ADDINGTON MARKET.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20630, 20 August 1932, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET.

WEDNESDAY'S SALE. As is usual following the fortnight's break after the National market there Tvere Jicav . v entries at Addington on Wednesday. The outstanding feature t&8 the fat- cattle division. This is da time of the winter when the Norrh Island usually provides heavy supplies, a ad this was very much the case on t Wednesday. in addition, distant I ->arts of the South Island contributed [ to the entry. Not- for years has the proportion of "outside" cattle been so large as it was this week. There j ero 4SO l.uul penned—and of tlat number about 170 head came from t ], B Xorth Island, and 103 from otlier outside sources. Southland has been , regular contributor to Addington for some months, and was again a source of supply this we-ek, but there * e re still more cattle from the Otago province. Addington is not capable of absorbing nearly 500 cattle -without prites slipping to some extent, and' vendors, all things considered, must regard themselves fortunate on ■Wednesday to have secured a fair nv tain. The decline on an average over fte whole market was 10s to los a lead, and fa concluding stages was jj s to £la head. Had it not been tilt a big proportion of the North Island cattle, and also many other lines, were passed during the day, the decline would have been much sharper, j Cattle arrived late for the sale from j rarious quarters, notably from Otago, and iri their case it was difficult to secure a.bid, as orders had been filled earlier. The general quality of the market -was high-class, -with a smaller proportion of very heavy cattle titan usual. Apparently the cattle market j next week will have to absorb many of ; the lines passed in at auction this \. veek. Comparisons with the corr;s----i ponding sale last year are:— All;*. 19 th Auff. 17 til 1931 ' 1932. Steeri— £ £ £ £ Ex. primo heavy to 14f to 122 Prime heavy .. 105 to 13 8 to 10 J Prima medium ureight .. 8 to 10 6a to 8J Ori. quality . . 5$ to Ti 4 to 6 Light .. -- to 5i to 3 J Heiferi — Show . . - to 11$ Ix. prime . . to l'J to O .-Prime . . 8 to 10J G to 7 Hriimn . . (J to 7i 4£ to 6 lajte . . 4 to 5$ to 4 C«Tt— I fc jtrime . . to 10J to 10 B Prist . . 7'i to 9S .51 to 7i / -4Wmra .. O to 7J 3J to 5 lijht .. 3i to 5b • 12 to 3 Tat Sheep. The supply of fat sheep was a little ,k excess of the demand, it appeared |in the early stages, and buyers -were indifferent. However, the assumption of plenty was not borne out, and the result was that over the last alley of the market there was a sharp increase in the demand. Taking an average over the whole sale the decline was 'up to Is a head. A large proportion of tie sheep penned came from South -Canterbury and North Otago. «. i. i. i. Wethers— \ Ei. prime heavy to 21® to 18 ; Primo heavy .. 17 to 19 > 14i to 16J Prime medium weight . . 141 to 16J 13 to 141 Ordinary . . 13 to 145 H to 12 J Light .. 10 to 12J 85 to 104 Bwes— ' | Ex. prime ~. to 21 —to 151 I Prime heavy . . 16J to 18 11 to 135 Prime medium weight . . 14j to 16 91 to 10S Ordinary . . 11 to 34 6 to 83 Lijht ~ Sj to 10J 4 to <5 Store Sheep. Store sheep comprised a fairly good, though small, offering, and included *ere the first ewes and lambs at Addington this season. Interest in the tale was keen, and the demand stronger than for some time past. The letter quality of the sheep penned, no 4oubt, was the cause of, the improved demand. However, there was no appreciable advance in values.

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