STOCK PRICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17698, 19 November 1925, Page 5

STOCK PRICES.

SUMMARY OF YESTERDAY’S SALE. There was a large entry of fat cattle at the weekly stock sale at Addington yesterday. It totalled 610 head, compared with 660 at the double sale held prior to Carnival Week. The bulk of the cattle came from Canterbury, the only outside lots being a draft of thirty-two steers from the North Island and a few trucks from the West Coast. Prime quality beef met with a fairly good demand throughout akid showed little alteration from the -prices ruling a fortnight ago. but ordinary stuff was down by 20s to 25s a head. Prices am 1001 b were: Extra prime mediumweight beef 595, prime medium-weight 52s 6d to 565, heavy-weight 49s to 525, medium quality 42s to 455, light and inferior 38s to 41s, and rough down to 28s. There was also a large offering of fat sheep. It filled eleven races, compared with fourteen at the double market a fortnight ago. The bulk of the, sheep were shorn. Included in the yarding were several pens of wellfinished sheep and they sold well at only a slight decline on late rates, but keep of medium quality and downwards were cheaper by 2s to 3s a head, and in some cases the drop amounted to 4s. Some of the unfinished wethers made lower prices, than those obtained for similar sheep in the store pens. The entry of fat lambs totalled 250 head. It was in excess of the requirements of butchers, but still the sale was a good one and prices were fully equal to those ruling at the market of a fortnight ago. Good class store ; also met with quite a keen de- ! mand at late rates, and in some cases j wethers showed a slight improvement in price. The yarding of store cattle consisted

mainly of nondescript lots of cows and bulls, wfi‘ich met with quite a good demand. There were few quotable lines of steers or heifers foward. Dairy cattle declined slightly in price, but most of the vendors met the market. There were not many buyers present at the dairy cattle sale. Yealers fit for killing were in k£en demand and they were disposed of readily at values. Generally speaking the competition for fat pigs was satisfactory, though in some cases values showed a tendency to ease. A large offering -of store pigs met with a good demand at late rates. . Following are ranges of values:—FAT cattle: Prime heavy steers, £25 tr» £27 1.5 Prime steers. £2l to £24 10?. Medium weight steers, £IS to £2O T"r>. Light steers, £l4 to £l7 10s. Hough steers, £l2 10s to-£l3 1-V-. Prime heifers. £l4 to £l7 2s fi-i Kxtra prime heifers, to £2" 2- 0.1. Ordinary heifers. £lO to *£l3 105 Light heifers, £8 to £0 15*. Prime cows. £l2 t»» £l7 2s fid. Medium cows, £lO 5s to £l2 15s. Light cows, £6 to £3 10s. . STORK CATTLE. Hood cows, £3 to £5 2s fid. others, £1 10s to £2 10s. Hulls, £3 to £7 10s. Twc«-year-old steers, £6 10s. , DAIRY CATTLE. Rest second, third, and fourth calvera. springing, £7 to £lO ]os. j Medium sorts. £4 10s to £fi 10s. i Rest springing heifers. £5 to £7 10s. ! Others, £3 to £1 10s. r j Old cows, in milk, £1 10s to £3. VEALER 9. . Runners, to £7 10s. Rood vealers. £6 to £7. Medium vealers, £4 10s to_ £5 15#. Inferior vealers. £2 to £4 ss. Calves, 20s to 50s. FAT SHEEP. Extra prime wethers. 40s to 44s lOd. Prime wethers. 35s to 33s fid. Medium wethers. 31s fid to 34s fid. Light and unfinished wethers, 2Ss to 31s. _ I’rime woolly wether?, -*ls to t»9s. Extra prime ewes, 35s to 38s 4d. ; Prime ewes, 31s to 3 4s. Medium' ewes, 26sr 6d to 30s 6d. Lighter ewes, 23s tc 2fis. inferior ewes, 18s to 225. prime woolly ewes, 40s to 4,is iOd. STORE SHEET. Good cross-bred woolly ewes with 130 per cent larftbs, 27s to 27s fid. Inferior woolly ewes and lambs, 20# to 21 s 3d. Shorn e.wes and lambs, 13s to ils. Cull aged ewes and lambs, 13s lOd to 18 s. Forward four and six-tooth wethers, 32s to 33s fid. Two tooth wethers. 25s 3d to 28s 10*1. Woolly wether hoggets, 30s Id to 35a 2d. Woolly half-bred hoggets, 35s 2d. Two-tooth half-bred ewes, 34s Sd. PIGS. Choppers, £3 10s to £'7. Light haconers, £4 5s to £4t 15#. . Heavy baconers. £5 Ss to £5 15#. • Extra heavy haconers, £6 to®. Average price tier lb. B<i to 9d. Light porkers, £2 15# to £3 10#. Heavy porkers, £3 15s to £4. Average price p<# lb, 9d to 10d. Weaners, 23s to cOs. Rest weaners to 355. Slips. 36? to 395. , Small stores. 38s to 425. Medium stores. 44s to 18s. Large etores. 54s to 67s fid.