COMMERCIAL

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16485, 26 February 1914, Page 9

COMMERCIAL

; . AFWNGTONirAp§, the ' Metropolitan market. \v^: ; ;:.;.;;'TESTERDA¥ ? S-SALE. ' : ';•• iiiißre,iwas r the customary large at- . tendance at the Addingtqn Metropoli- • tan market yesterday, and amongst those present were many farmers who. oh account" of pressing harvest work had not ' visited the yards for severalweeksi'The yarding was a full one, that of fat sheep showing a marked increase compared .with the previous week: Store! sheep also showed an inr crease ■"■ in numbers although j this wast 7 not as marked as in the case of fat sheep. >'• ' : CATTLE. ■■ 4 .The yarding of fat, cattle was not a .particularly..large one,, the entries totalling. 249 head, compared/with 211 atthaeale held, a week earlier,' 240 on 24§, on January 28. Once again.the averages-quality was satisfactory, although*, "of, course, there were a few which.could, not by any stretch of ..imagination have been described as prime., The: sale opened at prices oh a, par with!those niling a week earlier; namely j' 29s to \ 32s per 1001 b, and continued unchanged till the close. Quotations are^:— Steers £6 17s 6d to £ll, extra to £l4.' • ;::'.v;;> - ■• • ■ ■ Heifers £6 to £lO 12e 6d. ■'. Calves 6d to £l2 10s. The \i ollbwihg were amongst the sales ~For (Teviotdale, Amberley)„lo steers, at £9 to £l2 15s, lllieifers a£,£B 7s M to £lO 12s 6d; client, 6 steers at £ll 15s to £l2 15s; j. CFree..'.2 % .steers, at £ll 10s and £l2 17s 6d;.A. J:.Birdling (Halswell), 3 steers .'at' £9 10s to- £ll 15s; J. M'Pherson (Cheviot), 2 steers at £11;'. E. Ruddock, sen. (Soiithbridge), 1 cow at;£ll 2s 6d; P. ; H. Johnston (Mount at £6'ss to £lO 2s .od; ; .cli6ht; 13:steers at £ll,l2 S '6d to £I2V.ISsV Peninsula client, 3 heifers tjti£6.lo3.;. clients, 3 heifers £5 2s 6d ■ to £6 T2s 6d; J; Parkinson (Kaituna), 6 cows at £6 2s* 6tf to £8 10s; C. Andrew (G'reenpark); 7 steers "at £7 I6s to;£9 JOs, 7 heifers at £7 15s' •to": £9;, SoUthbridge client, 14 cows 7s 6d; clients, ,4 steers, at £9' 1,75 : 6d to £lO 10s, 11 Keifefs'at £6 10s, to £9 ss, 3 steers r£B 2s v 6d.to £9 2s 6d ( -2 cowsat £8 |ss l t6 : ,£10; J; F. Buchanan (Little River);: 4: steers at £ll 15s to £l3 12s Bd, 4 heifers, at £6 12s' 6d to £8 7s 6d; R. 0. Dixon (West Eyreton), 1 steer, at £ll ss, 2 cows at "£10; Anderson Bros. (Pr ebbleton), 6 heifers at £6 16s to: £8 2s 6d; T. Foster(Ladbrooks), 6 cows at £5,7s 6d to £8 15s; client, 3 steers at £l4, 4 heifers,at £B;7s 6d to £8 17s 6d, 2 I rows'; at £7 5s and £7 75,6 d; E. Hart'hell,(Woolston), and cows at £6 10s to &*< 2s. 6d; >G. H. Good (Lincoln), 1 cow at £lO 55.: ■I, I-.""' VEALERS.' | There was an average yarding of fat calves,' and the demand showed no change. fr.om recent sales, representative prices ranging from.Bs to £2 10s, an extra good calf realising £3 15s. STORE CATTLE. : The yarding :pf store cattle was of medium proportion, and probably as a result of the continued dry weather the demand showed a distinct weakening tendency. The entry consisted largely of young cattle, fifteen, to eighteen months sorts predominating. Quotations are:— ■-'*■ Fifteen to eighteen months sorts, £1 19s to £3 15s. . - , '• Two-year heifers, £4 : 5s to £4-7s ' 6a. ■■' •■■'■' i Two and a-half year steers, £5 12s 6d to £5 17s 6d. . ; steers, £6. ; Three-year heifers, £5 10s. ' .; Cqws, £3 to £5. '•''.'• : : DAIRY COWS. ;. An average yarding of dairy cows ' Included some' very good sorts; and the demand for useful sorts was keen, a fair proportion realising over £lO. Prices ranged from £3 15s to £lO, extra bringing: £l2 7s 6d to £l3. !