COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1930, Page 3

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. .21. The sale- for cattle was very irregular throughout, and at me beginning was up to £2 a head oelow the values ruling at the National market. Towards .tiiip pud, values picked u.p a little. The quality of the entry was not as even as that of the previous sale. Fat sheep were yarded in large numbers, and sold steadily at rates on a par with those ruling at the double market. The quality of the entry was good, and in some instances, outstanding.

There was an entry of sixteen spring lambs which sold well at rates equal to Is to Is 2d a lb. Fat hoggets were yarded only in small numbers, and showed a wide range of quality. All sold well at rates up to chose ruling at the National market. For the first time for some weeks, the .store sheep market gave signs of life, and a good sale ensued, with values up Is to Is (id a head. The •quality was not impressive on the whole, but there was more interest in tiie sale, and a good attendance of farmers. The bulk of the offering was of ewes in lamb.

Fat Cattle:—Best handy weight steer and heifer beef made from 4.1 s to 455; best heavy-weight steer beef from 36s to 40s; medium quality from 33s to 35s 6d; best cow beef from 83s to 355; secondary, to 325; apd rough down to 235. Values were as follow:

Extra prime heavy steers, to £23 2s 6d. Prime heavy steers, £l7 to £2O. Prime medium-weight steers, £l4 to £l6 15s.

Medium quality steers, £lO 10s to £13,Light steers, £8 to £lO. Extra prime heifers, to- £l6. Prime heifers, £l2 to £l4. Medium heifers, £9 10s to £ll. Light heifers, £6 to £8 10s. Extra, prime cows to £l6 2s 6d, Prime cows, £ll to £l3. . Medium cows, £9 to £lO 10s. Light and aged, £5 to £B. Dairy Cows:—Values were:— Best second and third ealvers, £ll to £l3. Extra, good sorts, to £l4 10s. Good sorts, £9 to £lO 10s. Medium sorts, £7 to £8 10s. Aged and inferior .sorts, £4 to 16. Good heifers, £9 to £lO 10s. Medium sorts, £7 to £8 10s. Others, £5 5s to £6 os.

.Vealers: —There was a fair supply of vealers offered, though a good proportion of them, was more suited to the store pens. Good killable sorts sold at an advance on recent rates. The top price was £8 3s 6d. Other values were:— . Medium runners, £5 to £7. Good calves, 50s to 90s. ■Fat Sheep:—The entry of fat sheep was 6000 head, as compared with 5.400 head at the National market. Included were lines from Southland, South Canterbury and the West Coast. The sale, despite the fact that it was a little, irregular in certain stages, was a- good one, and the rate ruling at last market was maintained. Show wethers to 43s 9d, extra prime wethers to 365, prime wethers 27s to 31s, medium wethers 23s to 26s 6d, light wethers 18s to 225, extra prime ewes to 25s lOd, prime ewes 19s 6d to 225, medium ewes 16s to 18s, light ewes 13s 6d to 15s ,6d, aged ewes 11s to 13s. ' Extra prime hoggets to 32s 9d, prime hoggets 25s to 28s, medium hoggets 21s to 245, light hoggets 16s to 20s. Spring lambs—Sixteen .spring lambs were yarded, and attracted a good deal of attention. There was a good demand for well-grown animals, and prices were up to ,36s 7d.

Store Cattle:—Yearling steers made ,up to £3 16s, and a second pen of 15-months steers sold at £4 Is. A pen of Shorthorn heifers, 15 to 18 months old, made i£4 13s 6d, and a Ine of yearling heifers £3 4s. A line of grazing cows of good colours fetched £5 13s 6d and the best of the cows made up to £6 ss. There were a few potting bulls offered, the top price being £5 Is. Store Sheep:—The range of prices was:— Extra good two-tooth half-bred ewes to 31s 6d. Good two-tooth half-bred ewes 25s to 28s 3d. Good six and eight-tooth half-bred ewes 18s to 19s. 6d. Medium six and eight-tooth halfbred ewes 14s to 16s. Ordinary six and eight-tooth halfbred ewes to 11s, Good s.m. half-bred .ewes 18s to 20s 9d. Ordinary to medium s.m. half-bred ewes 12s to 15s 6d. Aged and backward half-bred ewes to 9s. Extra, good s.m. three-quarter-bred ewes to 25s 3d. Four and six-tooth half-bred wethers to 16s. Backward two-tooth wethers to 8s Od. Ordinary ewe hoggets 15s 6d to 16s 6d. Wether hoggets to 9s lOd. Fat Pigs:—There was a large yarding of porkers in the fat pig pens, and the better sorts met with a good demand, though the prices ruling at the previous sale were a little easier. There was a number of porkers that should have been in the

sftore pens; Buiconers soM well. Values were:— Porkers, 45s to 55s 6d. . Heavy porkers, 58s 6d to 67s Sd. Average price per lb, 91 d to Baconers, £3 12s 6d to £4 ss. Heavy baconers to £5 8s 6d. Average price per lb, 71 d to 8-ld. Store Pigs:—Store. pigs met with a good sale throughout. The yarding was a small one, and prices showed an improvement. Prices were:— Large stores, 35s to 44s 6d. Medium, 28s to 32s 6d. Small, 25s to 27s 6d. Weaners, 21s to 28s 6d.

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