ADDINGTON MARKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 July 1943, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

EWE MUTTON EASIER

CHRISTCHURCH, July 22

Ewe mut+on values eased at the Addington sale, yesterday, best sorts being down 3/- a head and light by about 5/-, though wether prices were unchanged. Prime cattle held recent levels, poorer sorts being weaker. Store Sheep: Ewe hoggets were keenly sought after, ana one pen or 147 good class half-bred sheep made 31/-, the second draft selling at 26/3. Another 164 realised 27/9, and others sold from 19/- to 23/6. Wether hoggets were in small supply, and some of the medium quality sold from 18/6 to 21/-. Ewes in lamb were of mixed quality, one pen of b 6 four-year-old, in lamb to Southdown rams, topping the market at 26/4. Others sold from 19/9 to 24/6, and low-conditioned ewes sold as low as 8/-. A pen of 16 old ewes with 16 Southdown lambs at foot, realised 12/2 ah couhted. Fat Lambs’ One line of 22 from Pcnclarves sold from 33/1 to 47/10 for a pen of seven, and * 49/4 for a pen of six. Another draft of 35 from Waiau made from 38/1 to 44/1. Good lambs sold from 32/7 to 37/4, medium from 27/1 to 31/10, and light to inferior from 22/- to 25/4.

Fat Sheep: Extra prime wethers, to 153/7. Prime wether.', 46/6 to 49/6. Prime medium-weight wethers, 39/to 43/-. Ordinary wethers, 31/- to 34/-. Extra prime ewes to 35/7. Prime ewes, 30/- to 34/-. Prime medium-weight ewes. 22/- to 26/6. Ordinary ewes. 12/6 to 18/6. I*at Cattle: The feature of the sale was 16 Shorthorn-Hereford and Shorthorn steers, about the primes t line seen at the yards this year. They ranged from £24/17/6 to £26/12/6, an average of £25/10/3. the highest .average this year. Extra prime heavy steers, to £26/2/6. Prime heavy steers, £lB/15/- to £2l. Prime medium-weight steers, £l6/10/- to £lB/5/-. Ordinary steers, £l2/10/to £l4/10/-. Ligh. steers, to £ll 15/-. Extra prime heifers, to £22 2/6. Prime heifers, £l2/5/- to £l4 5/-. Medium heifers, £B/10/- to £ll/5/-. Light heifers, to £B/5/-. Extra prime cows, to £ 17/17/6. Prime cows, £lO/5/- to ’£9/15/-. Light and aged cows, to £6/15/-. Vealers.—Best runners, to £ll/6/-. Medium to good, £6 /1 0/- to £B/10/-. Best vealers, to £B/3 z 6; average, £.5 3/6 to £6/3/6. Large calves, to £3/18/6; medium to £2/15/-; small down to 16/-. Store Cattle: A. lire of 20 three-year-old Shorthorn steers in backward condition made £lO/18/6. A second line of 20 tw>-year old;;, similarly bred and conditioned, sold at £B/13/6. Dairy Cows—Best second, third, and fourth calvers, £ll to £l3/10/-; medium, £9 to £ J 6/10/-; inferior, £4/10/- to £6/10/-. Best heifers, £l5 to £l7; good heifers, £l2/10/to £l4/10/-: others, £9 to £l2. Fat Pigs.—Light prkers, 39/6 to 46/6; medium, 50/6 Io 59/6; heavy, 3 2/6 to £3/10/6. Choppers, £4/10/to £B/16/-. Light baconers, £3 14/6 to £4/7/6: medium, £4/14/6 to £5/3/6; heavy. £o/7/6to £5/19/6. Average price per lb. 8.1 d to 9d. - Store Pigs.—Wean- rs from 14/- to 20/-; small stores, 22/- to 26/-; medium stores, 27/- to 32/-; large stores, to 40/-.