ADDINGTON MARKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1944, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET

VALUES GENERALLY STEADY.

CHRISTCHURCH, November 9. There was little change in prices at the Addington sale, yesterday, when lambs were in keen demand. A larger entry of fat cattle sold at par to slightly dearer rates. Store sheep.—A line of halfbred and three-quarterbred woolly ewe hoggets made from 34/4 to 37/7, and a pen of medium hoggets 25/6. There was keen bidding for a line of 136 woolly merino wethers, which made 23/-. In the shorn sheep section 112 good shorn ewe hoggets made 29/1, and others sold from 25/6 to 27/-. The best wether hoggets sold up to 24/1, good 21/3 to 23/-; 404 fourtooth wethers made from 21/4 to 23/7. Some good quality ewes and lambs were forward, the best selling at 22/-, all counted; good made from 19/- to 20/9, and medium from 16/to 17/6.

Fat lambs. —The highest price was secured by W. N. Chatterton (Dunsandel), who sold 20 from 33/7 to 38/10. Rangiora High School secured from 32/7 to 38/4 for a draft of 12, and R. James (Amberley) sold 18 from 33/7 to 37/1. Values were: Heavy lambs, 35/10 to 38/10; good, 28/7 to 32/1; medium, 23/7 to 25/10; light, to 22/-. Fat sheep.—The section again included a large proportion of prime wethers and ewes, with the usual quota of over-fat and light and unfinished sheep. Only a few woolly sheep were offering, ewes making to 33/10 and wethers to 38/6. Values were: Extra prime wethers, to 38/4. Prime wethrs, 34/1 to 36/10. Prime, medium-weight wethers, 28/- to 31/-. Light wethers, to 25/-. Extra prime young ewes, to 28/10. Prime aged ewes, 23/1 to 26/7. Prime medium-Veight ewes, 20/- to 22/6. Light ewes, 16/- to 18/6. Shorn wether hoggets, to 34/7. Fat cattle. —The entry totalled 490 head, compared with 533 last week and 460 a fortnight ago. Except for a few truck lots from the West Coast, practically the whole of the entry came from North Canterbury, the Peninsula, and local fattening districts. Extra prime steers, £l9/5/to £22/7/6. Prime steers, £l7/5/to £lB/15/-. Prime medium-weight steers, £l5/10/- to £l6/15/-. Ordinarysteers, £l2/15/- to £l4/10/-. Extra prime heifers, to £l5/17/6. Prime heifers, £ll/15/- to £l3 17/6. Medium heifers, £9/15/- to £ll/5/-. Light heifers, to £B/15/-. Extra prime cows, £l3 to £l5/17/6. Prime cows, £9/5/- to £l2. Medium cows, £B/5/- to £9. Light cows, to £B.

Vealers. —Large vealers, £6/18/6 to £lO/8/6; others, £4/18/6 to £6 13/6. Prime suckers, £4/18/6 to £6 18/6; others, £3/16/- to £4/16/-. Large calves, 54/- to 68/-; medium, 28/- to 52/-; small and rough, 16/to 26/-.

Store cattle—Seven two-year Black Poll steers made £lO/2/-, a similar pen not so forward £9/8/-, a pen of eight two-year Black Poll heifers £6/18/-, and a pen of 11 light-conditioned Shorthorn cross heifers £4/7/-. Fresh cows for grazing made from £5/10/- to £6/13/6. Dairy cows.—Medium second and third calvers, £9 to £l2; others, £4 10/- to £B. Best heifers made from £9 to £l3; medium to good, £7 to £B/15/-; small and backward, £4 10/- to £6.

Fat pigs: Light porkers, 54/6 to £3 1/6; medium, £3/4/6 to £3/9/6; heavy, £3/12/6 to £3/19/6. Choppers, £4/18/6 to £9/18/6. Light baconers, £4/10/6 to £4/17/6; medium, £4/19/6 to £5/5/6; heavy, £5 7/6 to £5/12/6; extra heavy, £5 19/6 to £6/9/6. Store pigs.—Small weaners, 22/to 25/-; medium, 28/- to 32?-; best. 34/- to 37/-. Slips, 38/- to ' 42/-i Small stores, 43/- to 46/-; medium 48/- to 52/-: large, to 58/-.