COMMERCIAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 11 June 1920, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

ADDINGTON MARKET. MUTTON PRICE ITEM. CUriuLcliiucli, Juno 0. At the Addington market there rra. a big yarding of fat stock and an average one of stores. There veas an improvement in the store sheep mar ket, the. mutton market being very firm tvhiist an overflow yarding of fat bee! mot with much easier sale. Chore Sheep.—Lambs J7s -Id to 21: l'M ; inferior 12.; 7d to 15s fid, good 2 tooth lines in lamb 2Vs lid to oOs Hi! cull 2-tootli er.es in lamb 15s sd, gooempty 2-tooth ewes to 2ls Id. lor conditioned ewes 2-ts Ifld, .sound 2'l lo 275, 4 and it tooth wethers 2<ss 4d I2‘i<j .'ld. 2 and Mouth wethers 3-1 s <'"l l '7s lid, 2-tooth wethers 2-Is Id to 29 Gd. ‘A W Pat Lambs. —A yarding of 2000 o indifferent quality, an average deman by freezing buyers occupying the bull Extra prime lambs to DS*, prime 27s !■ to ."2s Id, medium 2 -Is iffl to 20s !); lighter 20s to 24s fid. Pat Sheep.—A big ytirdiog. "i 1 many lines of very prime, both cw< ■uni wethers. A firm tone was dispin.'d throughout and treezing buyei. ecu red about half the yarding, operas log more freely than usual. lixtr. P prime wethers 48s to 00s. prime 39s t<> . Its. medium 34s fid to 58s fid, light;.-; 2ti.<; to Is Id, extra prime ewes 45s to 41ts 7(1, prime 38s to 425. medium 32s to 27s til. lighter 25s to 3.1 s (id. Pat Cattle. Penning; being mu--' more than butchers' reejuirements. in . freezers not operaiing'. there ('as r drop in prices, part ictila.rly for secom' j ary stuff, which chiefly comprised : J entrv of extra prime steers letchi: ! to £2O, prime £!0 to £2l 15s. media£ls to .CIS. lighter £s 15s to £1 I P.'s >' pr.ime lie-C - • £l'. to vM 1 's dd. o:d ary £7 Ms lo IT 217 s (id. extra prim COWS CIS 1.55, prime Cl2 15s lo £l'. (irdinai-.v £s t(» .£l2 Is. Dairy Caltle. —A good demand for Uoc.enlly conditioned cows and heiferclose to profit. Springing heifers to CIS. second and third cal vers (good, to .£l7 His. backward cows and heifers ' to £l2. Store Cattle.--A dragging sale. t>-< i lines being diflicull M quit. Two-vcar and a half -deers to £f> 15s. 2yw t: spring culvers to .£7 2. «<l. forward jj cows to £S Us. tj Pigs.—-Choppers lo £0 10s, lige’ ;; lia,.-oners £(5 .15 . and heave to £S. Th' 1 average price per lb wa Jo<l lo M.'-B i heavy porkers to £5 ss, average per lb ? Is to la Obi. ; STOCK SALES. ! $ '.he X. 7.. Loan ami Mercantile \geijev Coinpiariv, bid., report (hat .** ■ Tf Horo they ofl'crei.! a fair entry •■!' cattle and n small yarding of sheep a small attendance of buyers. The; quote:-- Pat and forward, ewes 24s 3d. S month steers (good) £5 Ms. good eon ditiou eons £5 Ms to £•> lb, low eouditin,,' cows £2 2., to £::' Ms. bull £'b won tier pigs 255. At Waihailin' on .‘Saturday they conducted ;i clearing Side, of didry stdeh. etc., on account of Air David Hunter. There was a good attendance of buyer--* present, competition was keen, and llm results proved satisfactory to the vendor. They quote: August Calvin;; | cows £ll to £2l ss, September do. £ll to £lB 1 5s. October do. £l2 to £M M-s cows in full milk £l4 to £lB Ms, several late calving do. £5 lo £lO Ms, heifers ill calf £8 15s to £ls los. wen nor bulls 37s (Id, weam-r heifers £5 2s. 4-year draught mare .£55 ss. aged spring car' mart' £l4 ss. boy*- pony £7 Ms. yearling half-draught Jilly £M ss, store pigs 30s, dogs XI to £4 Ms. ducks per panMs Bd. fowls do. Ms Od. Implements und furniture brought full market values. Messrs Dalcety and Co.. Ltd., report having held (heir fortnightly sale in the Levin yards on Tuesday. Bth instant, when they offered it medium «atrv of sheep, cattle and pigs, to the usual attendance of buyers. Competition for sheep was fairly sound, and late rate s were maintained. All classes of cattle were dull of sale, and only in a few instances vendors’ reserves were reached. The principal sales were as under: —Medium mixed sex woolly hoggets Ms fid. woolly ewe hoggets 21s. empty store ewes 15s to 17s 3d. good v.-'ulers £4 2s fid. yearling steers £5 11s. dairy cows close to profit £lB to £2".