CANTERBURY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue XXXXXI, 14 June 1920, Page 3

CANTERBURY.

At Addington there was an improvement in the store sheep market, the mutton market being very firm, whilst an overflow yarding of fat beef met with a much easier sale.

Fat Lambs —Extra prime lambs sold to 38s, prime 27s 6d to 32s Id, medium 24s 9d to 26s 9d, lighter 20s to 24s 6d. Fat Sheep—Extra prime wethers brought frem 48s to 60s, prime 39s to '445, medium 34s 6d to 38s 6d, lighter 29s to 34s Id, extra prime ewes 45s to 49s 7d, prime 38s to 425, medium 32s to 37s Id, lighter 25s to 31s 6d.

Fat Cattle^—Extra prime steers Bold up to £28, prime £19 to £24 15s, medium £15 to £18, lighter £8 15s to £14 12s 6d, prime heifers £13 to £16 12s, ordinary £7 10s to £12 17r 6d, extra prime cows £18 ss, prime £l 2 15s to £15, ordinary £8 to £12 le. Dairy Cattle—Springing heifers fetched up to £18; second and third calvers (good) to £7, backward cows and heifers to £12. Pigs—Choppers and baconers equal to lOd to 10£ d per Ib, porkers equal to Is to Is Ojd per Ib.