ADDINGTON MARKET.

Wairarapa Age, 9 October 1936, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET.

CHRISTCHURCH, Oetober 7.

There was a firm market for all classes of sheep at to-day’s Addington market, but a drop in fat cattle values. Store sheep: A much smaller entry and a larger attendance of buyers. Wether hoggets more than recovered last week’s drop of 1/6, while ewes and lambs showed a further slight firming. Best ewes and lambs sold to 22/6; wether hoggets, to 26/9; ewe hoggets, to 33/9.

Spring lambs: An entry of 150 sold spiritedly at a 2/ increase in value, recovering last week’s drop. Fat sheep: About 4000 were penned, and with the smaller entry, there was a much improved sale, wethers being better by 2/, and ewes by 2/6. Best wethers made 36/ to 40/; medium, 31/ to 35/; best ewes, 30/ to 37/; medium, 25/ to 29/.

Fat cattle: 509 were penned, mostly of excellent quality, but the over-sup-ply caused an easing of 20/ to 25/ a head for steers, and less for cows and heifers. Best beef made from 36/ to 38/ a 1001 b.; good, 34/ to 35/6; inferior, down to 30/. A show steer made £2O/2/6;.other heavy weights, £l5 to £l7/7/6; good, £l2/10/ to £l4/10/; best heifers, £ll to £l3/10/; good, £9 to £lO/10/; best cows, £9/10/ to £l2; good, £8 ter £9/5/. . Fat pigs: Values were -scarcely up to those of last week. Porkers made from 36/6 to 50/6, an average per lb. of 6d to 6Jd. Baconers, 52/6 tt> £4 13/6, an average per lb. of 5Jd to 6}d. -(P-A.)