ADDINGTON MARKETS
(»T TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) j CHRISTCHURCH, 23rd June. | At the Addington live fitock market there were again 'large entries of fat sheep and fat lambs, a fuller yarding of store sheep, and a rather smaller entry of fat cattle. There was a good attendance. Fat lambs were rather easier owing to the large proportion of unfinished eorte. Pat sheep were firm ; fat cuttle were a little easier. Store Sheep. — Forward four and sixtooth wethers, 19s to 20sj two and fourtooth wethers, 15s 6d to' 16s 9d; good ewe hoggets, to 16g 7d ; ordinary ewe hoggets, 10s 6d to 12s 3d ; wether hoggets, 9s 6d to 12g lOd ; inferior wether, hoggets, 6s 6d to 9s; cull hoggets, 3s to os 9d ; aged ewes, is to 7*; low-conditioned four and six-tooth ewes, 7s 3d to 10s; good four and eix-tooth ewes, to 14s 6d. Fat Lambs. — Prime lambs, 17s 6d to 22s Id; medium, 14s to 17s; light and unfinished, 11s 6d to 13s 6d. Fat Sheep. — Extra prime wethers, to 28s aiid 30s 3d ; prime wethers, 20<s to 25s;* others, 16s to 19s 6d; merino wethers, 12s 6d to 23s 4d ; extra prime ewes, to 25s 9d ; prime ewes, 17s 6d to 24s 6d; medium eNyes, 14s 6d to 17b; inTerior ewes, 8s 2d to 14s; merino ewes, 8s 3d to 9s 6d. Fat Cattle. — Extra prime steers, to £15 ss; ordinary steers, £7 15s to £10; extra prime heifers, to £11 ; ordinary heifers, £5 to £8; extra prime cows, to £10 7s 6d ; ordinary cows, £4 15s to £8. Price of beef, per 1001b, 22s to 375 ; extra prime, to 395. Store Cattle. — A small yarding was made up of two-year-old heifers and dry cows, and the former sold at £3 5s to £3 15s, and the latter at 30s to £i 15s. Dairy cows made £3 10s to £13 ss. . Fat Pigs.— Choppers, 45s to 1355; extra heavy baconers, 70s to 80s; heavy bacouers, 60s to 725; light baconere, 50s to 57s Cd. Price per Ib, 5d to 6d. Heavy porker?, 40a to 455 ; light porkers, 30s to 38s. Price per Ib, s^d to 6d. Store ' Pigs. — Medium stores made 18s to 21s ; smaller, 12s to 17s ; and weaners, 2« 6d to ss.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 4
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376ADDINGTON MARKETS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 148, 24 June 1915, Page 4
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