LIVE STOCK MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 11

LIVE STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON SALES DRAGGING SALE FOR SHEEP LIMITED EXPORT BUYING, j (Tor Press Association.) ; CHRISTCHURCH, last night. | Heavy entries in all the major departments were the rule at to-day’s metropolitan market at Addington. In the fat stock .sections especially, the effects of the prolonged spell of dry weather were very noticeable. The sale, on the whole, was a very disappointing one to vendors, and casings in values were recorded for fat lambs, fat sheep, store sheep and fat cattle. The export buyers were not operating at all freely owing to the congestion at the works at present, and their limited buying in the fat sheep and fat lamb departments i was, in part, responsible for the decline in values. | Store sheep.—A large yarding of ! adult sheep, which met with a very i dragging sale, which showed an easing tendency. Lines from Marlbor- ' ough and the Chatham Islands were included in the yarding. Store lambs were penned in very small numbers and sold at late rates. Values were: Extra good i L’-th Romney ewes to 30s Gd; good j 2th Romney to” 27s Gd; medium 2-th i Romney ewes 22s to 245; ordinary • 2-th Romney ewes to 21s; ordinary | 4 and G-th Romney ewes 20s Gd to 235; 4, (! and 8-th Romney ewes 10s to 18s 3d; rf.m. Romney ewes 15s to His Gd; f.m. Romney ewes 10s Gd to Ills; extra good 2-th half bred ewes , 2(is to 28s; ordinary 2-th halfbred ; ewes 20s to 225; backward 2-th halfbred ewes 15s Gd to 10s; 4, G and S-tli halfbred ewes 13s to 17s; s.m. halfbred ewes 14s (id to IGs (id; f.m. halfbred ewes 0s to 12s; aged and backward halfbred ewes 2s Gd to (is; medium 2-th threequarterbred ewes to 245; medium 4 and G-th three-quarterbred owes to 25s 3d; s. and f.m. three-quarterbred 0s to 12s; medium 4, G and 8-tli halfbred wethers to 17s; ordinary 4, G, and : 8-th halfbred wethers to 12s Gd; 2-th half,bred wethers 12s to 13s 0d; ordinary 4-th Romney-cross wethers to 17s; merino wethers to Gs 3d; rape lambs Lis to 15s; medium m.s. lambs 10s to 12s Od; backward wether j lambs to 7s Gd. Pat lambs. —Ail entry of 3450, compared with 2730 last week. The quality was fairly good on an average. Export buyers were not operI ating at all freely, owing to the presi out congestion at the works. Values i all round were easier by Is and up ito2s a head. The average price per ill. was Gjd to 7]d. Values were: Extra prime lambs to 27s It'd; prime 22s Gd to 255; medium 10s (id to 225; light 15s to 18s (id. | Pat sheep.—The largest entry for some weeks of slice,p of very good average quality. Due partly ,to the over supply and partly to the limited operations of the export buyers values were easier than at last week’s sale. Ewes declined by up to Is a head and wethers by up to Is (id a head. Values were: Extra prime wethers 325; prime wethers 24s Gd to 27s (id; medium wethers 22s to 24s (id; light wethers 17s Gd to 21s Gd; extra prime owes 21s 4d; prime owes 17s (id to 20s; ewes 17s (id toj IPs Gil; medium ewes 14s to IGs Gd; light and aged 0s to 13s. Fat cattle.—Au entry of 580 head, almost as big as at the treble market in December, and the largest this year. The quality was very mixed. The sale was an irregular one, and values were easier for all classes by £1 and up to £1 10s a head. Best medium weight prime beef made from! 87s to 40s per 1001 b., and in the case •of a few odd pens of little more than medium quality from 32s to 35s per 1001 b.; heavy steer beef 32s Gd to 2(is Gd; good cow beef 20s to 32s Gd; secondary 23s to 27s Gd; and light and rough down to 225. Values were: Extra heavy prime steers to £lO 17s Gil; heavy prime steers £ls to £l7 10s; medium weight prime steers £l2 to £ls 10s; ordinary steers £8 15s to £ll 10s; light steers £0 10s to £8 ss; show heifer,s to £ls 12s Gd; extra prime heifers to £l4 12s Gd; prime heifers £lO to £l2 10s; ordinary heifers £7 10s to £0 10s; light heifers £5 10s to £7; show cows to £lO 17s Od; extra prime cows to £l4 12,s 0d; prime cows £0 10s to £l2; medium cows £7 to £0; light and aged £4 10s to £0 10s. Vealers. —Only a medium entry, and all killnble sorts sold at last week’s rates. The top price was £8 (is. Good runners £5 5s to £G ss; medium £4 to £5; others 10s to £3 Ids. Dairy cattle.—An entry of 83 head, with the quality average. The best price was £2O 10s secured for a springing Jersey-cross heifer. Values were: Best second and third culvers to £ls 10s; medium to good £0 to £l4; aged and inferior £4 10s to £8; extra good heifers to £2O 10s; good £ll to £l3; medium £0 to £lO 10s; others £7 5s to £8 10s. Store cattle. —These were yarded in fair numbers and most of them showed the effects of the shortage of feed during the dry spell. Very few straight lines were offered. A pen of mixed sex two-year-olds of good colors made £5 8s Gd, and a pen of 18-months-old heifers brought £3 18s (id; good fresh Cows made up to £O. A medium yarding of bulls sold at late rates, heavyweights bringing up to £l2 3s Gd, and medium sorts up to £G.

l-’at pigs again wore in heavy supply, there being large entries of limth porkers and 'baeoners. The stile was a good one for both sorts, and priees were (inn at the rates. Choppers, which were, in over-supply, were slightly easier. Values were: (loud choppers to £7 18s Gd; others £‘J to £f> os; porkers 48s to 52 s; heavy porkers 50s to G.'ls; average price per lb. 7<d to Gd; baeoners £3 10s to £4 3s (id; heavy 'baeoners £4 os to £5 ss; extra heavy to £5 14s Gd; average price per lb. Gd to 7d.

Store pigs.—There was a medium entry, and it consisted largely of slips and wenners. Large were scarce and the few offered sold keenly. I’riccs for the rest of the entry were considerably easier. Values wen". Barge stores 42s to 475; medium 35s to 40s; slips 20s to 235; best weaners 12s to 15s; others Ks to !0s Gd.