COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14521, 17 August 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

ST. ANDREWS SALE. The above sale was held yesterday. Tho yarding was, for the time of the year, considered a good one. and there was, a good demand for all classes of stock. The feature of the sale was a splendid lzn.& of prime heavy weiguc owes, offered by the National Mortgage and Agency Company on account of Mr Joseph Ear], and liocked down to Messrs Scarf and Cookson at 28s 6d.> Prices ruled as follows—Fat ewes* 14s, 15s 3d, 22s 9d to 29s 6d; fat wethers, ISs Sd, 20s 6d to 21s 6d; ewe hoggets, lis 3d, 13s Id 13s to 14s 9d: wether hogg-rts. lis 2d, lis 4d; s.m. ewes, 15s to 16s "d; f.m. ewes, !)s to 10s Sd; storo wethers. 16s and 14s 7d. Dairy cows. £6, £6 10s to £7 7s 6d; yearlings £1 7s.

CI.KAIII.NG SALK. M*is.?rs and LeCreu report having hold a most siKivtoftll vleuriug fiaJa ou Tuesday, on account ot Mr Thomas Quinn, at SiiudUolme. There ■was a very large attendance, and. bidding was spirited throughout. The. Stock asd implements brought under tie "hammer were all ia ord&r and coinpetitloa was iean. ■ The' (Sept. aid ■ Oct, calvers) brought very good prices, and the. horses.' &|6» l sold well. Mr W. Miller attended to'.the catering in his usual-capable Bjaaaer and hsa s vary busy day. JoUpwifcjt; v*ere someof the prieee—-Cows, £7 "6 §d, £6 7s 6d, £6, £5 10s. £i 15s, shorthorn lull £6, Hofcfein-do. £ll6p, toatfers £3-6s, £3. .Horses, marcs, £36 IQfc £25, £ls, £25, £22 10s; geldings, v, .£23, £3l; hack £lO. Implements* Cambridge roller £ll 15s, U.F. plough £3 ss, disc harrows £7 UK 15-cbulter drill £5 10s, 5-leaf harrows £4, scoop £2 17s Cd, diso plough £9 10s,. rubbkr-tyred gig £ls. Tho furniture and sundries brought very satisfactory prices. ADDINGTON MARKET. Per Press Association. ' CHRISTCHURCH, August 16. At .Addington there were moderate entries of stock and a fair attendance. Fat cattle and fat sheep' were firm at the recent high rates. There was a moderate entry of fat 6heep, arid- a keen demand for all classes. The range of prices was—Prime wethers 23s ! to 295, extra to 325, others 17s to 22s Cd, prime ewes 20s to 25s 6d, extra to 27s 9d, others 16s !)d to 19s 6d, hoggets 12s 9d to 18s lid, extra to 275, prime merino wethers 17s 6d to 21s' 3d, extra to 255, merino ewes 12s Gd.

There' was a much larger entry of store sheep than last week, consisting principally of ewes. TSvo-tooth owes made 15s 6d t<> 16s Del, two and fourtooth l(is Sd, four and rix-tootb ISs Sd to 16s • 6<l, an exceptionally good Hue of 650 making 17s 9d to 18s, medium classes, 10s 6d to I3s 6d, four, six and eight tooth 13s 6d to 13s 9d. low conditioned 10s 6d to 11a 6d, sound mouth 10s 6d to 12s Sd, failing mouth 7s 6d to Ss Od, aged and culis 5s to 7s 6d, best hoggets mixed sexes 12s 6d to lSsJd, good ewe hoggets I3s 6d, others 10s 3d to 12s, medium mixed sorts 12s Cd to 13s 3d, others 9s 6d to lis, inferior 6s 9d to 13s 3d, low conditioned halfbreds 10s lOd, culls 6s 3d..

, The entry of fat cattle totalled 329, including a, good proportion of prime steers. There was a very good demand and prices.it anything wore rather firmer. Steers made £7 os to £ll, and extra, to £l7, heifers £5 5s to £l2 and cows £5 to £lO 7s 6d, equal to 27s 6d to 32s for prime, to 85s for extra,' [2ss to 27s for medium and 23s 6d to I 24s 6d for cows and inferior per 100 I lbs.

-Owing to a limit of 601b dressed weight now being fixed for vealers killed, at the abattoirs, a large number of young calves were bought in by daiwmeii at Is to 2s per bead. . There was a fair yarding of store cattle; and there was an improved demand especially for good conditioned lines. Yearlings made 40s, 15 to 18 months 45s to £3, two-year steers £4 Is, 2J year steers £5 6s (passed), good three-year £6 ss, three-year heifers £4 17s 6d, and dry cows 20s and £4 os.

NDairr CO we made £3 10s and £S 5s antT-extra to £lO.

There was a medium entrv of pigs, the baconers being mostly small. Choppers sold up to 745, large baconers 55s to 655, smaller 45s to 50s, equal to 4Jd per lb; largo porkers 38s to 40s, smaller 30s to 345. equal to Sd per lb. ~\. Store. pigs sold very well. Large sorte made 25s to 32s 6d, medium 16s to 235, smaller lis to 15s, weaners 8b to 12a and sows in pig to 40s. BTJRNSIDE MARKET.

■ ■■ , DTOIEDiJJ, Aug. 16. At Buraside ttMiay 163 fat cattle were yarded, a fair proportion of which T?™,P nme - Prices were if anvthing slightly hrmer ,01l good lines beinV,v.efl competed for. Best bullocks £ll to £l2 10s, extra heavy to £ls, medium *° f» d t -9 to £lO 10s light £6 10s to iig, best cows and heifers £S 10s to £lO medium to good £6 13s to £7 los, light £4 10s to £6.

Fat' sheep—There was a. vary large yarding, 3790 being penned. At the beginning of the eale prices showed a deohns of Is to Is 6d ner head, but competition, though erratic, was keener towards t)to end and prices rose slightly, ireezing buyers wen* practical!v <itt of the market. Best' wethers."2os m 22s Gd, extra heavv 25s 3d to--i>9s, good 17s to lite, light 14s 6d to ICs fid. best ewes, 17s to 19s. extra to 27s gd, good 14s 6d to 16s, "light 9s 6d to lis 6d.

. Fat lambs—Only 609 were penned, which met with a medium competition. Prices were the same as last week— Best 14s to 15s, a few owe hoggets to 17s 6d, medium to good 12s 6d tq 13s 6d, light 9s 6d to lis 6d.

Pigs—There was a very small yarding of both stores and fat pigs. Suckers and slips were not in demand, nut porkers and baconers sold very well. Suckers 6s to Ss, slips 9s 6d to 15s, stores to 17s, porkers 25s to 85s, light baconers 37s 6d to 455, heavy baconers to 61s.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MABKET. There are very few oats offering from the country, but all coming forward meet with a. good demand. Prices are inclined to go a little higher, owing to shortness of supplies. Prime milling 2s 6\d to 2s 7d, good to .best feed 2s Did to 2s 6d, medium 2s i]d to 2s od, sriterior 2s to 2s 2d. \Vheat.—ln view of London reports -the demand' is very keen, and prices have lirmcd very considerably, Mtllere are buyers of all prime lines offering. Good' whole fowl wheat is also in demand and prices have risen by id to Id per bushel. Prime milling Velvet 3s Sd to 3s fid, Tuscans, *tc., 3s to 3s 7d, medium to good 3s 5Jd to 3s 6d, best whole fowl wheat 3s 4'd to 3s sd.