Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 106, 9 February 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

WAIMATB MARKET. Butter wholesale 5d to 6d, retail 6d to 7d Eggs .. ~ Gd, ~ 9d STUDHOLME SALE, There was a good yarding at fstudholme sale yesterday, about 8000 sheep being penned. The attendance was hardly bo good, many farmers being engaged in harvest. The sale on the whole was a fairly good one although prices were hardly up to those obtained a fortnight ago. A large portion of the yarding was comprised of lambs, and a drop of (id per head was noticeable. Prices ranged as follows ;—Butchers’ fat sheep, wethers and maiden ewes, 17s ; fat ewes, 14s to 15s; store two-tooth wethers, 15s 9d; forward lambs, 12s 9d, 13s, 13s Idand 13s Bd ; medium store lambs, 10s Gd; very small lambs, 7s lid ; sound-mouthed merino ewes, 9s lOd to 9s lid. Cattle—There was a fair entry, and a really good sale resulted. The yard comprised stores, no fats being entered. Three-year-old stores and heifers, £4 10s to £4 12s 6d; eighteen-month and two-year-old stores and heifers, £2 17s 6d to £3 15s ; store cows, £4 10s; dairy cows, £4 10s to £4 15s, ADDINGTON MARKETS. CgßismiOßcn, February 6. There was a small market at Addington, comprising 3500 tat sheep, 2800 fat lambs, 41G5 store sheep, 298 cattle, and 489 pigs. Fat cattle—ls2 head yarded, mostly cows and heifers. There were very few steers. The market was slightly easier, good to prime beef, 22s to 23a 6d per 1001 b ; others, 18s to 21s 3d; steers, £8 to £9; heifers, £5 to £7 ; 15 cows, £4 10s to £7, and up to £8 12s 6d for extra prime. Fat sheep included some good lines of wethers, but freezing buyers were hanging back, and several lots were passed, but those sold • brought 18s to 21a; 10 unfinished, 16s to 17s. All but the best ewes were easier; Best, from 16s to 18s, and up to 20s for extra heavy; secondary 13s Gd to 18s; fat lambs were rather improved in quality, but freezing buyers at the opening of the sale would not bid up to the reserves, and about 900 were withdtawn and sent to the Factory on the owners’ account; but later on buyers operated more freely, and about 1700 were taken for export, at from 14s to 16s 10d ; small down to 13s 6d, . For store sheep there was a fair demand for good young ewes and wethers, and these kept up prices when sold, but over half the entry was withdrawn. Lambs showed the greatest drop. Four-tooth wethers, 16s to 17s 4d; 2-tooth do., 14s 5d to 15s Id; 2-tooth ewes, 14s 6d to 16s 4d; 6-tooth do., up to 17s 3d; aged, Ils 6d to 12s 6d ; ewes and lambs, all counted, 9s; lambs, Us 4d to 12s 3d for forward, and 8s fid to 10s 2d tor others Pigs—There was . a fair yarding of stores which were in great demand, 150 going to 'J imam, but fats slightly easier. Baconers, 35s to 475, equal to 3sd per lb ; porkers, 22s to 355, equal to 4d to 4Jd perTb; stores, 15s to 235; suckers and weaners 8s 6d to 10s 6d.