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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17573, 25 June 1925, Page 12

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SUMMARY OF YESTERDAY’S SALE. The entry of fat cattle at the Meekly stock sale at Addington yesterday totalled 530 head, compared with 4!HI last week. T Lie. quality varied a good deal. Tlier© wore a few lines of really prime steers forward, but the hulk of tho yarding was of ratlicr indifferent quality, the proportion of rows being about as heavy as usual. Good heot met with an active demand thougboiit. and prices for Ibis class improved by 2s a. 3001 b on late rates. Medium and inferior itntF showed, practically no change in values. Brices a. 100.1 b vere: —Host beef to 41s, good 3Gs to 38s Gd, medium 35s to 2,5 s (id. light 27a to 325, and rough 3?* to The yarding of far, sheep filled nine races, two less than last. week. Included in flic entry wore some well finished lines from South Canterbury lmt. °*i the whole, the quality was niilv fair, the proportion of wethers being smaller than usual. T he* market was inclined to he irregular but generally speaking it was a satisfactory one. from the point, of view of vendors. The saD finished up firmly, some sheep of outstanding quality being offered in : he. last. race. As it is now nearly the end of the fat Jamb season the entry in this section ycsterda.v was a small olio (800 head) of indifferent quality. !ho demand Mas not at all active and schedule rates were not, maintained in most eases. For the time of the year there Mas a. large entry of store-sheep, consisting mainly v>f hoggets. Taken on. the wholo' iho sale , Mas a good one, late, rates being fully maintained. Hoggets and cues especially sold well. There, was a. fairly large entry of store cattle, but it, -included no quotable lines, tho hulk of the offering consisting of potting cows. The, demand mbs not active and the sale Mas a. dragging one The yarding of dairy rattle totalled. fis head. ft- included a. few really good rows, close to calving. and these Mere, eagerly sought after, hut. the demand for other sorts Mas not particularly bright and they declined in pi ire. Ycalers suitable for killing Mere in short, supply, and they sold well at a. considerable advance on Porkers Mere in demand and they were better than last, week by os to 8s a. head, whilst bneoners sold firmly at late rallies. There Mas a small entry of store, pigs and all lots were disposed of at prices equal to those of Following arc ranges of values: FAT C ATT 1,7'. Extra prime steers. £2O 2s fid. Prime steers. £l4 10s to tjs 10s. ATy di u m s teer £1 2 1 r>s t.. £l4 s. Rmir h ' steers. £5 l'?s OrJ Vf£ s. ' Extra prime heifers to £l2. Prime heifers. Ci 5s to £lO 1.35. Ordinary heifers. £3 5s to £5. Extra prime cows to £l2 17s fid. .Prime nows. £7 10s to ft* 15s. Bight cows. £4 1o £5. Rough row?, £5 to £••: I7n fid. STORE CATTLE. Pest, .-cm-s, to f r,s. Bulls! £6 Vis. 1 1 *AT R. V CATTLE. Extra cnofl second, third, and foijrt lira 1 vers, springing. £ls 1 f's to £ls 10s. Fairly good sorts. £7 t£lo. Medium sorts, £4 to £6 1 f's. Rest springing heifers, "fi to £3. Medium sorts. £2 10« to £•’>. Old eoM-s, £ I lOs to £5. V CABERS. Runners, to £7 7s fid. Bond ft 15 s to ffi. Medium readers, £3 10s to £{ 10s. Hood calves, tz 5s to £::. Small calves, 15s to sOr. FAT SHEEP. Extra prime wet hers, to 50s Jd; sliow ■wetMors, to 63s 6d. Prime wethers, 11s fid t4ss. Medium wethers. 57s fid to A] s. Eight wethers, 32s fid in 575. Extra, prime owes, to 45s 4d; rjiow Gsi,ns ,»b. Medium ewes. 2P« fid lo 32s fid. Eight ewes, 24s to 20s. Aged CM'es, 10s to 255. FAT LAMBS. Extra prime lambs to 405. Prime 34s I<> 36s fid. Medium 3Es to 33s fid. Eight. 27s to 30s. Store lambs 21s to 265. STORE SHEEP. Good four, six and oight-tootlied Romney cross ewes 40s 3d to 41s. Two, four, six and eight-toothed cross-bred fives 35s 4d. Aged ha |7-bred" ewes 17s 'lOrl" ok 24s Pd. Failing mouthed half-bred ewes, 2fis to 25s Pd. i Toss-bred ewe hoggets, 26s to 3fi; sd. wether hoggets. 21s 1 ri.j Half-bred wether hoggets, 20:.; Sd to 25s 3d. Three quarter-br«d wetlicr hoggets ir> s Sd to 22s fid. Four, six and eight -toothed half-bred wethers 27s !id to ;-c. r , tod. Four and six-tool hod half-bred Mothers 32s 2d. Hi ;s. Eight ba coper si, £4 -s to ft | fid. .Extra heavy haeoners, to r>• Is. Average price per pound. 7-Jd to sjdEight porkers. £2 IDs to £5. Heavy porkers, £3 3s to f:: | 4s. Average prior per pound, sd t.. 3d. Small stores'. 26s to 30 Medium stores. 35s P's.