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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AN'J 00. HMATSON and CO. EEPOBT OX • ADDINGTON MARKET. . STORE SHEEP. TLo entry in this department was tlie biggest wo have had this year t.nd represented consignments from tho o 0 "™ 5 ; Sorth Island, and from many of tlie iSortU Canterbury flock masters. These was a large attendance of buyers, and in our opinion the market was an extraordinarily good one. On tho day wo feel that the prices that were recorded was a .'alee market, because- if tho killing is going to temponmiy ccaso for 10 or 14 days, and admitting that rcany of the districts are suffering »rom the dry weather, and we are at that period oi tho year when foreign sheep aro bound to find a point of realisation m our centre, tho natural conclusion was that the store sheep market on to-day's sales would have shown a retrograde basis of values as compared with previous current rates. "We vere amazed at tho buying strength and tho very few lote that were passed and tho ultimate prices that wore realised for the different Jots. Competition from graziers from all parts, including tho fattener and the speculative buyer from southern destinations, were perhaps the strongest buying factors. All lines of local halfbred limbs which were nearly all wether lambs were selling anywhere from about 18s to 22s Gd The culls out of theso were telling round about 14s to 16s.

Good thrco-quarterbrcd rape lambs were Belling anywhero from £1 to 22s 6d, and thore was nothing extraordinary penned in this particular class, although ihero were many enquiries for them. There were sovoral pens of late threc-quarterbrcd lambs representing emails that could not lie classed as calls that sold from 13s to 18s. North Island four and six-tooth <-.wca lato shorn and ratheruneven, Bold at 265. A very nice line of principally four-tooth Romnpy CorriecHla wotheft were sold from the Sounds at 25s 6d, eix and soven-year-old breeding ewes, fat and forward, some with mouths and soma with none—the of these sold from about 13s to 15s. Absoluts gummies in poor condition sold from about 8s to 11a 6d. Locally-bred owes with undoubted mouths, capable of carrying another lamb, sold from 19s to 25s 6d, twotooth wethers early shorn sold from 21s to 23e, the tame late shorn and offi tuesock country aold from 15s to 18a. Perhaps the price* of this sale were attributable to the over-eagerness of the agents to dispose of their lots and to find investment for their capital, or was it an indication of the faot that tier* are many buyers wanting sheep who are in dread of their feed going off if they do not buy something. FOB BEST RESULTS CONSIGN \'OUK STOCK TO H. MATSON and CO.. ADDINGTON., FAT LAMBS. We roughly estimated the entry to total 4150, of which, H. Matson and Co.'a entry comprised 950. A portion of our entry was drawn _early in the sale and..many of those in attendance would say that prices hardened during the latter part of the sale, but personally we are of tho opinion that the attendance merely thought that they had hardened. As a matter of fact they had got accustomed to tho shock that tho first alleyway was productive of producing. However, our entry in the first portion of the sale comprised excellent quality, and fully ninety per cent, of them wore taken by the , local butchers. Owing to the factory troubles which seem now to bo bocoming a weekly occurrence, the full blast of the export competition was not in evidence. We believe I that exporters have boon buying freely throughout the' week and up to as recently as tyesterday. The greatest asset that Canterbury has is tho open door policy—tho realisation by auction, and vendors undoubtedly should confine their sales to those competitor* who aro responsible for maintaining the prices in the markets, as to eliminate the exporters' competition from the market means a . general reduction in rates and every fattenor will suffer. Wherever sales are made on the hooka it would appear to us that those factories who were maintaining the ratea in the open market should recoive first consideration in respect to freezing chargeß. Application was made by us to one of the factories, who assured us that there was no possibility of getting any lambs killed, ao we took it fox granted that a general block •was the order of the day. Tho bulk of freeang lambs were down Is to 8a per head. Big heavy lambs that can only be" regulated by tho butchers' competition showed a bigger drop, but the average throughout •was by la to 2s. We consider the average price throughout the whole day waa 9d per lb overall. In some oaseß, of course, this basis was exceeded. Owing to the dry weather and the uncertainty of an assurance, from the factories that killing would proceed as usual, vondors took the bull by the horns and met the market. Our principal sales were as follows: Aeoouni W. Craw (Chorlton), lambs to Aooount Felix Evans (Pernside), lambs to BSb IOA. Aeoouni Evans Bros. (Fernside), lambs to 29b Id. Account J. Wheatley (Sydenham), lambs to 37* 4*3 " Aooount M. Bcal (Eyreton), lambs to 28s lOd Aooount H. Clothier (Eyreton), lambs to to Aeooult Mental Hospital, lambs to 30s 41. iowunt A. Thompson (Springston)/ lambs *aSoA. Close (Harewood), lambs to 88 Acctnt A. Craig (Cashmere), lambs to ™AcJSit C. H. Kevern (Eyreton), lambe to 26s id.

