ADDINGTON MARKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 March 1943, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET

FALL IN ENTRIES

CHRISTCHURCH, March 4

There were reduced entries in most sections at the Addington sale, yesterday, with a firming tendency, best beef sharing the rise. Store lambs: The highest price was 21/3 for a pen of strong-wool led lambs requiring little topping off. and there were several sales of somewhat similar sheep approaching the 20/- mark. Best lambs made from 17/9 to 21/3, other good lines from 15/3 to 17/2, and medium to good 12/6 to 14/5, ewe lambs from 16/1 to 19/9. Taken all over prices showed an advance of from 1/- io 1/6 a head on the values of a week ago.

Store sheep: The two-tooth division contained some attractive pens, the highest price being 44/- for 63 wellgrown Romney sheep from R. Studholme (Tai Tapu). Another 73 closer woolled but big-framed sheep made 39/-, and there were several sales at between 30/6 and 37/6. A limited yarding of lower grade two-tootlis sold well at from 22/- to 26/-. In the adult section the highest price of the day was 34/9 for a line of four-tooth shipped ewes, and another pen of four and six-tooth ewes brought 34/-. The best of the four-year-olds realised 22/6, and of the five-year-olds 19/-. Fat lambs: The yarding included several trucks of West Coast lambs, practically all heavy weights, and these met with an animated sale. A line ol 83 from L. W. Timperley

(Tctaho) macle from 26/4 to 33/11), the latter figure being the highest of the sale. The line averaged close on 28/-. Another consignment of 80 from R. Adam.jon (Wataroa) sold from 27/10 to 31/4, averaging 30/9, and 78 from A. Scott (Karangarua) averaged 29/-. Williams Bros. (Weheka) sold 79 at an average of 29/-, and a line of 78 from J. Ryan (Rotomanu) averaged 27/6_. Numerous sales at from 25/- io 28/- over the whole yarding were recorded, and there were very few sales below the former figure.

Fat sheep: Prime heavy wethers, up to 35/1. Prime medium-weight wethers. 28/- to 30/-. Light wethers, 22/- to 26/-. Extra prime ewes, to 27/6. Prime medium-weight ewes. 18/4 to 22/10. Light and inferior ewes, down to 10/-. Fat cattle: Extra prime steers, £l9 5/- to £2l/2/6. Prime heavy steers, £l6/10/- to £lB/15/-. Prime medium-weight steers, £l4/10/- to £l6/5/-. Ordinary steers, £l2 to £l3/10/-. Light steers, to £ll/10/-. Extra prime heifers, to £l5/7/6. Prime heifers, £9/10/- to £l2/5/-. Medium heifers, £8 to £9/5/-. Light heifers, £6/5/- to £7/10/-. Extra prime cows, to £l3/7/6. Prime cows, £8 to £lO. Medium cows, £6/10/to £7/10/-. Light and aged cows. £5 to £6/5/-. Vealers: Best runners made to £7 8/6, medium to £4/18/6; vealers of best quality made from £4/10/- to £5/10/-, others 55/- to £3/10/-; best calves made up to 42/-, medium 20/ -to 26/- and small down to 5/-. Store cattle: A pen of good-framed Herefords, in forward condition, made £l3/13/6, 13 black polls £l2 6/-, and seven Shorthorn crosses_£ll 8/6. Another 47 steers, mostly Herefords, were forward iTom Nafbey’s Estate (Akaroa). Ten of these, in good store condition, made £ll/18/6, a second pen of 10 £ll/8/6, and the remainder from £9/18/6 to £lO 18/6. Dairy cattle: Best heifers made from £l5 to £lB, medium £l2 to £l4, and others £9 to £ll/10/-. The best cows sold at from £l2/10/to £l4; medium £lO to £l2, others £8 to £9/10/-. Old cows in profit, for indefinite periods made from £2 10/- to £4/10/-. Fat pigs: Light porkers, 54/6 to 59/6; medium, £3/2/6 to £3/7/6; heavy, £3/9/6 to £3/16/6. Choppers, £3/18/6 to £7/8/6. Light baconers,

£3/17/6 to £4/4/6; medium, £4/ 3/6 to £4/14/6; heavy £4/19/6 to £5 19/6. Store pigs: Small weaners, 12/- to 14/-; best, from 15/- to 20/-. SI ps, 21/- to 26/-. Small stores, 27/- to 32/-; medium, 33/- to 38/-; large, up to 42/-.