STORE SHEEP SHOW DECLINE IN PRICE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18772, 30 May 1929, Page 3

STORE SHEEP SHOW DECLINE IN PRICE.

QUALITY OF FAT SHEEP IMPROVES AT ADDINGTON

Store sheep met with a dragging sale at the metropolitan weekly market at Addington yesterday. In the case of store lambs, the drop in price was from Is 6d to 2s a head on last week’s rates. Only good forward ewes and good wethers maintained last week’s prices in the stores department, the rest of the adult sheep suffering a decline in price of from Is to Is 'd. Except that the yarding of fat lambs was much larger than last week, there was nothing particularly striking about the markets in general. Four hundred and fifty fat cattle were forward, compared with 550 in the previous week. Keen bidding at the start gave place to an easing tendency, though prime handy weight steers maintained their late values, and in some cases improved on them. Heifers sold well. Values per 1001 b were:—Prime beef 4ls to 435, extra to 465, medium 36s 6d to 40s, good cow 34s to 375, plain heavy cow 30s 'to 32s 6d, rough down, to 265. There was only a small yarding of store cattle, and a good sale resulted. Competition was keen for the better sorts of dairy cattle. The heavier yarding of vealers was mostly stores. Butchers’ sorts sold freely at recent rates. The yarding of fat lambs was 2300. nearly 1000 more than in the previous week. Full export rates were paid Eleven and a half races of fat sheep were forward, compared with ten and a half races last week. The quality was much better than at the last yard ing, and ewes comprised a good percentage. The sale, after opening soundly, eased somewhat. There was a large" entry of porkers in the fat pig section, and for these there was a weak demand. A medium entry of baconers sold fairly well, while medium and large store pigs improved i price. The following were ranges of values: FAT CATTLE. Extra prime heavy steers to £2O 2s 6d. Prime heavy steers £l6 to £l9. Medium weight prime steers £l4 7s 6d to £l6 17s 6d. Medium quality steers £lO 12s 6d to dl4 2s 6d. Light steers £7 12s 6d to £lO ss. Extra prime cows to £l6 2s 6d. Prime cows £lO 7s 6d to £l3. Medium cows £8 17s 6d to £lO ss. Light cows £6 17s 6d to £8 7s 6d. Rough and aged cows £5 5s to £6 10s. Extra prime heifers to £l4 12s 6d. Prime heifers £ll to £l3 7s 6d. Medium* heifers £9 10s to £ll. Light heifers £6 7s 6d to £9 12s 6d. STORE CATTLE. Bulls, up to £7. Best cows, £5 to £6 10s. Ordinary, £3 lbs to- £4 15s. Inferior, 355. DAIRY CATTLE. Good second to fourth calvers, to £ls. Medium cows, £7 10s to £lO 10s. Inferior, £s®to £7 10s. Good springing heifers, to £ls ss. Ordinary sorts, £8 10s to £lO. VEALERS. Twelve to eighteen-months sorts, to £9 3s 6d. Good vealers, £6 to £7 ss. Medium vealers, £4 to £5 10s. Calves, 20s to 35 s.

FAT SHEEP. Values were:— Extra prime wethers, to 3Ss 7d. Prime wethers, 32a to 355. Medium wethers, 29s to 31s Gd. Light wethers, 26s to 28s 6d. Extra prime ewes, to 34s lOd. Prime ewes, 29s to 31s 6d. Medium ewes, 24s to 27s 6d. Light ewes, 20s to 23s 6d. Aged ewes, 16s to 18s 6d. FAT LAMBS. Extra prime heavy lambs, to 36s 7d. Prime lambs, 30s 6d to 335. Medium lambs, 28s 6d to 30s. Light lambs, 25s 6d to 28s. Store lambs, 22s to 255. STORE SHEEP. Extra good ewe lambs, 24s 6d to 265. Good ewe lambs, 22s to 23s 6d. Medium ewe lambs, 19s to 21s Gd. Good Corriedalo ewe lambs to 25s 6d. Ordinary wether lambs, 16s 6d to 18s 6d. Cull lambs, 10s 6d to 14s. Good two-tooth half-bred ewes to 355. Extra good four, six and eight-tooth half-bred ewes to 345. Medium four, six and eight-tooth halfbred ewes, 26s to 28s. Ordinary four, six and eight-tooth half-bred ewes, 22s 6d to 25s 6d. Sound-mouth half-bred ewes, 18s to 225. Aged half-bred ewes to 12s. Good two-tooth cross-bred ewes to 33s 9d. Extra good four, six and eight-tooth cross-bred ewes to 345. Medium four, six and eight-tooth cross-bred ewes to 28s Gd. Medium half-bred wethers, 24s to 25s 22? r 6d nary * ial^_brec * wethers, 19s 6d to Inferior half-bred wethers to 14s 6d. PIGS. Choppers, 30s to £4 S*s 6d. Baconers, £3 to £3 10s 6d. Heavy baconers, £3 16s 6d to £4 4 s 6d. Average price per lb, 5?.d to 6l'd. Porkers, 34s to 4 2s. Heavy porkers, 45s to 54s 6d. Average price per lb, s£d to 63d. mere was only a small entry in the Inferior weaners. Is Gd to 3s. Weaners, 5s to Bs. Small stores, Ss to 12s Medium stores, 14s to 20s Large stores, 20s to 27s Extra good to 31s.