COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 20 March 1913, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

SHEEP SALE AT WYNOHAM. . The National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., report having conducted a ■rery-'.successful special sheep sale at . Wyndfcam on Tuesday. There was a yarding'of 3200 sheep, the whole entry • being cleaned at auction, afted spirited ■ bidding. The principal attraction was ' , Mr J". C. Begg's (Wyndham Station) entry. Following is a summary of aales:—4s6 sound-mouth ewes, 14s 6d; 86 do., lis lOd; 260 do., 14s lOd; 160 full-mouth ewes, 9s lOd; 100 full-mouth ewes, 12s Id; 486 2-tooth wethers, los 4d; 428 do., 12s 4d; 216 lambs, 14s lOd; SSUU d 0.,. Jds id; .00 do., 10s 7(1; 300 : cull lambs, 6s 6d; £6 wether lambs, V 4d: lambs, 11b 6d. stock sale. CH KJNIT>' '—- <lß9«C!Ano* DUNEDIN, March 19. I At Burnsido to-day 177 fat cattle • were yarded,, the greater number of , which consisted of medium-quality steers. The entry was not up to the : average, as regards quality, which on 1 the whole was very indifferent. The » demand was somewhat dull, and prices were from 5s to 10s per head lower • than last week's rates. Slackness in demand for both cattle and sheep was *. in some measure due to the fact that < the butchers' shops will be closed from " TTiurstiay tII Aupsday. Prime bullocks brought £l2 to £l3 7s 6c!; me- • dium to good, £lO 10s to £ll 10s; light, £8 to £'9 10s.; best cows and '* heifers, £8 10a to £lO 10s; medium, £7 to £8; light, aged, and unfinished £5 to £6. Fat .Sheen. —The yarding comprised . 2511; , the greater number of which were «wes. Prime heavy-weight wethers were in rather short supply, and the . demand for them was good at prices ' equal to late rates. Medium-class i wethers and ewes did not command ; much attention, and to clear the pens "reduced prices had to be accepted,] b especially in the case of ewes, which 1 were la 6d to 2s below last week's rates. Prime wethers realised 23s to 25s 6d; good, 19s to 21s 6d; medium, 17s to £ 18b; light, 15s to 16s 6d; extra heavy » ewes, 20s to 245; heavy, 17s to 19s; v medium, 14s to 15s 6d: light, 10s to , 1&. Fair Lambs. —The yarding was smalls' " er than usual, only 1389 being penned. Grazing buyers took the bulk of the entry, and at prices slightly easier than . those ruliiig for the past two or three ; weeks. The lambs as a whole were of rery indifferent quality, there being only a few pens of rtally prime in the whole entry. Best brought 17s to 18s • 9d; medium, 15s to 16s; light, 12s 6d to 14s. PippS.—47 were penned, and they met ►; » brisk sale at an advance of 5s per bead on last week's prices. • ADDINCTON STOCK SALE. PKB ONITKI) PS,K3B ASSOCIATION CHRISTCHURCH, March 19. At the, Addington yarda to-day store -sheep again formed the major portion '• of the yarding of stock, and there was : a large attendance. . " Fat cattle sold irregularly, with prices slightly firmer. Store sheep, '' especially lambs, sold well, and there ww a recovery in. fat lamb prices in etpisequence of a small yarding. Fat sheep opened firmer, wethers showing an advance of Is per head. \ n Pigs showed no change in prices. I"'. Store Sheep.—Following is the range 1 pricesi Ewes, two-tooth, 16a 2d to % 19s 6d; four-tooth, 17s lOd to 20s 6d; ' six*-tooth, 15s 9d to 16s 3d; two, four, S*<iand six-tooth, to 17s lid; four, six and -eight-tooth, 15s to 18s 2d; four and to 17s 7d; six and eight-tooth k- 19s 5d to 17s 3d; eight-tooth, to 13s % 2d; fresh, sound-mouth (medium), 14s V' 16a to (16s; full and failing-mouth, t« » lis lid; aged, fe 7d to 9s lOd; merinos, 1,; 3s lid to 6s Id. - Lambs.—Best forward rape sorts, 13b. to.'lss Id; medium rape, 12a 6d to ,;13b sa; good average stores, lis 2d te lOd; medium stores, 10s 3d to 10s f/jild; small stores, 7s 7d to 9s 8d; culls, to 4s; ewe lambs, 12s 4d; wethers," i 3d,to 14s. MSBl' There was a fair entry of fat pigs. »®Cboppers realised £3 10s to £5 7s 6d; llHwavy baooners, 65s to 75s ; and lighter ! J £j»apsJb. The best porkers made 42s 6d and lighter sorts, 85s to 40s, fSj6gjwy,»ient to sfd to 6d per lb. were 1922 fat lambs penned, lambs made 17s 6d to 21s 9d, and |H«keii for export. was an entry of about 4000 fat the bulk being ewes. The market firmer, the butchers operating IpJnsely, as they had not so few, lambs. |)&W6tbem showed an advance wf Is per —The yarding of ffct cattle 76" head, current prices of '■Zf-bqef being 22s 6d to 30s per 1001b. acquality. Steers realised £5 L !S® 10$; extra, to £l4 ss; heifers, « • £5 17s "04 "to £lO 2s 6d; and cows, £5 k£fo''-io.£iO r 7a 6d. ■&&& V•' • •■- - ■ %'% . LONDON TALLOW SALES. fßwrnao tblxgbaph.—ooptblcqht. V ' RSITBP PRESS ASSOCIATION March 20. 8.25 a.m. BSp&.f'j- LONDON, March 19. tallow sales 1020 casks wre §6ld ,at Jh^foUowing