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North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13180, 8 October 1914, Page 3

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W ADDINGTON MARKETS. ' » ' [ Association.) V 1 CIIRISTCHURCH, Oct. 7.,/ < - At Addingtpn yaids 'there were larger entries of stoic and fat sltcop and ~i sfat cattle. There was a good attendance. s ■- aud tho entry of fat cattle showed - much impiovoniont in quality over last

weeks. . : Goodcompetition was experienced. oxport ,buyer was operating in prime cattle, 1 but prices were hardly as firm, % There was a better sale for fat lambs, though prices were not quite equal to those of last week for prime lambs. Fat sheep were at par to 1/easier. ... r •v Quotations, are:—Best hoggets 15/- . to 1(5/3, fair- to medium hoggets 14/to l'l/0, very; medium hoggets 12/- to 12/6, small and inferior hoggets 10/-, best ewe hoggets 18/0. to 20/1, fair ewe hoggets to 17/-, small and inferior owe hoggets 13/7, good conditioned ewes with forward lambs 13/0 (all counted), fairly good ewes with lambs 11/!) (all counted), aged ewes with lambs 8/9' (all counted), aged merino ewes with -lambs 5/i) (all counted), forward four/'footli wethers .19/- to 50/-, forward two \and four-tooth wethers to 19/-, four and six-tooth wethers IS/5, two-tooth wethers 17/6. Fat iambs mado 18/6 to 21/9. and lighter 10/9 to 18/-. Prices ranged for extra prime wethers to 119/-, prime wethers 27/- to IM/0, others 22/- to *6/(5, prime ewes 25/- to it-1/3, others 19/3 to 24/(i, 3horn ewes 2'l /- to 26/3, hoggets 14/-. to 21/-, merino wethers 20/10 .to 27/6. Fat Cattle:—Quotations are: Ordin--vary 'steers £7 17/6 to £l2, extra steers to v £2o 5/-, ordinary heifers £6 .10/- to £8 10/ 1 ) extra heifers to £l4, ordinary cows £6 to £B, extra cows to £l4 17/6. The price of beef per 1001b ranged from 35/- to 45/-. Store Cattle:—Quotations arc:' Yearlings 30/-. to £3 (the latter good), fifteen to eighteen months sorts £2 10/to- £3, two-year steers £4 10/- (good), two-year hoifers £3 12/- to £4, threeyear heifers £4 19/6,' dry cows 35/- to £6.

Y.v'-Dairy cows brought from £3 10/- to Jteo. . Pat Pigs:—Quotations arc: Choppers GO/- to 100/-, extra heavy baconers to 80/-, heavy baconers G7/• to 75/-, lighter baconers 52/G to 67/- (price per lb Gd), heavy porkers 42/- to 4l!/-, lighter porkers 36/- to 40/- (pric: per lb. Gil to 6id) Store Pigs:—Quotations are: Large stores 33/- to 39/-, medium stores _o/to i! 2/-, small stores 18/- to 24/-, wcatiers 12/- to 17/6.

. 'BUBNSIDE MARKETS. ;• ' Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Oct. 7. At Burnside to : day, 220 fat cattl; were yarded. The quality was not so good as that,offered at the last two oi three sales, a large number of cattle being not quite prime enough fdr 'exporters, and the sale was a little dragging in consequence. Prices showed a drop of about 10/- per head and eased even a little further towards the finish. Prime beef was selling at from 40/to 42/- per lOOlbs. and cow and heifer beef from 38/-. to 40/-. Prime heavy bullocks were worth from £l7 to £lB 10/-, good £l3 10/- to £l4 10/-, light £lO 10/- to £l2. Best cows and heifers fetched £lO to £ll 15/-, extra to £l4 "Ifi/ii, medium to good £8 to £9 10/-, flight £5 to £6 10/-. Fat Sheep:—323o were penned, Hi" majority of which were prime quality wethers. Owing to the large yarding prices were a little easier all round. .Freezing buyers were not opera ting so keenly as of late. Quotations are:—. Beat wethers 27/- to 30/-, extra good to 35/-, medium to 20/-, light 20/- to 22/6,-best-ewes 21/- lo 21/-, extra to 31/0, medium to good 18/- lo 20/-, The . first shorn sheep of the season were for- . warded from South Canterbury, and tops of these realised 23/3. Lambs:—Twenty-Iwo of the new season's lambs were penned and these brought up to 2S/-, according to size and quality. Pigs:—There was a very large yarding of store pigs which were slightly easier in value. Fat pig 3 were in medium supply and realised:—Late values suckers 10/- to 15/6, slips 17/- to 21/-, . stores to 32/6, porkers 42/6 to SO/-, light baconers 52/- to 58/-, heavy baeoneja tq-72/G.

ASIIBURTON MARKETS. stock sale held at the Ashburtou jwds yesterday was the smallest for . gome, considerable time, and the atteudance was very moderate. The yarding consisted of 108 fat ewes, 469 store sheep and. 2 head of cattle. There was , ' keen competition for the fat ewes, and .'prices showed an increase from 3/- to j 4/- on last week's rates. Shorn ewes . made up to 23/7 and woolly ewes to 1 31/8; The following range of prices was I ' obtained: Shorn ewes 20/0 to 23/7, 1 prime woolly ewes 23/5 to 25/9, extra I heavy .'lO/- to 31/3, light weights 18/- - to 20/9. - I Sales were:—l2 shorn at 23/7, 12 at • 23/1,12 at 21/6, and-9 at 20/6,2 woolly < lat 25/9, 4at 23/5,10 at 31/-, Bat 20/-, In at 30/-, 10 at 20/9, 14 at 18/-, 2 at t}]/3, 4 merinos 9/6. V-NTlie yarding of store sheep comprised , llircc lines: 2(56 half-bred ewe hoggets assert, at 17/9, 35 sound-mouth threenarterbred ewes and 38 lambs (all united) sold at 12/9, and 168 cross- : lied owe hoggets sold at 18/3.