ADDINGTON MARKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 October 1944, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET

VALUES GENERALLY FIRMER

Lamb and mutton values were ( firmer at. the Addington sale, yesterday. when all sheen sections regis- ■ tered an improvement. Fat cattle) made a small recovery. _ ( Store sheep: The highest price wasi 49/(5 Tor 71 Romney-cross sheep similar in quality to those sold last week I at 40/-. Other sales of ewe hoggets i included 60 at 39/-, 266 at 3 7/9, 75 at 36/6, and 150 at 35/-. The best woolly l wether hoggets, forward i.n small] numbers, sold for 27/5. Shorn wether i hoggets sold from 21/6 to 24/- for the] best, and others made up to 19/6. The, quality of the ewes and lambs showed j a marked improvement. The best: price was 22/-, all counted, lor 22 ewes and 22 lambs, and other sales included 57 ewes and 67 lambs at 18/1, 64 ewes and 91 lambs at 18/-, 41 ewes and 64 lambs at 16/11, lit, ewes and 140 lambs at 14/10. Four] and six-tooth wethers made from 22/- to 25/-. . . Suring lambs: The highest price tor show lambs was 48/1 for a pen ol three from C. J. Hastings (Brookside), and J. Moorhead (Springs ion) sold'ls from 39/7 to 47/7. In the general section, the best lambs i lade from 33/- to 36/9, with lighter It mbs from 27/4 to 31/7. Fat sheep: The yarding was approximately 3500, against 4000 last week. With the smaller yarding and better quality generally the ■ sale showed a definite- improvement on that of a week ago. Extra p .me wethers, to 36/1. Prime wethers, 3/1 to 35/10. Prime medium-w< ght wethers, 28/1 to 30/4. Light wet ?rs, to 25/-. Extra prime young ewe to 29/1. Prime ewes, 20/1 to 26/7. P me medium-weight ewes, 17/10 to . /4. Light ewes, to 15/7. Best w< fly wethers, to 41/1. Best woolly e es, to 32/1. Best woolly hoggets, to ? /I. Best shorn hoggets, 29/4 to I 77. Medium shorn hoggets, 26/- to 2 /7. Light shorn hoggets, 23/- to 25/4 Fat cattle: The entry was on he small side, consisting of 460 It id, compared with 633 last week. Que .ty was not up to the average 1. gh, standard of recent markets, altho .gh < there were some outstanding tri ek < lots of prime cattie penned. 'i he ( shorter entry was refletced in a j brighter market and a minor recovery j in values, ranging from 10/- to 15/- 1 a head. Extra heavy prime steers, to t

’ £2O/12/6. Prime steers, £l7/15/; to £l9/10/-. Prime medium-weight steers, £l6 to £l7/10/-. Ordinary steers, £l3 to £l4/10/-. Extra primeheifers, to £l7/2/6. Prime heifers, !,£l2/5/- to £l4/5/-. Medium (heifers, £lO to £ll/15/-. Light ; heifers, to £9/10/-. Extra prime I cows, £l4/5/- to £l5. Prime cows, £lO to £l2/5/-. Medium cows, £8 15/- to £9/10/-. Light and aged J cows, to £8 Vealers: Large vealers, £6/8/6 to I £9/16/-; others, £4/18/6 to £6/6/-. iPrime suckers, £4/16/- to £6/3/6; medium, £3/11/- to £4/13/6. Large calves, 48/- to 68/-; medium, 34/- to ' 46/-; small and rough, 17/- to 22/-. Store cattle: Competition was free, and all but one pen was sold at auction, values ranging from £9/16/- to i £ 12/5/- for 138 head. One pen of i Shorthorns sold at £B/19/6. The three top-priced pens at £l2/5/were 10 Black Polls, 10 Herefords, and 10 Shorthorn cross. Other sales included 10 Hereford steers at £ll 5/-, nine forward steers at £l2/1/-, land nine at £lO/11/-, and nine dairy cross cows at £6/14/-. Dairy cattle: The best of the heifers made from £lO to £l2/10/-, good £8 10 £9/15/-. others £5/10/to £7/15/-, best‘second, third, and fourth calvers made from £B/10/- to £lO/10/-, ordinary £5/10/- to £B, inferior £3/10/- to £4/15/-. ; Fat pigs: Light porkers, 55/6 to £3 2/6; medium, £3/3/6 to £3/9/6: heavy, £3/11/6 to £3/19/6. Choppers, £5/6/- to £9/18/6. Light 1 loaconers, £4/8/6 to £4/18/6, medium, £5/1/6 to £5/9/6; heavy, £5 10/6 to £5/15/6; extra heavy, £5 19/6 to £6/9/6. Store pigs: Small weaners, 18/- to 23/-; medium, 27/- to 34/-; best, 35/to 38/-. Small stores, 42/- to 47/-; medium, 48/- to 54/-.