Prices Maintained At Addington
r Per Press Association. Copyright. ] j CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. | Entries at the weekly stock mar- ' ket at Addington yesterday were slightly larger than normal, but gen- 1 erally prices were maintained. The store sheep penned were in ’ keen demand. A line of 141 head made 23/- to 25/-; and another of 161 head, 22/3 to 23/3. Six and eighttooth ewes and lambs made to 16/9; good sound-mouthed, to 13/1; aged,, 8/- to 9/6; a pen of good woolly j Corriedale ewe hoggets, to 27/9; shorn wether hoggets, 14/9; medium sorts,; to 12/10; rough, from 7/-, I The fat cattle entry totalled 435. ! Best beef made about 47/- per 1001 b.;, younger prime sorts about 2/- more; i good heavy, 42/6 to 46/-; inferior, j down to 35/-; extra prime heavy' steers, to £22 2/6; prime heavy, £l7 15/- to £l9 15/-; prime medium, £l6 5/- to £l7 10/-; light, to £l2; extra prime heifers, to £ls 17/6; prime, £l2 to £l4; medium, £lO 10/- to £ll 15/-; light, to £10; extra prime cows, to £l6 12/6; prime, £lO 5/- to £l3 5/-; medium, £8 5/- to £9 10/-; light, £6 to £B. In the fat pig section, the porker entry was easily the largest for some time. Choppers made from £2 13/6 to £6 1/-; porkers, £2 4/6 to £3 5/6; average price per lb, 7 : , ! d to B.',d; baconers, £3 7/6 to £5 5/6; average price per lb., 7>d to 73 d.
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Northern Advocate, 27 October 1938, Page 4
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247Prices Maintained At Addington Northern Advocate, 27 October 1938, Page 4
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