COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

BURNSIDE MARKET. (Per United Press Association.) DUNEDIN, September 22. There were fair entries of fat stock at Burnside to-day. Fat cattle and fat sheep met with a good sale at practically last week’s rates. Pigs again realised extreme prices, competition being particularly keen, and the prices obtained for pigs were again a record for Burnside. Prime heavyweight baconers realised up to £ls 3/- each. Fat Cattle. —A medium yarding of XTC> was forward. The quality on the whole was only fair. The demand was good, but prices were a shade easier than those of last week. E.'-tra nrime bullocks sold up to £3l 2/G; prime, £27 to £2O; medium, £22 10/- to £24; inferior, £1.5 10/- to £l7; extra prime heifers up to £22 2/6 ; prime, £l7 10/- to £10; medium cows and heifers, £l3 to £l4 10/-; inferior. £ll 10/- to £l2 10/-. Store Cattle. —A good yarding, the quality being of a mixed description. Competition was fairly brisk, and fate rates were fully maintained. Sheep.— A large yarding of fair quality, a total of 27G0 head being offered for sale. Competition was good, and prices for all classes showed an increase on last week’s rates by about a shilling to two shillings a head. Extra prime heavy-weight wethers realised up to .55/-; prime, 4S/- to 52/G; medium, 40/- to 4G/G; light, and unfinished sorbs from 34/- upwards; prime ewes realised from 42/- to -18/9 ; medium, 36/- to 41/-; light and aged from 25/- upwards. Pigs.—A large yarding, which met with keen competition. Prices were in. advance of the extremely high rates lately ruling. Best baconers realised from 1/31 per lb, and best porkers from 1/44 per lb. I ■ DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. , DUNEDIN, September 22. Sale on ’Change: Westport Coal, 30/-; We.-lport-Slockton. S/-; Otago Daily Times, 10,'-; New Zealand Refrigerating (con.), .-I,'-, 23/11, 24/-, 24/1. and 24/3. ADDINGTON MARKET. i CHRISTCHURCH, September 22. ! There were small yarding* at the Addington weekly slock market, with the exception of store cattle which showed an increase over the previous week. The short market ensured good prices, which generally were ahead of last, week’s rates, j Store Sheep—The yarding was small anti bidding keen. Sound and failing-mouth j ewes in lamb sold to 30/3 : sound and faili ing-mouth ewes (all counted), IS/1 ; ini ferior G au dB-tuoth ewes (in lamb), 2.5/7; mixed-sex hoggets, 24/1 to 27/5; good halfbred wether hoggets, 32/3; ewe hoggets, 32/0; two-tooth wethers, 32/11; four and six-tooth wethers, 3S/5.

Fat Sheep,—The yarding consisted of about seven races, the quality being about on a par with recent, sales. The sale commenced briskly, but- cased towards the finish. The sale throughout .showed an increase of from 1/G to 2/G per head. Extra prime wethers realist d ,54/- to 54/G ; prime wethers, 43/G to 53/G; medium wethers, 39/- to 43/-; light and unfinished wethers, 31/4 to 3S/6; extra prime ewes to GO/-; prime ewes. 40/- to 4.5/-; medium ewes, 31/- to .33/-; light and inferior ewes. 27/to 30/-; hoggets, 29/- to 36/-. Fat Cattle. —218 head wore penned, compared with 300 last week. Owing to the short, supply bidding was keen at a sharp advance on late rates. Extra prime steers realised £34 to £3G ; prime steers, £27 to £32 15/-; medium steers, £l9 to £26 10/-; light and unfinished. £l3 to £l7 10/-; extra prime heifer?, £24 10/- ; prime heifers-, £l7 to £l9 15/-; ordinary' heifers, £l3 to CIS 10/-; light and unfinished, £lO to | £l2 10/-; prime cows, £l7 10/- to £22; ! ordinary cows, £l3 5/- to £l6; light and i inferior, £lO to £l3 5/-. Vealers.—Runners sold to £lO 5/-; good vealers to £S .5/-; medium calves to £4 10/-; inferior calves, £2 7/ G.

Dairy Cattle. A plain lot was forward, and. the demand was not keen. Hood third calvrrs sold to £!S 10'-; springing heifers bo £l4 10/-; inferior heifers £6 to £7 10/-.

ritorc Cattle.—A big yarding, composed almost, entirely of indifferent ly bred and poorly conditioned sorts. Bidding was fairly good. Dry cows realised £3 to £5 10/-; yearling to IS-months’ steers, £3 3/0 to £4 18/6; two-year-old steers, £7 10/-; 18-months’ heifers. £5; three and four-year-old steers, £9 13/G; bulls from £5 5/'- to £lO 10/-. Fat Pigs.—Choppers, CS to £l4; baconers, £7 to £8 ID/-; heavy baconers, £9 to £9 It)/-; average price per lb, 1/2 to 1/3; extra heavy baconers to £lO 10/-; porkers, £1 10/- to £5 5/-; heavy porkers, £.5 15/to £G 10/-; average price ;>er lb, 1/G to 1/7. Slope. Pig?.- -Wegners. £1 16/- to £2 5/-; small stores, £2 IS - to £2 IG/-: medium stores, £3 to £1 9/-; large stores to £5 10/-. LONDON WOOL SALES. A DEPRESSED MARKET. (By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—-Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, Sept-ember 2). ; (Received September 22. 5.1.5 p.m.) 1 At the wool sales 10.223 bales were I catalogued, of which 34G1 were New Zealand. a fair -election of average wools, j with few of the ’nest. There was only a 1 moderate attendance. There were heavy j withdrawal-' and. the market was depressed 1 owing to the threatened coal strike and the I general industrial and financial position. There was a fair demand for the best wools, which were 5 per cent, below last closing rates. The bulk of the offering consisted of .shabbier and faultier sorts, which declined 10 per cent. Fine crossbreds declined 5 per cent. Ail other sorts were neglected. LONDON SHARE MARKET. LONDON, September 21. (Received September 22. 8.15 p.m, I P. & ().. 410 and 430. Banks—Australasia 87. ex div.; New South Wales, SOD; Victoria, 95; Union, 13/; New Zealand, 25).