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j WAIKANAE STOCK SALE,
The Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— At Waikanae on Wednesday we held our usual monthly stock sale. A good yarding of- sheep and a small entry of cattle met with a total clearance at the following prices:—Medium fat ewes 26s 6d to 22s 6d, 2-tooth wethers 23s 3d -to 14s la, 2-tooth ewes 22s to 14s, aged ewes 14s to 7s, good woolly lambs 11s 3d to 12s Sd, small lambs Os Id to 6s 3d, mixed sex weaners £2 4s 6d, dairy cows £9 to £lO 10s. ADDINGTON MARKET. Christchurch, March 26. At the Addington market there were much smaller yardings of fat stock, and prices of everything recovered to almost the rates ruling before the previous week’s drop. The rise in fat lambs was about 3s, in fat sheep to 4s per head, and prime cattle 20s to 55s per head. The store sheep market was
a little firmer without actual improvement in prices, except, for ewes and store cattle also met with a better sale. Had the sou ’-wester that set in the day before brought more rain no doubt the store, stock market- would have been: firmer. Dairy-cows were .in good demand, but pigs were rather dull of sale. Store Sheep. —Good 2-tooth cw.es 26s to 29s 3d, others 20s Sd to 25s 9d, 4, 6 and 8-tooth owes 22s 5d to 23s- 3d, soundmioutli ewes 16s to 26s 7d, aged ewes 7s to 11s. 2-tooth wethers 17s lOd to 26s Id,‘.mixed sex lambs 11s 6d to 17s Id,.wether lambs 13s-7d to 17s, ewe Fst .Sheep.—Prime wethers 32s to 39s Pd. medium wethers 27s 6d to 31s (ith lighter wethers. 255. to 275, prime (".res to 29s (id, lighter ewes 20s to 25s (id. Fat Lambs. — Extra prime 335, prime 27s to 30s Od. medium 24s to 26s Cd, lighter 19s 40 to 23s Od. Fat Cattle. —Extra prime steers to £23 10s. prime steers £ls to £2O, ordinal-.- steers £0 5s to £l4 10s, prime.lieifj ers £lO to £l4 10s, ordinary heifers £6 i 7s 6cl to £9 10s, prime cows £ll to £l3 Store Cattle.—Calves 20s to £2 ss, 18-month £3 10s to £4 10s, extra to £8 2s 6d, 2 J-year steers £9 12s 6d, dry ! cows £4 to £3, bulls £5 10s to £ls, dairy J cows £7 to- £l7.
Pigs.—Choppers £4 17s 6d to £9 ss, baconers £4 7s 6d to £S (equal to 9Jd per porkers £2 17s 6d to £4 2s 6d .(equal to 10jd per lb), best stores £3 10s to £3 15s, medium £2 2s to £3, smaller 38s 9d to 40s, weaners Ss Cd to 18s.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 28 March 1919, Page 4
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447COMMERCIAL. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 28 March 1919, Page 4
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