ADDINGTON STOCK VALUES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 132, 25 August 1927, Page 2

ADDINGTON STOCK VALUES

SHEEP EASIER Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. Wed newJ - r At the Addington market* Io.Z. sheep entries were larger »^ y cattle entries smaller. Fat 77 not maintain the high pri week, but the sale was again a J** 1 one. Fat cattle showed asJtak. k ll uTf e r er the earUer Store Sheep.—V fair-siaed ... gets sold freely at last week s ewes scarcely held late values ,' J of ewes and lambs, the first of th« A"* sold at }3s lid aJ! counted. c r *'“°y ewe hoggets made 27s 4d to ewe hoggets. 23s id to Sis 3<t; Carrtafc ewe hoggets. 31s 9d; crossbred hoggets, 17s to 20s Id; halfbred SS* hoggets, 23s 3d; .-Totshred nuT.rt " hoggets. 22s 2d; crossbred ewes'alu?!I*l.l 1 * 1 . 1 ■ IDs Id to 13s lid; four, six and crossbred ewes. 32s Sd to 32s S it aged crossbred ewes. 16s 2d “o' Eft? failing mouthed halfbred ewes Ur , - t: six and eight-toothed halfbred 77:1, 3d - four and six-toothed rres.k, wethers. 28s 6d to 2Ss Sd. - rt ” and* sold at u^to’sos^dd agafI s t Ca «M e -ias A t {* « slightly better sale for good beef ox aad heifer beef made up to 44s it medium-weight steers, 3Ss to 41s- 'k?fy beef, 34s to 36s 6d; medium quality i to 37s 6d; unfinished, 88s to Sis-'.. 1 rough, down to 23s a 1001 b. Extra heavy bullocks made to £l9; priroa K, steers, £l, to -CIS; medium-weight Dnm‘ steers, £l4 10s to £l6 Us; light S' steei s, ~11 to £l4; inferior steers /’ W? to £lO 10s; extra prime hetteVt. ~10 lrs 6d; prime heifers, £ll io £ l 5 £l3 os; medium heifers, £7 15s to * ; os; light heifers, £5 15s t© £7 A extra prime cows, to £ls 2s Id; orim cows, £ll to £33 ss; ordinary cows, r 10s to £lO 15s; light cows, £S to £7^ Fat Sheep.—Although the sale was i good one, it was not up to last week fcv 3s a head. The bulk of the entry was indifferently conditioned. There wcr« some good sheep forward from SoutUui and the North Island. Although patch--’ the sale left little to be desired in trmatter of prices. Extra prime heaw wethers, 52s to 59s 6d; prime heavr ; wethers, 46s to 50s; medium wethers, S*< to 455; light wethers, 37s to 355; «tra ! prime ewes, 40s to 48s 7d; prime ew*> | 36s 6d to 395: medium ewes, 30s to It? ; light ewes, 25s to 29s 6d; prime feegftts, i 31s to 39s lOd; medium hoggets, 27s u 20s. Vealers. —Good sorts sold well. Tweirto 18 months sorts made to £7 Us; good vealers, £5 to £6 15s; others, 15s to £i 10h. Store Cattle. —A heavy entry et cew* and better prices by 10s a head. Twp»)te: steers made £6 to £7; two and tfcfee-year-old, £7 10s to £8 10s; three and fouri-year-old steers, £lO ss; eewf, to £4 15s; bulls, £3 15s to £6 JO* Dairy Cattle.—-Second to fourth ealven, £8 10s to £l2 ss; medium, £6 10s to £1 inferior, £4 to £6 ss; best heifers, £5 10s to £8 ss; ethers, £4 to £6; old ew, in prefit, 25s to £2 10s. Fat Pigs.—No change in values. Choppers, £3 to £6 18s 6d; bacopers, £3 5s t: £3 14s; heavy baconers, £4 to £4 IF average price a lb, 55d te 6sd; pofitnry. 49s 6d to 4Ss; heavy porkers, 52s to tt'. average price a lb, 7d to Bd. Store Pigs.—A largo entry and & If in prices for ail classes. Weaners, 3ls lo 14s 6d; slips, 15s to 19s 6d; medium 20s to 255; large stores, 26s to 35s sows in pig, £4 to- £5 30s.

MINING NEWS

PETER MAXWELL. The mini nr engineer, George E. Hyde, A.0.5.M., vises as follows:—“Very high grade g: ore has just been discovered in the Pet?* Maxwell claim, Te Aroha. Several shots were fired by me in No. 1 level penetrauEZ another two feet into the reef. A#Kft just received from the Thames School e. Mines are: Hanging wall of reef, £ll i'* s 4d a ton; picked stone showing ir. £4l 10s lOd a ton. The face of No. 2 lev* is only about 10ft to 15ft from the potion of this ore shoot. NEW WAIOTAHI.—The drive hillw«ri for the Waiotahi-Cambria reef ha? bee advanced 6ft. for the week, and oa* w of timber was plaeed in position. Tcountry continues a. hard grey ajw£ and during the week has been name than usual. The flow of water il '•*; creasing as the face advances, whie.. - probably an indication that we are l et * ting through the bar. O.oluhuo