LIVE STOCK SALES.
CHRISTCHURCIK, September 10. . At Addington 156 fat •cattle were yarded, mostly lighij-weight steers' andt heifers, with a few prime bullocks. Owing to competition for export to Sydney, prime bullocks) advanced in price to fulfy 35s per 100 lbs. j other sorts sold irregularly. Good beef, 29s to 32s 6d, and other sorts 24(3 to 28a per 100 lbs.; prime- bullocks, £12 to £15 sh; good steers,, £8 10s to £11; lighter, £6 15s to £8; heifers,- £5 10s to £8 10s up to £9 7s - 6d. for extra good; cows, £7 10s to £8 10s, up to £9 15s, : £11 and' £11 10s, and £11 15s for extra. Store Cattle.—A mixed entry and! a weaker sale. Calves,, 15s ; yearlings, 22s 6d; 15 to 18 months, £2 6s to £3 15s; 2-year heifers, £4 2s 6d; 2£ tovj3 year steers, £5 15s to £6 Bss 6d; 3-year heifers, £4 7s 6d ; day cows, £2 5s to £4; best dairy cows, £7 to £9 ss; others, £4 to £6 10s. • Fat Sheep.—3soo. There were no buyers for export. Sydney and freezers holding off, consequently all qtasises were easier. A few extra prime wethers brought 22s 6d to 275; freezers, 16s to( 20s; lighter, 13s to 15s 6dl; prime heavy ewe®, 18s to 20s .10d; others, 11s 5d to 17s 6d; prime merino wethers, 15s 6d to 18s sd; others, 12s 9d to 14s lOd; ewes, 9s 6d. Store Sheep.—l7so, principally wethers and hoggets. No ewes changed handsl, and wethers and 'hoggets were easier. Wethers, 12s to 14s 4d j hoggets, 7s 6d to 10s 2d. Pigs.—47,3. Fats were easier, but stores sold well, about 100 going to Southland. Baconers, 40s to 52s to 565, equal to 4d per lb. ; iporkers, 22s to 365, equal to 4^d to 4|d per lb. ; large stores, 22s 6d to 365; smaller, 12a to 20s; suckers and weaners, 7s to 11s 6d. DUNEDIN, September 10. At Burnside to-day 160 fat cattle were yarded, about a third being good to prime beef. AT.I met with good demand, last | week s prices being fully maintained. Best ( bullocks, £11 10s'to £13 10s, . medium to
good £9 2s 6d to £10 17s 6di>; light, £7 Is 6d to £8 17s 6d; best cowsi and1 'heifers, £8 17s 6d to £10 12s 6d; medium to good, £6 7s 6d to £8 10s; light aged, £4 4s to £5 12s 6d. Fat Sheep.—2362, only a few of which were really good. Prices for prime were slightly higher than last week, while medium barely maintained values. Best crossbred wethers, 20s to 22s 9d; about haf-a-dfozen prime large framed, 28s; medium to good, 15s 9d< toi 18s 6dl; light, 12s to 14s; best crossbred ewes, 14s 9d to 16s 9d; medium, 10s 6d to 13s 3d. Lambs.—■ A few of this season were yarded and sold up to 19s 9d.
Psgs. —124 weire yarded. Late high prices were fully maintained. Suckers1, 10s to 15m 6d; si'-ros, ios to 18s; stores, 20s to 265; porkers. 30s to 40s; baconers 44s to 61s j heavy pigs, 70s to 7§s.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11738, 16 September 1902, Page 7
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