MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12556, 18 July 1901, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

ADDINGTON,

With the exception oi iat sheep, which formed the principal portion of the entry, yardings of stock at Addington yesterday ■were below the average. The attendance was fair. Entries for the day comprised 6224 fat cheep, 600 fat lambs, 2256 store sheep, 280 head of cattle, and 414 pigs. Fat Cattle.— The yarding consisted c.f 168 head, mostly good sorts. Bidding was brisk, and last x week’s prices were fully maintained, viz., 20s to 25s per 1001 b. A very fine bullock entered by Garforth’s Estate,' was taken by Mr James Knight at £l4, and nine steers from Mr W F. M. Buckley sold at from £3 12s 6d to £ll 10s. In other steers, prime sorts brought from £3 to £lO 7s 6;1, and lighter £6 iOs to £8 10s; heifers £5 15s to £8 15s, and cows £5 10s to £8 10s. Store Cattle. —There were not many in, and all classes were in demand. A nico line of two-and-a-half-yea.r-old steers brought £5 9s, and another line was sold privately; two-ycar-old heifers brought £3. 10s, and some dry cows £1 10s to £4 ss. Dairy Cattle. —There were not many good dairy cows in, and -the demand was easier, a drop of fully £1 per head being experienced, except for special sorts. An extra good. cow. mud*. £9 12s 6d. good sorts ruling at from £6 10s to £B, and. others from £4 to £5 10s.

Fat Sheer. —The yarding included some very good lines of wethers and 1 some prime ewes. The market opsntd well, especially tor ewes, which, at the commencement of the sale, exceeded last week’s prices for a few r lots. The heavy supply, however, soon caused a change. In consequence, of the unsatisfactory news from London, freer,ing buyers were not competing to any extent, and the result was that mutton showed a drop of fully Is to Is 6d, equal to quite ]d per lb, while several lots of wethers were passed and sent to the factories on owners’ account. Ewes fared even worse, and the further the sale progressed the worse matters got for vendors, who, in the case of inferior sorts, had>to submit; to a decline of quite 2s 6d per head, while really good sorts showed a decline cf Is. The fact that feed is now running short is evidently causing holders to rush their sheep into the market, and unless, this process can be checked it is bound to have a bad effect upon the markets. A few extra prime wethers were taken by butcherjS at from 20s to 225, the bulk, however, selling at from 16s 6d to 19s. Some extra heavy ewes made from 17s to 19s 6d, fairly good sorts selling at from 15s to 16s 6d, and others from Us to 14s 6d. Fat Lambs.—There was only a small yarding, and owing to the unsatisfactory news from the London markets, competition was not brisk, and prices were rather easier, best sorts making from 14s to 16s and lighter ,12s to 13s 6d. Store Sheer. —The entry was mostly ewes and hoggets, with a few good lines of wethers, and all changed hands at advanced rates. Amongst the principal sales were:—lß6 wethers at 17s 7d, 55, at 16s 6d, 150 at'l6s sd, 204 at 15s lid, 187 at 14s 10:1 to 15s 3d, and some smaller lots at 13s lOd. A nice line cf sound-mouthed half-bred ewes brought 13s, and other lots 12s 6d to 15s 6d. In hoggets, 105 brought 13s 4d, 82 13s 3d,. 105 13s 4d, and 150 12s lid, while small lots ranged from 9s Id to 15s. Pigs.—A small yarding included a fair supply of porkers, but baconers and stores were in short supply and of only secondary quality. Baconers brought from 36s to 455, and up- to 55s 6d for extra quality, equal "to 3]d per lb ; porkers 22s to 31s, equal to 3£d to ojkl per lb; stores 10s to 16s, and smaller sorts 6s to Bs. SKIN SALE. After an interval of somo weeks, during which the regular skin sales at Timaru were suspended on account of a “strike ’ among buyers, a salq of sheepskins was held by the Farmers’ Co-operative Association yesterday. Three outside-; buyers, and two local men .who are not members of the “ring,” were operators, and a good sale was had, though prices showed a decline in consequence of weaker competition. Butchers’ skins sold up to 3s, farmers’ skins 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Some lambs’ wool sold at 3|d, merino 4d, cross-bred 4d, trimmings and pieces 2d to 2-]d, fat 15s per cwt, hides 4d per lb. BURNSIDE. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, July 17. Fat Cattle—2oo head were yarded of medium to good quality. There were only a few pens of prime. There was fair competition. Best bullocks £8 10s to £l2 2s 6d, medium £6 10s to £B, best cows and heifers £6 10s to £8 ss, ordinary £4 to £6 ss. Fat Sheep—Only 1527 were penned. Good to prime wethers sold under good competition equal to last week's rates. Best cross-bred wethers 17s 6d to 21s, medium 15s to 17s, best ewes 16s 6d to 18s, medium 14s to 16s. Fat Lambs—Small entry. Best 12s 2d to los 6d, others 10s to 11s 6d. Pigs—Only 150 penned, most of which were porkers and liaconers, which sold at improved values. Suckers 4s to 9s, slips 11s to 1.45, stores 15s to 20s, porkers 22s to 31s, baconers 34s to 495.