ADDINGTON MARKET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25456, 10 February 1944, Page 2

ADDINGTON MARKET

RECENT PRICES MAINTAINED (P A.) CHRISTCHURCH. Feb. 9. ' Values for all classes of fat stock at the Addington market to-day were on a pa. ■mith those of last week. The tar snei_p entry was about the same as last week, hut a greater proportion of rough cows Fn a lafglr fat cattle section kept values d °F'S'qheen— The entry of about 4000 Infair proportion of wethers There were a few pens of Chatham Island sheep. The quality was mixed, so that both ewes and wethers showing prime condition were eagerly bought by the trade. Freezing companies took almost the '. vhol< ~. remainder of the entry at prices about Is a head more than last week. The top price for wethers was 42s 4d for a line of four-tooths, and a small pen of maiden ewes made 36s 7d. Two-tooth wethers made to 38s, and a line of exceptionally big-framed Chatham wethers sold for 34s 1<3 Store Sheep.—The entry was composed mostly of lambs, which sold well at ap advance of about Is a head on last week s sale, the improvement being caused by the recent rain. The best price was 21s for a line of open-woolled lambs, and another line of similar sheep made 20s. There were several station lines forward, one of 837 halfbred lambs making from 11s 9d to 16s sd. A few lines of Chatham Island ewes and wethers were offered, one of two-tooth ewes making 38s 6d and one of four, six, and eight-tooths sold for 20s 9d A line of four-tooth wethers sold for 28s. A pen of four-year-old, local ewes made 3s, but most of the yarding in this section was made up of old ewes, which sold up to 11s 9d. , . Fat Cattle.—Uneasiness about the effect of the introduction of meat rationing and the acute feed position which has been only partly relieved by the recent rain, were responsible for crowded yardings in the fat cattle ppns, last week’s overflow entry being exceeded by an entry of 620. There was a great shortage of prime beef, while for the number of rough to moderate cows showing, the sale was a record one. Some were from dairy herds, but the majority were merely unwanted sorts, and the sale Jhey met was in line with their quality. Taken all over, the sale barely maintained last week’s rates. The demand for prime butchers’ beef was firm, but inferior stock depreciated by £1 a head. Early in the sale, when the demand for prime beef was best, four from a truck from Pigeon Bay sold at £22 17s 6d, and late in the sale a feature line of 16 Southland Herefords averaged £2O 18s 6d, .the top beast bringing £2l 17s 6d. A particularly good sale for fat cows was £lO 12s Cd to £lB 2s 6d for a line of 10. Best medium-weight beef averaged 47s to 50s per 1001 b: good, 42s to 465; medium, to 395; ordinary, to 36s 6d; best cow beef, to 40s; secondary, to 345; inferior, down to 265. Fat Pigs.—ln the porker pens the yarding was of medium size. There was a good sale, all buyers competing up to full schedule rates. The chopper entry was also of medium size, but values showed no change. In the bacon section, the yarding was again large and the sale was keen throughout, last week’s better values being fully-maintained. The average price per lb was 8d to Bfd.