BETTER VALUES AT ADDINGTON.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 July 1929, Page 2

BETTER VALUES AT ADDINGTON.

FAT CATTLE SHOW 20/KISE CHRISTCIHJECH, Last Night. Smaller entries of fat sheep and a normal penning of fat cattle met with an improved market to-day. Good store ewes also hardened in value and dairy siore and vealer cattle met with a free demand. Mostly adult ewes, aged and with unsound mouths, comprised the store sheep section. The best ewes sold at Is to Is Gd better but others were unaltered. Extra good 4 and G-too-thed crossbred ewes made 37s Gd to 40s; (food full-mouthed crossbred ewes, 30s tn 34s 3d; ordinary s. and f.m. crossbred ewes, 24s 3d "to 28s- good 4 and C-tooth half bred ewes, to 3Ss Gd; sound-mouthed, to 2Ss 3d; aged, to 20s, extra good Corricdale wethers, to 31s; good half bred wethers, 25s 3d .to 26s Gd; superior hatfbred wethers, 20s to 225; extra good crossbred ewe hoggets to 30s; good half bred ewe hoggets, to £Ss 3d; halfbred wether hoggets, 14s to 3t)s".

The fat sheep sale was the best this season. The entry was somewhat shorter than that of the previous week and this stimulated competition from the bvtchers, who paid 2s Gd a head more from the heavier sheep and ' about 2s for the lighter sorts. A line of 93 wethers from one vendor made the exceptionally good average of 43s 3d. Extra prime wethers realised to 5Gs Id; prime wethers, 38s to 42s Gd; medium wethers, 33s to 355; light wethers, 20s to 31s; extra prime ewes, to 40<s Id; prime ewes, 32s to 3(>s Gd; medium, 2Gs (id to 31s; light, 23s to 20s. Good hoggets, 30s to 38s KM; medium, 23s to 28s.

Fat cattle: There was a further rise of about 20s a head in the price of the primer sorts of fat cattle. The yarding was exactly the same in size as the previous Wednesday's. North Canterbury and Peninsula graziers were resented by some particularly prime drafts. There were few cattle from outside the province for the lighter and less finis'hed cattle. The improvement was from 10s to 15s a head. Best medium-weight beef made up to 52s G'd a 100 lbs; good prime, from 47s 6d to 51s; heavy, 45s (id to 48s 6d; good cow, 43s to 4(is; medium cow, 30s to 395; and rough, down to Ms. Extra heavy prime steers, to £2l 17s (id; heavy prime steers, £2l to £215; medium weight prime, .£lB 10s to £22 Is; medium quality, £ls to £18; light, £l2 to £l4 Ids; extra prime heifers, to £l7 17s (id; prime, £l4 to £ls 10s; medium, £ll 10s to £U; 10s; light, £8 10s to £11; on'tm prime cows, to £lB 7> (id; ; ri!.:..' ':.\'A in r ;is; eu'duim., £ls Uis L; :i.z j.';.-; i:g'..: and aged, £7 7s (id ■-.', £K>. The i'iitry of v-v.Lts was again small

at,.' t'.'.e qa:'.!i:y was imwilvreat. There was qee'lj a g m,! demand at last week'.-, ;■/.!. ;. 'in.- be.-! to £lO (is.

No .straight-oat line:-,, were found for the few odd store rattle. There was a brisk doie.nnd for dairy catiJo and good cows wore i:i st;rong : demand. Others sold draggingly. Fat pigs had a smaller bacon entry but a heavier for porkers. The former held values and the latter cased. Choppers made 50s to £7, baconers, £3 5s to £'..■ 15s; heavier, £4 to £5 4s (average price per lb Od TO 7d.); porkers, 38s to 50s; heavy porkers, 52s to 58s Od (average price per lb (Hd to 8d). Store pigs, had an improved sale. Large stores made 27s to 325; medium, 22s to 255; small, 18s to 21s; best weaners, 12s (id to 17s (id; others, Ss to 12s.