STOCK PRICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17567, 18 June 1925, Page 14

STOCK PRICES.

SUMMARY OF YESTERDAY’S SALE. There were fairly large entries of stock at the weekly sale at Addington yesterday. In the case of fat cattle the offering totalled 490 head, compared with 650 last week. Generally the quality was poor, the proportion of unfinished cows and heifers being heavy, whilst there were only a few pens of prime steers forward. The inferior stulf met with a slack demand throughout and prices for this class were down by 10s to 20s a head on late rates. Best steers made prices slightly in advance of those ruling last week. Prices a 1001 b were: Best beef to ,40s, prime 35s to 375, medium 32s to 345, light 26s to 31s, and rough 16s to 245. The entry of fat sheep was a large one, over eleven races bejng forward. On the whole the quality was good, there being several good drafts of both wethers and ewes included in the offering. Except for the best quality lines prices were lower than those of a week j ago by Is 6d to 2s 6d a head. The j freezing buyers did not comj pete activciy, and only odd lines went to them. Graziers were in the market for unfinished wethers. The entry of fat lambs was a small one, only 1140 head being I>enned. The bulk of the lambs were of indifferent quality. As.it is nearly the end of the season, the freezing buyers did not compete with their usual keenness and a decline in.prices amounting to 2s to 3s a head was recorded. A small yarding of store sheep met with a good demand, hoggets and good ewes especially being sought after. Iloggets were better than at the last sale by Is 6d to 2s 6d a head, and good ewes met with ready competition, realising up to 41s 6d. Wethers recovered the drop recorded at the last sale. As usual, the bulk of the store cattle entry consisted of odd lots of cows. Practically the only quotable line forward was one of two-year-old heifers, which made £2 10s. In the dairy cattle section good cows and heifers close to calving sold readily, but backward sorts were neglected. Most of the vealcrs penned were a plain lot, and these were not competed for at ail keenly. Good sorts sold well. Fat I pigs made late rates practically J throughout the sale, and a fairly substantial rise was recorded in the price of store pigs. Following arc ranges of values:— FAT CATTLE. Extra prime etecra, to £22 7a 6d. l'niuo steer*. £l3 17s Gd to £l7 10g. Medium etecrß, £l2 tq, £l3 10b. Light steers, £3 5s to £ll 15s. Extra prime heifers. £lO 17s 6*l to £l2 7s 6d. Prime heifers. £7 15s to £lO 7s Gd. Ordinary heifers. £3 to £7 sa. Extra prime cows, to £ll 12s Gd. Prime cows, £7 to £9 ss. Medium cows. £3 to £6 355. Lisht cows, £4 to £4 15s. Aged aud. inferior cows, to £3 10s. STORE CATTLE. Ilest cows £2 12a Gd to £4. Medium cows £2 to £2 10s, Inferior cows £1 to £1 15s. Bulls up to £G. Two-year-old heifers £2 10s. DAIRY CATTLE. Medium sorts £6 to £8 10s. Low conditioned sorts £3 to £3 lCa. Best springing heifers £7 to £ll, Others £2 ]os to £6. Old cows £1 10s to £3. VEALERS. Itunners to £G. Good vealers £1 to £5 sb. Medium vealers £3 to £3 15s. Good calves £2 to £2 153. Small calves 10s to £ss. FAT SHEEP. Extra prime wethers to 50s Gd. Prime wethers 42s to 4's. Medium wethers 38s Cd to 41a. Light wethers 33s to 375. Extra prime ewes to 42a Gd. Prime ewes 34s to 3G5 9d. Medium ewes 30s Gd to 33s Gd. Light, ewes 25s to 29s 9rt. Aged ewes 2Cs to 24s Gd. FAT LAMBS. Prime lambs to 375. Medium lambs. 31s Gd to 3 4s. Jdgbt lambs, 2Ss to 31s. fcjtoru lambs, 23s to 275. STORE SHEEP. 1 Good four and six-toothed Romney ewes in lamb, 41s 6d. Sound-mouthed Romney cross ewes in lamb, 35s 9cl to 39s Gd. Two-toothed Romney ewes in lamb, 37s Gd. Failing mouthed half-bred ewes, 24s to 31s. Aged half-bred ewes, ISs Gd to 22s Gd. Aged inferior ewes. 12s to 16s. Good half-bred wether hogets, 23s Gd Inferior cross-bred hoggets, 17s to ISs Sd. Forward four and six-toothed wethers, 34s 4d. Ordinary four and six-toothed wethers, 29s to 325. TIGS. Choppers, £3 10s to £B. Light, baconers, £3 15s to £4 7s 5:;. Heavy baconers, £4 10s to £5 ss. Extra heavy baconers to £5 13*. Average price per lb, 7d to 7-id. Light porkers, £2 4s to £2 14s. Heavy porkers, £2 17a to £3 sb. Weancr?, 1 15 sto 20*.’ Small Btorcß, 23s to 283. Mediam stores, 35s to 435. Large stores, up to 48s. z