STOCK PRICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17833, 29 April 1926, Page 14

STOCK PRICES.

SUMMARY OF YESTERDAY’S SALE.

The entry of fat cattle at the weekly stock sal© at Addington yesterday totalled 550 head, compared with 6(H) last week. On the whole the quality was indifferent, the bulk of the entry consisting of cows, many of which were very poorly finished. Not many prime steers were penned. The offering in the first half of the sale consisted mainly of inferior stuff, which was cheaper than last week by 15s to 20s a head. Later in the sale, when some good beef was offered, the demand brightened up and prices improved until they were about equal to late rates. Taking the sale as a whole prices for good cattle were not much different from those itiling at. the previous market, whilst unfinished cattle were cheaper by 15s a head. Prices a 1001 b were: Extra prime beef to 41s, prime steer beef 37s to 40s, medium quality 34s 6d to 30s 6d, fair cow beef 31s to 33s 6d, and rough down to 22s fid. The offering of fat sheep was the largest seen at Addington for a long time. It filled fourteen races. Generally speaking quality was good, quite a number of lines of nicely finished wethers being included in the entry. The proportion of wethers was larger than has been the case for some time. On account of the large entry the dc* mand was not so brisk as last week, and, on the average, prices were lower than late rates by up to Is a head. Over the last race the demand became “ sticky ” and sales at this stage, were difficult to make. A moderate proportion of the yarding went to the exporters. The entry of fat lambs totalled 2700 head, compared with 3200 a week ago. In spite of the drop in the schedule rates, the sale was a very satisfactory one and late rates were fully maintained. Best lambs made lOd a lb. The yarding of store sheep was smaller than for a considerable time. The falling off ,in numbers was most marked in the case of lambs, which met with a good demand and sold well, especially ewe lambs. There was also active competition for wethers, which showed a tendency to improve in price. The quality of the ewes penned was generally poor and they did not prove very attractive to buyers. However, they sold at about late rates. There was a small entry of store cattle. Good steers were sought after and sold well, whilst cows sold at late rates. In the dairy cattle sale, cows close to calving met with keen com-

petition, but backward springers were not wanted. Ycalers fit for butchers’ purposes made prices equal to those ruliug at the previous sale. Porkers were cheaper than last week, due in a measure to the flooding of the. market by inferior porkers from the West Coast. Baconers improved in price. There was no improvement in the price of store pigs, which were again slow of sale. Following arc ranges of values:—-

FAT CATTLE. Extra, heavy steers to £l9 17s 6cl. Heavy prime steers £ls 10s to £l7. Prime medium weight steers £l3 10s to £ 1 (>. Alodium quality steers £lO to £l2 15s. Eight steers £6 to £9 10s. Extra, prime heifers to £l2. Prime heifers £8 5s to £lO 15s. Ordinary heifers £6 10s to £B. Light heifers £4 15s to £6 6s. Extra prime cows to £l4 2s Gd. Prime cows £7 15s to £lO ss. Ordinary cows ffi to £7 12s Gd. Eight cows £5 to £5 17s Gd. Hough cows £4 to £4 15s. STORK CATTLE. Four-year-old steers, £lO 7a Gd. Three-year-old steers, £!) to £lO. Two-year-old steers. £5 7s Gd. Two-year-old helfors, £3 10s. Pest cows. £2 10s to £3 10s. Medium cows, £1 15s to £2 ss. Inferior cows 15a to 30s. DAIRY CATTLE. Good springing cows, ill to £ll 15s. Medium, second, third and fourth on Ivors, £7 to £9 10a. Good springing heifers to £l3 sa. Medium sorts, £8 to £lO 10s. Late culvers, £4 10s to £G 10a. VEALERS. Good runners to £6 ss. Medium vealers, £3 15s to £5 30s. Rest on Ives. 55s to Gss. Alodium calves, 80s to 52a Gd. ymnll calves, 10s to 20s. FAT SHEEP. Extra prime wethers. 37s to 40a 7d. Prime wethors 34s 6d to 365. Alodium wethors, 80s to 335. Light wethors, 26s 9d to Gd. Extra prim© ewes to 20s 3 On. Prime owes. 25s 6d to 28s Gd. Ordinary ewes. 21a Gd to -4s Gd. Light ewes, ISs to 2ln. Aged ewes, 12a to l«a 6d. FAT LAMBS. Extra prime heavy lambs to 33s 7d. Prime heavy lambs, 20s Gd to 325. Alodium-weight prime lambs, -8s to Light and inferior lambs, 24s Gd to Store lambs, 20s to 23s Gd. STORE SHEEP. Forward lambs, 21s Gd to 25s 6d. Alodium lambs, 19s to 20s Gd. Small lambs. 16s to ISs 6d. Cull lambs, 12s to 15s 6d. Good three-quarter-bred ewe lambs, 25s 6cl to 2Ss Gd. Half-bred ewe lambs. 25s to 28s 9d. Cull ewe lambs, 20s 6d to 23s 6d. Sound-mouthed cross-bred ewes, 2Gs to 30s. Inferior sound-mouthed cross-bred Good sound and falling-mouthed cross-bred ewes, 24s to 26s 9d. Lower conditioned sound and failingmouthed cross-bred ewes, 30s Gd to 23s 9<L Failing-mouthed cross-bred ewes, 18a to 21s Sd. Failing-mouthed half-bred ewes, 19s to 22s 3d. Aged and inferior ewes. 10s to 16s Gd. Good four and six-toothed half-bred wethers, 26s to 28s. Four, and six-loothed half-bred wethers, 23s to 25s Gd. Good two-toothed half-bred wethers, 24s Gd to 265. Four and six-toothed cross-bred wethers, 25s to 275. PIGS. Choppers, £3 to £6 10s. Light baconers, £3 15s to £4 10s. Heavy baconers, £5 to £5 10s. Extra heavy baconers, to £6 6s. Average price per lb, Sd to 9d, Light porkers, 46s to 60s. Heavy porkers, 55s to 655. Average price per lb, 7d to Sd. Moaners, 9s to I ts. .Slips, ISs to 265. Small stores, 28s to 325. Medium stores, 35s to 40a.