ADDINGTON MARKET

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20421, 11 February 1938, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

Entries were largely increased to-day at the Addington market, the total sheep entry being 27.000 to 28,000, mostly in the store pens. Good breeding ewes and wether lambs sold well at prices a shade firmer, as did fat lambs, but fat sheep were easier by about 2s a head on account of the reduction in the export schedule. Fat cattle were down by 20s a head, the main cause being the heavy entry. Store lambs: 12,000 to 13,000 were penned and there was a slightly improved sale for wether lambs, the best of which made from 18s to 19s 2d, and medium rape sorts from 16s Gd to 17s Gd. Carry-over lambs ranged from 13s Gd to 14s 9d. Store sheep: About SCO were penned, mostly ewes including some good Chatham lines. The best of these made to 3 is 3d for twotooths and 30s for the remainder. Four and five-year ewes from the same place made 2is 6d to 25s 6d. Local one-year ewes averaged from 16s Gd to 18s Gd; best, lo 21s. Fat lambs: 1800 were penned and there was a keen sale at full schedule rates of 7*d per lb. Fat sheep: A drop of about 2s a head for all sorts, except a small entry of heavy wethers. Best wethers, 31s to 3is id: good medium, 28s to 30s; lighter, down to 225; best ewes, 22s to 27s 7d: good medium, 18s Gd to 21s: freezing, 14s Gd to 17s. There were some passings. Fat cattle: 508 were penned and the market was weaker by 20s a head, except for prime medium-weight steers, these being down by 10s to 15s. Over-supply and the cheaper prices of mutton were the main causes of the decline. B.est beef, to 37s per 1001 b: medium to good, 32s 6d to 355; inferior, down to 255; best steers £ 1 4 to £l7: good heifers to £l2; best cows, to £ll 10s. Fat pigs: An average entry and prices were unaltered. Porkers. 34s 6d to 51s 6d: average per lb. 6d to 64d; baconers, 55s 6d to }. i 7s Gd; average per lb. 5Jd to 6sd. >tore pigs XVeaners and slips were easier and heavier stores were unchanged Weaners. 10s 6d to 18s Gd; slips. 19s 6d to 22s Gd, stores, 26s to 24s 6d