LIVE STOCK SALES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16653, 24 May 1928, Page 3

LIVE STOCK SALES

ADDINGTON MARKET HARDENING TENDENCY OF PRICES (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCIIURCU, last night. Good entries were the rule to-day at Addington and generally there was a hardening tendency fur all the main elapses of stock. " Fat cattle, forward store lambs, good dass ewes, and fat sheep and fat lambs all met, with a, good sale

Store sheep: Lambs were about- fin

same as last week in number, but ewer; were fewer, as also were, wethers. Forward lambs and wethers sold at an advance, as did young ewes, but lowconditioned sorts were unchanged. Extra good halfbred ewe lambs made to 32s Bd, ordinary halfbred ewe lambs 26k 6d io 28s, good three-quarter bred ewe lambs 27s 9d to 29s 3d: aged ewes 15s to 15s 6d; good 2-th 'halfbred wethers to 33s 6<l, good 4. 6 and 8-th halfbred wethers 30s to 32s 6d, ordinary 4, 6 and 8 th halfbred wethers 27s 6d to 29s 6d, backward 4, 6 and 8-th halfbred wethers to 24s 6d.

Fat lambs: 2750 were penned, and there was a keen safe for all classes. All good skinned lambs sojd particularly well, a, pen of 10 Corriedale, bought for show purposes, making 53s 4d. Extra prime heavy lambs sold to 435, prime 34s fo 375, medium 30s to 335: ordinary three-quarter-bred ewe lambs 25s to 26s 9d ; rape lambs 22s lo 24k; backward lambs 20s to 22s : inferior lambs 17s 6d to' 19s; extra good 2-th halfbred ewes to 395; good 4. 6 and 8-th halfbred ewes 31s to 34s 6d; ordinary 4, 6 and 8-fh halfbred ewes 27s to'29s 6d; inferior 4, 6 and 8-th halfbred ewes 22s 6d to 255; extra good 2-th -3-bred ewes to 33s 9d : ordinary 4, 6 and 8-th a-hred ewes 26s 6d to 28s'6d ; good 4. 6 and 8-th crossbred ewes 27s 6d to 30s; ordinary 4, 6 and 8-th, light, 27s to 29s 6d : store, 20s to 255.,

Fat sheep: There as a heavy yarding, ewes predominating. The qualify generally was good. Hates at the full,schedule for export prevailed. Best grade wethers made 7§d and heavier sorts from 7d to 7J>d, whilst ewes averaged from 5d to 6d. Extra prime heavy wethers made,4os to 43s lOd, prime -wethers 35s 6d In 395, medium wethers 32s to 355, light wethers 29s to 31s; extra prime ewes to 42s 7d, prime ewes, 29s to 335, medium ewes 25s to 28s 6d, light ewes 21s to 245, poor conditioned and aged ewes 17s 6d to 205.Fat cattle: A total of 500 was yarded, including a number of well-finished drafts off stations. The quality was hotter than last week by up to 20s a head. Primest beef' made to 41s per 1001b.'in a few eases prime 37s 6d to 39s 6d, medium quality 35s to 375, heavyweight 33s 60 to 365; good cows 32s In 35s ; ordinary 28s to 31s, rough down to 255. Extra, prime heavy steers made to £l9 17s 6d, prime heavy steers £ls 15s to £lB, prime handy weight steers .£ls 10s to ,£ls 10s; ordinary quality steers £lO 15s to £l3 ss, light steer's £7 12:s'6d to £lO 10s; extra prime heifers £l4 7s 6d, prime heifers £lO 10s to £l2 ss; ordinary heifers £8 to £lO ss; light prime.cows to £l4 12s 6d. ipritoe cows £lO to £l2, medium cows £7 10s to £9 15s, light and aged cows £5 to £7 ss. Vealers: There was a small entry, mostly big sorts. Late rates were maintained. Twelve to 18-nionths sorts made to £B, vealers £3 10s to £6 15s, others 25s to £2 15s. Store cattle: Gows formed the bulk of the entry. Good store cows made £2 10s to £5 10s, others 25s to £2 ss; bulls £3 to £3; 4-yr steers to :£lO 12s fidDairy cattle: :Only a few good sorts came forward, and they sold at good prices. Medium sorts- were satisfactory. Extra good second to fourth calvers made to £lB, good sorts £lO to, £l4 10s, medium £7 I.os to £9'los, inferior £5 to £7; heifers £7 to- £11'; springing calvers £2 10s to £3 10s.

Fat pigs: There was an' irregular market, with prices a shade easier. Choppers made £2 to £5 17s 6d; baconers £2 15s to £4 8s 6d; extra heavy baconers to £5 2s 6d—average price per lb. 5J,d to 6|d: porkers 32s to 52s— average per lb. 6d to 7d.

Store pigs: There was a smalt entry. Recent values were maintained. Weanersi made 6s to 9s 6d. small stores 9s to 12s, medium to large stores 13s to 28s.

WESTFIELD MARKET . (Pei! Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night. '. At the Westfield. market to-day there was, an average yarding of ox beef, the quality not being up to recent yardings. There" was little or nq change in values, if anything the tendency being to ease somewhat. Cows and heifers came forward in good numbers, and here again quality was not so good. Extra- choice ox sold to 36s iter lOGlbs., choice and prime £1 12s to £1 15s. prime young cow and heifer beef £1 5s to£l Bs, just killablb £1 Is to £1 4s. Sheep.—There was a larger yarding than usual, which sold under good competition at late rates. Heavy prime wethers ' made £1 17s, medium £l 15s. '6d to £1 16s 6d, light and unfinished' £1 lis to £1 Ms; -extra- prime ewes £1 ..15s, heavy, prime £1 lis 6d to £1 14s, lighter prime £1 9s : to £1 lis. other ewes £1 6s to £1 8s 6d. Lambs.-r-Thero was an average yarding, •which sold at late rates. Extra heavy prime lamb made £1 lis 3d, heavy prime £1 8s to £1 10s 6d. medium prime £1 4s 6d to £1 6s, light prime £1 2s to £1 3s 6d.

Calves.---A fair yarding came forward, consisting mostly of plain quality. Runners made to £4 14s; heavy vealers £2 15s to £3 3s, medium £2 5s to £2 10s, light £1 10s to £2, small and fresh dropped 10s to 20s. Pigs were penned in smaller numbers, values being the same as .last week. Choppers made £3; heavy baconers £4 15s, medium £4 8s to £4 12s, light; £4 to £4 7s; heavy porkers £3 15s, medium £2 10s to £3*' 10s, light £1 3s to £1 15s.