Southern Stock Sales.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8051, 31 March 1905, Page 7

Southern Stock Sales.

(Per Press Association.) ■ - CHRISTCHUECH, March 29.. At Addington to-day tb-re was a iar^e attendnnoa. farmers particularly beina numerously represeute'l. The' entries compnsod 538 cattle, 22,378 sheep, 809 P'ps. .v . Fdt cattle—The enfry consisted of ISI head, mostly steers of fair quality. The sale wig the worst thao has taken place at AddtDgton for ma'n.y years (rood to prime >ef scld at 18s 10 20s' a few headd i\t 21 3 , and inferior somettmea as low as los psr 100>b. V ar head stsßM «old at £6 to £9 15s. heifors £5 to £7,2s 61, cows U 15i to £7. Fat cilves sold si 6j to 45.-.

fctora cattle.— The yarding whs small, and of very indifferent quality, and the demand was very poor, reeeot value < not beioc maintained. Yearlings eo'd at 18 ito 26a, fift9en to eighteen months 35s to 50s. two-jear-old heifers, '55a to b2s 61; a p+n -f four-year-old steers was p.Hssod at £6. Dry cows sold at oO* t-> 705..

Dairy cows.- There was a Lir demand for sponger* fi nd fresti young milkers as £6 to £8 10s, bat inferior and old stock were almost unsaleable, iheir prices ranging horn £3 los to £5. _ $&s cheep.— There was a good entry. The sale i paned with a quite tone, and before it had mado much progress it becama evideat iha* a skimp had arrived, competition forweth-ra was extremely lariguid, and lor ordinary ewos was nonexistent, with the eonsequenoe that wethers were on an average U lower that at the previous sile, whilo ewes were 2j to 3.i lowar. A greater decline wa3 marked towa-.ds the clo<e of the saie, when it was difficult to get bids for ordinary grades of ewes, which were neglected alike by. butchers ani by exporters. The prices current were as follows:-Wethers, good ti prime, 2Qs 9d to 25s 3l; . ewes, prime heayy, Ms to 23s 6d, medium to good 16s Kd to 19s 6d, aged 14 < to 16s; merino ewes, medium, lls 6d to 12a Id. Fat lambs—Abcut3soo were'pcnmd, and the general quality was pood. There was nc change in values, but unfinished -ots wer« rather d ffieult to hell Prices ranged from 19s to 22s 8d for togs, 17s 6 1 to 18s 6d for lamb weights, and los 61 to 16s for small and unfinilied descriptions.

Store sheep and lambs—The yards were again filled, the entries probably totalling 16,000. Farmers competed we.l for all desrnp'ioos. bat dealers gave little support to the sale. The demand for wethers was particularly keen, and forward lines madu Is over the nrevious week's values. For ewes and limbs, previous rates were firmly maintained. The gale altogether was highly sstistactory to vendors, an almost complete clearance being effected Wethers (four-tooth) made 21s to 22* 64. two and four-tooth 19s Id. two-tooth 17s 6d to 18j sd, backward 10-s 16s to 1/s; ewes, four-tooth 20s to 21s 9d two-tooth 18s lOd to 22s 9d. culls 16< to 17s, six and eight-tooth 19s to 20s 4d: sound month 38s 4d to 20s Bd. a^ed 16s 6d to 17s 6d, culls 13s 6d to 15s 6d. Pigs -There were large entries of all classes of pigs, but the sale was dull throughout, and prices were weaker all round. Prime baconers sold at 40s to 48s, or 4£d to 4*perlb; heavy-weights, 50s to 545, or 4d per lb ; porkers, 30s to dßs, or 5d per lb; stores, large SOs to 365; medium 20s to 27s 6d, small 12a to 18s ; weaners 6s 9d to 10a 6d.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Per Press Association.) "_ . MELBOURNE, March 30. Hides ore uncaaugad. Medium aos:>ri mentis are irregular. Tallow—L ical caosumera uro bujing freely, though prices are unaltered.