COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK SALES. ADDINGTON. At Addingtcn market there were again small yardings of fat cattle and fat sheep; larga entries of store cattle and store pigs, and moderate offerings In other departments. Fat cattle and sheep were both firmer in consequence of short supplies. There was only one small pen of fat ewes reported, and they were only light weights. A few fat lambs were penned. Storß cattle pet with a fair demand and pigs sold well, considering the largo offering. Store sheep—Two and four-tooth ewes, 34s lid to 40s; six and eight-tooth ewes, 355; four and sixtooth wethers, 24s 9d to 40s; six and eighttooth wethers, 355; ewe hoggets, 26s 6d to 355; mixed sexes, to 30a 9d: wether hoggets, 2.'is to 26s lOd. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to 61s'Gd; prime wethers, 44s Od to 51s; medium wethers, 40s to 445; lighter wethers, 35s to 39s fid; hoggets, 3(ls tD 42s 6d. Fat Lambs.—2ls to 32g 6d. Fat Cattle.—Extra prime steers, to £3O 10s; prime steers. £1!) 15s to £26; ordinary steers £9 10s to £l9; extra prime heifers, £l6 15s; prime heifers. £ls to £l6; ordinary heifers, £8 12s 6d to £l4 10s; prime cows, £l7 to £lB 2s Od; ordinary cows, £9 5n to £l6 15s, Store Cattle.—Yearlings, £5 17s Od to £6; two-year steers, £9 lis; two-year heifers, £7 10s Od to £8 ss; two to two-and-a-half-vear steers, £l6 7s to £l2 10s; dry cows, £5 to £9 12s 6d: dairy cows, £7 10s to £lB. Pigs.—Choppers, £5 to £8 10s; baconevs, £4 10s to £6 15s (equal to 9d per lb); porkers, 50s to £4 (equal to 9%d to 9%d per lb) ; large stores, r.Oa to 58s; medium, 42s to 495; smaller 28s to 30a; weaners, 20s to 30». BUBNSIDE. At Burnslde yards 172 fat cattle were penned, principally medium to good quality steers. Prices opened at an advance of £ 1 per head on late rales, but declined 10s per head as the sale progressed. Prime, bullocks, £2O to £24 is Od; medium, £l7 to £lB ilia; light, £ll to £lO ss; medium cows and heifers, £l2 10s to £l4 His; light and inferior, £lO 10s to £lllss. The sheep penned numbered 2198, including a number of very prime ewes and wethers. I A number of outside buyers were purchasing tor the northern markets, and a keen sale resulted. Prices were fully equal to last week's retes. Extra prime welheis, 58s 9d; prime ■ 49s to ;)4s; medium,, 42s Od to 40s; light 34s to -Ms ; extra prime ewes, 50s 9d; prime, 42s 9d to 4t>s; medium, 34s to :Ws; light, 30s; hoggets, -is to .ins I'd. There was a medium entry of I pigs, comprising porkers, baconers, suckers and a few slips. The demand by curers and butchers was decidedly easier. Suckers and slips were in short supply, and prices were much hMier than late rates. *