STOCK PRICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17180, 25 October 1923, Page 7

STOCK PRICES.

SUMMARY OF YESTERDAY’S SALE. Beef and mutton both showed an improvement in price at tho metropolitan weekly market at Addington yesterday--1 here were nine races of fat sheep forward compared with seven and a half the previous week. The sale opened with prices about on a par with late rates, but the demand soon improved and continued to improve. The result was that towards the close of the sale values were from Is to Is Gd a head in advance of opening rates. Prices a lb were:—Best wether mutton 83d to Bsd, secondary 7sd to Bd, best ewe 7sd to Bid, secondary to 7sd. Though the top price for woolly wethers was 57s for a small pen sold on behalf of a client the best line was from Mr L. Ruddock (Southbridge), 54 realising from 50s 9d to 55s 9d. Top shorn wether price, 44s 9d. was secured bv the Richmond Hill Estate for twenty and twenty-one woolly ewes from Mr A P. Smith (Cust) made 50s 4d. Store sheep met with a brighter sale than last week though prices showed no great improvement. However, vendors were prepared to accept the lower values with tho result- that the whole offering was cleared at auction—a marked contrast t-o the previous two sales at which about two-thirds of the entry was passed. Spring lambs realised satisfactory values. However, on account of a considerably larger entry, lamb prices were not so high as a week The yarding of beef comprised 36C head, compared with 4-30 last week. The demand was good throughout and price? advanced by about 20s a head on late rates- Prices a 1001 b were :—Best beef to 47s Gd. prime 44s to 465, medium 40s to 435, light 36s to 39s and rough down to 2os. All classes of store cattle showing any condition at all were in demand, but low conditioned sorts proved slow of sale. Generally speaking, the quality of the dairy cattle offered was indifferent and the market was irregular. There was a large yarding of vealers, consisting mostly of small calves. The bulk of the runners were of indifferent quality but quite a number of smaller calves in good condition were offered and these sold firmly at late rates. Both porker? and bnconers met with a good demand and there was an excellent sale of store pig?. FAT SILEEP. Extra, prime wethers. 51s to -545. -a few special to 57e. Prime wethers, 46s 6d to 50e. Medium wethers. 42s 6d to 46e. Light- wethers, 39s to 41s 6d. Extra prime ewes, 44s to 475; a few special to 59a 4d. Prime ewea, 39s Gd to 435. Medium ewes. 34s 6d to 3Ss 6d. Lieht ewes. -29 s Gd to 345. Prime hoggets. 35s to 38?. “Extra prime shorn wethers. 39s to 44s 9d. Prime shorn wethers. 36s to 3Ss 6d. Medium shorn wethers. 39s to 355. Prime shorn ewes, 31s to 365. PAT CATTLE. Extra prime steers £-21 39s to £24 17s 64Prime steers £l7 53 to £-21 ser. Medium steers £l4 to £37. Light steers .£S 19s to £33 15s. Extra prime heifers to £l4 ss. Prime heifers £ll 5s to £l3 19s. Ordinary heifers £9 to £ll. Extra prime cows to £l4 7s Gd. Prime cows J2lO 10s to £l3. Medium cows £7 5s to £lO. Aged and inferior cows £1 10s to £~. STORE CATTLE. Three-year-old steers £5 10s to £7 10s. Two-vear-old steers £3 30a to £4. Yearling steers £-2 5s to £3 15s. Eighteen mouths to two-year-old heifers £-2 15s to £3 56. conditioned cows £3 to £4 l^?. Medium cows £1 5s to £1 15s. DAIRY CATTLE. nest springing cows. £5 to £S 10^ Medium springing cows, £2 10s to £4 10 flood springing heifers, £3 10s to £€; best, sorts up to £8 10s. Aged and nondescript- sorts, £1 to £2. VEALERS. Runners, to £6 15s. Good vealers, £5 to £6 ss. Medium calves. £3 to £4 10s. Small calves. 10s to £2. PIGS. ClioppersL £4 to £7 10s. Eight baconers, £3_ 5s to i_4 lt>^. Heavy baconers. £5 to £0 os. Extra heavy baconers, to 10s to J# lj Average price per 1U Bid to 9d Ilicht oorKers. £2 15s to £3 «>s. Heavy porkers, £3 10s to £3 18s. Average price per lb 9id to lOd. Good weane.rs. ?Ss to Medium stores. 35s to 455. Large stores to 595. Sows in pig, £4 10s to £*.