THE STOCK MARKET.

Shannon News, 7 May 1926, Page 4

THE STOCK MARKET.

YESTERDAY S SALES AT ADDINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Entries 'for the Addington market to-day were generally smaller, and there was a tendency to easier values in all sheep suctions. Good fat cattle sold at improved rates. Store Sheep.-—A reduced entry was comprised mostly oi North Island ewes with iocal and Marlborough wethers. All classes ol' lambs were j easier by Is per head, wethers by Is I to Is (id, whilst good ewes showed j little change. The rougher sorts, which \ I largely comprised the yarding, / were j easier. ' , Medium lambs fetched 20s to 225; small, Hs 4d to 19s; cull, 12s; threequarterbred ewe lambs, 25s to 27s 2d; sound - mouthed three - quarterbred ewes. 25s to 28s Gd; inferior soundmouthed three-quarterbred, 20s 4d to 2ls lid; sound and failing-mouthed I three-quarterbred, 17s to 23s failingmouthed three-quarterbred, 14s Gd to i.Gs 9d; sound-mouthed Romney ewes, 2ss iod to 275; inferior sound-mouthed Romney ewes. 17s to 23s 7d; good sound-iiloui.ued Romney ewes, 21s to 23s 7d; low conditioned and failing- ■ mouthed Romney ewes, 14s 7d to 20s ijd; \ sound-mouthed crossbred 21s to 25s Gd; half bred four and sixtoothed wethers, 20s 4d to 24s Gd. Fat Lambs.—Tvto thousand eight hundred were yarded, and a slightly lower range of values railed in sympathy with the reduced rates for export. Extra prime heavy lambs made to 33s lu; prime heavy, 28s Gd to 31s; medium weight prime, 2Gs to 29s Gd; medium> quality, 23s Gd to 255; light, 21s to 235. Fat Sheep.—A. heavy entry of 12 races with a steady sale, but generally on a lower basts for all classes uy up to Is ov’ur the earlier stages of the sale, and to Is Gd over the final part. A l'e\v North .Island wethers sold at SGs lOd. Export , buyers sucured a good share of the lighter ewes. / Extra prime wethers realised SGs to 37s prime, 33s to 355; medium, ; 29s to ;’.2s Gd; light, 26s Gd to 2Ss 6d; extra prime ewes, 28s. to 31s Id; prime, 24s Gd to 27s Gd; medium, 20s |Gd to 245; light, 16s Gd to 20s; aged, ■l.2s Gd to 16s. Fat Cattle. —Another very heavy entry, comprising 590 head, came forward. The bulk were cows. Good' • steer ■ and heifer beet was better by 20s per head. Cows'were selling'with difficulty over the final' stage.

Rest ox beef made to 43s per lOOlbs.; prime, 3Ss Gd to 41s Gd; medium quality and good cow beef, 80s to 32s Gd; inferior, <26s Gd to 295 ( Gd; rough, down' to 255. Extra heavy steers- made to £2l 12s 6d; prime, heavy, tIG ids to £lB. 10s; prime medium-weight, £ls to £IG 15S; medium, quality, £ll 10s to £l4 10s; light, £9 10s to £ll ss; rough, £7 10s to £9 15s; extra jmme heifers, to £lB 17s Gd; prime, £9 5s to £ll 10s; ordinary, £7 to £9; light, £4 15s to £6 15s; extra prime cows, to 114 2s 6d; prime, £8 10s to £lO 10s; ordinary, £5 10s to £8 ss; rough, £3 to £4 10s. Venters. —Kiltable stuff ■ sold at an advance; good runners niade to £6 10s; others £4 to £5 15s; best calves, ■sos to 70s; others, 10s to 455. Store Cattle. —A few steer lines were, and ?sold well. Four-year steers fetched £6 12s 6d to £9 2s Gd; 2-year steers, to £7; cows, 20s. to 50s. Dairy Cattle. —Good, fresh cows sold briskly, inferior sorts being neglected: Rest springers sold at £lO to £l4 10s; others, at £4 10s to £9; best heifers, £0 10s to- £8 ,10s;\ others, -£4 to £6 10s. ' , Fat Pigs.—There was a good sale. Choppers made £3 ,10s to £6 10s; baconers, £3 17s 6‘d to £6 ss. The average price per lb. was Sd to SJd. Porkers, 47s to, 72s (average price per lb., 8d to-9(1). Store Pigs.—A small entry and no change in values. Weanors brought 9s to 14s; best, to l’Ss; slips, 23s to 295: stores. 33s to 435.

.JOHNSON VTLLE SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams and Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd,, report on their Jolinsonville Sale yesterday. The yarding throughout showed good quality, both sheep and cattle yardings being considerably better than the previous week. A good attendance of butchers were present and bidding throughout was keen, every pen selling under the hammer at prices is advance of previous quotations. We quote:—Ox, fit 12/6, £ll 17/6, £l2 17/6,’ £l3 5/-, £l3 12/6, £l3 15/-, £l4 2/6, £l4 12/6, to £l4 £>/-; wethers, 26/3. 27/3, 28/-, 28/3, to 30/-; ewes' 20/-, 22/6, 23/-, to 35/-; black faced lambs, 26/- to 28/-; white faced iambs, 23/4, 25/0, 25/9, 26/5 to 27/6.