CURRENT TOPICS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 10

CURRENT TOPICS.

MABKET. A freer tone was evident in the store sheep market at Addington on Wednesday, but in the aggregate it did not mean much, as values, compared with the previous week, were only a minor degree better. There is not much coming forward just now to appeal to buyers. The ewes on Wednesday were an indifferent lot, excepting for one or two pens. They comprised, for the .most part, aged sheep. There were a few fair lines of hoggiets, and small pens of ewes were competed for. Adult wethers were practically unrepresented. The following is a table of comparisons with the corresponding salo last year:— Omit in IS

Though the yarding of fat sheep showed little difference in size from the preceding week, the sale was much less animated. Several heavy entries have apparently, slowed down the butchers ' demand, and consequently valuos slipped back. Towards the end of the sale the market becamo progressively weaker, and the drop' on the preceding week exceeded 12s a head. Comparisons

A good showing of fat cattle came' forward, there being some very prime truck lots from different parts of the Islapc!. The. sale was marked by a great' deal of' irregularity, afiid it was not unusual to ' see' quite moderately finished 600 to 6501b bodies selling at' Ss per 1001b more than prime 9501b The rosult was that in cases - soine' classes of cattle were better than, ftiWeiok before, a.nd -others just as mpcjy. tiie reverse.' As a matter of fact the market, on the whole, was about-2s per 1001b weaker. There were no North Island lines forward beyond a few pens' of carried ovor cattle, but_.it is - understood - there will bo a substantial consignment for next week. Cattle of the northern type are making about 48s per 1001b,. and it. is a question if this price will pay expenses on the rates now prevailing north of the Strait, Anything oyer 50s per. 1001b is represented by light bodies which are sought after by the smaller retailer. Com-parisons-with the corresponding sale last veat, when there was a drop of 40s to 50s a head oil the preceding 1 week, are

1.92 9 1930. t. s. a. »• Ewes— , Med. 6 to 3-th xbd — to 31 — to 1SJ Ewes and lambs 151 to 158 — to 10J Good 2-th |bd — — 23 i to 251 Med. 2-th Jbd — to 201 Ord. s.m. . " —• — • isj to 15 J Failing mouthed — — 104 to IS W ethers— Good 4 to 6-th Jbd 27 to. m — — Ord. 4 to 6-th Jbd . 23 to '26 -— —. 2-th ibd v — to 24j . — — Hoggets— Good Jbd ewe —' 28 J — — Good Corriedale wether .< — to 31J — —— Ordinary |bd wether — to 213 — —. : Ordinary Jbd wether — to 19 . 9| to 114 Ord. Jbd ewe — . to 25 14 to 17J Good Sbred wether — to 221 — —

are:— Wethors— Ex. prime heavy to 50 to 33 J Prime heavy . . 3D to 4-1 29 to S3 Medium weight , prime 35 to 38 i 24J to 28 Ordinary 31 to 84 22 t-o 24 Light 26 to 30 20 to 22 Ewes— Kxtra prime . . 42 to 47 —. to 34J Prime • . 32 to 374 24 to 28 Medium ■ 27 to 31 13 to 22 i Light 21 to 26 15 to 17

as folrow:— £ f £ Steers—' Ex. prima heavy — to 271 23 to 232 Heavy weight prime /'■ • • 22 to 25 181 to 211 Prime medium 15 12 10 . ' -weight. ' \ ' Med., quality . . ' Light 19 to 161 to 121 to 22 18J 16 to 18 to 14 to 111 Heifers —» Extra prinw .. Prime • • —- to 15 to 18 101 18 to 18i fo 15i Medium • • mi to 14J 101 to 122 Light ' ■ • _ 8J"!to 12 7 to 10 COWB— 1 ' ■* Extra prime . Prime Medium Light and aged — . to 14j to 12 to 8 to 18 161 14i 113 12 10 0 to 181 to 14 St to 111 to 9