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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 27 October 1917, Page 5

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ADDINGTON MARKETS. ; iDnrrjlT* >»*■»• A.MOTIATIOM .CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 24.At Addington'-'.ntffirkrffc there were larger yardings of stock in all-the principal departments. Prices all round were generally easier. Fat cattlß showed' a decline of about ±,& per head. Dry store sheep were down about 2a' 6d per head, anS ewes Is 6d to 2s 6d, compared with a fortnight before. Thelarger yardings- of fat sheep and fat lambs also resulted in lower valutiß, the former xT>eing down 3s to 4b per he'adj, and towards the end of the sale competition fell away altogether'. The* store cattle pens contained amqng the* offerings the largest number of'three . and four-year-oldr cattle, most of them from Southland, that 4 has teen seen' in, thfe yards for some'time. This class of eatt/le met "with a good and* sold up to £l6- per head. Other sorts •were difficult to dispose of, and many 1 were passed. Pigs were easier. Store sheep: shorn ewes', to! 26s 6d; four and six-tooth ewes' with lambs, all counted, 22s 7d to 25s* 6d;' shorn ewes, 18s 7dl; sound-mouth ewes arid lambs, all counted, to*22s 9d; shorn erjs, to 27s 6d; four and six-tooth w'etlherjb, 34s 9d to 42s Id; four vand eixtobth uvierino wethers, to 26s 3d'; 19s 7d; ewe h'oggetis, to 335; Wet'liei? hoggets, to 255; shorn, 22s *w» 22» 9d ; mixed-sex hoggets, to 33s Sdl '•* Fa* lambs: Extra prime, tb 33s 3d: prime, 26* to 28s 9d; lighter, 22s U>

25s 6d. , "Fat sheep i Extra prim© wethenj, t& 625; prime wethers. 4lv to 46s : lighter •wethers, 27s' to 40s; shorn wethers, _29s 3d to 38s; extra prime ewes, 475,: prime ewes, to' 345; shorn ewes, 28s lOd to 35s 3d);

hoggets, 34s to 37s 6d. . t {Fat cattle: Extra prime stcors, to £B4 15s; prime steers, £l7 to £2o*; .ordinary steers, £l3 17s 6Vf to £l6, extra prime heifers, £2O 12- 'Sd; prime neifers, £l3 to £l6 10s;* e*.ira prime cows, £18; prime cows, £l3 10s to £l610s; ordinary cows, £lO 'ss to £l3. • ;Store cattle :: Two-year steers, , £9; iivjo-year heifers; £7; tb.ree-.ydar s,teer&, £ll 4s; three-year heifers, £&' to £9"; four-year four and five-year steers, £l6; dry v cows. £6 to £10; dairyi cows, £6 12s 6d' to £ls.

Pigs: Choppers. £5 to £6 7a, 6d; baconers, £4 to £5 18s .(equal to-Bid-tw Bi<i' per lb); porkers, \ 60s to 75a (equal to 9d to 94d per lb); large,stores, 67a: to 61s • medium, 32s 6d to 565; smaller 26s to 28s J" weaners, 26s 6d> to 355.

BURN'SIDE STOCK SAMS. BUNEOIN, Otfc 24. '.. At- Burjoside yards, 153 fat cattle Were?' penned. The majority ywere mediumi and light bullocks. Demand was ljpew and prices higher than, last week. P^ime -1 heavy bullocks, £3O 2& 6d; iriediuta,'. £29 10s to £23 2s 6dr others. <£lß"up~ wards; best cows, £l9; medium,; £IS" to £l7; others, £l2 upwardis. The ninn-; ter of sheep penned was 2790. The' yarding of heavy sheep was''in' excess' of butchers'. requirements, and' prices declined Is 6d to 2s per -Head; Medium sold at a'bout late rates. Prime heavy wethers,. 53s to 58s;' prime,' 48s* to 53s ; medium, 42s .to 46.*; HghtunV. •finished ewes, 53s 3d ; one extra special' 70s 3d'; heavy, 45s to, 51s 9d : : mediuiri 40s to 46"5; owners, 355-upwaiiitf. TherV were 435 lambs penned. Best bYought 32s ;• medium, 25s to 27s 6d. ,