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Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1925, Page 4

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ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. A FIRM MARK FT. (By Telegraph.—Special to cuardian.) CHRISTCHURCH, This day. Messrs 11. Matson and Co., report as follows regaiding their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday: .Store sheep.-- A much smaller yarding and included mostly hoggets, with a lew pens of wethers and ewes with lambs at foot. The latter were mostly young and the owe- devoid of teeth. All classes sold well, especially ewe begets. The market was very firm. Best jj-bred ewe hoggets Jos to 10s. others at Is to His til; best forward veflteis H; is to HHs, failing mouth .(-bled ewes to Hds fid ; aged ewes and lambs, all counted, 20s to -Ms.

Store cattle—A very large yarding, and included several good lines of Kaikonra and Marlborough cattle. Competition was keen for all sorts, and any well-bred good conditioned cattle were eagerly competed for. '1 lie usual quota of odd cows and nondescript lots v.cre in evidence and sold at recent rates. Good 2-year steers £0 os to £7 10s; others down to £4 Ids; 3 and 4-year steers £0 to £ll •>, others down to £7 10s; M.S. yearlings, 3ds to dOs. One good line of steers £3 10s; cows £2 to £4.

I‘igs— A larger yarding than last week. The market for both porkers and baconers opened easier than the previous sales, but in our opinion values were excellent all through and vendors bad nothing to complain about. Heavy baconers, especially, met with keen competition, and £3 ds was recorded for a pen of extra heavy baconers. Choppers were not up to the usual standard, but only a few being yarded helped to maintain prices. Values were:—Light porkers £2 12s. to £3. heavy £3 os to £3 los. extra heavy £4 4s. Price per pound. lOd to lOpl.

Is Oil.—A civ:. I igllt ha. oiler-. i-4 *- •» s to C-> l-»>, li,-:ivv £l> to "Mra Iksivv £8 s*. j>, i, ... | (>;■ |i Mi ml . 0’l! to 1 01.1. ( hoppers, £1 to £7 W-. iS t oil- pigs A mcl i uni entry. ;nnl lair alteinianee of buyers, All elapses .sold well and up tu iate rates. Dough inferior sorts were hard to got rid a!' and weaners not too good. \ allies were : - Weaners Cl •'»< to £.L Bs. extra heavy £1 2s. small stores £1 dx to £1 Ids. medium £'_’ to £2 _fis. large £H As. Hee| A smaller yarding. only .'lfiO as eompared with ISO hist week. Iho rnirv eomprised a lair proportion ol .Mai Hint otlgh and North Island cattle. which tor the most pan showed distinct signs of travel, (icnerally speaking >ue <|ii;iiity uas very irregular. hut nevertheless the market showed tin improvement all round of 25 s to dds per head, especially oil prime medium weight s. If it were not lor the outside entries the market would have heett “any old price." Prime steers. £]!> It's to £25: extra to £2B 7s fid; medium £ls 10s to £l7 ; others down to £ll 10s prime heifers £lO (Is fid to £l2 Itls. extra to £lO 1.55. medium £8 IPs to C!) 15s. others down to CO 10s. Prime rows £lO 15s to £lO 10s. extra to £l7 17s (id. medium £7 15s to £lO. others down to £5. Mutton—A very small yarding, one of the smallest lor years. Wethers again predominated and although the quality generally was anything hut good, there were one or two exceptional lines of hath wethers and ewes yarded and these showed a decided improvement. Despite the shortage medium ami inferior sheep showed little dilfercme. Sooner than pay famine prices the smaller hatchers are drawing supplies from the works; otherwise the market would he “dynamite.” The average rise over Inst week was about 2s. but with good sheep the rise was in places more accentuated. Prime wethers 4Ss to 555; extra 57s to G3x; prime medium 4-1 s to 47 s fid : medium and lighter IPs to Pis (id ; prime ewes 40s to Ifie ; extra to oils, medium dfis to .'IPs fid: others down to 28s fid.