TAT SHEEP. ties, exporters" eompetitlo existent. However,' » «*» grailers were trying their l Snd considerably helped to This, together with the shorl sponsible, In our opinion, w: ' quMgood in comparison wit! We quote:— . ~ , Wether I *" over »n. - hate been i. and prime ana i others Smith Bros. (Clarkville). ewes to 24 Aeeonr.t E. and A. Goodwin (Pigeon Bay). W &^ 3 td d A. Goodwin (Pigeon Bay). P- Clinton . (Darfield), • W *l&rt 01ilnt.°wethers to 88. 10d. Aeeount W. Bishop (Southbndge), owes to Ac 6 *owt 0. H. Kevern (Eyroton), ewes to 34 3TOR d *PEST BESULTS CONSIGN YOUR STOCK TO H. MATSON and CO, ADDINGTON. . BEEP. The entry, we estimate, totalled 460. of which H. Matson and Oo.'s catalogue comprised 140. A largo proportion of the entry comprised cow beef, and for tb» most paTt tho quality was good. Steer fceefi, being considerably in the minority, was |>gerly competed for, and realised prices a shade firmer than the previous week. The domand was firm throughout for all first-class steer and heavier beef, and prices were a shade better. Bough and plain cow beof was slightly easier. The following are onr quotations:— Stoors— Extra heavy, £l6 to £lB 2s Gd. Prime, £l4 to £ls 15a. Medium. £ll to £l2 10s. Light, £8 to £lO 10s. Hoifors— Extra heavy, £ll to £l3 17s 6d. Prime, £8 10's to £lO. Medium, £6 to £B. Light, £4 10s to £5 ss. Cows Extra heavy, £ll to £l2 2s 6d. Prime, £8 5b to £9. Medium, £6 10s to £B. Light, £4 to £5 ss. FOR BEST RESULTS CONSIGN YOUR STOCK TO H. MATSON end CO., ADDINGTON. , CALVES. J There was a total entry of 268 calves penned in the veal pens, of which K. Matson aud Co.'s entry comprised 116. The quality was very mixed, a fair percentngo representing big veal of various qualities. Tho number was just amplo for the requirement, and the demand, in our opinion, was- consistent and good throughout for anything that was killable. The choice consignments were keenly competed for and sold readily, and wc consider this sale the best saio we havo had during 1926. AVo quote the following rales:— . Best runners up to £6. Medium runners, £3 5s to £4. Best calves, £2 7s 6d to £u. Good calves, 37s 6d to £2 ss. Medium calves, 27s 6d to 355. Small calves, £1 to -255. Underweight calves, sb. JPOfc BEST RESULTS CONSIGN TOUK SSffiwSk H - rsm a \ d co- „■ FAT PIGS. *r! *«•*••■»» eat** of 224 porkflrj, oj . walei a. Matson and Oo.'« entiy was 80. : \ ra» ntle opened rtiehtly easier than last