DOUBLE ADDINGTON SALE.

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 4

DOUBLE ADDINGTON SALE.

(By Telegraph—Press Asspciatiotu) CHRISTCHURCH, November 6; ' There was a double market at Ad> dington today, and.values in aU-.-the major sections advanced in price, ewes and lambs and hoggets by Is 6d to 2s, fat sheep by Is to Is 6d, fat cattle by 255, and vealers by, 10s. ~:->:.•

Store Sheep.—Ewe hoggets made to 345; wether hoggets,, to 24s 6d; ewes and lambs, to 15s 7d.

Fat Sheep.—An. entry,.. 0£,4650 head. Extra prime heavy wethers made to 29s lOd; prime heavy, 23s 6d to 265; prime medium weight, 21s 6d to 23s 3d; ordinary, 19s 9d to 21s 3d;: e_xtra prime heavy ewes, to 29s lOd; prime heavy, 21s 6d to 235;. prime medium weight, 10s to 21s; ordinary, 17s 9d to 18s 9d: Fat Cattle.—Five hundred and four were penned, all local cattle except a few trucks from the We:t Coast. The sale'firmed as it progressed. ■ Best beef made 34s to 36s 6d a 1001b; good, 32s to 33s 6d; heifer beef, 335; and best cow to 30s. Extra prime heavy-steers sold to £16 7s 6d; prime heavy, £12 10s to £14 15s; prime medium weight, £11 5s to £13 ss; ordinary, £8 15s to £10 10s; extra prime heifers, to £13 12s 6d; prime, £8 5s to £10 ss; ordinary, £6 10s to £7 15s; extra prime cows, to £11 12s 6d; prime, £7 15s to £9 ss; ordinary, £6 5s to £7 10s. Fat • Pigs.—The market was unchanged. Choppers, 30s to £6 ,8g 6d; baconers, 45s 6d to £3 5s 6d; average price per lb, 4Jd to 5Jd; porkers, 28s to 42s '6d; average per lb, sjd to 6d.