COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

ADDESGTON MARKET. Chrlstchurch, April 30. At Addington market there was a larger yarding of fat lambs, fat sheep, and fat pies, rather smaller entry of store sheep, and very short yardings of fat and store cattle. Export buyers were operating freely hi fat lambs ahd fat! Bheep, and kept these markets steady, and at the same time there was an advance in the primer lines of fat sheep, for which butchers competed at above freezing values. Fat cattle were also firmer, and piga of all classes were easier. Dairy cattle and vealers sold well, but there was nothing in the store cattle pens to form quotations. Store sheep.—Four, six, and 8-tooth ewes 10s to 225, 2-tooth wethers 21s 2d to 21s 7d, good 4 and 6-tooth wethers 22s Id to 235, others 15s 9d to 19s, good 6 and 8-tooth wethers 20s to 24s 4d, others 14s 9d to 17s 9d, ewe lambs 12s 6d to 18s, mixed-sex lambs 10s 7d to 15s, wether lambs 12s to 14s. Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers to 47s Cd, prime wethers 33s 6d to 41s 3d, medium wethers 29s 6d to 335, lighter wethers 22s 6d to 295, extra prime ewes 39s 9d, prime ewes 30s 6d to 345, medium ewes 25s to 30s, lighter ewes 17s to 24s Cd, prima lambs 26s 6d to 31s, medium 23s 6d to 265, lighter 17s 9d to 235. Fat cattle.—Extra prime steers £22 15s, prime steers £l6 to £l9 10s, ordinary steers £ll to £ls 10s, extra prime heifers £l6, prime heifers £l2 to £l4 17s 6d, ordinary heifers £lO to £ll 10s, prime cows £lO 5s to £l4 5s ordinary cows £9 15s. Pits.—Choppers £4 10s to £lO 10s, baconers £5 to £8 Os (equat to 9d-per lb), porkers £2 15s to £4 10s (equal to lOd per lb), best Btores £2 5s to £2 10s, medium £1 17s Cd to £2, smaller 14s 6d to 355, weaners 8s 64 to 14s.

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE.

. „ Dunedl'n, April 30. At Burnslde to-day 225 fat cattle were penned. The quality was fair, and prices much the same as last week. Extra prime bullocks £2l to £22 2s 6d, prime. £18 10s to £2O, medium £ls 10s to £l7 10s, light and unfinished £l3 10s upwards, prima helfers.£l3 10s to £ls medium £ll 10s to £l3' 10s, light and aged £7 10s upwards. -** Sheep (4463 penned).: The qualltf Was better' hii. b S t » ow J oe „ to the Iwge enuy prime heavy declined 2s to 2s 6d. Medium ahd light realised late rates, but Inferior Sorts sbld in some eases at very low rates.. A? fewrextra prime heavy wethers made 615,3 d, heavy.. 48s. to o_2s 3d, prime 40s to 465. medium*33s W 37S0d S t , n an «» U^ nlßh l 23s "Pwards, prlmS' ewes 36s to 38s 9d medium 30s to .355, light and aged 16s upwards. b Lambs (1404 penned): The quality oh the whole was medium, with a few pens'bf prlmff or which competition was good.. Owing to the lack of shipping competition for. medium was not keen. ■ Prices, ranged from- Ms to 28s There was yarding, of pigs, and. com-' use mas!- keea - ™™ >W™uaUo