COMMERCIAL.

Grey River Argus, 31 March 1922, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

ADDINGTON MARKET.

EAT LAMBS IMPROVE.

GOOD DEMAND FOR STORE SHEEP At the Addington yards on Wednesday prices were belter than the improved ones of last week. Store sheep Bidding was brisk throughout, and all were again yarded in large numbers, round prices were better than those ruling at the previous sale. Eat sheep prices also showed an improvement. Freezing buyers operated freely for the lighter weights. The fat cattle sale was a dragging one and values showed an easing tendency. Dairy cows close to calving were again in good demand. In the fat pig sale porkers showed an improvement m prices, but baconcrs were inclined to be easier. There was an improved demand for good quality store pigs. FAT CATTLE. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 338 head, compared with 445 last week. Taken all round the quality was not equal to that at recent sales, there be ing a good deal of big but unfinished beef forward. The yarding included a line of good steers from Southland, but they showed signs of travel, and a j good many cattle from. Canteibuiy ■ back country stations were not well finished. As a result of the over-sup-ply a further decline in values occurred. Except for a few prime steers, good beef sold at 25/- per 1001 b., and medium made a bit less. Four steers from Mr G. G. Holmes (Knoeklynn) made from £l3 to £l5, one bringing Hie latter price, the top for the day. Only two other steers brought £l2. A good many passings were made, inValues were: — eluding some of the primes! beef. Extra prime steers to £l5. Prime steers, £B/15/- to £l2/7/6. Medium steers, £6/10/- to £B/10/-. Light steers, £4/15/ to £6/5/-. Prime heifers, £5 to £B. Ordinary heifers £2/17/6 to £4/15/-. Prime Cows £4/15/- to £3/2/6. Ordinary cows, £2/10/- to £4/12/6. STORE CATTLE. , There were no ((notable lines of store I cattle forward, the •entry consisting o? mondescript lots, mostly of inferior ’ quality, and low price* ruled generally. The market was almost entirely bare of big steers. ? line of two-year-old heifers made £3/10/-, and good yearling heifers from £l/15/- to £2/5/-. DAIRY CATTLE. The yarding of dairy cattle was an average one, and the bulk was of inferior quality. In view the quality of the yarding, satis! lory prices were realised, and a goe • clearance was made. Sound cows t sc to calving again made good pri< cs, but the demand for aged and inferior cows was considerably weaker. Values were: Second and third culvers, close to calving, £B/10/- to £l4. .lune ami July culvers, £3 to £7. Springing heifers, £9 to £l4. Cows in milk, £3 to £9. Aged and inferior cows, 15/- to £4. VEALERS. There was a big entry of vcalers and the all-round quality of the yarding was the best that has been seen at Addington this year. The sale was a good one, and generally last week’s values were maintained. Small calves were in short supply, and they showed an advance oir late rates. A alues were: Runners to £5/16/-. Good vcalers £3/15/- to £4/10/-. Medium vealers £2 to £2/10/-. Small calves 6/- upwards. FAT SHEEP. The entry of fat sheep filled ten races, about the same number as last I week. Wethers were again in snort • supply. Throughout bidding was kcen!er than at the previous sale, partic- ! ularly for good wethers, and to a less- ] er extent for prime ewes. Export buyi ers competed freely for the lighter 1 sheep, and secured the hulk of this class. A satisfactory clearance was affected, and on an average prices show ■ ed an improvement of 1/- to 1/6 on late rates. Top wether price, 29/4. , was secured by the Leslie Hills estate : for the best of a draft of 130 pari ticularly prime wethers, which made from 25/1 to 29/4. The 18 tops of a line of ewes from the Glenmore Farm made 23/3, and a penny less was s-e- -! cured by Mr R. G. Woolf (Horreh ille) for the top pen of his draft of ewes. Values were: — j Extra prime wethers, 26/- to 19/4. 1 Prime wethers, 219 to 24/6. : Alodium wethers, 19/- to 21/6. I Light wethers, 15/- to- 18/6. Extra prime wees, 21/- to 23/3. Prime ewes, 17/6 to 20/6. Medium ewes, 14/- to 17/-. Light wees, 10/- to 13/6.

FAT LAMBS.

