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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 13 February 1913, Page 8

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' (Pbess Association. —Copybight.) (Received Feb. 13, 10.35 a.m.) - V Feb. 12. At the tallow sales 839 casks were offered, and 202 were sold. Mutton : Fine, 40s; other kinds, unchanged. -CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. CHRISTCEURC. This Day \f the final wool sale to-day, 5490 bales were offered. There was gccd competition, principally from Bradtoid aftd colonial mills, were ehghtly easier and irregular for all g"«*es Haltbred sold remarkably wefl, and the quality was considered a farthing above January rates, ross and threequartexbred were id to id better, with best pieces the same as at the previous sales, but .heavy" and inferior sorts were .d lower. - STOCK LssD SHARE LIST. (Special to "MaiL") ; WELLINGTON, vqib Bay. Mr A. T. Bate, of Welling*, r at nooe to-da. National Banlc„ s 220 0 Bank cf New Zaaland <**> jj Plate, s 140 0 lrust, s 90 3 Feilding Gas, s . gj | Wellington, pref., s £J National Insurance £? Wellington Meat, 3rd jg ° Shipping ( g Union ' 18 G Hikurangi, s ut Westport, b £' X Westport, s \ Z Stockton, » on 6 'Golden Bay, s 49 6 £"S> *> ■ 50 5 - Drug, s on 3 Portland Cement, s -« * sPaper, s .. 20 .Ros,-s c Talisman, b , 39 b .Taksman, s • Q W^ ihi . ' i . 21 6 Junction, boo n Junction, s o i, Waiotahi, s £ £ Waitangi ■■ ut ' ' ADDINGTQN LIVE STOCK MARKET. " .CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 12. " c At the Addington live stock market there was again a large entry of store sheep.- 'though net as numerous as the , lasf two weeks. More fat sheep and ; lambs were also offered, and there were also good entries in other departments. ThV attendance was fairly large ,Fat 'cattle lost the Tise in values which they v n?ade. last week. Fat lambs wer e easier as were also fat sheep. Pigs cf aU classes'- sold better. . Store and dairycattle met with a* moderate demand. "... The -entries of store sheep were con--siderably below those of the previous -week, but the attendance showed no decrease. ' Forward rape lambs, of which only a-few pens were offered, made 13s ■2d' to 143 4d\ fairly .forward lines 12s to 'l2s Sd, good .average sorts lis to : lls "fid ,f air lCs 3d to 10s 9d. small and inferior 7s to 8s 9d, half-bred wethers 9s 6d. to lis 6d, ewes 12s 3d to 13s 6d. Two-tooth ewes brought 15s to 19s 2d j four, six,' and eight-tooth 14s to 16s Bd.; -two'- four, six and eight-tcoth lis to 12s ' 6d;*four' and six-tooth' l4s to 17s 8d; -'•ayerage sound mouthed 12s to 13s 6d, .full and failing mouth 9s to 9s Id. Four and six-tooth wethers made to 15s 9d. small four-tooth sorts 13s to 14s 6d. There were 1750 lambs penned. Best ■lambs made l£e to 18s, lighter 145..t0 3£s 6d." ■. , ' - "There were between 4000 and 5000 fat sheep "entered, of average quality, and last' week's rise was not maintained. The ranse'of prices was: Prime wethers la* to 225, lighter 16? 8d to 18s 6d : prime'ewes 17? to 20s Bd, medium 14s 6d to 15s 6d, ethers 10s to 14s. • The varding of fat cattle totalkd 243. Steers "made £8 5s to £73 10*. heifers •£56 to £9 153, ?nd cows £6 2s 6d to £l2 3s. Store cattle vearlinsrs made £2 6s. 15 to 18 .months sorts £2 19s to £3 17s 6d,. two and a-half year steers £5 17s 6d, arid dry cows £1 10s to £4 15s. Dairy cows "made £4 10s to £lO. In,, fafc-pigs a number of choppers , realised .60s to 80s, large baconers 60s to 675" 6d.' "„nd smaller sorts 50s to 57s 6d ; equivalent to 5d 'per lb. Porkers .made 42s- to 48s, smaller sorts bringing 34s to 40s» equal to s£d per lb. Stores, large sorts made 35s to 40s, and smaller pigs 22s to 305.. Weaners, which in ' keen request, made 16s 6d to 225. the latter prices being obtained for extra good sorts'.