DROP IN BEEF AND LAMBS.

Shannon News, 6 July 1923, Page 4

DROP IN BEEF AND LAMBS.

OTHER SORTS SHOW ADVANCE. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. There was a large yarding of beef to-day at the Addington yards, and a small one of fat sheep. Store sheep comprised quite twothirds hoggets, and there was an excellent sale for these, also for ewes and wethers. Values were: Six and eight-tooth ewes, 30/1; low-condition-ed four-year Corriedale ewes and good aged ewes, 26/5, 27/- and 28/6; inferior aged ewes, 18/10 to 22/-; good crossbred ewe hoggets, 26/- to 26/9; cull and inferior ewe hoggets, 19/9 to 23/-; good wether hoggets, 22/4 to 23/5; ordinai’y. 20/6 to 22/-; cull and inferior, 16/8 to 18/6; good forward four and six-tooth wethers, 31/3 to 32/-; ordinary, 27/G to 28/4; cull and ( inferior wethers, 19/- to 25/6. Three hundred odd fat lambs came forward, but they were a.poor lot and Iwent to freezerd at recent per lb. values.

Fat Sheep.—Some prime sheep came forward and met with an improved market for well-finished sorts. Extra prime wethers sold for 39/-; a fegv special, 42/6 to 45/-; prime, 35/9 to 38/6; medium, 32/6 to 35/6; light, 28/- to 32/-; extra prime .ewes, 33/to 35/-; a few special 37/-; prime, 27/6 to 31/-; medium, 23/- to 27/-; light, 20/6 to 22/6; aged, 18/6 to 20/-. Fat Cattle.—44s head were yarded, including 55 from the North Island and two trucks from Otago, prices easing by 20/- per head. Average beef made from 27/6 to 31/- per 1001 b. Extra prime steers, £ls to £l6 10/-; a few pens of special, £l9 15/-; prime, £ll 5/- to £l4; medium, £8 10/- to £11; inferior, £6 10/- to £8 7/6; extra prime heifers, £lO 17/6; prime, £7 10/- to £9 10/-; medium, £4 10/- to £? 5/-; extra prime cows, £lO 7/6; prime, £6 5/- to £9; ordinary, £4 15/- to £6 2/6. .Vealers. —The offei’ing was no(> sufficient to meet the demand and* there was a distinct improvement in prices. Runners fetched £5 15/-; good veaiers, £2 12/6 and £5; fair, £2 to £2 10/-. Store cattle had quite a good sale for attractive lines of steers. Three and a-half to four-year-old steers sold for £6 15/- to £7 2/-; two and a-half to three-year, £4 10/- to £5 12/6; yearlings, £1 to £1 5/-; two-year-old heifers, £2 10/- to £3; yearling, £1 2/6 to £1 5/-.-Daii’y Cows.—A poor lot came forward. Extra good spi’ingers, £ll to £l7; third, fourth and fifth cal vers, £5 4/- to £9; springing heifers, £4 to £8 10/-; inferior cows £1 to £1 10/-. Fat -Pigs.—A short yarding and a jump up in pork values. Choppers brought £4 5/- to £8 10/-; light baconerS, £3 15/- to £4 5/-; heavy, £4 10/- to £5 5/-, average price per lb. 62d. to 7Jd. Light porkers, 40/- to 47/6; heavy, 55/- to 67/-, average pxi.ee per lb. 9d. to lOd.

Store Pigs.—A small entry came forward and met with a very fair demand. Weaners, 10/- to 15/-; extra good weaners, 17/6; slips, 18/ to 26/-; medium stores, 28/- to 33/-; large stores, £2 C/-. SATISFACTO RATES IN SOUTH DUNEDIN, Last Night. There was a good demand for most classes of fat stock at Burnside sales ta-day. Entries were fairly large in each case, especially fat cattle and store cattle. With the exception of sheep, which were sold at reduced values, prices showed no. appreciable change. Fat cattle.—A lai’ge entry, numbering 339 head, compared with 290 head last week. ' The yarding included a number of pens of well-finished animals, while many pens contained cattle hardly suitable for butchers’ purposes. The entry also, included a number of good quality heifers. Doubtless 'on account of the lai'ge supply,'pi-ices for inferior cattle showed a reduction of about £l per head. There was, however, a good demand for prime quality cattle at prices equal to last week’s

rates. Extra heavy prime bullocks, and i prime handy-weight bullocks sold at from 30/ to 32/6 per 100 lb, medium quality to 31/. Extra prime heifers, of which there was a big entry, were' a shade easier, and realised from'lß/ to 20/ per lOOlbs; cows and light heifers 17/ to 18/ per 100 lb. Best bullocks realised £l2 to £l3, extra prime £lB 2/6, medium £8 10/ to £9 10/, inferior £5 to £6 10/; best cows and heifers £6 to £7J extra to £B, medium £4 10/ to £5, inferior £3 to £4. - Fat sheep.—A moderate yarding numbering about 2570 head, compared with 1563 last week. The entry comprised mostly ewes of fair to good quality, but the supply Of wethers was not sufficient for butchers’ requirements. Prices, although not equal to the extreme values realised at last week’s sale, were satisfactory.' Values generally showed reduction of 4/ in the case; of wethers and from 2/ to 2/-6 a head in the case of ewes. Prime and good light wethers sold at 7d per lb, extra heavy wethers 6 Jd, extra heavy ewes s id, prime handy weights s|d to 6d, aged and inferior quality 4 |d. Extra prime heavy weight wethers realised up to 60/, prime 45/; to 52/, light and unfinished sorts up to 32/; extra prime heavy-weight ewes realised to 48/, prime 37/ to 41/, medium 27/ to 34/, light and aged 20/ to 26/.

Lambs. —A fair entry, numbering about 80 head. The quality was up I to the average. Export buyers and butchers were keen competitors and a very satisfactory sale resulted. Extra heavy lambs sold on a basis of 9d to 9id, second quality B|d to 9d, light and inferior Bd. Prime lambs realised from 33/ to 37/, medium 26/ to 30/, light and inferior sorts 20/ to 24/. Store cattle. —A full yarding was offered, every pen being.filled. The entry 'included a few lines of good bullocks; these claimed most attention and sold up to £3 15/ a head. Another j line of 4-year-old bullocks sold up to £6 a head. Fat and forward cows were easier in price, while young cattle were sold at cheap rates.

Pigs.—A moderate yarding, all classes being represented. Competition was brisk particularly for prime baconers. Prices, if anything, were a shade easier. Prime Baconers realised up to and prime porkers up to 74d per lb.