ADDINGTON MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 14

ADDINGTON MARKET

(By • Telegraph-:-^l>resa .-' Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH,;2BtIi May.

• ■ Competition -afc. Addirigton market to-day was'brisker'in most'departments of stock, due; to1 the improved'■ feed conditions as a result.' or/tlie recent;rains. : ,' '. ' / ;

■in the .store:'sheep'section.'there was a free kale. 'for good class ewes, with civc lambs' up to' a' shilling better. ;•• ExporL buyers ■ luive practically- disappeared iron the market'for:third grade lamb; and this' class was down-by. a-.shilling.' Good ewe lambs, 165.t0 16s-..9d; ■ordinary ewe lambs, to 15s; good wether lambs, to 14s Gtl; ordinary wether lambs, 9s to 11s 9d; backward wether lambs, ■Ss l 4'd,to 7s 6d; good in'.'ls. lambs, 13s (id 'to Ha 3d; ordinary m.s. lambs, to 12s;'/extra good :two-tooth Con-icdale ewes, '27s' Gd; ordinary twotootli. halfbred ewes,'.to 18s;' good four, six, and .eight-tooth halfbred, ewes, to .ISs 3d; full-mouth halfbred ewes (low condition), to 8s 9d;-aged halfbred ewes, is to 5s 3d; good twoTtooth halfbred wethers, 14s 8d to 17s-.Bd; -ordinary two-tooth halfbred wethers,' 12s 4d tp.l3s lOd; good four and six-tooth halfbred'wethers, to 18s 4d; ordindi-j' four and six-tooth wethers, 10s 0d to 14s 8d; ■full-mouth ■ halfbred wethers (backward), 5s 6d to 8s 9d. Fat Lambs.—An average entry of 2400 sold at an advance of Is to Is Gd, the schedule for export having slightly improved. Best lambs, 243 to 275;..-medium, Us to 235. '• ■- • , Fat Sheep.—An 'average entry and an advance in price of 2s. 6d for wethers and 2s for ewes. .Exporters:bought thelighter sheep i'rely. . JSxtsa .prime heavy-w.ethers sold to 34s 4d; .prime: wethers, 28s ;6d to 38s'0d;' ordinary-wethers, 24s 6d to 27s 6d; light wethers, 19s. to 23s ~6d; extra prime ewes to 265,4d..28s 7d; prime ewce, 21a (id, 24s (id; .ordinary ewes, 17s 6d to 20s. Gd; light ewes, -14s 6d to 17s; aged ewes, lls to 14s. ' ,'•' ' ■■' '■ Fat Cattle.'—A .'heavier yarding, mostly of cows uud heifci-s, but au improved sale for quality cattle.1 ...by _3s per- 1001b. Host steer and heifer beef ,'made 38s-to 425, heavy to 37s Gd, and: secondary'32s! to 35s per- 1001b; and rough ..down to.-255. per 1001b. Extra ■ prime heavy steers sold to £19 17s (id;, prime'heavy steers,:'£ls 10s to £17 10s; "prime-- and: medium-weight steers, £12-10s to £15 ss; medium quality steers, £8 15s, to ;£ll,.los;' light steers, £7 to £8 10s; extra primo heifers, to £15----2s (id; prime heifers to £15 2s 6d; prime heifers. £9 ]0s to £12 10s;-medium hcif- : ere,: £7 5s to .£9 ss; light heifers, £6 to £7; extra prinie cows, to £15 2s 6d; primo cows, £9 to -£11 10s;.medium cows, £7 to £8' 15s; light, and aged cows, £5 to £(i-15s."' • .."I"Vealers.—Bost sold to. £S; good,1 £G to £7; m.e(liuin,;£4:to.. £5, log; good calves, 40s to 455; medium, to 355. ■Store. Cattle.—A-poor yarding. A line of 18-month Shorthorn-Etccrs sold at £5 10s; Cows made up to £5 --15s. Dairy VCows.-^-Best' second and third; colvers, to £18; others,' £11 to £14; best ;'heifers, to-'£ls'lss;' others, £7 to, £10.'». :■' Fat. Pigs.—Au average, entry: of porkers -and 'a smaller -oue than. usualr.of bacon; Porkers recorded au advance of up to to' a. head, but there w.a<-,:little: change -in! 'b'acon'values.' Choppers,' £2MSs to £7, 18s 0d; porkers,. 46s 6dHo "565; heavy "porkers, 57s Od to £3 9s Cd; average price per lb, 7%d to -SYad; baconers,. £3Q4s to £4 4s; heavy bacOiiers:tb-£4 195.6 d; average price per lb, 6d to 6%d. - ■: . i ■ Store Pigs.—A total entry; of 160 head, which met ,with> a'brisk sale; values being better than the preceding week.- Large stores, 31s to 36s 6d; medium stdres, 25s to 295; small stores, ;lD^to-245; slips, 12s 6d to 10s; baconerß, 7s 6d to-12s.- ■