ADDINGTON MARKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 November 1944, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

FAT CATTLE CHEAPER

CHRISTCHURCH, November 2

Fat' cattle were cheaper by about £ 1 a head at the Addington sale, yesterday. but fat sheep' held recent values and store sheep sold well. Store Sheep.—The best price for ewe hoggets in the wool was 38/6 for a pen of halfbreds, and 37/6 for Romney cross; 210 ewe hoggets, shorn as lambs, made from 25/- to 29/6; 84 shorn ewe hoggets sold lor 27/-, and others ranged from 25/- to 26/6. The best shorn wether hoggets macle from 22/3 to 24/9. The ewes and lambs were of reasonably good quality, the best selling from 17/5 to 18/- all counted, medium from 15/6 to 16/11. Fat Lambs.—The entry of fat lambs was 816, against 512 last week. The quality showed a further improvement, and the sale was again a sound one. The highest price was for 14, from 36/1 to 39/10. Values were: Heavy lambs, 36/1 to 39/10; good. 27/7 Io 31/7; medium, 23/- Io 25/7; light, to 21/4. , . Fat Sheep.—Several pens ol good quality wethers were included in the entry, which totalled about 3700, against 3500 last week. Competition for all but heavy weight, and overfat sheep was well maintained. Extra prime wethers, to 38/7. Prime wethers, 33/10 to 36/4. Prime mediumweight wethers, 27/10 to 30/7. Light wethers, to 25/-. Extra prime young ewes, to 28/10. Prime aged ewes. 21/to 23/4. Prime medium-weight ewes, 18/- to 20/6. Light ewes, 16/- to 17/6. Shorn wether hoggets, to 29/10. Fat Cattle.—The total yesterday was 533 head—last week it was 460.* and a fortnight ago 633. In the more settled and warmer weather that has set in, and the seasonal slackening that such a condition causes, the, entry was substantially in excess of the requirements of the trade. -Extra prime steers, £l9/5/- to £2l/12/6. Prime steers, £l7 to £lB/15/-. Prime medium-weight steers, £l5/10/- to £l6/15/-. Ordinary steers, £l2/10/to £l4/10/-. Extra prime heifers, to £l5/17/6. Prime heifers, £ll/15/lo £l4. Medium heifers, £9/15/- to £ll/15/-. Light heifers, to £9. Extraprime cows, to £l4/12/6. Prime cows, £9/10/- to £l2. Medium cows,' £8 to £9. Light and aged cows, to £7 15/-. Vealcrs. —Large veafers, £6/6/- to £9/18/6; others, £4/18/6 to £6/1/-; prime suckers, £4/18/6 to £6/16/-> medium, £3/13/6 to £4/16/-: large calves, 46/- to 68/-; medium, 32/- to 45/-; small and rough, 14/- to 30/-. Store Cattle. —The top-priced pen was of nine Shorthorns, which sold at £l4/5/-, the other eight of the breed—two-year-olds—making £ 10 15/-. Nine Black Poll-Hereford cross made £lO/19/-, eight £9/13/- (for two-year-olds), and several older pens sold as follow; 10 Black PollHereford cross £l3/5/-, 10 at £l2 5/-, 11 at £l2/1/-, 10 at £ll/3/-, and 10 at £lO/1/-. A pen of 11 Black Polls from Waikari made £l3/2/-,, and a pen of eight, £ll/2/-. Dairy Cattle.—One registered Friesian cow made £l9, and a registered Jersey £l6. The best of the grade cows sold at from £9 to £l2. good average sorts £6/10/- to £B/10/-, others including cows in profit, aged and inferior, £3 to £6/5/-. Best heifers made from £9 to £l2/15/-, medium to good £7 to £B/15/-. others £5/5/- to £B/15/-. Fat Pigs.—Light porkers, 55/6' to £3/1/6; medium, £3/3/6 to £3/8/6; heavy, £3/10/6 to £4/0/6. Choppers, £3/i3/6 to £7/8/6. Light baconers, £4/10/6 to £4/18/6: medium. £5/0/6 to £5/7/6; heavy, £5/9/6 to £5/14/6; extra heavy to £6/6/-. Store Pigs.—Small weaners, 24/- to 26/-; medium, 29/- to 34/-; best, 36/to 38/6; small stores, 46/- to 49/-; medium, 50/- to 54/-; large, no entry