ADDINGTON MARKET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20103, 9 May 1935, Page 14

ADDINGTON MARKET

GOOD BEEF DEARER By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, May 8. Entries were normal at to-day’s * Addington market. The features were an easing in fat lamb prices on account of a reduction in the export schedule, ; a slacker demand for forward lambs in the store pens and an improved market for best beef. Store sheep: A very much smaller i entry, comprising mostly odd lots of I ewes, sold less briskly than usual, as did forward lambs, but there was no change in carry-over lambs and adult | wethers. Good ewe lambs sold to 18/4. average 16/6 to 17/6, ordinary rape lambs to 14/3, others 7/- to 11/6, medium two-tooth Romney ewes to 23/-, ordinary to 19/-, ordinary 4 and 6-tooth to 20/1, medium s.m. half bred to 19/3, ordinary s.m. halfbred 15/3 to ( 17/3, s. and f.m. 12/- to 14/-, aged 8/- ; to 11/-;,good station halfbred wethers h 19/6 to 20/9, other wethers 16/4 to j i 16/7. i Fat lambs.—There were 2600 pen- j ] ned. The schedule is now 61d for : firsts and 53d for seconds, and values < were on this basis. Top price was 1 26/10.

Fat Sheep: The entry comprised 3950 i J head, compared with 4500 last week. j The quality was better than usual, there being a showint; of prime sheep ; ‘ forward from South Canterbury, which ' ] helped to raise the general average. : - Although the fat sheep schedule re- ; mains the same as last week, the drop in lamb export rates was reflected in j an easing tendency for export wethers and ewos, and these were down by 1/a head. For butchers’ sheep there was a free sale at practically last week’s rates. Extra prime wethers sold to , 35/10, prime heavy 26 - to 29/-. prime J medium weight 24/- to 25/6. ordinary r 20/- to 23/-, light to 19/6, extra prime j ewes to 28/1, prime heavy 20 '- to 23/-. ] medium weight prime 16/6 to 19/-, ] ordinary 13/- to 16/- and light 10/- to ] 13/-. Fat cattle: The entry of fat cattle comprised 460 head, compared with a record penning last week of 806. The market for the small proportion of good beef showed a distinct improvement, good steers selling better than last week by up to 20/- a head. Best ] beef made up to 27/6 per 1001 b. good \ from 23/6 to 25M best cow 21/- to 1 23/-, heavy steer to 23/-, ordinary cow J from 14/- to 16/-, and rough dow'n to 12/-. Extra prime heavy steers sold 1 to £l3/12/6, prime heavy £9/10/- to ' £ll/10/-, prime medium weight £B/5/- J to fO/lS'-. ordinary £5 to £7/10/-, j extra prime heifers to £B/12/6, prime £5/10/- to £7/5/-. ordinary £3/15/- to J £4/15/-, light to £3 5/-; extra prime ; heavy cows to £B'2 6. prime £4/15/- to £6/5/-, ordinary £3 to £4/10/-, and light to £2/10/-. Fat pigs: The entry met with a j little better demand. Choppers made | 30/- to £4/6/-, baconers 45/6 to 55 6. heavy baconers 57 6 to £3/5/6, extra heavy to £3/10/6 (average price per } lb 43d to sd), porkers 27/6 to 34/6, i heavy porkers 35/6 to 41/6 (average price per lb 5d to 5-1 d). j [