ADDINGTON MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 151, 24 December 1930, Page 4

ADDINGTON MARKET

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 23rd December. The weekly metropolitan market at.Acldington to-day was an unusual one, inasmuch as it came so close to the Christmas vacation. There will not be another market : until 7th January, and yesterday s auction was termed a "double market It was that in name only, as in none ot the departments was the entry heavy, and in a number of instances the entry was lower than usual. The entry of store sheep was the smallest for many months, and the sale was a ready one with a fanattendance of buyers. Values were very firm, and compared more than, favourably in many instances with those ruling at recent sales. Values' were: Good six ana eight-tooth Eomney wethers to 14s; good Ronmey wether lambs, to 12s Id; good ewes and lambs, to 13s 4d; ordinary ewes and lambs, to 7s 4d; good four and sixtooth Romncy owes, to 14s. Tho entry of fat lambs was 960 head, as compared with 2200 head at the "double lamb market last week. The sale was not a ready one, and values were easier by Is a head. The average price per pound was 6Md, and'that prevented export buyers from operating. Values were: Extra prime lambs, to 26s 7d; prime lambs,- 20s Cd to 255; medium lambs, 18s 6d to 20s; light lambs,' 15s (id to ISs. : The entry of fat sheep was much shorter than at last sale. The sale was steady, at prices on a par with those of last week. At one stage near the end of the sale ewes sold at rates a little above thoso ruling last week. Values were: Extra prime wethers, to 25s lOd; prime heavy wethers, 22s to 23s 9d; medium-weight wethers, 19s to 21s 6d;' second quality wethers, 14s 6d to 18s; light wethers, _12sto 14s; extra prime ewes, to 20s lOd; primeewes, 17a to 10s; medium ewes, 15s to It's 6d; light ewes, 11s Gd to 14s; aged and inferior ewes, 9s yto 11s. There was, an entry of 219 head of fat cattle —the smallest for the year. The quality was very mixed, but included a. sprinkling of "baby" beof and prime haudyweight sorts. . The sale was very erratic,, varying from being on a par with late rates to £1 a head advance. ... It was very dull at the close. No graziers- outside the province were represented. The -best medium-weight beef made from 39s to 43s' per 1001b, and in the case of some of the baby beef a little above that figure. Heavy beef brought from 32s to 365; cow beef from 29s to 345; secondary beef, 24s 6d to 28s; and rough down to 21s. Values were: Extra prime-heavy steers to £19 7s 6d; prime heavy steers, £15 to £17 10s; prime medium-weight steers, £11 10s to £14, 10s; medium quality steers, £8 10s to £11; light steers to £S ss; extra prime heifers to £14 12s 6d; prime heifers, £10 to £12; medium heifers, £7 10s to £9 10s; light heifers, £5 10s to £7; extra prime cows to £15 7s 6d; prime cows, £|9 10s to £11 10s; medium cows, £6 15s to £9; light and aged cows, £5 to £6 10s. The entry o£ vealers was small and the quality mixed. There was not a great demand from the butchers, but last week's prices held. The top price was £5 6s. There was a small yarding of store cattle, with few straight lines. The sale was a dragging one, with very little demand. A pen of good two-year-old Shorthorn steers brought £7 15s, and n pen of 15----lnonths Hereford steers made £3 ss. Mixed sex yearlings brought up to 51s, and a pen of good coloured yearling; heifers sold at £3 15s. Potting bulls made up to £6 15s. The cattle entry of dairy cattle totalled 36 head compared with 50 head laist week. Although the quality was high there was little demand for any class, and the majority of the yarding was passed. Values were: Good second and third calvers, £9 to £10; medium cows, £6 to £8; aged and inferior, £2 10s to £5; good heifers, £8 to £9; medium heifers, £6 to £7; inferior, £5 to £5 15s. There were no baconers entered in the fat pig pens, and choppers_ were also scarce. There was a medium entry of porkers, including some from the West Coast. Prices were in advance of those paid last week. Values were: Porkers, 36s to 455; heavy porkers, 47s 6d to 56s 6d; average price pcr1 lb, 6%d to 7%d; choppers, £3 13s 4d to £4 8s 6d. The entry of store pigs was a very short one; comprising 76 head only. The sale was steady throughout, and there was no change in the basis of values which ruled at last market to record. Values were: Large stores, to 355; medium stores, 27s 6d to 355: small stores, 23s to 27s 6d'; slips, 22s to 27s 6d; weaners, 18s to 225.