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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XCIV, Issue 5184, 25 April 1924, Page 1

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ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET. Any uneasiness the community may feel that the railway hold-up will mean a diet of a strictly vegetarian nature, should be dismissed by the [entry of stock at Wednesday's Addington market. The news of strike was not known in the district until Tuesday morning, yet within 24 hours there was an entry at Ad-j dington that fairly well met the needs of the butchers. With anoth-j er day's notice it is certain that the usual entry would have been for- 1 ward, and there is little doubt that there is plenty of fat stock in localities handy enough to be "hoofed", into the sale. As previously pointed out, the city is singularly favoured geographically to meet an emergency, like the present, as the farm lands' press up against the boundaries, and live stock can be travelled and produced driven with a minimum of difficulty--that is, in comparison with the other th''ee centres. Such being the case, the probabilities are that there will be a sufficiency of of stock coming forward while the strike lasts, for the town's requirements. j On Wednesday there was practically an average yarding of cattle, ! the entry comprising 345 head. This under ordinary circumstances, is sufficient for local needs, although fewer than average entries of late. The quality on Wednesday, however, showed a big improvement, vendors who had been holding cattl; in anticipation of a keen market in the winter sending their stuff forward. When the market opened the entry was little more than 200 head, and over the first race or two there was a scramble for supplies. However, the later entries and the departure of butchers, caused a slipping back, but over the whole entry the advance per head was in the vicinity of 20s. The fat she.ep entry, due to the short notice of the strike, was one of the smallest for years, comprising, with seven or eight lines of lambs included, slightly less than races. There was a record jump in prices, some sheep bought a week previously showing for the best pens an advance of up to 12s or 13s per head. This market also slipped back over the later stages, but it was nevertheless a very satisfactory one for vendors. One of the companies offered several hundred sheep bought the previous week, and they reaped a profit of 6s to 8s per head. Porkers showed an advance, but baconers ! were easier. Store sheep comprised ' a very small entry, mostly North

Island ew.es, and 'they met with a slacker sale. There was a small gathering of the public, and the sale concluded about 2.30. STORE SHEEP. Values were:— Good four, six, and eight-toothed Romney cross ewes, 32s 6d Ordinary, fou", six, and eighttoothed Romney ci'oss ew:s, 27s 6d to 2'7s lOd. Failing-mouthed halfbrcd ewss 27s Id. Two-toothed Romney cross ewes, 31s 6ld. Halfbred wether lambs, 19s 6d to 21s. Crossbred wether lambs, 18s 6d Inferior four, six, and eight-tooth-ed wethers 23s 9d. FAT SHEEP. Values were :— Extra prime wethers to 40s ; a few special, to 53s lid. Prime wethers 41s to 45s Medi,um wethers 37s to 40s 6d Light wethers 32s 6d to 38s Extra prime ew.es to 50s Prime ewss 34s to 37s Medium ewss 30s to 3'3s Light ewees 26s 6d to 29s Gd Old ewes 21s to 25s FAT CATTLE. Values were:— Extra prime steers to £16 5s Prime steers £12 5s to £15. Medium steers £10 to £12. Light steers £6 to £9. Extra prime heifers to £12 5s Prime heifers £7 15s to £10. Ordinary' heifers £5 to £7 10s Extra prime cows to £11 17s 6d Prime cows £7 to £9 5s Medium cows £4 5s to £6 10s Old cows £3 to £4. The chief Peninsula sales were :—■ P. Moore, Okain's Bay, 12 steers at £10 15s to £13 10s; J. R. Thacker, Okain's Bay, 4 cows at £10 5s to £11 17s 6id, 3 cows at £10 10s to £11, 2 heifers at £12 15s, 5 steers at £14 12s Gd, 4 cows at £11 5s to £11 12s 6d,' 2 steers at £14 15s to £14 17s 6d ; J.; and C. Thacker, Okain's Bay, 3 steers, at £14, cow at £12. . ... r . . VEA'LERS. Values were :—■ Runners to £4 12s 6d -Good vealers £3 10s to £4. Good calves £2 to £3 5s Small calves 10s to £1 7s 6d STOKE CATTLE. In the store cattle pens the entry was in keeping with other sections, and the animals that were forward consisted piincipally of aged cows and nondescript sorts. Old cows made from £1 to £1 10s, and better sorts with some conditions sold at up to £2 10s. Practically no other lines were sold. DAIRY CATTLE. Values were :—■ Best second and third calvers, springing, £7 to £8 10s Others £5 10s to £6 15s Best springing heifers £8 to £11. Others £6 to £7 10s v Backward calvcs and cows in milk £1 10s to £4. FAT PIGS. Values were :— Choppers £2 10s to £4. Light baconers £3 12s to £4. Heavy baconers £4 5s to £4 15s Average price per lb 6Ud to 7d Light porkers £2 to £2 10s Heavy porkers £2 15s to £3 8s Average price per lb 7 1 ,« to 9d STORE PIGS. Values were :— Weaners 4s to 10s, extra good to 14s. Medium stores 25s to 28s