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Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1920, Page 8

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INGLEWOOD SALE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mr. Newton King's Inglewood sale on Wednesday was held In glorious weather, and was Tery numerously attended. There was a very big muster of sheep, yards and races being filled The cattle yards also were well filled and a good sale resulted, the roost noticeable feature of which wa3 the well maintained: . demand for in-calf heifers, Jersey calves and good lambs. In fact, for the last named there were buyers present whose requirements could not be supplied. Prices for stock were: For woolly lambs up to 20s 9d, wethers 30s, ewes 20s to 273. A small line of purebred Romney ewes of mixed ages, on account of Mr. C Caldwell, who Is giving, up sheep on his Hursthouse Road farm, sold for 375, and rams sold up to 4 guineas In cattle miied breed weaner heifers brought £2 12s, Jerseys as high as £7 Is, steers (weaners) £1 15s, 20-months empty heifers £7 10s, steers from £4 Cs to £6, 3-year-otd Hnlstein heifers (In-calf) £l4, 20-month Jerseys (Incalf) £l4, Jersey in-calf heifers £ls 15s, store cows £9 15s, and bulls up to £9.

ADDINGTON MARKET. Christchurch, March 10. At Addington market there was an exceptionally heavy yarding et store and fat sheep, the total sheep entry being over 45,000 Fat cattle were also forward in larger numbers than usual. Store 'Sheep.—Ewes comprised the bulk of a big entry, mostly of average quallts. The sale was dragging at the start hut improved although not up to last week's values at any stage except for good wethers and young ewes which sold well. The entry contained a number of Marlborough and Otago sheep, which did not meet vendors' values. Forward Icaibs 29s 9d to 255. ordinary lambs 17s Cd to 20s 6d. "call "lambs 9s to-lGs 6d, fairly good ewe lambs 21s. good 2-tooth ewes 32s Cd to 365, ordinary 2-tooth ewes 28s 6d to 325, inferior 2-tooth ewes 25s to 28s, good 4, 0, and S-tOoth ewes 203 to 28s, in. ewes 28s to 335, failins mouthed ewes 22s 6d to 265, cull ewes lGs 9d to 19s 3d, good 4 and C-tooth. wethers 26s to 295, good 2-tooth wethers 26s to 28s, inferior 2-tcoth wethers 23s 6d to 255. Fat lambs—33so yarded as compared with 6600 last week. The quality generally was rather inferior. A pen of 25 really prime sold at 3«s, prime lambs 28s 6d to 33s 6d, medium 25s 9d to 28s, lighter 23s 5d to 25s 3d Fat Sheop—A very large yarding, the quality not being uo to recent standards. The market was about snm'e as last week, freezing buyer* securing a go>xl proportion of the entry. Eitra prime wethers 45s 3d to 51s, prims wethers 3Ss Gd to 41s, medium wethers 34s to 'l7s, lighter wethers 31a to 3?,s Gd, prime o«es 35s 6d to 465, Imodium ewes 30s Ci! to 3"j;, Hghtir cwe3 24s lid to 295. Fat Cattle —450 yarded, an Increase of 100 on the prcctdinc week. Some good prime beef was forward, tli» markot for which was irootL tut lighter sorts r;me down to within freemng values, fip'irtcrs operating on this basis to a fair extent. Ultra prime steers to £27. prime steers £2.0 to £25 15s, medium steers £ls to £l9 10s, ordinary £l2 5s to £l4 Iss. prime heifers £l4 7s 8d to £lB I".? 6d, lighter £8 to £l3 2s (id, prime cows F. 14 15s. lighter £3 to £l4 2s ed, prime cows £l4 133 to £lB, lighter £ll 10s to £l4.

Store Cattle—A medium yarding, recent vahi**s being maintained in dairy cattle. A iradcrate entry of heifers sold well at up to £l7. good dairy cows £l6 to £23, medium to £.14

Vealsrs—Advanced rates ruled for rather indiffe-ont quality. Bunners to £T 10s, 300 d reaiers to £4 !7s 6d, small 10s to 355.

Fit Pigs—A good demand for bacon,- tho average price being lid to ll%d per lb. and porkers is o%d to Is Id. Store Pi?s.—A good demand for more than aver: so sized entrv. Good stores brought to £5, small to 3Ss, and weaners to 30s.