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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17707, 8 March 1923, Page 14

11. .MATSON A-ND COM A T i O X A -V D C U. :IM,XO:\- iHi7iCi:T REPORT. FAT CATTLK. j •:•.::- co.vip.is'J ap; '■'.,■, '' ,~" ~ (;:; J.or 40 : j enured tho usual i-.ropor'.ion oi prune. a ; . : :.ci;t'~3 :•■'.' cent., the __ a-, iip of iii.":ke belief fat and heifers t'f v.r;o 6 grades. »J±o - .vs:—soo to C3V;O beei sold an average of 30s; 1.-.S to Ji.s, making i tho wholo market av ',,'■ ■.:■.'.■/':■<•■',"r.d '.'.*' -.rc-r-k. Co-.vs sold fro ;'• el to .0-', rvi.kir.;* n average of Ola, : »p•-.nit :'.i txi las- vrec>. "aj 'AC are. cov <--;:tt i.r.g upen iho fall or <li'' vc.r, n:anv vcii'-'ors who have no root rr.- ' a:'d h;> y .".:■•• fastening their _ entries 'cv.„rd to tii'- rn *:!:-'.. As local prices tiro it!..'"aix,vo slii;>pi-'-i' Parity there is no pos- '•(■■• oi vhiU the market ia iik'iv" to br. "it ilopcr/b entirely upon what fjp -y is ''->- t! y to cm forward, and wL(> T 'i lii-'v iii'c willing forward from it is liulfvd iia.ru to f iv, although, as pointed oi/., it ;:- n«.-ur the end of the season, Uio winter ■> apprr-achinj, and conugnrnentsji: now W,.'£ txr.t in. A good wcro c'.cratin" in to-day's i STORE CATTLE. Thero wa3 a lar~o entry of store cattle, Hid competition was not as buoyant ca last week This wo largely attribute to the high anticipatxris of the vendors. In this do- j partment most venders are novor satisfk-a ! to allow a maxket to nm or. its merits, but think it necessary to rido tie various lot* to such an extent that thoy largely i_..i iv. values. steers sold from £6 153 jo *£7 ss. Tv.o-yoar-old steers sold from £4 to £i 12s 6d. Yearlings sold from 35s to £2. Two-year-old heifers made £2 15s to £3 10s, yearling* 80s to £2. , Bwst cows sold from Sss to £2 10$. Inferior cowa from 15s to £l. Bulls sold from £2 10s to £5. DAIRY CATTLE. The total entry comprised 68, of which our entry was 88. All yood cows w«re keenly competed for, and showed an advance on previous pricoa. Prices hardened, and towards tho close of the sale there was on unmistakable advance, and an, unsatisfied demand. from £9 to £l2 10s, best sorts up to £l6. Good heifers sold from £i 10b to £B, with extra good up to £l2 10a. Odd and inferior cows and light and not nequired heifers sold from SO. to £4. PAT SHKHP. There was m very large yarding, comprising mostly ewes, and the quality, taking i'« all round, was very irregular. There were very few good wethers yarded, and the market on the whole showed little difference to last week, wethers Belling about equal to last week's rates. Inferior ewes, if anything, were easier, but all medium and lightweight ehoep, both ewes and wethers, were firm, and freezing buyers were operating! keenly. One notioeable feature of the market to-day was the scarcity of wethers, and this seems to be becoming more apparent each week. In the face of the large market of beef, butchers did not seem to be very keen on buying medium ewes, and these were left praotioally to the export .buyer*, who were operating with more keenness -than at last sale. The mutton market now, especially for 1 •* n»j luu readied freexinff lsaaift, And w» >Qtsnot anticipate any decided improvement ,far eome considerable time. FAT LAMBS. The entry was on about & pax with, the previous week, the quality being hardly so pood, Competition was \irisk, and the best " Jest weeJre' prices were maintained. - All ■*■'* TUality or unfinished lambs were mainat extreme prices owing to the oomia of the graziers, who were unable taUftfy their wants in the. store pens. ' STORE SHEEP. Tie entry was muoh smaller than that oi lite previous week, and was certainly far oe of buyers, but with very dragtting lOomnetition; in fact, if it had not Mt for toe competition of the speculators . ine T ßt*zket would hare Bhown a biff drop. \ -ito.U was, sales were made with difficulty, * ' it.about the parity of last week, though j irregularly. J " oampetltioa wee forthcoming, excepting for , prime lota of wethers and good rape lambs. , .* As the sale progressed, prices hardened, and '~> - many lots of second and third class ewes „ wore «howing wonderfully good sales. On "]. the other hand, lines of good etnind-moatti to -80s. _ Considering' they were perhaps two ..,, yean younger than the second and third ~chM (tuff, they seemetf to bo within, « / reasonable limit " 'For all lambs that were in forward oondi- ' . tion, and well grown there was keen oom- , petition. The same ' remark applies to wethers, but in all other grades there was a backwardness in the bidding,; irregularity Of prices, with here and there extra prices ' the competition that was forthcoming on S sales was prominent, showing that buyersre 'oonndenoe in the of the market. When one goes through the market, and sees the number of pens of sheep, small in tike, smaller in bone, thin in the pelt, the commonsense man associated with the , trade sees the impossibility for him to produce decent lambs,, and wonders whether tho far-famed prime Canterbury article is going to be maintained. How is it possible for look • lot to And purchasers at prices within a few shillings of what is ruling for /big-boned, large-oonstitutioned, and decent sheepf The entry was a much smaller one than the previous, week, and we think that when the figures we talked up, there will be a shortage of quite 83 per cent, as compared with the previous week. In our opinion the eale was a good one but, as stated, was irregular, as the farmer does not yet seem to be buying ewee. Either the prices are too high for him, or he is not ready to - get them, but there is an old saying that •'yoa have only got to make a prloe to produce i enything," bat whether we will be awe to produce sufficient ewes to stook up i all the farmers who must be in want ot •wes is doubtful. The total -of olassio stock likely to be offered during the coming week or two, after all is said and done, is email in number. PAT PIGS. There was a large ontry and a good demand, and prices showed an improvement for porkers. Choppers sold from £2 10s to _ £B, light baconers from £8 15s to £4 ss, ieary baoonere from £4 8s to £i lsa, average price 6d to 7d; extra heavy baconers up to £i 19» Gd. Light porkers sold from £2 8s i . to 43 14a, heavy porkers from £3 16s to £3 . average 8d to 9d per lb. STORE PIGS. There was % medium entry. The demand ' ' was keen, and all lots were cleared. Werner* sold from 15s to 225, small stores from 28s to 275, medium stores from 80s to 41s, V largo stores from 43s to 60s, extra good *.» nto to ,57a. sh«re were no aows in pig offering. • V GSADSr SEASON 1928. WHEAT, OAIJj, CHAPS', BARLEY, CLOVER, i SEEDS OP ATjL DESCEIPTIONS. 5™ H^iLS,&F£, m)MpT RETURNS. FULL STOCKB OF CORMSAOKS, SEAMING TWITTE. AND ALL REQUISITES. xV- ON HAND. • ' , AEDDKJTON TAEDS. '* Ar ' r rCOTJNTRY STOCK MARKETS. >;*U fixtures .throughout OANTERr DBAJTIHO. CIBNT SALESICANSHrp. VHHJHEBT KBTTTHNS. a BraciAiarr.