ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18012, 24 November 1926, Page 5

ADDINGTON YARDS.

TO-DAY’S SALE. There were a Rain heavy entries of fat lamb* and fat cattle at the weekly stock sale at Addingrton to-day, but the yarding of fat sheep was considerably smaller, only ten races being forward, four less than last week. Fat cattle were in over-supply, the demand, no doubt, being affected by the hot weather, and prices showed a further decline, amounting to about 2f>s a head on bigger steers and 20s on cows. There was a small entry of store sheep. Good sorts sold well, hut there was not much of a demand for backward stuff. FAT CATTLE. Another heavy entry of fat cattle was forward. A good proportion came from South Otago and Southland, practically all well finished cattle. Few station cattle were forward, but there was a good representation of Peninsula cattle. Cows were forward in fair numbers. The market showe<k a further weakening. representing about 25s per head on bigger steers and 20s on cows. With the easing of last week, this represents a drop on the pre-carnival market of something over 40s a head. STORE SHEEP. The entry of store sheep was a small one, less than, two full races being forward. With tne exception of some West Coast sheep, there were very few from outside of <!lanterbury. Generally the quality of the. sheep was only moderate, though a few pens of good hoggets were yarded. The entry included a number of lines of cull wethers, but in some cases they did not bring prices within' several skillings of what the owners wanted. Odd pens of sound-mouthed ewes sold vgry well, as also did hoggets ip the wool. A pen of good ewe hoggets made 28s 2d. Ewes and lam bn, where the lambs were well forward, made fairly satisfactory prices, but the lots where the lambs were backward were slow of sale. Values were:— Good three-quarter-bred ewe hoggeta 38s 3d. Small half-bred ewe hoggets 30s 3d to 31s 9d. Aged woolly ewes and lambs 13s 9d. Sound-mouthed inferior ewes and lambs 15s 3d. Six and eight-toothed shorn ewes 22s 6d. Six and eight-toothed shorn wethers 23s Id to 245. Good four-toothed shorn wethers 24s 2d. Three-quarter-bred sound-mouthed woolly wethers' 31s 6<L Half-bred sound-mouthed woolly wethers 335. Four, six and eight-toothed shorn wethers 16s 4d to 18s 6d. Inferior shorn four and six-toothed wethers 16s to 19s lOd-Two-toothed half-bred wethers 17s 2d. The following were the principal sales, ewes and lambs selling all counted:— Ewes—2o9 aged woolly and 178 lambs at 13s 9d, 30 s.m. cross-bred .and 3 4 lambs at 15s 3d, 40 aged and 40 lambs at 15s 6d, 27 six and eight-tooth shorn at 22s 6d. Wethers—7B six and eight-tooth shorn at 23s 7d, 138 six and eight-tooth shorn at 23s Id, 68 three-quarter-bre«l woolly at 31s 6d, 70 half-bred woolly at 335, 48 six and eight-tooth shorn at 245. 120 four-tooth at 24s 3d, 50 small two and four-tooth at 16s, 93 four and »lxtooth shorn half-bred at 19s lOd, 149 four, six and eight-tooth shorn comeback at 16s 4d, 238 six and eight-tooth shorn comeback at 18s 6d, 100 two-tooth half-bred at 17s 2d. Hoggets—lso three-quarter-bred ewe at 38s 3d. 11l small half-bred ewe at 31s 9d, 129 small half-bred ewe at 81b 3d, 65 small half-bred ewe at 30s.