COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1930, Page 2

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

ADDINGTON BTOCK SALE. At tl>o weekly. saleat Addington "there were large 'entries. Fat , Cattle-.n—rThe... best mediumweight beef made from-47s to 51s iper' 1001 b, heavy steer beef from 40s to 435, cow beef to 435, ordinary ' beef 36s to 385,, and rough down to 305., Values were:— , ' , 1 Extra prime ■■" heavy steers, to £25 2s r>d. . Prime heavy steers,; £l9, to £22 ss. Prime medium-weight steers, £ls 10s to £lB 15s. ■ > ■ -ii v, , ■ •' Medium quality steers, £l2 10s to £ls. : ; V . •

Light steers,' £9 10b to £l2. Extra .prime heifers, to £lB 12s 6d. Prime heifers, £l3 15s to £l6 ss. Medium heifers, £lls to £l3 10s. Light heifers, .£7 IQs to £lO 10s. Extra prime cows, to £lB 17s 6d. Prime; oovvb, £l2 10s to £ls 15s. Medium cows, £lO to £l2. Light cows, ' £7 to £9. Vealers. —There aas a .larger entry of vealers, consisting chiefly- of small calves. Good vealers were scarce. Everything ■ sold at rates on a par with those ruling last week, The top price was £7 13s 64. Store Cattle There was a medium yarding-of store cattle -with a big proportion of ordinary ,oows. There were'no quotable • lines of steers or two-year-old heifers. Good -fresh cows made from £5 2s 6d to £5 13s 6d; and jingle forward 'cbwß,up f 0 ;£9 'los. A pen of yearling, heifers isold 1 at £3. There were no bulls forward. Dairy Cattle:—There was an entry of 57; head of dairy cattle, and . the quality was very ordinary. Buyers mostly were only prepared to pay about £8 to £9 for the best--cows,-though occasionally they . extended their..limits for local supply..require--' merits:-. Prices generally were on a par. with those ruling, at last week’s sale. Values were:— . • ' t

Good third and fourth palvers, £9 to £l4. . . .’.<■■ ••• , Medium sorts, ‘£o;to £8 lOs. '" Good heifers, £7 IDs to. £9 ss. , Small and backward heifers, £4 10s to 456 V -’ . Aged cows in milk, £2 to £3 105..’; Fatf'Sheep:—Values v were:Extra prime heavy wethers to 37s 6d. r.\ )-'V . fM;-': IVune heavy wethers-.26s 6d to 3Qs. Medium-weight ” prime, v,'ethers 24s ■ 6d to;; 265.:•. ’ • Second quality wethers 22s 6d. ‘ to 245.. _ .; 7 „ ■’'’'Eight' wethers 19s to ’22s. .'• -•: .. ■. Extija prime ewes 31s Id. . Prime, ewes 22s 6d to 265. Medium ewes • 17s to 22a. , light ewes 14,s to 16s: 0(1 > . .. Store ■ Sheep:—Valued were : Extra'/griod ewe hdggets to 23b:9d. Gfiod ewe. hoggets to i7s 6d, Good wether hoggets to 16s 106; •.; Medium we t her noggets to. J6s id Ordinary wether hoggets to 10s 7d. Good mixed .sex hoggets’ to 16s, Bd, : ; Ordinary mixed-sex/ hoggets to Ss. ‘. Forward half -bred withers, 19s- to ?!<■ ■■ Ordinary fvo-tooth half-bred wethers t<y 13s. Merino wethers ,io 5s 3d. • Ordinary ewes and lambs (all counted) , 9s 6d to 12s. Aged ewes and lambs (all counted); to 63• M*r i?pviug|lirin;bflThe entry;, of spiring Jambs whs; the’ largest >6 far this season, the'(total being 52; as against . 26 last week. 7; The quality -yvris. good, -a number of well-grown lambs/being entered. . -The sale;, was a’;’ good one throughout, and although pdebs foil a good deal below those ; of last- week, they were satisfactory..' v. ; - Store Sheep—Entries of store sheep showed/, an Increase the proportion of dry/;sheep penned being considerably bigger than at. recent Sales. -Qualitywns again very mixed, the offering with the exception of, an odd pen of useful wethers and hoggets, being very unattractive.; ' There, were several lines of ewes: and. lambs yai'ded,but in most caseS (the, ewes 1 were . old or backward, and the lambs uneven. The sale, though’:hardly:-as spirited as it v*as\- laet ’"Wednesday was qriite a satisfactory, ,one, ; wnhout any marked change -in : prices'. . The beat price of the dari was; for la liwe of three-quar-ter-bred We hoggets, .which made 23s 9d. They were, well grown-well-wool-ld sheep. A small line of forward wethers made 21s. ••, : [K; Fat Pigs :~-The. yarding of- porkers was much larger tha ; h * .has been the case for some-time, there being about 360 head forward, Prices over- the whole sale were a shade easier than at the last market,". but competition was spirited throughout on the new basis of values, and a complete clearance was .made. Uhoppens were in good supply and met with a ready sale. The total number of baconers yarded was 89. The demand was good - and; prices were on a par with those.,; ruling at the last market. Val-iies-'were.:— - . •> , ' ' ” ■ . . HqajVy. porkers 1 / to £3 15s Cd. rince.pei lb, 9Jd to 10.1’d. Baconcrfl,: £4■ to £5. Heavy baconers, ,to' £5 .16k 6d. Average price per lb,-8d to 81d. Choppers,’; £4; 8s : 6d. to £lO Is. 1 ' ' Store Pigs’:—The -yarding ’of stor© pigs .-totalled 172. nead.-’ 'There-.wrist a goadilattendance 1 of buyeris:/ ansl. ‘the sale was .a brisk ■ one- ..'.throughout, Large, stores ; were, in' jshoft .'supiply arid rates fully’upi ' at-vth.e’last market.. Values were:—. Large; stores,' 38s to 53s fld. Mediiini- stores.;3is-.to■ 375. • griiall fltoros; 30s' to 32s ; .6d. Slips.-27s fo'2lte 6d; ; :- ’ l Veaners, 22i.t0 293;6d. ; .