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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1924, Page 4

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j o ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. !' r.AB-DK YARDING OF OATTI.I'.. (By Telegraph.—Special to uuardian.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Messrs 11. Matson and Co., report as follows regarding their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday:—

Beef—There was the largest yarding there has been for some weeks, comprising Mlo head. The quality on the w hole was go id and although prices wore slightly easier than last week’s rates the demand throughout the sale was good and keen for all classes of cattle, except steers. Over MOO were yarded, which were down fully £1 to Cl Ids a head. Then; war. a large tiroportion of the yarding made up of cows which, owing to the Mush of feed were all in good condition. Fully,2ol) North Island cattle were yarded. Brices wen-: Prime steers £ll Ids to £!•> Ills, extra to £|M, medium £l2 to £K! os, lighter and younger dowh to £o Ids. heifers, prime C 8 Ids to £!> Ids, extra to £ll Ids. medium £(> 17 s to £B. others down to £ I 7*. cows, prime £9 to £!) 12s (id. extra £ll 10s. medium £(i to £8 os. inferior and lighter to £ll Ids. pigs—A medium entry of porkers. The market opened firm at itn advance on last week, hut eased oIT later. Baronets were much cheaper its buyers were not keel). Values were: Light porkers £2 Ss to £2 12s, heavy £2 lls to CM, average price (ijd to 7}d, light haooners £8 os to £8 12s (id, heavy to £l. price G.;d. Choppers £4 to £7 Ids. Store pigs—A large entry and prices for all classes were slightly easier than last week, hut the whole entry was cleared with a good demand. Values were: Small tveatiers 2lls to 28s (id. good to 275, small stores 28s to 80s, medium 87s to 425. Xu large stores were offering.

.Mutton—There was a small market considering lint prices of late, hut butchers to-day were obviously not keen ami it looks as though prices are bound to case up. Freezing buyers were not operating. Prime wethers made 18s to 475. extra to ols, medium 87s (ill to 8!)s (id. lighter 82s (id to 80s. prime ewes 89s to lls. extra to 445, medium 81s (id to lllis, others down to 2.7 s (id. The quality generally was good. Uimbs-There was it large yarding iind the market was not quite so brisk its last week, and prices went back 2s to Bs. Bidding was slow anti the quality was not so good and prices wore from 80s to 48s (id. around Is a Hi. with every now and then a spurt on extra finality. Store sheen—A larger yarding than hist week and prices were easier at the start, hut soon hardened up and there was good demand for nil classes. There was tt large proportion of shorn wethers. including a lot of small 2-tooths, which sohl from 24s fid to 28s, ewes with lambs sold well. Cs.M. woolly owes wilth lambs 27s 811 to 2! ls (id. aged shorn woolly owes with good lambs 2ns •Id. two-tooth cross-bred shorn owes up to 275. good two-toolb wetlu-rs. shorn 2C* (ill to 88s, smaller 28s (id to 27s ad, forward wethers 88s to 87s (id and backward wethers 29s to 82s (id. Store cattle—Large yarding, mostly of mi-t cllnm-oiis sorts w ith a ready sale for all classes, young cattle especially. Yearlings to IS-month steers made from 48s to 77s (id, boiler* ditto. £2 8* fid to C 8 IBs. young cows 77s to £8 10s. others 27s to 70s.