COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1927, Page 4

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

ADO! iiio i"ON STOCK SALES. CHKJSTCHLKCH, Aug,, 20. Al the start ot the sale there was an improvement in the better classes of beef, amounting to about lOv ;t head on lat<' rales, hut in the iiual stages tiiis improvement was lust. bight and uniinished beef sold no hetier than last week. The heavier entry of fat sheep resulted in a weaker demand, and. on an average, prices were down by As :i heatl on those ruling at the previous sale. However, in spite of this drop, the prices paid lor [at sheep v.ere .still remarkably high. In the store sheep section hogoels and wethers sold well, hut ewes hardly sold as well as last week. There was a large entry of store cattle, made up mainly of cows. Any cows suitable for e:r;;Kiny, were in demand. Dairy cut tie al a sold well .it a j.ii}»bt advance on late rates. Vcaler.s lit, for iciilino "ere aoam in short supply, and they , voide prices fully eipni! to those ruling L a week a wo. t-';i t pi os .sold about on a . par with late rates, but a marked de- . clime was recorded in the price of store pips. L Fat cattle—l’riccs a lOOlh. were: ii.N-tr.l prime steer and heifer beef to I Is: good, nifdiimi-weiwht -t-ecr li.ef. j. ASs to I Is. medium (piality Ads ta A7s bd. lie;;.'.y-weiphi. Als to 80s (Id. un- , liriishcd ‘2Bs to Als, ami lonoji down , lo 275. Values wen': K.xti'u prime , heavy bullocks to £l9 os, prime heavy steers Cl” to £lB. niediutn-we.ijiht . prime steers £ll Itl.s lo £11! Ids, light . prime steers £ll to £!■!. inferior si cei's L'i Ids lo £lO IDs. extra prime heifers 1 to £1! ‘Js 0:1. prime heifer,s £ll 10s to - £io os. medium heifers £7 Ids to £ll 1 ds. li'dii: heilers £d Ids to £7 Ills, extra prime cows to tld 2s t’/l. prime cows £ll lo £lo. ordinary cows £7 10,s to [ £lO Ids, light cow.-. Co to £7 ds. , Sioro caft.le-- \ large yardiuw of store entile was made up mostly of ~ oilil li'u sof tows and hcifc’-s. Values s were :— -Two-year old steers £0 io £7. two and throe-year-old steers £7 Ids to OX Ids, three and four-vear old stcor.s £lO ds. best cows £.'■: ds t o £ j ids. me- . tliutit con:- £2 to tli. old and inferior . ca’vs £! to £1 Ids. bulls £3 Ids to . 2d IPs. Dairy Cattle There was c larg" entry o! dairy cat i !e. toi allinp; 102 head. ; However, the deniauc! was good, and _ nearly all lots sold well al a. dighi p advance on late rafts. Values were: Ja-r second, third and fourth cal vers „• £8 I'D t i £l2 ds. medium .sorts £0 10s j t '■ £B. inferior sorts Cl to £li ds. host heifers £0 IDs to £8 ds. others £1 to , k!i. old cows In jnvli! 2ds io C2 l(!.s. , Vcaler.s rlaes v.cre: ’I welre to <■ : !i". eeniUiU! [ lis-old .-oris, io £7 Id., m limn vcaler.s £3 ids to £". s . ids to £2. I'at sheep— Thu high prices ruling: . I: ; v.. - v. 0r... not main lair- d. The . an i.regular one. ihere !'.<>. a ■ 1 ii: th*- d •; 11 :;i.! toward- . :' ■ middle "-is. end an iny rovcv.u ::| . '••>« m-ls cm.l. , <( .| * i.vrr: - ve’r-c v.« !C a bout . :: head I _ od. ‘ • k’" ' la- ■ '■. IV Foe: v-'c- be;-; od ;; <, -Vi.-. jb-),t ■"'•'"■i's lo - : > t’-d.-, ex; Vi'. ; wi':;.' to 7d. prime ew:i. Od f , mediiii” c',- 4 ::p. y--g i | 2- io 2's !!-!. orlirc hoewt Is :pe io ' jaeditnn I’og'ei.s 27- io :»|s. s;e >ur' lenifis The"o , ~ ’ lambs yarded. They m. 1 v. it *i a keen demand, and sold at ju icr-s I. from 27s (id to i < p'ore .'.ticto—There was a fair—mod "utry 9 store sheep. Value.; ; V 'O— i reel ewe hog, .rets 27s -id pf) s , ' rialier awe hoggets 22s d-d (o 2d 9:1. ' liT’cdale ( v, a lir-ygat s til-, <),(. ( rossbred u ethers hoggets 2s-s 3d, crossbred mixed sex hoggets 22s 2d. crossbrew owes and lambs 10s Id to 13s lid. (Fur. six ami eight-toothed err-s-hred ewes 32s 3d to 32s oil. inferior aged cress-bred ewes Üb. 2d to 18s Id, fail-ing-mouth halt-bred ewes 2-ls. four, six and eight-toothed half-bred owes, obx -Id. four aw! six-tooth o'-oss-bred u'dbc’s 28s G-I to 28s Bd. F.il pigs—There was a. niodium enI'T of porkers, and a small one or baconcrs. However, the .small show--I*l of (ho latter did not improve (he market, p.rices all round being about the same as last. week. Values wore: Chopn-rs C 3 to Cti 13s fid. light; hntoners £8 os to £3 Fls. heavy line-oners £1 lo £1 12s, average price per lit. bid io fjf 1. . Light porkers -His to ! u s, heavy porkers 52s lo R2«. average price lier lb. 7d to Sri. Sioro pigs—There was a. very large yarding of store pigs, ami prices were considerably lower than those ruling last week, (lie decline for al! classes amounting to several shillings per head. Values were; "Weapons 11s to lls (id. slips 1-ds to- !9.x fid. medium si ores ?0x to 255. lnrre stores to 35s fid, sows ill pig £1 to £5 Jfts.