ADDINGTON STOCK SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 139, 15 June 1933, Page 14

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 14,

The buoyancy which has resulted from Hie advance in the values of store beef, fat sheep, and fat lambs at Addington recently, and the continuance of that advance today; lias caused general confidence of a degree not known for over twelve months. In response to spirited competition fat sheep advanced to a level not known-for. more than a year, wethers making up to 25s 7d and ewes to 21s lOd. Fat lambs and store sheep also recorded substantial advances on late rates. Store sheep: More than a normal winter yarding came forward. Ewe lambs aud forward wether lambs were- Is to 2s a head dearer.than last week, and adult ewes in good condition advanced by a similar extent. Values: Good ewe lambs, 11s to 12s; medium, 9s to 10s' 6d; ordinary, 7s to 8s; good wether lambs to 8s 8d; ordinary m.s. to 7s; small and plain to 5s Gd; good six and eight halfbred and crossbred ewes, ,12s; to 13s; aged inferior, SFa°t lambs: An entry of 2200, with the West Coast represented, met an excellent sale from start to finish, with butchers paying over 5d a lb. Exporters bought with the greatest keenness, also paying up to sd. The average advance for the auction was Is to Is 6d a head in the best sale of the season. Values: Extra prime heavy lambs to 20s Id; prime heavy, las Od to 17s Cd; medium weight, 13s to los; ordinary, 10s to 12s 6d; light, 7s (id to 9s Cd Fat sheep: An entry of 5250, with a large number of drafts from Southland, Ota^o, South Canterbury, and the West Coast, met particularly keen competition for light sheep, with an advance of Is a head on late rates. Other classes showed a slightly smaller advance. The rise in the last few weeks has been 3s to 4s a head, reaching the best level at Addington for over twelve months. Values were: Show wethers to 25s 7d; "extra prime heavy wethers, 20s 4d to. 22s lOd; prime, 18s 6dto 20s; medium weight, 16s Cd to 18s; ordinary, Us to 16s; light, Us to 13s 6d; extra prime heavy ewes to 21s KM; prime, 165.3d to. 18s; medium weight. Us Od to 16s; ordinary, 10s 6d to 13s; light and unfinished, 7s to 9s. Fat cattle: An entry of 640 head, the largest.at an ordinary sale for four years. Values were maintained for extra prime sorts, while other classes were 10s to £1 !a head easier. Cattle came forward from the West Coast, Southland Otago, and South Canterbury. Especially good beet made 24s a 1001b; good prime, 16s to 20s; heavyweight and medium beef, 12s to 16s; good cow and heifer beef, 13s to l*s, secondary, 8s to lls; rough to Cs. Values: Extra prime Heavy steers to £11 Wi, prime, £7 10s; prime medium weight, ±U to £8; ordinary, £3 10s to £5 10s; light, £1 7s 6d to £3; extra prime heifers to £6 17s Od; prime, £4 10s to £6 ss; medium, £2 10s to £4; light £1 7s Gd^to £2 10s; prime cows, £3 los to £5 17s Gd, medium, £2 to £3 ss; light, £1 to £2. Fat pigs: A small entry. Values: Choppers, 30s to £2 18s Gd; bacouers, 38s 6d to 47s 6d; heavy, 52s Gd to sos (id; extra heavy to £3 Is 6d; average price per lb, 3%d to 4d; porkers, 17s to 21s 6d; heavy, 23s 6d to 29s M; extra heavy to 32s 6d; average price per lb, 394 dto 4%d.