ADDINGTON MARKET.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) * CHRISTCHURCH, September 7. The entries of fat sheep at the weekly stock market at Addington today were considerably smaller than last week, and prices for best lines were a shade better, with others unaltered. In the store sheep there. was little change in values, and a line of wether hoggets brought 14s 3d to 14s 7d. A pen of ewe hoggets made 13s 7d; older sorts, 18s. Ewes and lambs sold relatively well; one pen made lls Id to 11s 6d, all counted,. There was little demand for any class sheep,,particularly forward wethers. The fat sheep entry was slightly more than 4000, but quality was lacking, the big proportion being rough and unfinished. Sheep values settled down at very little change from last week as the sale proceeded, and a few outstanding pens of ewes and wethers rose by Is a head, but no quotable change was made in other classes." Prices were: — Sheep: Extra prime wethers made to 35s 4d; prime, 29s 6d to 325; prime medium, 25s to 28s 6d; others, down to 20s; !extra prime ewes, 28s Id: prime, 20s to 245; prime medium, 16s 6d to 19s; others, down to lls.
The fat cattle entry of 542 met quite a sound demand for good and medium quality, although at distinctly lower values,. Rates on last week decreased, and the price .averaged about 20s. Good
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 60, 8 September 1938, Page 23
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ADDINGTON MARKET.
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 60, 8 September 1938, Page 23
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