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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1924, Page 1

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ADDINGTON STOCK MARK ET. RKKF A DYANCKS. (By Telegraph.—Special to Guardian.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Messrs It. Alatson and Co., report as follows ro-ardin- their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday:— Store Sheep.---A medium yardin- inellldin- one or two tines ot hack country sheep in the wool and these met with a ready sale. Apart from theirtin- niajoiiiy of the yarding comprised

forward (shorn "ethers most of which was the properly of dealers and as evidently these had heen bou-ht at enhanced pri'-es <|uiie a number were nn. .-ml,!. Any bona fide entries met with a -,i-d sale tlimi-h towards the end tla- demand slackened somewhat. Any woolly sheep, especially owes and land s fully reflected the prices paid for wool last. Wo< k. The market was linn.

Store Sleep S.AI. woolly ewes with land's at foot made '2->< id io -D-; Dd, aged shorn ditto with good lambs 2-" s (Id. 2-tooih erussbred shorn ewes '-’ls Cd, medium and good two tooth’"wethers shorn (AAs fid to -'lds Id. small ami inferior 2Ms I),I lo “is. iorward "'other' :ils io .‘iSsfid. li:o-l-v. aril wot lu-rs 2! Is :td to Alls, half-bred "colly owe lm-get.s 12s Hi! to AOs.

Store Cattle: A large yarding, iucludin- several good lines of yearlings to IS months heifers which met with a ready sale. Tile balance of tlm yarding comprised odd lots and cows and any good forward young cows were keenly competed for by glaziers and «"ld w-lk Tli -i-t* was no (pi,liable dilTeivn .- in potting pries. Yearling io IS-mns. li, jfers ma,l- J?-’ 'O' to if’, I- good young cows to ;7.f 7- fid. others Ids io £2 I os.

|’i-s._A large eniry of porkers selling well al late rales. There was a medium cutrv ol hat',mors ttnd a slight improvement in values, bight porkers J’2 8s to £- I Is. heavy £2 10s to L'fh average (ltd to 7td. light bacotiers £:i Os to Co las, heavy £1 to in 10.-. average fid to fi:!d. Choppers made £2 IO ' to £o 1 os.

p l( , ( ,f._niily a medium yarding, comprising about 100 bead bill on tbe top of the last two weeks’ exceptional enJ l ies ilm yarding was evidently guile stlflicieti i lot hill ehefs’ rorptil'elDetli-s. The market opened 20s to dOs a head better Ilian last week, hut as the sale progressed prices receded eoitstdel .tlily

and towards the finish passings were fro(p!cnt. A fair number of North T'latnl and outside eaitle were yarded. We understand that about 100 bead of fat cat lie from Poverty Ray are arriving Imre for next sale. Prime steers made Cl2 1-As to £Ui 7s. • xtra to CIO <_*s fid. medium £lO to £l'-’ os. lighter ami inferior down to £•' !•>•'. heifei.s fprime) £8 7s lid to CO 15s, extra to £l2. medium Cfi 5s to £B. others do"'" to £1 Ills, cows (prime') £0 -As to £ll 17,s' extra io £1 I 17s (id. medium £fi lO' lo CS I os. inferior ami lighter down to £.“, Ids.

Alul ton:- A comparatively Mtmll vanli tig and although larger than kml week, butchers wet,' evidently ill -lmrl .siip],!\ and ,-otilly tile sale wa-- a

—1,0,1 otic. The niarket opened on a I,.ir with last week ami although irregular throughout it improved as it progressed and towards the end limn'd considerably, the average advance in our opinion being Is to 2.s per bead. Not neaiK so many e"',s "'ere yarded an,l tlmse 'id,l much better, in compari;aai. than wethers. Prime wethers mad,- lAs to lII', extra to 7.2 s fid. ini'.limn lOs to I Is fid. lighter ills to .’los. prime ewes IDs to Ids. extra to Ids 0(1. medium Tls io .’!os fid. others down to 2fis fid. Tile (ptality generally was indill'ereut as tliis was tlm lif't sale at Addington since the opening of the factories. Quit,' a lot ol interest was centred ill this department, 'flu-re was a fairly big yarding and the quality for this time of the year must be considered excellent and the sale throughout was a good one. although hardly up to the parity, in our opinion, of prices ruling at eountry sales earlier in the week. The overall prices to-dav '.'ore p:i,l to 1 :Pd.