ADDINGTON MARKET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26848, 12 August 1948, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET

FIRST LAMBS FORWARD P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 11. The store sheep entry at Addington today was 1171, comprising 478 hoggets and 693 ewes, also a handful of ewes and lambs, the first of the season. The top price of 49s 6d was paid for an excellent truck lot of Romney ewe hoggets. Another good lot of similar breeding made 46s 6d. A small lot of wether hoggets sold at 455, and another, shorn in March, made 40s 6d. Best hoggets made 44s 6d to 49s 6d; good, 38s to 435; culls and inferior, down to 255. There was little of quality in the ewe offering, but the sale was sound at prices a shade firmer. A line of four-year halfbreds showing heavy in lamb to South, downs made 54s 6d, and two other lots of halfbreds' made 48s 6d and 445. The best of the offering made 44s to 54s 6d: medium. 32s to 395; and others down to 265. Small lots of ewes and lambs made 17s to 27s 6d, all counted. The spring lamb yarding totalled 13, and prices were easier than last week, but the sale nevertheless was sound. Prices ranged from 43s Id to 59s 7d. The fat hogget entry was 487. Prices were from par to a shade firmer than last week. Values; Extra prime fat hoggets made to 84s Id; prime, 52s to 58s; good, 44s to 50s; medium, 38s to 435; light, 34s to 365. _ The fat sheep entry totalled 2150. The sale was easily the best of the year, with ewes 5s and wethers 2s dearer than last week. Values; Extra prime heavy wethers made to 119 s; prime heavy. 7 t 7s to 925; prime medium-weight, 69s to 755; ordinary, 57s to 675; light and unfinished, 42s to 545. Prime heavy ewes made to 99s Id; prime. 65« to 755; medium. 53s to 625; ordinary, 46s to 51s; light and unfinished. 33s to 44s The fat cattle entry numbered 469. Prices improved by about 30s for all except the poorer sorts. Best beef made to 75s per 1001 b; good, 55s to 62s 6d; medium. 47s 6d to 52s 6d. Best cow made to 555; secondary, to 455. Values: Extra prime heavy steers made to £34 17s t>a; prime heavy. £26 10s to £29; prime medium-weight, £22 to £25 10s; ordinary, £l6 to £2O. Extra prime heifers made to £25 2s 6d; prime, £l7 to £2l; ordinary and light, £l2 to £l6. Extra prime cows made to £24 17s 6d; prime, £lsi to £lB, ordinary and light, £8 10s to £l3. The porker yarding was the smallest for several weeks, and prices firmed by 3s to 4s. Choppers were forward in smaller numbers, but prices showed little change. The bacon entry was much larger and prices were 5s to 10s easier than last week. Values; Light porkers made £3 12s 6d to £3 19s 6d; medium. £4 4s Cd to £4 14s 6d; heavy, £4 19s 6d to £5 19s 6d. Choppers made £3 8s 6d to £lO 18s 6d. Light baconers made £6 2s 6d to £6 9s 6d; medium. £6 12s 1 6d to £6 19s 6d; heavy, £7 Is 6d to £7 9s 6d; extra heavy, £7 12s 6d to £7 19s 6d The average price per lb was 10d to 10 4 d.