ADDINGTON MARKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 291, 4 September 1919, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

' ' By Telegraph—PreßS AMooiatloo Christchurch, September 3. ' At Addinizton market to-day there was la fair entrv of stock of all kinds, store sheep and far sheep being tho smallest sections. ■ -Store sheep prices kept up well ";for' forward withers and good hoggets, 'but, the demand for other ■ classes was Door. : Two-tooth ewes, 21s. 3d. to 325.; i 2 and 4-tooth ewes, 30s. Dd.; 4, 0, and 8{tooth ewes. 21s. Id. to 305.; 4 and 6'.ionth wethers. 325. 9d. to 335. lOd.; G and 8-tooth wethers, 325. Id. to 355.; ewe . hoggets. 30s. to 335. 4d.; mixed sex hogGets. 18s. to 30s. Bd.; we.her hoggets, 19s. 'Bd. to 295. 9d. Pat cattle—374 yarded. The quality was variable, and prices for •8.11 aood stock wero satisfactory, but the market was patchy, and the general level of.'prices barely up to '.lie previous sale. 3'lxtra nrimo steers, to >£38 155.; prime, ' ,£l9 10s. to .£24 10s.; ordinary, «£8 ;15s. to ,£l9: extra prime hoifers, <£21; prime, ■JEW'to .£l9: ordinary, M 2s. Gd. to J212 10a.: extra prime cows, .£2l 155.; primo, '.£l2 to ,£18: ordinary, ,£8 2s. Gd. to .£ll 30s. Pat sheep—The yarding was much smaller than last iveek, but tho quality offerinL' wns better. The sale opened ..veil, but duickly slackened, and except ("for extra nrime lines declined Is. to Is. ! firl. iiRV head. Extra primo wethers, to 745.: nrime. 435. to 5(Js.; medium, 375. to 415.; lighter. 325. 2d. to 365.; ex'ra primo ewes. 58s. 3d. to Gls.; prime, 4Gs. to 51s. ; medium. 315.: hoggets, 18s. 3d. to 365. Gd. .There was a moderate yarding of store cattle, with a few well-grown sorts, and the tale generally was a dull one. Three lines of venrlings sold at JH, <£4 18s., and yi3. A line of twenty-*.wo calves realised '.£3 19s. Drv cows sold up to .£B. T'liore nvas a scarcity of presentable vealers, and a larL'e nronortion of freshly-dropped ■calves and a small number of runners. [Runners. .M 17s. Gd. to ; fair calves, ■£2 ss. ti A' 4 10s.; small and inferior, ss. ito £2 2s. ' The dairy cow entry was moderate. with mixed quality. Inquiry for .bnvthing good was very fair, but other 'sorts were neglected. Heifors. J;8 to i£U: second,ealvers, 18 to Jilt; third and lfourth ealvers. .£lO to .817 103. There [was a fail 1 entry of fat pigs, and good ' pomoetition. Extra heavy baconers, to '[£9 55.: heavy, <£7 to X 8 55.; medium, £5 J(l3. to £li 10s. (equal to IOJd. per, lb.); jjieavv norkers, £4 103. to JOS 55.; medium. .£3 ss. to ss. (equal to Is. to Jls.' .(rtd. t)«r |lb.); choppers. 10s. to , 7e. Gd. There was a largo yarding of store nit's, but the demand was not par-. j tMuiarlvkeen. Best stores, GOa. to GBs.; ' "faedlum. 525. to 585.; small, 425, to 50.; :Vtauan>. 20s. to 285.; sows, in pig, £5 ito Mfo. j | : ;