THE WEEK'S STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 770, 19 March 1910, Page 8

THE WEEK'S STOCK SALES.

. . TREND OF PRICES. In order to keep readers of this page as fully, in toncli as possible with the trend of the live- stock markets, in the Dominion, a comparative table will in .future be. published once.a ,week showing .the'. top ■ priccs';pbta)ned-',at" Addington, the largest - and most; representative market,- together with the prices of the previous week, : and.. also those tor the corresponding weeks in' the ' past four Years. -The prices are in each case the top prices obtained for -. the,'..different linos, though in fat lambs the quotations are for freezing weights, and not for tegs. The'figures are as under:— . | ■ , ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ - ■■■ * ."' ... '**■ ■■■'■ • , o'plfl'' , ■' T* , . co . r4 ?'/i n . o "?■".'■.:. •,'■'.".■ '■"' . ■'"'■- 1 - . \ ** aJ (N S.S . H « r1,«.,. ' fe -a .. ■ :_. -. -. • -1. , ~.s ss as-..-. . . '\ : ; J.* a-g a^;.a ■ ;■. ;■ * , v ;;l :,^;r?s:-3'^;ass^|' -■--O-- \ . ':.'.'■','-■■'■'■■: m ' : •'. ■:•• -a « H-o"- •."•'e »o -»- on '■'. '.'.,'<3 : . :' '■ - '.:.-■ N 'ea'in '■ ' ; ■ -■• i> ' ■ " ' 2? ■. - jo ■,;.ee«e.o» . ;-j| ■•■ <°-« S S;- ; •-, -3 |5-S μ-j;- ; •'■■-■;'•••.• ':: ; : : ; ' ; -'" ; :-': :£*& ■ V. . ; . I.::.::..: , . '•■ J■ ■: g S~' I ••• ■ • i, : : ;■: 8-.«• * ; ■•"-•" ■•"" a! ''-■ "i ■£"»" " :M g' ti S '"3 5- " : ''2■•' 'Js' ■■$ S 8 ' ■■■■■:■■■■;*£ &s:~:.p:&:s.f*,AP - .-: The range of prices ; at. Addington since the beginning of the present year has not been great.:.. Prime -.wethers, were quoted on: January sat ■ 16s, : 10d.v and: remained, about the 17s;.mariv.until.March.10, when they ■ rose to 205,,. 6d., falling:; again by over'two shillings, this week. Ihe moveirieuf in fat ewes. has been ,from-13s. sd. on 'January ..19.'-to .this week's,.quotation, tho average -"-top" price- the last three-months;.being 145,. 9d.:. Hat lambs opened the year-at; : l3s. 9d.-,-fell.next sale to 12s, 6d!, reebve.rea-.to, about -the, torinei price and then'on February 9 jumped to 155., at wh'ich figure they have since remained,, except on February 23, when the top line -fetched ,16s. Bd. Store wethers have ranged from ,12s. sd. on January 5 to 15s. Id. onFebruary 23; store.ewes from 12s. 3d. on January 19 to their pro-, sent price of 175.; and store lambs, from9s. 2d. at tho beginning of the year to ■12s. Bd. on February 11. Beef opened at 21s. 6d. for primest, and after arise ot sixpence and a fall of a shiUing, reached 235. on February 11, at which tignre : .it \ stood until March 9, when a fall of six--1 pence took place. Bacon pigs opened at 43d.. fell next sale to ■ 3Jd., recovered aeainto 33d., and have remained ary ever since,:. except, on February .9, when".43d:'was again reached. . .. 'In ■ the ■ North Island thero is.. unfortunately no great■'representative maiket like those at Addington,. and,Bnrnside in the south, and market comparisons cannot be made,with anything like the same accuracy, conditions, being., affected too much by the purely local supply and demand.. ■ /.---; '• ' ".•■'■ '