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Hawera Star, Volume L, 21 August 1930, Page 10

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CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 10. There is little change in the potato market since the week-end report, except that buying this afternoon at the reduced rate recorded on Saturday has scarcely been so brisk. A good quantity of potatoes was sold this aiternoon at Rangiora at 50s a. ton on trucks, and in the case of a line of Dakotas this figure was broken. Values continue at .til JOs f.o.b.s.i. The. northern season continues on into October and as September is generally a month of heavy consumption on account ot the scarcity of vegetables a hope js held in sonic quarters that the market will recover. The Wingatui, now loading at Lyttelton, took 2760 sacks from Timaru. She is expected to lift aoout 3000 sacks at Lyttelton. Small seeds, oats and wheat are as previously reported. Millers are Inning occasional linos of next season s wheat at os 9d t.0.b., or os fid to os id according to rail at country stations. Milling Tuscan is quoted at 6s 3d l'.o.l). and fowl wheat at (is 2d f.0.1*. 1.1 YE ST'OC K M.ARK FT. PRICES AT ADD INC TON.

CHRISTCHURCH, Aug 20. There were heavy entries in the major sections cl the weekly market at Addington to-day and the only outstanding alteration in values as- compared with those ruling at the market a fortnight ago was in the fat cattle section in which, there wa® a distinct easing. North .Island lines yoic again forward. The genaral quality ot the cattle yarding was not as good as at the recent sale, and the market was very irregular. There was an average decline of £1 and up to £1 10s a head. Eat sheep were yarded in very heavy numbers. They -so\cl very well and the rates ruling at the last sale were practically maintained. The entry o.f store sheep was larger than for some weeks and the sale was a very light one,. Values increased all round hv Is to, Is (id a head.

Oi store sheep there was a larger entry than for some time, but the qualj tv was veiv mixed. The range of prices was :Extra good two-tootli lialf-brcd ewes to 01 s (id; good two-tooth halfbred ewes. 25s to 28s 3d; good- fi and 8» tooth •hall'bred ewes, Ibis to IDs Od; medium Ci and 8-tooth half bred ewes, his to 16s; ordinary (5 and 8-tooth hallbred ewes, to 11s; good S.M. half bred ewes. 18s to 20s 9d; ordinary to medium S.M. half bred ewes, I—'S' to los (id ■ ao-ed and backward half bred ewes, to 957 extra good S.M. three-quarter-bred ewes, to 25s 3d; four ond sixtooth ha If bred wethers to 16s ; backward two-tooth wethers', to 8s 6d; ordinnrv ewe hoggets, 15s 6d to 16s (id; wether hoggets, to 9s lOd. There was a heavy entry ot bU(JO head of fat -sheep, oompared with 5400 at the National market. The qua'uty was better than at an average sale and South land. South Canterbury and the Vest Coast were represented'. Late rates were fully maintained. Values wore: Show wethers to 43s 9d ; extra prime wethers to 30.5; prime wethers, 27s to 31s; medium wethers, 23s to 1.4 s Oil • light wethers, 18s to 225; extra prime ewes, to 25s lOd; prime ewes, 19s 6d to ,; 2s ; medium ewes, 16s to 18s ; light, ewes, 13s. 6d to 15s 6d'; aged ewes, 11s to 135.; extra prime hoggets to. 33s 9d • prime hoggets, 25s to 28s; medium hoggets. 21s to 245; light hoggets, 16s to 20s. * , There were about 20 spring, lambs, and the top price was 36s 9d. Eat cattie numbering 460 were entered including about 80 head from the North Island and a few lines from the West Coast, Southland, North 'Otago, and South • Canterbury. Best handy weight steer and heifer beef made irom tlslio 455; best heavyweight steer beef from 36s to 40s; medium quality, from 32s to 35s 6d; best cow beef, from 33s to 35s • secondary, to 325; and rough down to 235. Extra prime heavy steers made to £23 2s 6d; prime heavy steers -(•17 to £2O: prime medium weight steers £l4 to’£l6 15s; medium quality steers, £lO to £l3; light steers, £8 to £lO : extra prime heifers to £l6 ; prime heifers, £l2 to> £l4; medium heifers, £9 10? to £11; light heifers, £6 to £8 1 Os; extra-prime cows to £l6 2s 6d • prime cows. £ll to £l3 ; medium cows.' £9 to £lO 10s; light and aged, £5 to £B. . There was a lair supply of vea/lens. r L’he top price was £8 3s 6d. Other values were- Medium runners, £5 to £7; good calves, 50s to 90s; small calves 17s to 40s. The yarding of store cactio was an unu.suaily heavy one and there was a good proportion of attractive lines. The uiqtiirv throughout was keen. Three-year-old Hereford - Shorthorn. cross steers made £9 and a pen of 15-months steers of the same cross sdld at £4 8s 6d. Yearling steers made up to £3 16s and a- second pen of 15 months’ steers sold at £4 Is. A pen o.f Shorthorn too i tors lo to IB months' olci mrulo 04 IQs fid ami a line of yearling; heifers £3 4s. A line of grazing cows of good colours made £5 13s 6d and the best of the cows made up to £6 ss.^ There were few 'potting bulls offered, the ton price being £5 Is. The entrv of dairy cattle was heavy, totalling 117 head.' The offering consisted chieflv of unattractive cows and heifers. Values for best second and third culvers were £ll to £l3; extra; 1 rood sorts to £l4 10s; good sorts, £9 to £lO 10®: medium sorts. £7 to £8 10s- aved and inferior sorts, £4 to £6-’ "-ood heifers, £9 to £lO 10s ; medium sorts. £7 to £8 1.0 s; others, £5 5s to £6 ss. There was a large yarding ot porkers and the better sorts met with a good demand. Values were-. Porkers, 4.55 i to. 55s fid'; heavy porkers, 58s 6d to 67s fid (overage price a pound 9d to 10J d), haem Hus £3 12 s 6d to. £4 ss; .heavy baeoners to £5 8s 6cl (average price per ll> 7 vd to BAd). Store pigs met. with a. good sale. 'Flic yarding was a email one and prices .showed an improvement. Prices were: Large stores, 35s to. 44s fill!; medium. 28s to 32s Cd-. small. 25s to 27s fid • weaners. 21s to. 28s fid.