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Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1924, Page 4

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. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. DROP IN IiKIIF. (By Telegraph Special to Guardian.) CHIMSTCNUUCir, This Day. Messrs 11. .Matson and Co., report as follows regarding their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday:— .Store Sheep. The smallest yarding for some time and. with the exception of 2 or .'I pens of outstanding J-lued owe hoggets, the (piality <f the entry was very indifferent. Due or two pens of decent wethers wore included in the ’entry and sold well. Considering the continued dry weather and eonse(|iienl shortage of feed the sale must he considered a good one. Host J-hred ewe hoggets made -Ids to .V Is, best j'-bred ditto, tils lid. wether ditto -Ms (id to '-’Bs Vd. M.S. ditto to 28 s lid. lost forward wethers .‘Ms (id to USs 7d. others •‘Ms to .‘Ms. ewes (aged) ill land, to "-Ms, ewes and lambs all counted 18s to fibs (id.

B'toie ( attic. Another large raiding, again mostly of cows and uoii-descripi lots. Iwo or three pens of fairly good .steers were yarded, evidently on account of dealers, hut wer it wild. No (piotable lines were offered and prices for potters etc., were practically unchanged. I’igs—'l here was a huge entry of porkers and the sale opened at. late rates, easing as the sale progressed, being again firm at the finish. Values wore: I.t. porkers -I(is to V2s, heavy ■Ws to OVs, extra to "is, average price ll.’d to lltjd. There was a medium entry of haeoners. and these sold (irmly. Values were: l.t. haeoners £-1 os to

heavy £.*, .Vs to td. extra t i £(i P.s. | average priie S.ld to flfd. Choppers made £8 to CP Ills. Store pigs.: —\ large entry and the sale opened well up to late rates, but at the end was easier. Values were: Weaners 'ids to 80s, small stores 82s to 80s, medium .‘!Bs to I Is. large to VBs. sows in pig to £d 10s. lieef.—There were hardly as many bullocks yarded as last week. but. following last week’s big entry and .also j owing to the fait that, some of the bigger butchers have made outside purchases. the market was hardly as firm and showed an average drop of 20s to 2Vs. per head. North Island consignments comprised almut one third of the total entry and mostly were of ox-

(■client (|utility. Taken on the it hole, the quality till jonnd was decidedly hotter. Prime steers made Clo to £l7 Ins. extra to £2l; medium Cl2 10s to £l4 10s. others £0 to £l2, rough and interior down to fcG Ids; brittle heifers CD lOs to £l2 os, extra to £lo 10s. medium £7 to CO os. others £1 10s: prime cows £S to £lO 10s. ostia to £ll os, medium Co 10s to £7 los. others to £.‘i It's. Mutton, . ’riie entry was .smaller than last week an 1 was attain mostly of wethers, (he qualify, generally speaking being hardly as good as usual. although the yarding comprised noine outstanding consignments of ewes. The market opened firmer than last week and continued so throughout the {treater portion of the sale, hut during the concluding stages things cased distinctly and the side closed on about a par with hist- week's average. Prices were: Prime wethers 47s to o2s 0.1. extra to oHs fill, medium Ills to 40s Od. others diiV. li lo :;?s Od. I rime ewes Ilfs to IP Od. extra '.(ls to 7;Ss 0.1. medium :10s to fills Od. lighter and inferior 27s to lids 0:1.