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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13955, 15 July 1909, Page 4

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GERALDIXE LIVE STOCK MARKET. The fortnightly sale was held at the above market yesterday, wlien a small yarding was forward. The demand for fafc ewes and wethers was pood, ■while on fat lambs the competition •was poor, only two exporters operating, and apparently on considernbitreduced limits since last sale lu re. The following are ruling market prices:— Fat ewes Ss 6d, 8s 9d, 10s sd, 10s lid to lis; fat; wethers to 15s sd; do. lambs 10s 6d, 10s lOd, lis 2d. lis 3d. 12s 3d to 12s 6d; forward hoggets 10s sd, 10s 9d to 10s lid: store do. 8s 6d. Ss Bd. 9s 5d to 10s: ewe lambs (small) 9s Id to 12s 2d: full-mouth ewes 7s 6d, 9s 5d to 9s 9d: there were no young ewes or store wetliers forward to quote. Cattle. —Fafc heifers £- ss, do. cows £7. dairy cows to £6 12s fid. ADDING TON STOCK MARKET. Per Press Association. C'HRISTCHURCH. July 14. Sheep. —The yarding of store sheep tv.as rather smaller ihan last week, and hoggets formed the larger proportion, some lines of ewe hoggets being of good quality. The demand was about the same as last week, but values were rather lower. An extra g««»:l line of 350 ewe hoggets made 14s to 14s 9d. others 12s 6d to 13s 6d, w< i!'~r hoggets 8s 6d tcf 10s, and mixed lines at late rates. Three-quarterbred ewe«. chiefly full-mouthed, sold at 1-s, lialfbreds (of mixed ages) lis. and aged ewes 8s 6d to 9s 6d. AVethers, of which no forward sorts were offered, made 1U to lis fid. Fat lambs numbered ISOO, and the quality showed a further falling off. Owing to the Home market being blocked there was a limited demand for export, and only 655 were bought for this purpose at prices ranging from 10s to 14s, according to weight and quality; 251 were boTighfc by butchers from _ 9s upwards, one"extra good pen making 14s lid, and th'i balance of the yarding was passed in. The decline in j»rt-es equalled Is 6d to 2s per head. The over all prices at the works have been reduced, and are now quoted as follows: —Under 36lbs 4id, 361bs to 4211>s 3'd, *42lbs 3id, ''Crown" quality 3M. There was a large yarding of fat sheep, mostlv wethers, of which there were :i number of prime, heavy, and medium weight- lines, and there was several lots of "extra prime ewes. The market opened Tather slack, bnfc competition improved. Butchers 1 ewes sold ' at about equal to last week's prices, in some cases showing a little improvement. There was a. good demand for wethers for export to fill orders in hand, but- buyers were operating on lower limits, and prices were easier by fully Is per head. The range of prices was":—Prime wethers los Gd to 18s, extra to 18s 9d, lighter 13s to 15s, prime ewes 13s to 14s Gd, extra to 16s 4d, others 10s 6d to 12s Gd. merino wethers 10s to lis 4d. Cattle.—There was a very large entry of fat cattle, and a good proportion." was of prime quality, the entry being made tip entirely of locally bred animal.?. The demand was weak, and sales were irregular and difficult to effect. Values all round showed a decline of fully Is per 1001b as compared with late sales, cow and inferior beet bein" particularly dull of sale. Prime 18s to IDs, and cow and inferior 13s to 17s per IOOIbs. Steers sold at £4 15s to £lO 17s Gd. heifers £4 to £9, cows £4 8s to £9 2s 6d, calves at 4s fid to £3. A small yarding of store cattle consisted chiefly of old cows, and then was a poor demand. Three-year steers made £5 2s Gd, three-year heifers £3 17s 6d. two-year steers £2 14* 8d to £2 15s. two-year heifers £2 9 s. dry cf.ws 20s to £3, dairy cows £3 to £8 17s Gd. . pig,.—There was a larger entr> of pigs than for some weeks past, and for fats the demand was weak, and a dull sale resulted. Small stores met with good enquiry. Choppers sold at -J----lieaw baconers 55s to 62<. lighter 4_-> io 50s. large porkers 30s to 40s, smaller

25s to 355, large stores to 345. medium 2/s to 3*55. smaller IGs to 20s. and weaners 12s to 15s. BURXSIDE STOCK .MARKET. DI'XEDIX, July 11 Cattle—l 37 head were yarded. A lair proportion consisted of good bullocks aiul heifers. with a few pens ot extra grxid bullocks, and a number oi light and inferior cattle. For good bullocks n'ad heifers prices opened at. itii advance of 10s to los on last week srates, hilt the rise was not maintained, atid prices dropped towards the finish. Uest hnlloc-ks £0 to £lO 10s. extra to £l2 i-ss. medium £7 10 s to £8 15s. un-tini-hod £5 to £6 10s. best heifers tc £7 10s. extra to £8 17s Gd. medium £5 IDs to £6 ss. Sheep.—3322 were yarded. Tne sale lapsed at the commencement, but recovered later, when late rates were obtained. Uest wethers 10s fid to lis fid. extra 20s. medium 15*. best ewes 13s 3d to 14s (id, medium 12s fid. Lambs. —2300 were yarded, prices dro]>ning from Od to Is per head. Best lambs sold up to 14s fkl. medium to good 12s to 13s (kl, inferior 10s to 12s. Pigs.—T3o were yarded. Small pins were in short supnlv. and good pricewere obtained. The entry of both porkers and b.iconers was lieaw. and porkers were easier by about 3s per head, whilst bnconers were firm. Suckers 8s to 12s, slins 13s to Its. stores 20s to 33«. porkers 35s to 3Rs. light baconers -ios to 50s, ] cavv 55s to GOs.