotable lines of steers penned. Values were; Good cows to £-1. medium cows £2 to £3, old cons 23s to 37s fid. hulls £3 10s to £5. Dairy rattle—The yarding of dairy cattle was a small one. totalling -11 head. There was a fair demand throughout lor forward sorts, hut backward sorts were not wauled. Values wore:—Extra good .second, third and fourth cal vers to £1 I 2s (id. good sorts £7 IDs to £!), medium sorts £5 to £7. inferior sorts £2 Kb to £1 IDs, heifers £1 to £7. Yealers- Values were: Good vealors to £fi IDs. medium coalers £4 to £.l ss. others £1 to £2. Fat sheep--On an average, medium to prime owes were up to 2s (Id a head better than last week, hut there was only a. slight improvement in the price of prime wethers, whilst light wethers no more than maintained last week’s values. Values were—Extra prime wethers -12 s Oil to 18s Bid. prime wethers 37s to -11 s Gd. medium wethers 30s to 3Gs, light wethers 26s to 29s Gd, extra prime ewes to 13s 771, prime ewes 32s fid to 30s (id, medium ewes 26s to 31s, light owes 2ls to 255, aged ewes 17s to 20s. Store sheep—Except for wethers, bidding was not as brisk as at hist week’s sale, when there was keen coml>oiition for nearly all the sheep offered. Values were:—Good cross-bred owe hoggets, 2fis Id to 27s 3d. inferior cross-bred ewe hoggets 2l)s lid. crossbred wether hoggets Ms Od to 18s 2d, Corriedale owe hoggets, 25s 7d. mixed sexed cross-bred hoggets, 235, two, four six and eight-toothed crossbred wethers 23s 3d to 2-ls 3d, two-toothed halfbred wethers 29s Id, two, four, six and eight-toothed cross-bred ewes 28s 9d. two, four, six and eight-tooth-ed cross-bred ewes 2(is 7d to 27s 2d. aged half-bred ewes 18s Gd to 19s lid, low conditioned aged ewes 9s 3d to 13.5, aged cross-bred ewes 15s to 19s, failing mouthed three-quarter-bred owes IPs to 21s -Id. Fat pigs.—A medium entry of fat pigs. The demand was a little l>ettcr than last week. Hnconers. especially the heavier sorts, made hotter prices than last week, while porkers were very firm at late rates. Values wore— Choppers £l2 15s to £(> 11s, light bnconers £3 7s to £3 15s. heavy bneoners £1 5s to £4 18s fid. average price per ' ll*. s)d to fi.ld ; light porkers 40s to -17 s. heavy porkers 52s to fils, average price per pound 7d to Bd.

Store pigs—The entry of store pigs "as of medium size. It comprised a large proportion of medium stores and sows in pig, which met with a ready sale. AVeaners were in short supply. Values were:—AA'eaners 16s to 21s. small slips Ids to 16s. medium stores 20s Od to 365. large stores 37s to 61s, sows in pig £3 10s to £6 7s Oil.