COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3361, 13 December 1919, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

ADDING’TON STOCK SALES. 2 CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 10. At the Addington market store sheep was a larger entry, and the sale, though weaker at the :open'ing, firmed well to late vatols. Woolly wothor hoggcts 23/2 to 27/10, woolly ewe hog~ gets :31/3,, ,ordinal'y Eltooth _{Wether’s 20/3, 21/3, good 22/, 26/7, 2, 4;, and 6-tooth ‘Wefhers 24/10, 30/3, ordinary 4-tooth wet‘llers 22/8, 24/9, -good2forward 26/. 30/3, 4, aha 8--tooth wethers‘ 27/, 29/8, "ordinary 2-tooth’ 25/, 26/2, good 2 and 4-tooth ewes 30/1,. good .4-tooth ewes '29/1, 31/31, fairly good 4-tooth‘ woolly ewes 3,4/1,1, good, sound and f.m. owes and lambs (all counted) .19/6, 21/, inferior f.m. ewes with lambs 14/6, 18/5 (all -counted). good s.m. woolly owes with -l'::1mbsl to 24/6, 2, 4, 6, an:‘d 8-tooth woolly owes to 30/9.

Fat lambs: 1240 penned, as against 560 last week. Values declined a little. 1/ to 1/6 a head, ‘though not as much ‘as was expected. Extra prime to 35/6, prime‘ 28/, 30/, medium ,25/8, 27/6," lighter 2276, 21/9) Fat sheep: Good yarding, 5319 opened firm, but \\'ezlkened rewards the end, prices then. being appreciably lower. Extra. prime wethers 52/(5, piigne 45/. 218/, woolly 55/6,,nlediuln 35/, 44/6, lightcr 27/9, 33/, prime ewes 41/, 45/, medium 35/, 40/19, lighter 249/, 33/1, hoggets 26/6, '33/. ' Fat cattle: Yarding over 380 head, bulk of entry prime; keen demand. for good stuff at. the start, but second quality was neglected. The sale ‘we'a.kened badly at. the close. Prime steers £24,‘£30, medium steers £lB, £23, unfinished and inferior steers £6 7/6 to £l3 10/, prime heifers £l3 10/, £2O 10/, lighter heifers £9 10/, to £l2 15/’, prime cows £l4 10/, £2O 10/, lighter and in ferior cows £9, £l3 10/, average price per 1001 b £2 15/ to £3 5/. Store cows: Larger entry, and servicable lines of steers made good prices. ‘Two and 2:} to 3-year steers £l3 7/, 2:}.-ye?.ll' steers £8 15/, £l2, 18~1n0nth £6 5/, £7, yearling £2 7/6, £5 15/, cows £3 17/6, £7 15/_ Dairy c.ows,:,.An -average yar-ding, keen demand. Good springing ‘heifers £l3. good milk cows to £l6 15/. The veal mazrkct. was gluttcd, and prices receded. Runners to £7 5/, -good vealers 35/, 55/, fair to med_ium 15/, 30/. 1

There was -.1 very large ‘entry of pigs, fats being in good ‘derniand. Choppers to £7 10/, heavy baconers £B, £8 18/ 6d, medium baconers £6 5/, £7, lighter £5 5/, £5 15/, average price pc‘.l' ’lb lld to 11&d; heavy porkers £4 10/, £5, lighter £3 10/, £-155/,<avel'age price 12d per 11). The demand was firm for stores. in spite of the heavy supply. Large stores £4, £4 11'/, medium £2 10/, £3 .6/, small.£2 3/, £2 9/, weaners 22/ to 38/.