STOCK PRICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17905, 22 July 1926, Page 10

STOCK PRICES.

SUMMARY OF YSSTERDAY’S SALE. The entry of fat cattle at the weeklv stock sale at Addington yesterclay totalled 648 head, compared with 400 last week. On the whole the quality was better than has been the case for some time. A feature of the entry was the number of lines of well-finished steers forwarded by Peninsula and North Canterbury graziers. There were also some drafts of cattle from the North Island, but these showed signs of having gone, back in condition. On account of the heavy entry, the demand was not so brisk as last week. The market was erratic, but, taking it as a whole, there was a general easing in prices amounting to 20s a head on late rat.es. Towards the end of the sale the demand became very slack, and at this stage all but the best stuff was hard to quit. Passings were heavier than has been the case for some time. Prices a 1001 b were: Extra prime beef, to 41s; prime medium-weight. 37s to 39s 6d: heavyweight, 35s to 375; North Island beef, 35s 6d to 37s 6d; good heifer beef, 33s to 35s 6d; good cow beef, 32s to 345; inferior, 25s to 275; and rough down to 21s.

The yarding of fat sheep was the smallest seen at Addington for some time. It comprised a little over nine races, compared with eleven last week. The quality’, on the whole, was good, there being many good pens of both wethers and ewes offered. The sale was a satisfactory’ one from the point of view of vendors, though big wethers were slightly easier than last w’eek. Ewes, however, sold at fully late rates. Yesterday's sale was the first since the closing of the freezing works, and the export buyers who operated made purchases on behalf of the local wholesale trade only’. There w’as a moder-ate-sized entry’ of store sheep. It consisted mainly of ewes. Most of the ewes sold readily’, especially any showing well in lamb. There was also a good demand for wethers and hoggets. The only quotable line of store cattle forward was one of twenty odd three and four-year-old steers, which made up to £9 2s 6d. The rest of the entry consisted of cows and bulls, which sold at late rates. The yarding of dairy’ cattle totalled 66 head. The quality was better than last week, but the sale was not very’ bright, and an easing in prices was recorded, though in one or two cases, late rates were fully maintained. One heifer made £l4, but none of the others came anywhere near this price. The number of vealers fit for butchers’ purposes offered was quite inadequate for the demand, and the result was that this class sold very’ well at prices about 15s a head in advance of those ruling at the previous sale.

.A fnedium entry of fat pigs met with a good demand, and an improvement in prices was recorded for porkers and baconers. Porkers, especially, sold well. The yarding of store P l .*’® , wa ? small, and they improved slightly’ in price. Following are ranges of values: FAT CATTLE, heavy steers to £2l 12s fid. 10s heavy steers, £l6 10s to £lB to l £lfi 1 5s mCdiUm ' Weight steers ’ £l4 10s Medium quality steers, £ll tn £l4 6k Light, steers. £0 to £lO Us Roush steers. £7 7s 6d to £S 15s. Rxtia prime heifers to £l4 7s 6d. Prime heilers, £9 jOs to £ l •> Ordinary heifers, £7 to £9 6s Light heifers, £4 10b to £6 lVs Extra prime cows to £l3 7s 6d. 1 rime cows, £9 to £ll 15s.

Medium cows, £G to £8 15s. Old cows, £4 to £5 15s. # STORE CATTLE. Best cows £2 10s to £4. Medium cows £1 15s to £2 ss. Others £1 to £1 10s. Bulls 15s to £5. DAIRY CATTLE. Best second, third and fourth calvers. springing: £7 10s to £lO 10s. Medium sorts £5 to £7. Inferior sorts £3 to £4 3 os. Springing; heifers £3 to £5 ss. Old cows in milk £1 10s to £2. VEALERS. Good runners to £9 2s 6d. Medium runners £6 to £7 ss. Best calves £4 15s to £5 15s. Medium calves £3 10s to £4 10s. Poor calves 10s to 30s. FAT SHEEP. Extra prime wethers to 43s lOd. Prime wethers 34s to 38s. Medium wethers 30a to 33s 6d. Light wethers 26s 6d to 29k. Extra prime ewes to 35s lOd. Prime ewes 24s fid to 29«. Medium ewes 22s to 24s 3d. Light ewes 19s to 21s 6’d. Aged ewes 16s to 18s 6d. STORE SHEEP. Good sound mouthed Romney cross Two-toothed cross-bred ewes, 26s to 28s 9d. Fair conditioned aged ewes. 252 to 255. Sound and failing mouthed three-quarter-bred ewes. 26s to 31s 9d. Low conditioned aged ewes, 14s to 16s 9d. Three-quarter-bred ewe hoggets, to 32s 3d. Cross-bred ewe hoggets, 26s 9d to ’2Bs 4d. Wether hoggets, 18s to 225. Two culled half-bred wethers, 24s to 25s 4d. Six and eight-toothed wethers, 25s to 2Ss. PIGS. Choppers, £4 to £8 18s 6d. Light baconers, £4 10s to £5 ss. Heavy baconers. £5 15s to £6 ss. Extra heavy baconers, to £6 17s. Average price per lb, 9d to 9id. Light porkers, 50s to 635. Heavy porkers, 67s to 7Ss. Average price per lb, 10id to lid. Wcaners. 19s to 255. Slips. 26s to 28s 6d. Small stores, 30£ to 355. Medium stores, 87s to 425. Sows in pig, £5 to £5 ss.