ADDINGTON MARKET

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12559, 23 September 1926, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

BETTER BEEF SALE FAT SHEEP VALUES FIRM. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, September 22. Normal yardings were the rule to-day at Addington market. There •was a better beef sale. Fat sheep sold firmly at late values, and" ewes and lambs ■were in better demand. Store sheep.—A small entry of mixed quality. Ewes and lambs were better than last week by Is to 2s per head. Wethers made fairly .good prices. Failing mouthed halfbfed ewes and lambs made from 13s to 16s 2d; aged ewes and iambs, 10s 6d to. 13s 7d; two and fourtooth wethers, £3s .4d to 24s lOd ; two and four-toothed three-quarterbred wethere, 22s 8d to 245; Kalfbred wether hoggets, 21s 6d; cull hoggets, 16s. Spring — Sixty well-grown healthy lambs were forward and they made high prices, from 80s to 435, the bulk from 35s to 37s 6d, being in excess of Is 3d a pound. Fat sheep.—An average entry, the bulk from ; the south of Rakaia. For big sheep the sale was up by Is a head over the earlier stages, but it eased at the finish. Uight wethers were unchanged from last week. Extra prime wethers made to 40s Id; prime, 34s 6d to 375; medium, 90S 6d to 345; light, 28s to 30s; extra prime eyes, up to 35s Id; prime, 28s 6d to 31s 6d; medium, 24s 6d to 28s; light, 20s 6d to 24s'; prime hoggets, 28s to 34s 7d; medium, 25s 6d to 27s 6d. Fat cattle.—44o were entered, which is more than for several sales. Good cows and heifers w6re up 20s per head and steers from 10s to 15s. The sale was a brisk one. A few choice pens of beef made up to 42s 6d. per 1001 b, prime 38s 6d to 41s 6d, heavy beef 36s 6d to 38s 6d, prime heifers 38s to 41s, good cow and medium steer 34e 6d to 375, ordinary cow up to 396 6d, and rough 90s. Extra prime heavy steers made from <£l9 to £2O 12s 6d;-prime heavy steers, <£l7 to ,£lB 10s; prime medium weight steers, £U 15s to .£l6 15s; medium quality steers, £ll 10a to .£l4 10s; light steers, £9 10s to £11; extra prime heifers up to <£l4 17s 6d; prime Heifers, £ll 5s to £l3 ss; ordinary heifers, £8 10s to £lO 15s; light heifers, £5 10s to £8; extra prime cows, up- to £ls 17s , 6d; prime cows, £IQ to £l2 15s; medium cows, £7 to £9TQs; light cows, £5 to £6 15s. Vealers.—A small entry and a good sale.* Runners made up to £8 15s; medium runners, £6 10s to £7; good calves,, £4 to £6B. Store cattle.—Only cows and bulls were forward. Best cows made up to £4 10s. Dairy cattle.—A small entry and the quality indifferent, and prices declining. Good second to fourth calvers made from £7 to £9; others, £3 106 to £5 10s; springing heifers, £2 10s to £5. Fat pigs.—Porkers were down by up to 4s a head, baconers retaining last week's values. Choppers made £6 15s to £7 6s; porkers. 53s to 70s (average price- per lb 9£d to 10|d); baconers, £6 10s to £6 15s; extra heavy, £7 10s to £8 (average price per lb 9|d to lOd). Store pigs.—A heavy entry of mostly weaners and small stores. Good stuff sold well, but rough sorts were hard to quit. Small weaners made 18s to 235; better sorts, £ss to 325: slips, 36s to 436; medium stores, 45s to 50a; aged storep, up to 71s 6d; sows in pig, up to £7. SYDNEY WOOL SALES MARKET FIRM' FOR FINE WOOLS. (Received September 22, 11.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, September 22. At tTio wool sales, fine wools continued firm at late rates, but broader types and burry fleece wools were irregular. Comebacks and fine crossbreds realised well np to late rates. Greasy merino sold up. to 251 d.

CO-OP. SOCIETY’S WHEAT POOL Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received .September 22, 7.35 p.m.> LONDON, September 21. It was announced at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's meeting that last year’s wheat pool experiment, under which 15 million bushels were handled and financed, would be repeated in the coming winter. Sir Thomas Allen and two other directors will leave shortly for Australia and New Zealand.