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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 1 July 1932, Page 8

LIVE STOCK

THE BLENHEIM SALE At the Blenheim stock sale a fortnight ago, a yarding of some 728 fats was partly blamed for a drop of 2s in the price of wethers, but at the auction held oil Wednesday, although only 320 fats were offered, prices showed no improvement whatever (reports the “Express”). Even for this small offering the demand was far from keen, and many pens were passed in. Prices were oil a pin' with those received at the previous sale. Taken as a whole, the quality of the yarding was very poor, only an odd pen or two containing attractive lines. The lambs offered were all lightweights and went at from 6s to 6s lid. ,At the previous sale two pens of similar sheep sold at 5s lOd and Bs. Not many ewes were offering. The most unattractive sorts realised from 4s 3d and the better class up to 6s and 6s 2d. A week ago the range was from 5s 9d to 7s 8d for a. prime pen. The yarding was composed mainly of wethers, but very few sold. Prices ran from 8s for lightweights to 9s 9d for the best offering. At the previous sale the range was from 7s to 12s 9d for good quality. Some 94 stores of inferior quality sold at about late rates. A draft of seven fat and forward cattle were also offered on account of Mr J. W. Shirtliff, of the Muller, and sold at from £3 to £4 15s.

THE ADDINGTON SALE RISE IN FAT CATTLE PRICES (By Telegraph—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, 30th June. Entries were smaller all round at yesterday’s Addington market. Fat cattle .showed a sharp rise, otherwise there was little change. There was a small entry of store sheep, ewes being of mixed quality, but all were sold. Store lambs sold draggingly, and a big proportion was passed. Good ewe lambs to 9s lOd, ordinary ewes to 5s lid, ordinary stores 4s 2d to 6s 6d, good six and eight-tooth three-quarter-bred ewes to 11s Id, medium halfbred 7s 6d to 9s 6d, ordinary s.m. 4s Id to 6s, ordinary two, four and six-tooth wethers 7s to Bs, small two-tooth to 5s Bd. There were, 2300 fat lambs penned. Prices were in accordance with the reduced schedule, except that secondary sorts scarcely maintained the export values. Best lambs sold to 19s, prime 14s to 16s, medium 10s to 13s 6d, light 8s 6d to 9s 6d, store 5s 5d to 7s.

There was an excellent quality entry of 325 head of fat calle. West Coast and local fatteners sent forward a bigger proportion of other prime beef. A sharp rise of 20s to 25s a head took place. Best beef made to 25s per lOOlbs, good prime 20s to 235. medium 17s to 19s, inferior J4s to 16s 6d, and rough down to 10s. Extra prime steers to £l3 2s 6d, prime heavy £8 to £lO ss, medium weight prime £6 to £7 10s, medium quality £4 5s to £5 15s, light to £4, extra prime heifers to £8 17s 6d, prime £6 to £7 10s, ordinary £3 15s (o £5 15s, light to £3 10s, extra prime cows to £9 17s 6d, prime £5 5s to £7, medium £3 to £5, light and aged to £2 10s.

There was an entry of about 4000 fat sheep, mostly ewes. The works close down at the end of the week, and exporters were more in the market, values as a consequence being a shilling per head better. Prime heavy wethers 16s to 17s 6d, medium weight prime 13s 6d to 15s 6d, ordinary 11s 3d to 13s, light 9s 6d to 11s. extra prime heavy ewes to 14s 4(1, prime -heavy 10s 6d to 13s 6d, medium weight, prime 8s to 10s, ordinary 6s to 7s 9d, light to 5s 6d. In fat pigs there was a similar offering of all classes. Values were a little firmer. Choppers £3 16s 6d to £5 13s 6d, haconers £4 7s 6d to £5 5s 6d, heavy baconers £3 to £3 13s 6d, average price 4g c l to s£d pci lb. Porkers 22s 6d to 27s 6d, heavy porkers 30s 6d to 33s 6d, average price per lb. to 6d.