LIVE STOCK MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18079, 4 May 1933, Page 9

LIVE STOCK MARKET

ADDINGTON SALES SHARP DROP IN CATTLE ERRATIC BALE FOR SHEEP (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, last night. At the Addington stock market for the second week in succession, lack of feed forced many fat cattle into the market, causing .abnormal yardings. To-day’s was the largest at the Addington market for an ordinary sale for years. Values showed a sharp fall to a level not previously reached. Store sheep.—The entry was smaller than recently, and it was an erratic sale. Ewes barely maintained late rates. Wethers were cheaper. Ewe lambs -advanced Is per bead. Values were: Good fine woolled ewe lambs, 8a dd to 9s 4d; ordinary, 4s 9d to os Id; average m.s., 8s to as; cull. Is to 2s 3d; ordinary sun. ha If bred ewes, 4s 10(1 to as 4d; aged and inferior. Is 3d to 2s 3(1; forward half-bred wethers, (is 9d to 7s 7d; medium, to (is.

Fat lambs. —An entry of 3000 export schedule was back id per lb., but the market maintained late rates. Fat lamb values were: .Extra prime heavy, to lfis 7(1; prime heavy, 13s 3d to las; prime medium weight, 11s to 13s; light, Ss (id to 10s (id. Fat sheep.—An entry of 4800 constituted an over supply. East week’s rates were barely maintained. Values were: Extra prime heavy wethers, to 18s fid; prime heavy, 14s Pd to l(>s fid; prime medium weight, 12s fid to 14s fid; ordinary, 10s fid to 12s; light, 8s fid to IPs; extra prime ewes, to 13s 7d; prime heavy, 10s (id to 11s fid; prime medium weight, 8s to 10s; ordinary, (is to 7s fid; light, 4s to as fid. Fat cattle. —An entry of afi3 head, and a very dragging sale, with a general fall of from 20s to 30s per head for medium and good sorts. Inferior types were hard to quit. Best beef sold to ISs per 1001 b.; good prime, las to 17s; heavy weight medium beef, 12s fid to las (id; good heifer, 13s to las fid; good cow, 11s to 14s; secondary cow, 9s to 11s; and rough down to (is. Values were: Extra prime heavy steers, to £9; prime heavy, £6 to £7 10s; prime'medium weight, £5 10s to £7; ordinary, £3 10s to £5; light, 37s fid to £3; extra prime heifers, to £a 17s fill; prime, £3 Ids to £5; medium, £2 as to £3 as; light, 27s fid to £3; extra prime cows, to £5 12s fid; prime, £3 to £4; medium, £2 to £3; light, 22s fid to 40s. Fat pigs.—A very heavy entry. Values fell sharply, there being a decline of : {d per lb. in both porkers and baconers. Values were: Choppers, to £3 lfis; baconers, 32s fid to 435; heavy, 44s to 54s fid—average price per lb„ 3pi to 4d; porkers, 21s to 24s fid; heavy, to 28s (id—average price per lb., 4{d to 4Jd.