ALDINGTON STOCK MARKET.
I CHRISTCHUKCH, September 20. \ At the Aldington stock market to- • day, there wore larger yardings of store sheep and small increases in fat • 1 cattle and mt sheep; there were also' a few nioro new season's fat lambs. Beef was rather firmer, and store she«p sold well. .Fat sheep were firmer by Is to 2s per head, but towards the close oi' the sale went back to Jast week's rates. Business in store cattle was restricted by the.high prices ask--1 ed: Pigs, especially stores, sold well. . StlMp. Store Pens.—Hoggets' (mixed sexes) realised 18s 3d to 235, ewe" hoggets 2ls. 9d to 275, wether hoggets 18s 7d to - , 26s 4d, two-tooth ewes 22s 2d to 26s 9d, two, four, six; and eight-tootiv ewes and lambs (all counted) 13s 9d to 19s Id, two and four-tooth wethers 23s 9d to 30s, four and six-tooth wethors 28r 4d to 32s sd, Merino wethers 14s-8d to 14s 9d. Fat Pens.—Extra primo wethers fetched up to 62s 6d, primo wetbivr.s 32s to 39s 6d, others 27s 4d to 31s.
I extra prime Merino wethers 30s to .'Ms 6d, others 21s Id to 265, extra prime ewes 41s, primo owes 31s to 375, jno- . , dium owes 26s to 30s, others 17s to 255, hoggets 27sj shorn hoggets to 19* Gd, new season's fat lambs 24s to 31s. Cattl*. Fat Pens.—Extra prime 1 steers to ■ £19 15s, primo steers £15 10s to £19, ordinary steers £9 to £14,-extra prime heifers £21 10s, prime heifers £1210»- • to £16, ordinary heifers £8 10s, to ' £12 10s, extra prime cows £19, primo cows £il to £14 10s, ordinary cowb £8 to £10 10s. Store Pens.—ls to 18 months' £3' 6s, two-year steers £5 9s to £6, twoyear heifers £5 7s 6d, three-year .steers £9 2s 6d to £11 ss, three-year'heifers £7 10s to £8 ss, dry cows £3 10s to£B 7s 6d, ditiry cows £3 15s to £15 sr. Pigs. - Choppers realised £4 10s to £7 10s Gd, heavy baeoners £5 "5s to £5 10s. medium b«eonors £4 to £4 15s, light baconers £3 7s to £3 16s (price per lb. 7d tn 7 Jd>, heavy porkers 53s to 565, light porkers 44b to 50s (price per lb. S.jd), Large stores 48s to 535, medium 40s to 475. smaller »TOs to 37r, weaners 20s to 30s. *
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3560, 21 September 1916, Page 4
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389ALDINGTON STOCK MARKET. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3560, 21 September 1916, Page 4
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