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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 October 1927, Page 7

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ADDINGTON QUOTATIONS

(BY TELEGHAPH -PHESB ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 12.

Stock sold well to-day at Addington in practically all sections except fat cattle, and, to a minor extent, store sheep. The beef section was about a record or numbers, comprising over 400 bead from outside the province, in addition to normal local .supplies. , Tbe excess entry caused a drop in values. Store sheep. Mostly ewes and lambs were forward, with .some pens of good ewe hoggets. It was a dragging sale*, vendors’ reserves being too high, and quite 25 per cent, were passed.

Spring Lambs.—An over-supply of lambs sold at prices which eased back to a litt'c better than a commercial basts of about lOd to 10.'d a lb. Best sold from 29s to 345; others, 24s to 275.

Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers made to 59s 7d, prime wethers 46s to 51s ; medium wethers, 40s to 455, lightwethers 36s to 3Ss, extra prime ewes to 48s, prime ewes 38s to 435, medium ewes 34s to 37,5, light ewes 25s to 335, prime hoggets 30s to 365, prime shorn wether® 34s to 40s 7d. medium shorn wethers 27s to. 335, prime. shorn ewes 31s to 33s 7cl.

Fat Cattle.—The best quality sold at 45s to 47p. Gd. prime 42s to 44s 6d, medium quality 37s to 41s, heavy 34s to 37,s 6d, cow and inferior beef 27s Od to 32s Gd. Extra prime heavy bullocks sold from £lB to £2l 12s Gd, prime heavy steers £l6 to £l7 10s. prime medium weight steers £l3 to £ls 15s, light .steers £9 12s Gd to £l2 10s, extra prime heifers £l3 10s to £l4 17,s Gd, prime heifers £ll 10s to £l3 10s. medium heifers £9 10s to £ll ss, light heifers £6 5s to 1:9 ss, extra prime cows to £l3 17s Gd, prime cows £ll to £l2 15s, medium wiWg £9 5.s to £lO 15s, fight cows £5 17® Gd to £9. Fat Pies.—A .small entry and an advance in prices, particularly for porkers. Choppers made £2 5s to £4 16s Gd, bacon,?rs £3 10s to £4 15s Gd. average per -lb Gd to 7d, porkers- 44<s to 66® Gd, average per lb 7d to 9d. TATTLE CHANGE AT BURNSIDE. DUNEDIN, Oct, 12. Generally, sheep sold at about- the same prices as last week at the Burnside stock .sales to-day, and in tin? early part of the sale fat. cattle prices advanced about £l. Pigs showed little i mpro vement. Fat Cattle. —Extra heavy bullocks £l9 10s to £2O 15s, prim/? £ls to £lB. medium £l3 to £l4 10s. best- cows £l2 5s to £l3 10s. medium £9 15s to, £ll ss, best heifers £.ll 15s to £13,. medium £9 10s to £lO 15s.

Fat Sheep—Prices were : Extra, heavy wethers 56s to 57s Gd, prime heavy 50s to 525, medium 42s to 455. light 32-s to 355 ; 9d, test heavy ewes 41« 3d to 445, medium 36s to 38s, light 30s to 355. Spring Lambs. —Prices were: Best lambs 41s to. 43s Gd. lighter 36s to 41s, merlium 28? Gd to 325. WANGANUI STOCK SALE. Freeman R. Jackson and Co. experienced a heavy yarding of cattle at

their Wanganui sale on Wednesday. There was a good entry of pigs, but only a few pens of hoggets, and the sale throughout was dull of auction, pigs being slightly easier than last week. The few pens of sheep were firm at last week’s values. It was unfortunate that heavier rain had not been experienced as a few good showers, thoroughly wetting the country would have made all the difference to the demand for cattle. Few sales took place under the hammer, and over 20Q head of cattle were sold privately after the sale, at prices well in advance of those offered at auction. Empty Jersey yearling 1; offers were still eagerly sought for.

