COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 October 1919, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

ADDINGTON MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 15. At Addington market to-day there was a slightly smaller yarding of fat sheep and about thevsame of cattle‘ Prime quality in both maintained values, but second grad; showed a weakening. . Store sheep; There '--.':-.s a sl§;;lltly' bigger yarding, but the proportion. of inferior was again higzz, though not so pronounced as last week. Dealers’ lines were in evidence. The market; showed an improvement on last week, but for 4-tooth wethers particularly so. Ewes and lambs 16/9 (all counted)_, 2 -and 4th wethers 33/6, 4 and 6th wethers 30/‘ to 43/1, ewe hoggets 28/8 to 33/3, mixed sex hoggets 18/6 to 28/9, wether hoggets 24/ to 28/4_ Fat lambs: 123 were penned. The market was easier, except for best, which sold up to‘36/. Fat sheep. The quality was better than the previous week, several very prime pens being put forward. Themarket for these was up to recent values, but there was a decided lack of keenness for indifferent quality. Extra. prime Wethers to 72/, prime iwethers‘ 51/ to 56/, medium 43/3 to 49/6, lighter 31/9 to 39/, prime hoggets 45/_ to 55/,’ lighter 36/6. ‘

vFa.t«cattle: 334 were entered and , izicluded,sonle pens of good quality ‘ beef, for which the demand was ,p,rac,ticpally on a par with that of thepres vious week. One pen of 15 4-year-old; steers sold at £34 10., ordinary £10: to'£l9,_l3m'nle £2l to £34110/. In? . ferior sorts showed a‘ decline. }3_lxtl3a. fl prime steers £4-0 2-6, prime £2l 10/,_ _ to £34 10/, ordinary .£lO to £l9, _‘ prime heifers £ls 10/ to £2l 7/6,‘. ordinary £8 10/ to £lO 14/, extra. prime cows to ‘£2l 10/, prime £lB, 10/, ordinary £7 5/ to £l2 10/. Store cattle: There was an increas— .» 0 ed yarding_ with afair proportion of , indifferent quality_ "There was prace tically no change in values. Threeyear steers £l3 2/6, 2-year to £8 10/, dry cows £9 17/6, heifers £8 7/6, ‘ yearlings £4. 1_ ' _ Dairy cows: There was and average _ entry, and a fair saleifor good sorts... . Second and third calvers to £l6, others £3 to £lO, heifers’ £lO 10. Vealers. A fair yarding A of poor: quality. Runners £5 to £6 -6/, good.vealers £3 to £4 10/, fair 40/ to 55/,, small and inferior £5 to 38/. Pigs: There was a medium entryq Extra heavy baconers £lO, heavy £7» ,10/ to £8 ‘lO/, medium £5 10/ to! , £7, equal to 11d to 11§d per lb, heavy, : 7,-porkerls £4- 10/ to £5, medium £34 115/ to £4 5/, equal to 1/ per lb, cllop- M ‘ gpers £6 to £9. Large stores 71/, I !to 82/6. medium 55/ to 65/, small 38/, d lto 50/,_ weaners 24/ to 38/1, sows in 1 pig £7 10/ to £lO. ,

PRICES AT VVEI;-.TFIELD. Prices for beef at Wednesday's fafi stock sales at Westfield Were about equal to last Week’s rates, choice ox realising £3 7/" per 100111), and ordinary andprime beef fetching from £2 15/ to £3 5/’ per 1001 b, accordingto quality_ The demand for mutton was keener than at the previous; sale, asd prices improved a. little. Wethel:s fetched from £1 17/“to £2 13/; Shorn vvethei’s, £1 10/7 to £1 16/3;‘ ewes, £1 11/ to £2 8/6; shorn ewes, £1 4/ to £1 13/; hoggets‘, £1 7/ to £1 18/6. spring lambs, £1 7/ to £1 16/3. There Was it good demard for pigs, choppers and baconers fetching from £6 18/ to £7 5/. _ _ AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE PRICES. ‘ - ReceivedAlo.lo a..m. " E MELBOURNE. This Day. ’ The following are the latest markcfl quotations :-- ' Barley, English malting 5/9 to ‘6/;[ Cape 5/1 and 5/2. ' ~ 'Oa;ts.—Algerians, milling 5/10; feed! 5/8 and 5/9. V = Potatoes.-—-£2O to £2l 10'/. Onions.-——£l2 to £l2 10/. ' ' ‘- I-lidcs.—-Medium and light, good eon-q dition-, unfiltered; heavy and good con-. ition una.ltel-od;. heavy and sloppy, one’ farthing easier. 4 " j