ADDINGTON MARKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 10 February 1938, Page 14

ADDINGTON MARKET

PRICES FOR FAT SHEEP EASIER [By Telegraph—Press Association] CHRISTCHURCH, 9th February. Entries were largely increased to-day at the Addington market, the total sheep entry being 27,000 to 28,000, mostly in the store pens. Good breeding ewes and wether lambs sold well at a little firmer prices, as did fat lambs, but fat sheep were easier by about 2s a head on account of the reduction in the export schedule, and fat cattle were down by 20s a head, the main cause being the heavy entry. Store Lambs: Twelve thousand to 13,000 were penned, and the sale slightly improved for wether lambs, the best of which made from 18s to 19s 2d; medium rape sorts, 16s 6d to 17s 6d; carryover lambs, 13s 6d to 14s 9d.

Store Sheep: About 5000 were penned, mostly ewes, and including some good Chatham Island lines. The best of these made to 34s 3d for two-tooths and 30s for the remainder, and for four and five-year ewes from the same quarter 24s 6d to 25s 6d. Local one-year ewes averaged from 16s 6d to 18s 6d, best to 21s. Fat lambs: Eighteen hundred were penned and there was a keen sale at full schedule rates of a lb. Fat sheep: The export schedule has been reduced and this was reflected in to-day’s market by a drop of about 2s a head for all sorts except the small entry of heavy wethers. Best wethers sold at from 31s to 34s 4d; good medium, 28s to 30s; lighter, down to 225. Best ewes made 22s to 27s 7d; good medium, 18s 6d to 21s; freezing 14s 6d to 17s. There were some passings. Fat Cattle: Five hundred and eight were penned and the market was weaker by 20s a head, except for prime mediumweight steers, these being down by 10s to 15s. Over-supply and cheaper! prices of mutton were the main causes of the decline. Best beef made to 37s a 1001 b; medium 32s 6d to 355; inferior,! down to 255. Best steers sold at £l4 to £l7; good, £l2 to £l3 10s; inferior, down to £9. Best heifers, to £l2; best cows, to £ll 10s. Fat pigs: An average penning and prices unaltered. Porkers brought 34s 6d to 51s fid, an average a lb of 6d to 6£d; baconers 55s fid to £4 7s fid, an avei'age a lb of 53d to fild. Store pigs. • weaners and slips were easier, and heavier stores unchanged. Weaners made 10s fid to 18s fid; slips, 19s fid to 22s Gd; stores, 26s to 24s 6d.