Prices ranged as follow : Cattle. —Prime cows, £7 10s to £8 15s, light fat cows, £5 8s to £6 10s, forward heifers, £4 ss> to £4 11s, empty cows £3 10s to £4, Hereford yearling heifers (good), £3 10s; Polled Angus 3 year steers, £6 15s to £7 10s; Hereford bullocks £7 5s to £7 7s Pd; forward bullocks, £7 15s to £8 15s; Jerscv yearling heifers, £3 5s to £5. ‘Sheep.—Ehve hoggets, 29s 3d; wether hoggets 265; medium mixed sex hoggets, 23s 7d. Pigs.—Heavy porkers, £2 to £2 4s; light porkers, 33s 6d to 38s; choppers, £3 6s; stores, 28s to 31s; wearier®. (good) from 20s to 225; small, 15s 6d to 17s; good £2 10s to £3 ss. WAIKATO MARKET REPORT

The Farmers’ Go-op. Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report*: Beef.—The market is considerably easier, more especially for ox beef, a drop of fully 3s per lOOL'bs having taken place since our last report, due, no doubt, to the heavy yardings and numbers offering in the paddock®. Fat Sheep.—Prices continue firm for ail classes, ia fair number of shorn sheep now coming forward. A few fat lambs bavie been yarded, meeting with good competition. Store Sheep.—Few store sheep are offering, mo«t sellers shearing before quoting; a good enquiry exists for wethers out of the wool, hoggets and ewes with Jambs.

Store Cattle.—There is a good demand for grown and young steers, also for good empty cow®. Yearling Jersey and Jersey Cross heifers are meeting with strong competition and making high prices. Dairy Cattle.—Good dairy herds and .good springing heifers continue to meet with competition, and are making price® equal to the early spring sales.

Pigs.—There is no improvement in the price, of fats, but stores are BellinpC readily cvfc pco-cxl prices in comparison with the low price ruling for baconeius and porker®. Horses—A good demand for medium draught®, and good active farm sorts, but heavy horses are dull of sale.

SOUTH ISLAND PRODUCE, 81 CABLE, —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYHIGBI CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 12. It is reported that some growers have offered to sell next season’s wheat forward at 5s 9d on trucks, country .stations and at Gs for Hunter s. Apparently they are not quite .sure that the effect of the new sliding sea 1 © of duties wjll assure, to- them Gs on trucks for wheat. The mills also prefer to wait and see and are not keen on forward purchases. The market for potatoes remains dull and prices tend to be lower, £3 ppr ton oil trucks being about the best offered. Few orders are coming from Auckland. On account of the breaking of the drought, the New South Wafas’ demand for oats, chaff and bran from Sydney lias largely fal’en off. Following are the quotations for produce- to farmers, sacks extra: Wheat, Gs Id to 6s 3d for Tuscan, up to 6s Gd for Hunter’s; oats, Gartens, 2-s Gd to 2s 10(1 Algerians 2s Gd to 3s, duns 2s (id to 2s 9d; chaff, £3 10s; .potatoes, up to £3; red clover. 7d to 9d per lb; white clover. 7d to Bdperennial ryegrass, 2s Gd to 2« lOd per bushel; Italian ryegrass, 1® Gd to Is 10d per bushel; cocksfoot, 5-fd to 7d per lb ; linseed, up to £l4 10® per ton; bran, £5 lOs i>e,r ton. f.o.b. .southern ports; pollard, £7 10s per ton, f.o.b. .southern ports; flour (wholesale), £l7 10s per ton for 200 b sacks.

CALCUTTA TEA MARKET. CALCUTTA, Oct. 12. At the tea sales the average prices for common pekoe and. Souchong were 12 annas to 12 annas 6 pies; for clean, common broken pekoe and Souchong 13 annas to 13 annas 6 pies; even black leaf pekoe 13 annas 6 pies, to 14 annas. The quality generally showed a slight falling off. The tone was tending 'towards dearer, except, for poor medium descriptions, which were irregular. The market for good liquoring teas was steady, and clean common teas- ruled three pies dearer. Orange pekoes and pekoes appreciated slightly; the commonest sorts of strong powdery dusts advanced six pies, while clean grainy sorts were up to two annas.