Addington

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 146, 16 March 1939, Page 14

Addington

By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 15. Because of the short entry of ewes, wethers showed an advance in prices at the weekly stock market in Addington, today. The entry of lambs in the store sheep section was smaller than for some time. Values did not show much change on the improved rates ruling a week ago but the market for better sorts was more buoyant. Good rape lambs sold at 10/6 to 12/8, and average sorts at 7/6 to 9/6, cull lines 4/6 to 5/6. The total entry in the store section was about 22,000, the penning- of ewes being the largest for several sales. Romney cross sheep from the Chatham Islands were included in the penning, and these and other coarsewoolled sheep were in keen demand. Practically all classes of ewes showed a definite advance on the rates of a week ago, though they were scarcely up to level values with the Sheffield lair. A pen of even, well-grown, Romney cross two-tooths from .South Otago realized 35/6, and another pen made 33/6. Pens of local halfbred two-tooths sold at from 2’l/- to 23/- for better sorts, and a pen of Chatham Islands' Romney cross six and eight-tooth made 23/-. The'offering in fat lamb pens was one of the woi’st of the season, a. big proportion of the entry of 1500 'being indifferently finished. There was a keen sale for butchers’ good lambs, which developed from the outset and a proportion made a good Id. a lb. more than the schedule. With instances of this increase bein" exceeded, works buyers were not particularly active but they secured the remainder of the yarding at prices on a par with the existing schedule winch is unaltered from that of last week at id. a lb. for 36’s and under. The entry in the fat. sheep section was about 4;MI as against recent averages of about 0000. The quality was very ordinary though some good lines of wethers were sold during the first part of the sale, butchers’ ewes showed an advance of 2/6 a head and wethers 1/- a head. In the middle and later stages the sale was erratic, and over the middle part tuily halt the original advance was lost. There was a firming later on and. on the whole, butchers' ewes were 2/- better than a week ago. and wethers 1/- to 1/6. Extra prime heavy wethers made to 28/7, prime heavy 21/- to 24/-. prime medium 18/to 2(1/6, light to 13/6; extra prime heavy ewes to 21/10, prime heavy 14/- to 1 </6, prime medium 11/6 to .13/6. light to 6/6. The entry in the fat cattle section comprised 445 as compared with 415 last week. The quality was fair, a few lines of good, mediumweight steers being penned. Generally the market was somewhat erratic. Heavyweight cattle met with an easing of about 10/- a head, this figure -being exceeded occasionally. Tens of good prime mediumweights, on the other hand, sold better than a week ago though lighter cattle and cows remained unaltered. Extra prime heavy 5‘ ee ’’ s made to £l7/12/6. prune heavy £l3 to £l4/5/-, prime medium £ll to £l3/o/-, li'dir. to £9; extra prime heifers to £ll 2/6. prime £B/5/- to £9/10/-. medium £6/io/- to £B. light to £6/5/-; prime cows to £lO. prime WW; to £8 5/-. medium £5/5/- to £6/o/-. light and aged to £5. .. . . . The fat pig section was the smallest this season and butchers’ requirements were exceptionally hard to fill. Lightweight porkers showed an advance of from 3,to 4/- a bead and heavyweights 1/- to -/-. Choppers were in fairly heavy'supply bn thev sold well at prices on a par with those of last week. Baconers were in medium supply and the market was rather erratic but. if anything, goodquality offering- were a shad” firmer. Choppers made 56/- to £4/18/6:. porkers 4-1/6 to 57/6 for an average price a lb. of to baconers : »4/6 to £4 for an average price n lb. of 6d.