The yarding of fat lambs numbered 5220 head, compared with 4250 last week. The bulk of the yarding consisted of good average freezing weights A few drafts of excellent Coast lambs were forward. The sale was brisk and values showed a slight improvement on last week’s, the average price paid ranging from 7Jd to 7 7-8 per lb. In the case of some pens more than this was paid. A draft of 75 from Mr J. W. Green (Hawkins) made from 24/4 to 28/5, 18 bringing the latter price. For 32 Mr W. Phillips, junr., (Weedons) secured from 27/4 to 28/-. The

22 tops of a line of 117 shorn lambs from Mr J. Brown (Arahura, West Coast) made 24/11. Values were:— Extra prime lambs 25/6 to 29/3. Prime lambs 22/6 to 25/-. Medium lambs 19/6 to 22/3. Light and unfinished lambs 15/- to 19/3. STORE SHEEP. Store sheep were again yarded in very large numbers. The bulk of the yarding consisted of ewes and included drafts from Nelson, the Sounds, and the Chamham Islands and the West Coast. There was a remarkably sound demand for ewes and prices were fully up and in some cases better than at the previous sale. Lambs at all forward were in very keen demand at rather better prices and forward wether from the Chatham Islands made the good price of 19/6, but this was exceeded by a line of Canterbury four and six tooth wethers, which made from 20/7 to 20/9. Good ewes also made outstanding figures, a line of 208 two-tooth half-breds selling at 31/-. South Canterbury buyers operated keenly for all classes. The sale throughout was remarkably good one and very few passings were made. Values were: Forward rape lambs 15/1 to 17/9. Good lambs 13/3 to 14/10. Medium lambs 10/3 to 12/9. Small lambs 7/9 to 9/10. Cull lambs 4/6 to 1 7/6. Good two-tooth half-breed ewes i./,-' • to 31/-. Ordinary two-tooth ewes 17/9 to 22/6 Inferior two-tooth ewes 12/9 to 15/9. Good cross-bred four, six and -eighttooth ewes 18/6 to 21/6. Good four-tooth ewes to 24/-. Ordinary four, six and eight-tooth ewes 16/- to 18/3. Inferior four, six and eight-tooth CW'OS 12/9 to 15/6. Rape owes 7/- to 1/6. Cull ewes 2/6 to 6/6. Forward four and six-tooth wethers IS/- to 20/9. Ordinary four and six-tooth wethers 14/6 to 16/-. Inferior and low conditioned four and six-tooth wethers 12/9 to 13/9. Two-tooth wethers 11/6 to 14/9. PIGS. A good entry of fat pigs met with a brisk demand, and practically a total clearance was made. Porkers sold at higher rates than last week, but baconcrs were inclined to be easier. Values were:— Choppers, £2/10/- to £4/10/-. Light baconcrs, £3/10/- to £4. Heavy baconcrs, £4/5/- to £4/15/-. Extra heavy baconcrs up to £5. Average price per lb. 6MI. Light porkers, 47/- to 54/-. Heavy porkers, 57/- to 64/-. Average price per lb, 8d to Sid. There was an average yarding of stores and an improved demand .for good sorts. A consignment of purebred pigs from Mr L. W. Stony (Southbridge) made up to 51 gs for boars. Values were:— Sows in pig to £2/12/-. Good stores, 34/6, to 43/-. Medium stores, 27/6 to 38/-. Inferior stores, 17/6 to 25/-. Wenners, 6/- to 11/-. At Totara Flat Stock sales, the following lots were disposed of: — On account P. Buttola, 96 2, 4. 6, and 8 tooth ewes at 13/3: 24 failing 121 2tooth ewes at 14/6. On account, mouth ewes at 9/-. On account client client, 6 2-year old steers at £4/5/-; 1 store cow at £2/2/6; 1 15-month steer at £l/17/6. On account Harris Bros.. Mawheraiti, one <•' w and calf, £3; one cow and calf £2/7/6; four 15month old steers at £2/26. On account D. Ross, one 7-year old hack £7. G. W. Moss and Co sold 700 under the hammer out of 2000, while the remaining 1300 later sold privately. Prices were:—Two -tooth ewes 16/4, 13/-: tour and six tooth ewes 13/-; two-tooth wethers 11/6.

AUSTRALIAN MARKET.

SYDNEY, March 30. At the wool sales, scoured reached 49 pence—a record. Oats are quoted at: Algerian feed 3/9 to 4/-; white 4/1 to 4/2; maize (yellow) 5/3; white 5/-. Potatoes, (Tasmanian) £6/10/- to £B/4/-; onions (Victorian) £B/10/-.