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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 March 1939, Page 12

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ADDINGTON MARKET. BETTER 'I’ONE REPORTED. [PEB PBESB ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. March 9. A better tone was noted at the Addington market yesterday. Store lambs and breeding ewes improved in price. Fat lambs wore bought under (he lower export schedule, and as th,, works arc crowded, the entry in this section was left principally

to the butchers. 'The absence of export buyers was mostly felt in (he mutton section. Heavy sheep values were maintained, and fat cattle improved by up to 15/- a. head for good medium weights. Store sheep: In the store sheep section, Hie entry was about the same size as 'last week. -There was a free demand for lambs, but, no doubt, to the light rain which fell during the sale. A better showing or decentlyconditioned lambs met with a brighter sale, making from 10/6 to 13/-, with ordinary at 7/- to 9/-, and culls down to 3/6, an advance of 6d and 1/- a head, 'rhe penning of ewes, included a big proportion of aged sorts, hut some pens from the fair's were included. The rain had a stimulating effect on the market, and there was much freer sales of all classes except culls, two or three pens of which sold down as low as a shilling. A two-tooth line of 83 sold at 29/-, and a pen of 5-1 from the Chathams, Romney cross, sold at 33/-’ Several pens of soundmouthed improved to 10/- to 11/(1. Ewes bought? at one of the northern fairs showed an increase of 3/- to 4/- a head, which showed a substantial improvement. Fat lambs: The fat lambs section bad a. poorer dale, with the export schedule reduced from 7}d to 7d per lb for 36’s and under. The bulk of the heavy lambs went below schedule, and lighter sorts barely made export rates. Quality was mixed, but some good pens were forward from the West Coast, 'rhe entry was 1300 head, compared with 1500 last week.

Sales on behalf of West Goast clients included: M. Coulson (Koiterangi) 79 at 13/1 to 22/7. R. S. Lines (Westport) 73 at 15/7 to 19/10, A. Griffen ?West, Coast)' 84 at ’l3/10 to 15/1. Fat sheep: Five thousand head were entered in the fat sheep section, and quality was fair. There was an easing in values, as there was no competition from exporters, and the yarding was too large for the local trade. The concentration of the works on lambs and a difficulty, that is expected in shipping freights were probably factors in the absence of export buyers from the market. Best prices were from 21/10 to 26/10 for a line of 29 wethers from J. E. P. Cameron (Timaru). and from 17/4 to 19/1 for 12 ewes from N. Thompson (Southbridge). Extra prime heavy wethers to 26/10. Prime heavy wethers 19/6 to 22/-. Prime mediiun-weight wethers 16/9 to 19/3. Ordinary wethers 14/9 to 16/6. Light wethers to 14/6: Extra, prime heavy ewes' to 19/1. Prime heavy ewes, 12/6 to 15/6. Prime medium-weight ewes 10/-- to 12/-. Ordinary ewes S/- to 9/6. Light ewes to 7/6. Fat cattle: The entry, was 415 head, smaller than for some recent sales. The bulk of the entry* was plain, but there were several good lines from the fattening districts, and' the general quality was better than usual. The market opened at an improvement of 15/- to 20/- a head for the best of the medium-weight steers, and. to 10/- for good heifers, but the undergrade showed no improvement. The sale concluded firmly for good beef. A good line of steers was forward from Sharp Bros. (Halswell), 11 making £l3/7/6 to £l5/12/6. Extra prime heavy steers to £l5/12/6. Prime

heavy steers £l3/b/- to xn/iv/-. Prime medium-weight steers, £ll to £l3/10/-. Ordinary steers, £9/5/- to £lO/10/-. Light steers to £B/15/-. Extra prime heifers to £l3/2/6. Prime heifers £B/10/- to £9/15/-; Medium heifers £6/15/- to £B/5/-. Light heifers to £6/10/-. Extra prime cows to £ll/17/6. Prime cows £6 15/- to £B/10/-. Medium Cows £5/5/to £6/5/-. Light and aged cows to £4/15/-. Sales on behalf of West Coast clients included: A. Wall (Koiter-

angi)' cow at £4/17/6, Smith Bros. . (Koiterangi) cow at £l/12/6. S. Wall (Koiterangi) cow at £4/7/6, G. M. Spence (Koitcrangi)' cow at £5/17/6. Vealers: The entry of 120 head was light. ' The sale was easier for smaller calves by 5/- to 8/- a head, and for larger from 10/- to 5/- a head. Large runners were easier by up to 30/-. Except for quality vealers the sale was lifeless. Best runners to £5/16/-. Good runners 51/- to £3/16/-. Prime vealers 45/- to £4/16/-. Medium vealers 26/6 to 30/-. Large calves 20/to 26/-. Small calves 9/6 to 15/-. Store cattle: Some good back-coun-try pens were forward. Eighty-five Black Polls were sold at from £5/2/6 to £7/13/-, and 58 Herefords at from

£5/2/6 to £7. A line of 31 18-months gccd-coloured heifers sold at £3/18/6, and cows and odd lines of pens of steers maintained recent values. Dairy cattle: With an unusually heavy yarding, prices suffered. For the better class of cows, the easing was from £1 to 30/- a head on the good rates ruling at recent sales. Ordinary sorts met with a more pronounced easing, being weaker by 30/to £2. Best price of the day was £l3 for both cows and heifers.

Fat pigs: Porkers were forward in much smaller numbers than last week, and the sale was a good deal better than the closing rates of last week. Prices remained firm until the last race, when there was an easing of from 2/- to 3/- a head. Choppers in good supply met with an excellent demand. The bacon entry was one of the smallest, so far this season. Quality generally was poor and the sale was lifeless, bales being a shade easier. Choppers 56/- Io £5/16/-. Light porkers 12/6 io 15/6. Medium porkers 46/6 to 49/6. Heavy porkers 51/6 to 55/6. Average price per lb' 63d to (ii/d. Light baconers 54/6 to, 59/6. Medium baconers £3/2/6 to £,’> 7/6. Heavy baconers £3/8/6 to £3 12/6. Dxtra heavy baconers to CI. Average price per lb sj ! d io 6d. I

Store pigs: There was a small penning in the store pig section, and prices again declined from 2/- to 3/a head. Weaners and- slips attracted practically no demand, the larger

sons being slightly easier (han a week. ago. Small weaners. 5/- to 7/-: best (o 12/-. Slips 13/ -to 16/-. Small stores 18/- to 21/-. Medium stores, 22/- to 25/-. Large stores to 32/-.