LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11326, 2 October 1930, Page 2

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

ADDINGTON MAIMvET.

MEDIUM iVARDINGB AND LITTLE t’MAN Gift J N I'IMCES,

(Press Association.)

CIERISTOiIU RCH,%. Get. t, . r l’lie yardings at. the weekly .metropolitan salb at Addington: were' of medium size in each of the major sections, and tho general quality uf the. stock was ordinary,.

Store sheep.—There was a slightly larger entry of store sheep.'consisting in tho main of dry sheep. The, salo' throughout was a very .satisfactory one, but- there was .. .jip .quotable change Tit prices, Values were> Ex- . tra good ewe hoggets to 25s 9d, good; ewo hoggets to 17s Gd, gqot.L'.w'ether'' hoggets,to Ids llkl, medium-*.wether' hoggets to 13s Id, ordinary wether 1 hoggets to 10s 7d, good. in.s. .hoggets to Ids Sd, ordinary, m.s. hoggets toj 9s, forward half broil. weUierS-, 198 to 21 s, ordinary two-tooth 'Jiaifbrod wethers to 13s, merino wethers tons 3d, ordinary ewes'andThm-bs', (all counted) 9s Gd to 12s, aged ewes and lambs (all counted) to Gs 3d; Spring, lambs.—There was an entry of 52 head as compared wibJi Ap head last week. Prices did nub attain: tho high level of lost week, but were .satisfactory. The top: price was 40s Id. ' "

Eat. sheep.—There,wus ..a small yarding of fat sheep, and the quality was not as good as at recent .sties. There was a bigger proportion of wethers entered. The unction .was a keen one, and on alt. average, ..over the whole sale, last week’s rates wore maintained. A T allies . were: -Extra prime heavy wethers 26s Gd-. to dlls, modiuin-weight prime wethers 21s Gd to 2Gs. second quality • wethers. 22s Gd to 245, light wethers :19s-.to extra prime ewes 31s, prime ewes 225. Gd to 265, medium owes 17s to 225,: light ewes 1 Is to 16s Gd..

Eat cattle.— There was an. entry of 2 It) fat cattle, and that total included lines from the Nortli. Southland, Otago, and the AVest Coast of. the South Island. The sale was a very free , due - throughout and although there was no quotable change in values, there was a firmer demand, for steers than at last Week's market. Cows anil heifers sold very steadily at prices equivalent to late rates. Best medium weight beef made lrom 47s to uls per TOD lbs, heavy steer beef from 40s to 435, cow beef to 435. ordinary beef 36s to 38*,. and' rough down to 395. Values were': Extra prime heavy steers to £25 2s Gil. prime heavy steers £.19 to £22 -os, prime medium weight steers £ls- 10s to £IS 15s; medium quality steers £l*3 10s to £ls, light steers' £9 40s to £l2. extra, prune hollers to 12s Gd. prime heifers £l-3 'ls's- to -JO os, medimn heifers £ll tg £l3 10s, light- heifers £7 LOs td'£lU , .-lO : sgie'xti , ii prime cows to £8 17s- Gd, prime cows £l2 10s to £.1.0 'lss.- medium, cows £lO to £l2, light cows £7 to £9. Veil lens—There was a larger entry of vealers, consisting chiefly of sinail calves. Good vealers wore scarce. Everything sold at rates •on a par with those ruling last week. ,'J‘lie fop price was £7 13s, Gd.

Store; cattle.—There was a medium yarding of store cattle with a- big proportion of ordinary cows. There was no quotable lines of,, steers, or two-year-old heifers'. , JJ.ood fresh cows made from £5 2s Gil to £5 L3s Gd. and forward cows up to £8 It's. A pen of yearling heifers sold lit £3. There wore no bill Is forward. - . ' • -

