ADDINGTON MARKET

Grey River Argus, 22 September 1945, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

At the above sale beef prices were: Steers: extra prime £24 to £2B 12s 6d, prime £2O 10s to £23 15s, prime medium-weight £l6 15s to £2O ss. ordinary £l4 to £l5 10s, light to £l3 10s. Heifers: extra prime to £2O; prime £l3 15s to £l6; medium £ll 5s to £l3. Cow’s: Extra to £lB 7s 6d, prime £ll 10s to £l3 10 s, medium £9 to £ll. Extra prime wethers, to 74s 7d. Prime wethers, 66s to 70s 7d. Prime medium weight wethers 45s to 52s Id. Light wethers, to 39s 7d. Extra prime aged ewes, to 54s Id. Frime ewes, 44s Id to 48s Id. Medium ewes, 29s Id to 34s 7d. Light ewes, 21s to 24s 7d. Extra prime hoggets, 52s 4d to 59s 7d; prime hoggets, 39s to 435; medium-weight, 26s to 31s Id; light, and unfinished, to 23s lOd. There were 30 Spring lambs forward and all sold readily. Vealers: Large, £7 18s 6d to £l4 8s 6d; others, £6 3s 6d to £7 16s. Good quality Suckers. £5 3s 6d to £6 16s; medium. £3 3s 6d to £4 18s 6d. Large calves, 52s to 70s; medium, 32s to 50s; small and rough, 10s to 30s. Store cattle:—Ten Black Poll cows sold at £lO, and other nens of similar size at. £9 10s. £B. 15s, £8 10s, and £7 10s; eight' heifers at £7 12s 6d; and 11 less forward at £6 7s 6d. Sales on behalf of other vendors were a pen of eight two-year Black Poll steers, in forward condition at £l3 17s 6d; 6 rising three-year-old Hereford steers at £l3 12s and 6 at £ll IDs; 11 yearling Black Poll steers at £7'ss 6s: 9 Hereford two-year heifers, in calf to Shorthorn bull, £10; 13 yearling steers at £7 13s 9d and 6 at £7 18S 6d ’ po n Light porkers 54s 6d to £3 2s 6d; medium. £3 7s 6d to £3 12s 6d; heavv. £3 16s 6d to £4 8s 6d. Choppers, £7 18s 6d to £l6 18s 6d. Light baconers, £4 9s 6d to £4 16s 6d; medium £4 9s 6d to £5 12s 6d: heavy., £5 14s 6d to £o 19s 6d; extra heavy. £6 2s 6d to £6 14s 6d. Average price per lb. 9d to 91 d. Small weaners. 21s to 28s: best. 34s to 395. Slips. 40s to 435. Small ■Tores, 45s to 48s: medium, 50s to 545; large, 55 s to 595.