ADDINGTON MARKET

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1313, 26 January 1928, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET

STORE LAMBS DOWN

SHEEP G ENEiI 1A LL V DEC LIN E

I lEEE NOT MAINTAINED

(Per Press Association) Christchurch, Jan 2-3

Store Sheep.- -The bingest entry ol store lambs tliis season. Competition was much more restrained and best lambs were down by 2s, a bead, and others by 2s Gd. Pr cos previously had been beyond parity ol l'at lambs, in addition to which. the weather has set in very -warm. Good adult sheep sold brightly, but low conditioned, both owes and wethers, were not wanted. Good mixed sex balt'bred lambs 23s to 24s Sd; forward rape' lambs 21s Od to 22s 9d, medium, rape lambs 18s Gd to 21.5, backward sorts Its 7d to 18s; good 4, G, and 8-booth ha If bred ewes 27s <Jd to 30s lid, medium, 4, G and 8tooth ewes 22s 3d to 25s lid extra good 2-tootli halfbred ewes to 32s l\jd inferior aged ewes 12s to IGs, cull ewes os 9d to 11s lOd, forward, 4, G and 8-tootb wethers to 23s 7d. medium 4. 6 and 8-tooth wethers ISs Cd to 21s lid, 2-too til. wetliers 23s Cd, low eonditioiied wethers 14s 3d. Pat Lambs.—A keen sale at lull export prices. (Extra prime to 31s Ul prime 28s Gd to 325, medium 2Gs Gd to 28s; light 23s to 2Gs. Fat sheep.—A smaller entry of 11 races, mostly owes with very few prime wethers. For the latter the market about held, bid, big owes wore down by Is to Is Gd a, head, and light wethers by a. shilling, .exporters bought Fgiiter sheep. Extra prime wetliers to 34s Id, prime wethers 30s to 325, medium wethers 26* 8d In 295, light wetliers 23s Gd to 265, extra prime ewes to 29s 7tl, prime owes 23s Gd to 2Gs Gd, meuiuin owes 18s to 23s .light ewes 13s 9d to 17s.

Fat Cattle.—The advance recorded last week was lost. Best light pi me beef made 37s Gd to 40s: increase to 425, medium 31s to 365, heavy 32s to 355, medium cow beef 20s to 325, and rough, down to 255: extra heavy steers to LIS 17s Gd. prime heavy steers £ls 15s to £l'7 ss; medium weight prime steers £l3 to £ls 10s. liglrt .steers £lO to £l2 10s; extra prime heifers to £ll 7s Gd. prime heifers Til 5s to £l3; medium heifers £9 to £ll, light heifers £6 to C 8 10s, extra prime cows £lO. 5s to £l2 ss, medium cows £7 10s to £lO, aged and light cows £5 7s Gd to £7 ss. Vealers. —Lower prices all round most marked lor interior stud. Twelve to 18 mouths sorts to £C 15s, good vealers £1 to £5 ss, others 30s To £3 10s .calves 4s, to 10s.

Store Cattle.- Three and four-year steers T 9 to TlO 2d. Od, two-year to TO lls; yearling heifers T 3 to T'4 ss, cows t'2 5s to To Us, bulls T 3 10s to TH 10s.

Dairv Cattle. -80-t second to fourth "culvers* £8 to Til 10s, medium TO 10s to T 7 15s:, others T 4 to TG, heifers T 7 to TlO 10s others T 4 to TO 10s.

Fat Pig-s.-TW was egam a number of overweight nacoiieis th<it u-eiv. practically unsaleable, inakng no more than 3kl a. pound. There Avas no Inlying for export, prions being a. shade on thy high side, (..hoppers £2 to 4M Ms Gd, baconers 47s 6d to £3 4s Oil, average pviee per H> -Id to did; porkers 32s Gd to 37s Gil. heavy porkers 40s to 4-ss, a\eiage priee per lb did to 7d. Store Pigs—Good eompeb'Lion for a!l c utry Avliieh comprised for a most part large stores and slips. Weaners l()s to Ids, extra good to 18s, stores 18s to 23s Gd. good stores 2ds to 29s 0d extra good 32s to 80s Gd.