COMMERCIAL

Hokitika Guardian, 6 February 1931, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, February 5. There was very little change in die average price of fat cattle and fat sheep at the Addington yards yesterday. The market in each case opened well hut, eased off as the sales proceeded. The only change in the values of lat lambs was ill butchers’ lots, medium weights showing a rise. The yarding in the three main departments were smaller than they weie last week, hut "ere sufficient lor requirements. Store lambs maintained last week’s values. Beef -The best medium-weight prime beef made from 26s to 30s per 1001 b. Heavy beef made from 23s t« 265; cow beef from 20s to 235; secondary beef from 17s (id to 20s; and rough down to 10s. Values wore: Extra prime heavy steers to £ls 17s lid. Prime heavy steers £lO to £l3. Prime medium-weight steers £7 t° £9 I Os. .Medium quality steers £o to £7, Light steers to £4 10s. Extra prime heifers t,o £9 7s Gd. Prime lieifoi's £d 10s to £8 10s. Medium heifers £3 1.3 s to £O, Light heifers £2 10s In £d io.°e Extra prime cows to £lO 2s Od, Prime cov/5 £6 to £B. .Medium covs £3 I.os to £5 13s. Light and aged cows £2 to £3 sh. Vealers—Values were : .Runners £3 10s to £6 3s 6d. Best calves 40s to 60s. Medium calves 25s to 355. Small and inferior calves 7s to 20s. Store Cattle —The yarding of store cuttle was a pool 1 one. Thorn were no straight lines forward, the oflering consisting chielly of rough cows, with a few yearlings. There was little competition. Yearling steers made up to 28s Od, yearling heifers to 255, mixed sex two-year-olds to 455, fresh cows to £3. and potting hulls to £4 10s Dairy Cattle—Values were: Best second and third calves, to £l3

Good second and third calves £9 to £lO ss. -Medium second and third calves £7 to £B. Aged and inferior £2 f.o £5 10s. Good heifers to £lO 15s. Medium heifers £7 to £8 15s. Others £5 to £O. Fat sheep—Values were: Extra prime heavy wethers to IBs 4d. Prime heavy wethers 10s to 17s Gd. Medium wethers 13s to 15s Od. Second quality wethers 9s to Pis 6d. Light wethers 7s 4d to 8s lOd. Extra prime ewes 10s Od to 13s. Medium ewes 8s to 10s. Light ewes 5s Od to 7s 6d. Aged ewes 3s 1.0.1 to ss. Store sheep—Buyers for the small and backward lambs \V6r6 few and far between. The best price was 9s 4d , paid for a line of Romney crons lambs from the Peninsula. Aveiago quality halfbred lambs were selling round about 4s and ss. The adult sheep oflering was a very mixed one, consisting chiefly of old ewes in very plain condition. There was a moderate demand for the b’tter sorts, but the ragged stuff was almost unsaleable, one line bringing as low as Is. Lambs: Extra prime lambs, to 18s 4d. Prime lambs, 15s 6:1 to 17s. Medium lambs, 13s 6d to 15s 3d. Light lambs, 10s Gd to 13s 3d.

Store lambs. 8s 6d to 10s. Fat Pigs—There was a medium entry of fat pigs. The demand throughoutwas much the same ns at the last sale. Values were:—

Choppers £2 to £5 18s Gd. Baconers 47s 6d to oos. Heavy baconers £8 to £8 9s Gd. Extra heavy to £8 los 6d. Average price per pound 47d to old Porkers 80s to 395. Heavy porkers 40s to 4os. Average- price per pound Gd to Gsd.

Store Pigs.—-There was a medium entry of store pigs of mixed quality. Prices remained unchanged at last week’s rates. Values were: Weaners 12s to 10s. Slips 14s to 17s. Small stores 18s to 245. Large stores to 81s.