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Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1925, Page 1

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ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. phenomenal beef sale. HIGHEST PRICE £4l. (By Telegraph.—Special to Guardian.) CHRISTCHURCH, This day. Alessrs H. Matson and Co., report as follows regaiding their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday: Store Sheep—A fairly large yarding and a very keen sale throughout, dry sheep especially selling well. Any breeding owes were mostly of an aged description. Best cross-bred ewe hoggets made 30s to 36s Od, one extra good lino of half-bred ditto, made 45s Od, ALS. cross-bred hoggets 26s to 32s 6d, S.AI. cross-bred owes in lamb to -12 s Od, .aged ditto to 28s 6d, forward wethers 35s to 37,s Od, one extra good" line making 39s Del. The market looks very firm. Store Cattle—The same, as usual were practically all non descript lots nml really no quotable lines tvero ofTer-

Bcof—A comparatively small entry for a double market and it comprised some really Ist. class cattle, but taking the yarding all round the quality in our opinion was not up to previous Grand National markets. Tho sale opened with a decided improvement on last week and improved throughout. The sale can only be described as a phenomenal one and tho best wo have seen at Addington for litany years. Prime steers made £23 4s to £2B, extra prime and show steers to £4l, good steers £l7 10s to £22 TOs, lighter down to £22, prime heifers £ls to £lB. extra to £25. medium £ll to £l4 10s, lighter down to £9 15s, prime cows £l4 to £l7 15s, extra to £33 2s od, medium £lO to £l3 15s. lighter £8 to £9 15s, others down to £5 12s. Fat Pigs—A medium entry and a keen demand at late rates. Values: light porkers made 48s to 58s, heavy 60s to 745. average 9d to 10c!; light baooners £4 5s to £4 15s, heavy £5 4s, to £5 15s, extra to £6 2s, average 8d to BJd; choppers £4 4s to £l3 ss. Store pigs—A large entry and a keen demand all through the sale. Values: Improving woaners 23s to 28s, extra to 33s small stores 30s to 375, indium 40s to 455, large to 595, sows in pig £4 10s to £8 4s. Mutton. —A large yarding, hut not too many for butchers’ requirements for a fortnight especially as tho AYest Const and outside butchers were operating. In sympathy with the big jump in beef’prices the* mutton market also opened decidedly firmer, but as the sale progressed things slackened somewhat, but hardened again in the closing stages. Taking it all round it was a great sale and generally firmer than last week. Not so many show sheep were in as the previous National markets and this class did not. sell nearly as well in comparison as the good butchers. Sheep, awes especially were very dead. The sale did not finish till well after dark. Good show wethers in ado £3 4s to £4 os, extra special to £7 12s od, prime wethers 49s to 51s Id. extra to 57s 6d, medium ditto 44s to 48s 6d. lighter and good shearers down to 395, prime ewes 48s 6d to 44s 6d, extra to 40s, show ditto to 565. medium ewes 37s to 10s. lighter 32s to 3(is 6d. others down to 295. Owing to the double market to-day there will be no sale next week.