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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 13 June 1914, Page 10

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JOHNSON VILLI--. There was a good supply of both cattle and sheep, every pen offered being of prime quality. The offering of beef especially was extra prime and weighty. Then* was a good demand, and all lots sold well at ruling rates. Extra prime heavy bullocks £l.l. £l'3 12s (id, to £l4 ss; prime bullocks. £l2 10s to £l2 12s Od: lighter, £ll 17s fid; light steers, I £8 7s Gd to £0 7s Cd; prime heifers, £7 ss; vealers, 31s; prime heavy wethers. 25s to 20s: light wethers. 22s Cd to 23s Od; prime heavy ewes, 24s 9d to 255; prime ewes. 22s Od; lighter.-20s Cd; medium ewes, 10s Cd. ADDINGTON. A feature of the yarding of the stock at AiMing-ton wa.s the very heavy entry of fat sheep, which was considerably in excess of that at any previous sale this season. The store - sheep market was brighter, lambs selling better. Fat lambs were dearer than at any sale this season, and fat sheep sold at an advance. The fat cattle" sale was a little brighter. Fat pigs were unchanged. Store sheep: Best lambs, 14s Cd to 14s 10(1; fairly good, 12s Od to 13s Sd; medium, 12s to 12s Cd; small, 10s to lis; good three-quarter bred ewe lambs, 10s' to 10s sd; medium ewe lambs, 14s lid to 15s G<l; good half-bred ewe lambs. 17s Oil; sound mouth ewes (low condition) 15s: six aiid eight-tooth-lambs (low condition) 15s 4d; a agcd ewes, 10s Cd to 12s fid: merino ewes, 7s Sd: ewes (empty) 8s fid to lis fid; two and four-tooth forward wethers, 10s lOd to 17s Od;' four and six-tooth wethers (low condition) 14s Id; merino wethers, Ss lOd to Ss lid.

There was keen competition for oxport, and tho average price was equal to about o%d per lb. over all, as the proportion of second-quality lambs is now so large. The range of prices was: Tegs '2os to 255: average freezing weights. 18s Od to 10s Od: light and finished. 10s to 18s.

Fat sheep.—Prime wethers, 22s to 275: extra prime wethers to 27s 8d; others, 17s lid to 21s lid; merino wethers. His Od: prirte ewes.'l9s to '24s 8d: medium. 10» to 15s fill; aged and liglit, lis 5d to Lis Od; merino ewes. Ss Htd. Fat cattle.—Steers. £7 to £11; extra steers, £l<> ,13s: heifers. £5 17s Gd to £0; extra heifers. £ll 10s; cows. £5 5s to £9 ss; extra cows, to £l2 15s; price per 1001b., 2fis to 29s Od. Store cattle.—Fifteen to eighteen mth. sorts made £2 10s to £3 10s; two-year heifers, £4 ss; three and four-year steers. £8 2s 6d to £8 10s; three-year steers, £7 ss; dry cows, £1 13s to £5; dairy cows, £3 10s to £l3 15s. • Fat Pigs.—Choppers, , GOs to 105s; heavy baconers, 00s to G7s; extra heavy baconers, to 70s; ordinary baconers, 52s Od to 57s fid; price per lb., 5d to heavy porkers, 43s to 48s; lighter porkers. 35s to 40s; price per lb., fid. Store pigs.—Best stores, 32s to 3Ss; medium stores. 22s to 30s; small stores, 10s to 21s; weaners. 5s for very small sorts to 12s for the best: sows in pig, 80s to 100s.

BUUNSIDE. At Biirnside. 2fio head fat cattle were yarded. This number proved rather more than the requirements of the trade, The sale opened with the slight' decline, but later on values had to be accepted, especially for cows and heifers. Best bullocks, £l2 to £l3; medium, £lO 10s to £l2; small and inferior. £8 to £9 His; best heifers, to £8 10s; medium. £7 5s to £9; light and inferior, £5 to £0 10*. Freezing buyers were operating freely for suitable wethers, and best quality ewes were difficult to sell, and realised much the same values as last sale. Lambs—2soo penned, including some of very fine quality. Best, 22s to 23s 3d; good. Uls to 21s: medium, 17s to 18s; light, 14s fid to 15s, Pigs.—The demand for slack pigs was rather slack, and "prices were lower by 2s per head. Stores were in over-supply and prices declined 4b to 5a per head. A considerable number were turned out unsold.