STOCK PRICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17014, 12 April 1923, Page 3

STOCK PRICES.

SUMMARY OF YESTERDAY’S SALE. Ihcre were large vanliug* ol stock at the metropolitan aeeltly market at Artuuigton yesterday. iul lanms snowed an improvement, m price, i>ne average price a. I<> being a mil ujd. nu *n< .p auicit were yarded m large nuinDeis, allowed lieu© variation Jrom last wee*, but tueio was an all-round easing m store .sheep prices. Heavy eimy of lat. cattie met with a dragging sale, u.ougn good oeei, wlm.fi w a « n. smut supply, .soici luiny weil ou uie wiioie. .I’at and store pigs wore botli easier in price. J lie entry ol iat cattle totalled 513 bean compared with 31, at the previ ous sale. lew lines ui nicely n..ismnl steers were forward but tlie tun. oi me yarding consisted of inferior mc« t aa.l cow neei. i*o nor ally speaking tlie .sate was a " sticky " one. thougn m i,«: early stages oig, weli-finisitcd steermet witn a better demand tna-u last week at improved prices. Coii«jit*iii..m tor interior stub was JileJess uo.n me siart anQ, as toe sale progressed, m<: demand lor all cia. >es eased. 'I t.o result was that in cue final stages ol me sale cmi\ Lire be.-t heel occasioned auv competition ami a good many passings >\ere niauc. Compared witn opening prices good beet sold at from j(Js to -_v-, a head less towards the close ot the market, ivxtra good beei made up u> üßs (id a 100 lbs but the average for this class over the whole market was admit 2 1 .s. Good ordinary beef made trom 24s to 20s a. 100 lbs* and inferior steer and cow beef from 12s fid to 2is. iop price i.xfi i t »s wa-s at cured by Messrs . and J. Aortiicute (.uig.-neid) ior me two nest ol a truck oi seven and JUiKly Lampoeil (Cheviot Lillis) ootainetl eifi 5s tor three. i lie entry oi iuL siieep filled eleven races, two more than last week, imo uc.e more wethers lonvaiu i..*«n usual aiiu the best of cnese were oi really good quality. uowevti’, me buik. oi me yarding consisted oi oui and medium ewes, taken ail round no quotable cnange in puces occurred, considering the .size oi Uie yarning tfio sale nuisned up satndactorny. j or wethers butchers paid a iu ana iu some cases fiu, whilst tlie export ouyeis secured odd lots at oja. Jvwes made irom -id to 4sd, the exporters purchasing a considerable nuinoer at me former figure. The best line ot wethers was tor warded uy JLauy Lampbell rims) who obtained trom 3/s to 40s for 4y. Nineteen made -t'Js ttlie best price of the sure; ana tne remainder sold at 575. For the time of the year the valuing ol store siieep was a large one. were.siieep forward Irom u..\, Nelson, Southern Marlborougn and West Coast -About 00 per eeiu >u entry consisted or aged ewes. m l.a i, there was a decided glut ot ewes omy suitable lor turnip tops and sort ltoi. and as this class of iced is scarce in the country, the old ewes were haul to sell and were quitted only at puces irom as to os a Dead lower than tuose ruling three weeks ago. Compared with the previous sale aged cues were down by irom 2s to 3s a head, there was a lair demand for really good ewes but here again vendors had to accept prices decidedly lower than those ol a ween. ago. f ood lambs sold up to late

rates but other sorts showed an easing oi irom is to is od a head . \\ eiuers were decidedly slow ol sale and they showecl a drop or from is to 2s a head on late rates. Passings were frequent throughout the sale, .c line of 4i twofour, six and eight-tooth pure-bred Corner fine ewes Sw.u mi ociiaii oi a client made s').s 3d. There was a large yarding of . store cattle, consisting ciueily of old cows. No quotable lines were forward. A fan-sized entry ot dairy cattle met with somewhat better competition than last week, but prices showed no material change. Aged and inferior were again neglected. Vealers suitable for butchers’ purposes sold at about last week’s* rates, but inferior sorts were easier. Fork, which was in over-supply, declined in price, and bacon prices were also not so good as those of a week ago. There was a large entry of store pigs. The attendance of buyers was small and competition was weaker than at the last sale. Following are ranges of values:—

FAT CATTLE. Extra prime siaci’a. £l4 to .£l6 15s. Prime steers, £3l 5s to id 3 LOs. Medium steers, £8 5s to £ll. Light steers, £6 to £B. Extra prime heifers to £lO 7s 6d. Prime heifers, £6 5s to £3 Ordinary heifers, £3 15s to £G. Extra prime cows to £lO. Prime cows. £5 15s to £7 15s. Ordinary cows, £4 to £5 10s. Old cows. £2 15s to £3 17s 6d. FAT SHEEF. Extra prime wethers 33s 6d to 3fes 6d, a few special to 10s. Prime wethers ‘29s 9d to 335. Medium wethers -27 s 6d to 29s 6d. Light wethers 24s 6d to 275. Extra prime ewes to 355. Prime ewes 26s to 28s 6d. Medium ewes 22s Cd to 25s 6d. Superior ewes 18s to 21s 6d. Old ewes Jss to 17s 6d. STOI’E SHEEP. Good four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 27a to 28s id. Ordinary two. .four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 23s 3d to 26s 2d. Inferior two, four, six and eight-toota ewes, 19s to 22s 6d. Ordinary two-tooth half-bred ewes. 29s Failing mouthed ewes. 13s Gd to lbs 6d. Aged ewes, 5s 8d to 12s 2d. Forward lambs. 23s gd to 23s 3d. Ordinary lambs. 14s 6d to 19s. Inferior lambs, lls 6d to 14s. Cull lambs, 5s 8d to 10s 6d. Four, six and eight-tooth half-bred wethers, 21s to ‘2ss. Two-tooth half bred wethers, 19s 6d to 22s 3d. STORE CATTLE. Threo-veur-old steers. £3 10s to £4. Tvvo-ycar-old steers, £2 7s Gd to £2 12a 6d . Yearling steers to 255. Eighteen months to two-year-old heifers. Yearling heifers. 27s 6d to 30s. Medium cows, 25s to 355. Old cows to 255. Bull's, £2 to £5 7s 6d. DAIRY CATTLE. Medium to good second, third and fourth culvers, £5 10s to £ll 10s; extra good to £l4. Medium to good .spr\ngine heifers, to £10; extra good to £l2 10s. Inferior sorts, £1 to £1 10s. VEALERS. Good runners to £5. Ordinary vealers, £3 15s to £4 15a Small calves. 8s upwards. PIGS. Choppers, £-2 to £5 10s. Light, baconers. £3 5s to £3 10s. Heavy baconers, £3 15s to £4 ss. Average price per lb fcld to 64d. 1 fight porkers, 40s to 475. Heavy porkers, 50s to 58s. Average price per lb, 7£d to Sid. Wearers, 6s to 15s. Small stores. 17s to 235. Medium stores. 28s to 35-. Large stores 45s to 555.