ADDINGTON MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 20

ADDINGTON MARKET

(By Telegraph.—Press Association ) CHRISTCHURCH, 4th December At the weekly metropolitan market at Addmgton to-day, both beef and mutton prices fhowed increases oh those o£ last week« sale There was a large C :Ary. of tat cattle, but in the ftt sheep action there was a short supply-the smallest for some time, lat lamb values finned on recent rates, but the fat pig prices showed no alteration.

Store Sheep.—Ail average yarding, with wethers m good supply. The market was much firmer for all classes. Wethers improved by Is 6d to 2s a head. Values were: Good four aud six-toothed Romney wethers 25s 6d to 275; medium good four and six-tooth Komney wethers, to 25s fidgood four and six-toothed halfbred wethtn%n° ff t dJ r ordinary halfbred wethers, to 20s 3d; backward halfbred wethers, to t?;9<, go°,! 8 bJ ed e^ hog Bets (coolly), to 29s 3d; medium Corriedale ewe hoggets (woolly) to 20s; halfbred wether ewe hoggets (woolly), to 20s lid; halfbred wether ewe hoggets, 15s 7d to 18s 2d; small halfbred wether ewe hoggets to 14s; sound-mouthed ewe hoggets, to 14s-sound-mouthed ewes, with lambs (woolly), 15s lOd to 17s; good 2 and 4-tootk halfbred lambs, to 25s 9d; Merino wethers (woolly), 7s to Us 3d. : Fat Lambs.—A total of 511 was entered —a much smaller number than at recent sales. The market was firmer by up to Is bd a head. Over a keen sale the average price per 1b was 9d to 9Hd o-nn at c-ePt~A sm,? U entry. o£ °nly about >!000. Prices for all classes increased on late rates by up to 2s a head. Extra prime, shorn wethers sold to 37s 7d; prime wethers 325. to 34s 6d; medium wethers, 2£S 6d to 31s 6d; light wethers, 22s 6d to j!/s; extra prime shorn "■ ewes, 30s Cd to 33s Id; prime ewes, 25s to 29s 6d; ordinary ewes, 22s to 245; light ewes, 19s to 21s woolly wethers, to 38s 7df best woolly ewes, to 39s lOd. Fat Cattle.—A total entry of 400.head, with no outside" cattle. Prices improved on those of last week's sale by up to £1 a head for all. classes, .especially primer sorts. Best medium weight prime beef made from 46s to 48s per 1001b; good medium weight prime beef, from' 42s to 455; heavy steer beef, from- 41s to 44sgood cow beef, to 425; secondary, 34s to 375; light andrough, to 335. Store steers £18 10s to £21 10b; medium weight prime '£?'; £Jl\ sß ,^ £19: ordin«y «te«*i £14 to £17 5»; light ateers, £11 to £13; extra, £14 15s to £16 ss; ordinary heifers, £13 to £14 10s; light heifers, £7 10a' to £12; prime heifers, to -£17 2s 6dextra prime cows, to £18 7s 6d; prime cows, £14 10« to £16 10s; medium cows, j £12 5s to £14 ss; light and aged, £8 to £12.

; Vealers.—A small entry with a few Bmall calves came forward. It was a good sale, with little quotable change in recent values. Top price was £7 10s. Good vealers made from £4 to £5; best calvers 45s to 60s; and others, 10s to 31s. Store Cattle.—A larger entry than usual met with keen competition. Prices were on a par-with recent rates. Two-year-old steers made £8 ss; best fresh cows, up to £8 ss; 18-month heifers, £5 10s 6d to £6 16s; and yearling steers, £5 13 S 6d to £8. ; Bulls were in good demand at prices up to £7 13s 6d.

Dairy Cattle.—A small yarding of average quality. Prices were much the same as those ruling last week. Values were: Best second and third calvers, to £13 10sothers,. £8 to £12 10b; good heifers, £11 to £12 10s; others, £7 to £10 10s. _ Fat Pigs.—A large entry met with an irregular sale. Both porkers and baconers sold "on a par with last week's prices. Porkers eased toward the close of the sale. Values were: Choppers, 30s to £6 6s; baconers, £i 5s to £4 16s 6d: averace price per lb, 6%d to 7%d; porkers, 42s to 635; average price per lb, 7%d to B%d. Store Pigs.—A medium entry, and prices showed decline of up to 4s on last week's sale. Values were: Stores, 28s to 42sslips, 22s to 24s 6d; weanerg, 10s to 21s 6d