COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1927, Page 4

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

ADDINCTON STOCK SALES.

CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 13. There was a particularly heavy entry of fat cattle at the metropolitan weekly market at Addington yesterday, j, It totalled nearly 701) head and about e constituted a record for the yards. Na- j< turally, with this large yarding, which „ was a good deal iri excess of require- j moots, hist week's good prices were not j maintained, the drop on the average , amounting from £2 to £3 a head. There t was an average-sized entry of fat sheep, ten races being filled. The t demand for fat sheen was satisfactory. ( late rates being maintained practically s throughout. Nearly 300 spring lambs , were penned. With this number on t offer, juices came back more to a com- t moreial basis, and. at the lower level, j butchers bought freely. The sale of j store slice]) was inclined to be drag- - ging. and it was not as active as the . previous one. A large entry ol store ; cattle met with a good demand, for- , ! ward sorts especially being sought I after. There was not much life in tlie ( 1 dairy cattle sale. but. in a measure I this was due to the poor quality of , I most of the cows and heifers offered. 1 Vealers lit for butchers’ purposes, as j usual, sold well. J Saco tiers and porkers ' met with a brisk sale, and there was a ' much better demand for store jugs 1 than was the case last week. 1 Fat cattle—There was a marked de--1 dine in values, amounting in the case | of heavy steers to £3 a bead on late rates, and in the case of mediumweight bodies from £2 to £2 10s. Prices a hundred pounds were:—Rest beef 45s to 47s (id, prime 42s to 44s fid, medium quality 37s to 41s, heavy-weight 24 s to 37 fid, ordinary cow beef 31s to fills fid, and rough down to 27s Cd. Values were: Extra prime heavy bullocks £lB to £2l 2s fid, prime heavy i steers £lO to £l7 Ids. prime medium weight steers £l3 10s to £ls 15s, light steels £9 Pis fid, to £l2 Ills, extra i prime heifers £l3 10s to £l4 17s fid, l prime heifers £ll 10s to £l3 ss, medium heifers £9 10s to £ll ss, light heifers £G 5s to £9 ss, extra j prime cows to £l3 17s fid, prime ' cows £ll to £l2 15s. medium cows I £9 os to £lO 15s, light cows £5 17s fid I to £9. | Store cattle—There was a large en- ! try of store cattle. All classes of cows and steers lit for grazing were keenly 1 competed for. There was also a good • demand for all classes of hulls. Values I were:—Rest cows £3 10s pi £5 os. mo— I dium cows £2 10s to £3. old cows ' £1 to £2, hulls £4 15s tfi £7 10s, three and foiir-veiir-okl station steers £8 to £9 10s, two-year-old station steers £fi | to £G 10s, forward station cows l > £6 ss, medium station cows t:> £4, mixed sex yearlings to £3 10s. Dairy cattle—The sale was a dragging one throughout. Values were: [ Rest second, third and fourth ealvers £7 10s to £lO. medium sorts £5 10s to £7. aged and inferior sorts £3 to £5 ss. spring heifers £3 to £6 10s, cows in profit £1 12s Gil to £4 10s. Vealers—Values were: Twelve to eighteen months old sorts to £6 10s, 1 good vealers £5 to £O. medium vealers j £3 to £4 15s, others 10s to 355. small and inferior calves Is to 10s. j Fat sheep—The sale opened at last ■ week’s rates, and this level was main- I tained practically throughout. Values | were—Extra prime wethers to 59s 7d. i prime wethers Ills to 51s. medium ] , wethers -10 sto 15s. light wethers 34s to j 39s,T?xtra prime owes to 48s Id. prime : ewes 33s to 435. Medium ewes 34s to 375. light ewes 25s to 335. prime hoggets 30s to 80s. prime shorn wethers 34s to 40s 7d. medium shorn wethers 26s to 325. prime shorn ewes ' 31s to 32s 7d. | 1 Sjiring lambs Although competition !

from butchers was good for any well j ’ finished lambs, the heavy entry nntur- | ally resulted in a considerable decline | - in values. | j Store sheen— About 25 jier cent, of j j the yarding failed to change hands at j I' auction. Good class owe hoggets | ' brought fair price. Values were—Half- | t bred ewe hoggets 33s to 355, Corriedalc j j ewe hoggets 365, cross-bred owe hoggets j , ! 31s Id to 34s 9d, inferior cross-bred j | ! owe hoggets 27s 2d, half-bred wether i 1 hoggets 20s 7d to 245. good cross-bred j 1 I wether hoggets 2fis Id. aged cross-bred I | ' ewes and lambs 14s to lfis fid fall count- ( cd). sound-mouthed cross-bred owes- and j I lambs 22s 2d to 24s 3d (all counted), j six-tooth half-bred wethers, 31s to 32s lOd. small four-tooth half-bred wethers 2fis to 27s 4d. four and six-tooth halfbred shorn wethers 23s to 23,s Cd. Fat pigs—A small entry of fat pigs , met with a brisk sale in both the bacon and pork sections, the market advancing sharply towards the end for porkers Choppers, on the other hand, sold drnggingly. Values were— Choppers £2 5s to £4 lfis fid. light haconcrs £3 , 10s to £4, heavy baconers £4 5s to £4 15s fid, average price j>or lb. fid to 7d; light porkers 44s to 5 Is. heavy | porkers 60s to OGs fid, average price per lb. 7<l to 9d. ; Store j)igs—There was a fairly heavy > yarding of store pigs, which met with a much hotter demand than at last week’s markets. The entry was made up mostly of good sorts. The sale ojiened at an advance on late rates, and this higher level was maintained throughout. Values wore:—Medium wcanors 12s to 15s, good woanors lfis to 225, small . slips Ms to 18s, good slips 18s fid to 23s fid, medium stores 25s to 325, large stores 33s to 37s fid, extra large stores to 425.