COMMERCIAL.
SOUTHERN STOCK SALES.
Christchukch, August 13.
At Addington to day there were fair entries, including a number of exhibition lines of fat sheep and a few prime cattle, principally from the North Island. The attendance was large, including breeders from the North Island, Otago and North Canterbury.
Fat Cattle. —132, mostly light weights, excepting a few lines of prime bullocks and cows. Competition was keen for really good sort-, and showed a distinct advance, the best beef ruling at 26s to 30s per 1001b, and more in exceptional cases ; other sorts, 20s to 265. Best bullocks, £12 to £16 10s ; good steers, £9 to £11 10s; others, £6 to £8 l.Os ; heifers, £5 5s to £9 2s Gd ; extra good cows, £9 to £10 17s 6d; others, £5 to £8 10s.
Fat Sheep.—About 700, including several exhibition consignments, which took prizes at the Canterbury and Dunedin Winter Shows. There was a keen demand for extra prime, both by local butchers and exporters to Sydney, and freezers also operated freely. Prices for the exhibition consignment ranged from 27s to 41s ; prime heavy wethers for Sydney, 19s 6d to 335; prime freezers, 18s to 2ls ; lighter, 14s 9d to 17s Gd; prime heavy ewes, 16s lOd to 19s; medium, 14a to 16s Gd ; others, lls Gd to 15s 6d ; prime merino wethers, 18s 3d to 19s sd; others, 12s to 13s 6d.
Fat Lambs. —250. Spring lambs, lls Gd to 15s; hoggets, lls to 14s Id.
Store Sheep.—3774, mostly hoggets. All classes sold well, and nearly the whole entry changed hands. Forward wethers, 15s ; others, 13s 4d to 13s 9d ; good young half-bred ewes, 15s 3d; fair, 10s 8d to 12s 8d; inferior, 5s to 9a ; hoggets, 7s 7d to 10s 7d.
Pigs.—About 350. Fats were scarce and commanded higher prices. A buyer for Sydney was unable to purchase, values being above his limit, Baconers 40s to 57s 6d, equal to 4|d to 4|d per 1b ; porkers, 25s to 355, equal to 4f d to 5d per lb ; big stores, 17s Gd to 25s ; smaller, 10s to 15s ; suckers and weanors, 5s to 9s.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 188, 15 August 1902, Page 4
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353COMMERCIAL. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 188, 15 August 1902, Page 4
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