COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1930, Page 3

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

ADDINCTON STOCK SALE. \B.y Telegraph—Press Association). CHRIiSTCHERCH, Nov. fi. There were over 600 head A fat cattle. Values' were maintained for the best quality. The quality of the yarding \vu’.s good. Extra heavy steers sold £2O to 22 17s fid. prime £l7 ICis to Flo 15s, medium £1.5 to £l6 15s, light £l3 15s to £l4 10s , extra heavy cows to £l9 12s fid, prime Heavy £l3 10s to £l4 12s fid, prune £l] 10s to £l3; f medium £9 5s to £lO 15s; unfinished from £6 ids; 'extra heavy heifers to £lB 2s 6d, prime £l2 15s to £ls 15s, medium £ll 10s to £l2 ss, plain from £O. There was a heavy yarding of fat sheep, and an irregular sale. There was a drop of 2s per head at the commencement, with a lowering tendency. Extra prime woolly wethers sold io ols 9d, prime heavy 26b 6d to 30s fid, medium 24s to 265, inferior from 19s fid; shorn wethers to 295. 7d, extra heavy woolly ewes to 27s 7d; prime 2.2 s6d to - 26s 6d; medium 17s to 21s fid; light from 14s; shorn ewes to 26s 4d. There was an over-supply -J fat lambs, and they dropped in values. •Extra prime heavy lambs sold to 33s 10d prime 25s 6d to 28-s, medium 22s to 255; light from 15s.

There was a large yarding of store sheep, with many small, nondescript lots. It was a dragging sale.

Thorn was *a dragging market of pork and bacon- The market was irregular. The average .was 48s bd to oftS Gd, heavy to £3 12s 6d : choppers 50s to £7 IBs Gd; average 7UI to Rd per 11>. Baconers sold £3 14s Gd to £4 5 sGd, heavy to £4 18s fid; average fi-ld 'to l.Ud per lb. Store pigs were firm.