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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2062, 1 May 1913, Page 3

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BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. PER PHESS ASSOCIATION. (Received May 1, 8.5 a.m.) London, April 30. At the 1 tallow sales 1832 casks were offered and 870 sold. Mutton, fine 39s 6d, medium 345; beef, fine 395, medium 345. LONDON WOOL SALES. (Received May 1, 11.20 a.m.) London, April 30. At the wool sales there was a good were very firm. Merinos were unchanged. " ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. Christchurch, April 30. Store Sheep.—Ewes, two-tooth, 14s 3d (for small) to 17s 6d; two and four-tooths, lis to 14s lOd; two, four/ and six and eight-tooth, Vis, two, four, six ana eight-tooth, 9s v.'< (for small) to 13s 9d; four and sistooth, 15s lOd to 16s lid; six and eight-tooth, 12s 9d to 19s 2d (the latter price being obtained for an extra good line); sound-mouth sorts (good), 14s 3d to 17s; sound-mouth (medium), 14s 4d; sound-mouth 'inferior), lis 4d; full and failign mouth, 9s 5d to 10s; aged sorts, 8s to lis C a d; merinos, 3s lOd. Lambs. —Best forward rape sorts, 13s 7d to 15s 6d; medium rape, 12s to 13s_6d; good average stores, lis 6d to lis lOd; medium stores, 10s 3d to lis'3d; small stores, 9s 6d, and merino ewes 12s for small jorts: wethers, four and six-tooth (forward), 16s 7d to 17s 4a: two and four-tooth (medium), 15s 4 to 15s lid; _tw T o-too-Ji (medium), 15s 3d; and merinos 9s ?cL Fat Sheep. —Prime wethers 20s to 25s 6d, lighter 15s 7d to 19s 6d; merino wethers 20s; prime ewes 17s to 23s 6d, medium 14s 6d to 16s 6d, aged and light lis to lis; merino ewes 9s to lis. Fat Cattle. —Steers realised £6 to £11, extra to £15 12s 6d; heifers £7 to £8 15s; cows £6 5s to £10 2 S 6d. Store Cattle. —Yearlings' realised 335, 15-month to 18-month sorts £2 17s 6d to £3 ss; two-year heifers £4 ss; three-year steers £6 to £7 2s; three-year heifers £5 15s; four and five-year steers £8 to £8 8s; cows £1 10s to £3 10s. Dairy cows made £4 10s to £11 15s 4d.

Pigs.—Choppers realised £2 10s to £4, and heavy baconers £3 to £3 15s, equal to 4d to 4£d per lb. Lighter sorts made £'2 7s 6d to £2 15s, equal to 5d to 5Jd per lb. Heavy porkers brought 40s to 445, and lighte rsorts 32s to 375, this being equal to 5Jd to s£d. Large stores made 36s to 425, medium 25s to 355, small 16s to 245. Weaners brought 12sfor small sorts to 16s for good pigs. RANGIWAHIA STOCK SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: At Rangiwahia on Tuesday we had a good yarding of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle. All lines sold wcli and late rates were yell maintained. We ouoto: Fat wethers, 16s; 2-loolh ewes, 13s 7d;' f.m. ewes, fts; owe lambs, S» to 8s 4d; mixed lambs, tte to BaUd; email lambs, 5a 4d to 6s 6d. * 20-mooth steers, £3 15s -6d: 2J-year steers,' £5 2s 6d; 3-J-year steers, £ 655; 2-year heifers (r.w.b.), £6 6s; dairy cows, £6 103 to £7 15s.