Brisk Market at Addington

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 October 1931, Page 2

Brisk Market at Addington

FIRMEST FOR LONG PERIOD CHEISTCHUFiCH, Last Night. To-day’s weekly market at Addington was one of the. firmest there has , been for a very long period, the principal features beipg a further sharp advance in fat sheep values, an advance in store sheep, values and a slight lirming in cattle values. , ■ ' Store sheep; A limited yarding or mixed quality sold fairly freely at aucwith prices up to 1/.per head better than at the last market. Values were: Bound and failing-mouthed ewes with lambs, 7/2 to 8/8; medium threequarterbred ewe hoggets, to 13/; good lialfbred wether hoggets, to 12/10; ordinary wetiier hoggets, to 10/. Spring lambs: There was an entry ot 247, the largest iov the season. The quality was- medium but there was a steady sale at prices slightly lower, the average being 9d. per lb. The top price was 27/1. . Pat sheep; An entry, of 3000' head. Constituting a short supply. There was a sharp increase in values; heavy sheep advancing Up to 4/ per head, with an average advance of 3/ a head over the whol,e of the sale. Pat cattle;. An entry of 339 head inidut|Cd; 'heavy from; Otago and the*. West ./CSoact:. ; ? The quality was (the., best for a long period, A very fitim sale resulted, with a slight advance fq? steer beef. Prices per 1091 b were: Choice medium-weight beef, to 35/;/ good prime medium-weight beef,

30/ to 33/; primcst-heifer beet, 29/ to 32/; ordinary steer beef, 26/ to 28/6“; heavyweight beef, 27/ to 30/; cow beef, 24/ to 27/; ordinary cow beef, to 24/; rough beef, down to 1.8/. -Values were; Extra prime heavy steers, to £l,* 7/6; prime heavy steers, £l2 10/ to £ls; prime medium-weight steers, £lO 5/ to £l2; ordinary quality steers, £8 to £10; light steers, £6 to £7 10/; extra prime heifers, to £l3 12/6; prime heifers, £lO to £ll 5/; medium heifers, £7 to *£9 15/; light heifers, £5 to £6 15/; extra prime cows, to £l3 7/6; prime cows, £9 •5/, to £ll 5/; medium cows, £7 to £9; light cows, £5 to £6 10/. Fat pigs: A smaller yarding., which met with a better demand at improved prices. Values word: Choppers, £3 to £4 11/6; baconers, £2 10/ to £2 1,6/6; ■heavy baconers, £3 to £3 5/6; extra heavy baconers, to £3 14/6 (average price per lb/ SM. to 6d.;; porkers, 38/„ to 43/6; heavy porkers, 44/6 to 48/Q (average price pay lb., 6£d. to 7id.;,