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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14391, 5 January 1911, Page 7

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ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. Fer Press Association, CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. ■*. .. At Addington yards to-day there were fair entries of stock and a largo (attendance.: Beef sold irregularly. .Store, sheep were mstrong demat.d, especially rape lambs. Fat lambs were down about 6d per head,- in exwt values. Fat iheep opened at rates equal to those or the previous sale, 'and ewes improved afterwards. Store c'att!« were dnlr of sale. Dairy cobs wero in.fair donjmd, and there was an all round improvement uj pigs. Thcrwas an" increase in- the yarding of store sheep, lambs,being offered in larger numbers ' than . at previous sales,' and the balance' of the enuy was made np of 2-tooih.ewes and o-?d lines of wethefs. There was a ke*n demand for ratio lambs, and all otj.er classes of sheep also sold well, the fact that there are now prospects of ahnndant feed stimulating the enquiry. The demand for rape lambs was so active that thero was pTairically no margin between store and fat lamb . values. Young . and sound mouth ewes also sold well. C,d for.fattening off, and wobhars were readily disposed of, and the tale resulted in a complete clearance being made at. auction. ■Rape lambs made lis 6d to l?s, extra forward lis 3d to 12s Kd, medium 9s 6d to lls>.-. small and inferior 6s to 8s 4d, and. ctdls ?s to SS. I: : "\''--V Ewes—-Fonr, ■ six, . and eight-tooth lis 6d to 12s • 2d, six and eirfhttooths 18s 2d, good four-tooths lis 4.1, four an 4 six-tooths> 13s 10d; sounimouths 10s 6d to lis Id, and aged 4s 9d to 6s. 6d. • • ; ■ , Wethers—Forward 13s to 14s, and two-tooths Us to 12s 2d. • ,; Fat lambs—The , yarding totalled 5912, and the quality, except in t|.« case of a'few- lines, was only moder-. ate. The export buyers were opo-s----ting at the reduced limit of 4Jd ptr lb, and consequently prices per head were lower by 6d to 9d per head compared with the rates paid, by exporters at the previous sale, l-i m- ; pared, with the : prices .paid ty. tLe ! butchers at the .Christmas •■«.»» there was a decline of Is to Is 6d per head. There were 20(9 lambs taken by exporters at 12s Id to 16s 7d; the latter price being for one lot that topped the market by 7d.per head. The butchers-took 1484 at lxs 9d .to. 155.Grasiers ibought 442 at 12s to 12s 9d, and,l7 lots, comprising 907 head, were passed in. , ; . Fat sheep.—The yarding was not a large one, and the market opened with practically no change in values, and towards the close ewes improved m nrice; and wethers sold at late rates. The ranae of orices'was: Prime wethers 16s 6d to 17s lid, lighter 12s 8d to 16s, prime ewes 14s 6d.to 16s, others 10s 9d to 14s. Fat cattle^—There were 202 head penned, and ihey consisted principally

of cows and heifers, with a few lines of useful! steers.. There was .an. irregular sale, as the demand on the part of butchers was weak, hut prices showed practically no change. Steers made £6 ISs to £ll, heifers £5 5s to £7 17s 6d, and cows £6 to £8 10s, equal to 25s to 27s 6d. for .prime, 23s to 24s for medium, and 20s ';to-';22s: for cow and, inferior per lOOlbs. . Veal calves made :4s 6d: to; 69s according to-size and quality. . : .:' ; V' . ' " ; . Store cattle.—There was a small, entry, mostly; of a poor clasSi the ' demand was "weak and few changed hands. Yearlings made 24s to Sss, 15s •to 18 months 41s to 555/ thj\e year steers £5 2a 6d, three year heilers £4 Is, and dry cows £2 8s to,'£4 65.6 d. : -- Dairy cows were in fair demand and 'sold at, £S 10s to £9 lfls.: •.;■•;.-.'.-[ '"- ; A medium entry of pigs met;with an. improved demand for all classes, and' prices were consequently firmer, .. ; .V : GEaAioira''SAiia 1 > v ''.;' At Goraldine market yesterday sheep were penned. The demand • for fat lamhs and fat' wethers was,good, while that for store, sheep was only moderate. Prices ruled as follows: Pat wethers 14s, 14s 3d, 14s 103, 14s 7dto 14s lOd; fat ewes 10s, 10s 2d, 10s 3d, lis, lis 6d to 12s; fat lambs 18s lOd, 14s, 14s 3d, 14s 4d to 14s lOd. two-tooth ewes 12s. 9d to 18s lOd, forward wethers 13s 4d to 13s (3d; store wethers to 12s 2d; forward ewes 7s 3d; two-tooth ewes and wethers,; 10s to 10s 6d; ewes and lambs 8s 8d to 10sJ store lambs, to lis 9d; TIMARU SKIN SALE. : Messrs Guinness and LeCren, Ltd.,.' report having held their usual fort, nightly sale of skins wool, fat, .etc., yesterday. There was only a small attendance of buyers, and prices showed a decline of about 5 per cent., this being more noticeable on all coarse woolled skins.; The following isa range of the top prices obtained: — Skins-r-Eilled.—Merino f.w. 7d per lb, do. i w. 6d; * bred, f.w.', BJd, do. short. 6Jd; g-bred f.w., 7Jd, short, 6jd; x-hred f.w. 6Jd, } w. 6Jd. short, 5Jd; hoggets 7d; lambs, Is- 8d to Is lid each. Skins—Dead.— Merino f.w., 5Jd, short 4Jd; i-bred,'6ld; J-hred, 6Jd; x-, bred f.w. 6d; hoggets, 6d. ' . , Butchers' skins at equivalent rates at per skin. ; fleece, BJd per lb; x-bi'ed and J-bred fleece 7Jd; dead. 7,d; bellies and pieces, 6d; locks) 3Jd. ; Fat. —Tins up to 235; sacks to 18s 9d per cwt.