THE STOCK MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 96, 21 March 1940, Page 12

THE STOCK MARKETS.

THE ADDINGTON SALE. LOWER VALUES. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 19. The Addington live stock market was held to-day because of the Easter holidays. There were reduced yarditigs of store sheep, hut a heavy entry of breeding owes, the best of which sold up to ewe fair rates. Fine-wool sorts were in .somewhat better demand than at recent Addington sales. Romney cross ewes and all older sorts were down in price, bringing about the lowest values of the season. Sellers, however, met the market more freely. The host price was the 34s for 94 Corricdale two-tooth ewes. Romney cross two-tooth owes made to 28s; ordinary half-bred two-looths to 21s; and station two-tooths and small and backward sorts, 11s 6d to 13s 6d. There was a smaller entry (5000 head) of fat sheep. There was a slight general casing in the values of good sheep, and a more pronounced casing for medium and inferior 6orts. Exporters operated to a very small extent and values, generally, were under the schedule rates. Good wethers realised 25s to 295, with tops to 31s; station wethers, 17s to 19s; good ewes, 20s to 235, with the tops to 255; export ewes, 11s 6d to 15s. Fat cattle were limited to a small yarding of 335 head, and there was a weaker sale all round, particularly for the lighter sorts. Good steers realised £l4 to £l7, with the tops to £l9, and mediums £l2 to £l3 10s; best cows and heifers, lo £ll ss; rough and unfinished cows, £4 15s to £6. A small entry of porkers was forward, and a sharp rise in prices of about 4s a head resulted. The average price a lb. was 7d lo 7Jd. Baeoners had a larger entry and a weaker market. Tho average price a lb. was 6id to 7d.

PAIIIATUA QUOTATIONS. Quotations at tho Pahiatua sale this week were: — Sheep.—Two-tooth wethers, stores, 22s 4d to 20s 9d; smaller sorts, 19s 6d to 17s 9d; five-year ewes, 19s 6d lo 18s; in.a. owes. 24s 9d to 22s 9d; fattening ewes, 10s 3d to 9s Id; white-face welher lambs, good, 18s 9d to 17s; medium. 15s to 12s: smaller. 10s to 8s 9d; black-facc lambs. -18 s 3d to 16s; smaller, 14s 3d to 10s: fat wethers, 26s 6d to 255: fat ewes, 16s 6d to 15s; fat. lambs, medium, 20s to 19s; ewe lambs, small. 11s 6d to 9s; cull lambs, 7s 2d to 6s; S.D. rams, 4gns to 22gns. STORTFORD LODGE. Values realised at the Stortford Lodge Cattle.—Heifers, £8 to £9; cows, £9 8s to £lO. Sheep.—Forward four-tooth wethers, 22s 3cf; very forward, 21s 6d; faf and forward, 21s 9d : medium-grown woolly lambs, 15s to 16s 2d: lighter, 14s: five-year ewes. 12s to 13s 10d; mixed-aged to five-year sorts, 17s 6d; medium-grown Leicester cross sort, 25s 2d.