'- Dairy .cut-lie.—-There was an entry of 57 head of dairy cattle, and the quality was very ordinary. Buyers mostly were only prepared to pay about £8 to £9 lor tlie . best cows, though occasionally, they, extended, their limits tor- local requirements.. Prices generally were on. a. par .wit-fi those ruling, at last weekks sale. A'allies were: Best third and fourth culvers £l2 to £l4. good third and fourth culvers £9 to £l2, medium sorts £G to £8 IDs. good heifers £< IDs to £9 ss. small and backward heifers £-1 IDs to £G, aged coys., m milk £2 to £3 IDs. Fat pigs.—Tho yarding ol -porkers was much larger than., has been o le ease for some time, there -being about 360 head forward. Prices over the whole sale were a shade easier than at the last- market, .but competition was spirited throughout-on the new basis of values, and a complete clearance was made. -Choppers, were in good supply and met*with a- ready sale. The total number of baconers yarded was 89. The demand was good and prices were on a pay.vith tho>6 ruling at- last market. A allies note . Porkers 55s to £3 ss, heavy poiku-j to £3 15s Gd. average price..per lb, 9.1 dto 10.',d; baconers £4 to £o, heavy baconers to £-5 16s Gd, average, price per lb, 3d to Ski-; -choppers £4 8s Gd to £lO- ls lu - - ■•■ • FtoJ'e piws —i ue yarding of style pigs totalled 172 head.. • ,'l'here was a iroocl attendance.of buyers and Lie sab was- -a . brisk- cue. ,1 Inn ugh onß Large stores were .-in .short, supp-lj, and .sold at -rates .fully up.to those ruling at the last market.-' Values were: Large, 'stores 38s ' to .ms 9 l > medium stores 34-s- to • 3(_s, sinal stores 30s to 02s Gd, slips 2<s to ~Js Gd, weaners 22s to 295-Gd..

WESTFIELD YARDS

LITTLE CHANGE IN VAJ.LES

(Press Association'.) AUCKLAND, Oct: .1

At the Westfield sale ox bool was penned in well: up to the usual numbers'. The quality was first etnas, and sold under steady • coiuphtitiouj hist week’s values boili" again-record e.d. No extra heavy -bullocks Avero yarded. - Prime heary. bullocks realised £l4 I.os to £ls, lighter pnmo; £l3 17s Gd to £.1.4 7s 6d,. pwmo, £l2 iss to £l3 7s Gd.-' ' ' '. ■ ' Cow and heifer beef came - iorwa.i-d in the usual .numbers, and ‘hurl: also values for all well iiuished lines "were on a pur with late.rates.- Flain eat-, tie were slightly easier' ( ol valuy. Prime voung cows and beders rea - ised £ll :12s Gd Lo £l2 l.Gs bd, ■lued-.. iuin prime £l9 to cLii 2s Gdp Rghtor £8 17s Gd to £9 los, ltglit' £< 19» £9 ss, other killable cows; £6 zs; Gd to Extra; choice ox sold to 39s per 190 lb, choice and prune 37s;tu 38s, just killable 34s to 3Gs, JirunT'young cow and heifer 34s to 365, .just killable 25s to 335. ‘ Large numbers of . sheep; .again came forward, and with tjio eicceptiou, of a few odd ' pens-of -oxtra- good slteep, values generally -were pasiu. Hoggets eomprised .a mgr portion or the olfering,; and, values ' were oasicrt Heavy prune .wethers brought -3s_ 28s 3d, .meduim prime f to B.s , light and uiifinislied Ms.:..dd - Gd, heavy prime ewes li S. Gd. to m, lighter prime .Us Gd ,tp 2os, r GiL ptbu ewes 13» to lfis fid w Lainbs were oilered. in; lessej. ■ «<.... boiis than last.week, and slightly better. Medium ].U'ime matlp “ There 'was a; ready sale of Myus.. at eqtial to ■ late quotations.. vealers inade £ I.- Ids to iuin £3 10s 4o,£4jes £3 ss, small £1 ps.to. £2.-' dropped 'Gs - to 2Gs. There was a-steady sole 01. Plß'”*prices on a -parHeavy' baconers made £3 os to.L . 9s, niedium £3 -Lo |igh| Li to £2 19s, .heavy £2 los, medi-unx and light£2 10s, ' . ■ "rk' .-•