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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1925, Page 4

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ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. LARGE YARDING OF BEEF. (By Telegraph.—Special to cuardian.). CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Alessrs H. Alatson and Co., report as follows regarding their stock sale at Addington yards yesterday : —■ Store cattle.—A fair yarding, inmostly shorn wethers. The market was easier all round, forward wethers showing a drop of 2s to 2s Gd per head. Ewes and lambs, which formed the balance of the entry, showed little .difference from last week. Forward wethers made 27s Gd to 30s Bd. medium 25s to 26s Gd, others down to 2-ts, twotooth wethers 22s 5d to 2-1 s -Id, aged ewes and lambs lGs lOd to 20s, one extra good line of S.Af. ewes and good lambs made 2Gs Gd, all counted. Stare eat tie.—A fair yarding, including two or three pens of wellgrown cattle. The market was fairlv good and practically all sold under the hammer. The demand was keen. Throe and l year steers made £9 las to £ll. 2-year heifers to £1 ss. host cows £.» 7 S Gd, others down to £3. Fat pigs.—A good entry came forward. Baconors and porkers sold freely at late rates. Tallies: Light porkers made 55s to Gos. heavy 70s to i-Js, average Sid to 9MI; light- hat-oners £1 5a to £-1 15s, heavy £5 to £5 10s, extra to £0 10s, average 8d to 9(1: choppers £3 to £G 13s Gd.

Rtoro pigs.— A large yarding. Amines were on a par with late rates. Values : Wcaners 23s to 28s. host sorts to 365. slips 31s to 38s, small stores 30s to J2s, medium -l-ls to 18s, large s.is to 655. Beef. —A comparatively large yarding but not nearly so many as lastweek. The quality was very irregular and although the market was firm on an average, in our opinion, there was not much alteration on last week. A fair proportion of North Island cuttle were entered, including a big line from Poverty Bay. Prime steers made £lB 10s to £2l 17s Gd. extra to £27 Gs Gd. medium £ls 10s to £lB. lighter down to £ll. prime heifers £l2 10s to £l-1. extra to £l7 12s Od, medium £9 to £l2 ss, others down to £fi 15s. prime cows £ll 5s to £l3, extra to £ls 12s Gd.

medium £9 to £lO 15s, others down to £5. Mutton. —A fair yarding anil quite sufficient for butchers’ requirements, |,,>inq nearly all shorn sheep, mostly j wethers. The quality was not up to j the average and the market showed little difference on last week, closing linn. Prime wethers 33s to 36s Gd, , extra to IK. medium 30s Gd to 37s Gd, j others down to 275, prime ewes 27s to 30s. extra, to 31s Bid. medium 21s to , 2Gs Gd. lighter 21s to 235, others down to 17s. Lambs A smaller entry, but there was no quotable change. : CHRISTCHURCH. WOOL SALE. nV TELEGRAPH —PUKSS ASSN - ., COPYRIGHT CHRISTCHURCH, December 2. The first wool sale ol the season opened to-day when 18,(1(10 bales eala- ' logiied were offered to lull benches, j The sale lacked animation and prices j showed a tendency to ease lor crossbreds compared with North Island • sales, figures being lower bv Jd. Com- : pared with the first sale a year ago, which made records for half-bred wool. , price' were practically cut in hall. ! Coarser grades did not suffer so much. 1 Pahnn Pastures, one of the fancy clips j of Canterbury, brought -l'2;{d last year. | and this morning the same wool though , lighter in condition made top price of the sale. This was 22-Jd. The wool generally is in better condition than wa- expected.

THE. WOOL DROP. CHRISTCHURCH. Ike. 2. Tie- first of the ( liistcbun-li woo! .'ides for this season was held to-day. when 18,1 TO hales were offered. The bulk was !ialf-hrceil wool, and it was light in c unlit ion. bill was well grown. There was a full bench of buyers I‘o- - "iiling all wool-using countries. "I lie sab- tackl'd animation, and value.. were down on I lie recent North Island '.ale by a half-penny to a penny |-. r 10. Tin- Cunt ineutal section .secured I lie heavier end of the catalogue, America and Bradford buying sparingly. The local mills Lid strongly for superfine wools, both lienees and pio.es, and the local fell mongers also operated briskly for pie.es and scouring lots. The market generally was accepted, the passings lining less than 12 pei cent. Too prices were:—Alerino 22 Id per Ifi; Corriedale. "Id: half-breed. 23d; three-quarter fired. 18. pl : cro.x.s-hrcd, Bid; Merino pieces. I!)d ; half-breed pieces. IH'd ; cross-bred, 12:>d ; crutch* illgs. Hid; bellies, Bid; locks, 9pJ. These figures, however, are about 2d In advance of the figures secured for other good wools in the various grades.

The range of values were : --Aforinn sufer. 2l)d to 22',d; medium IBd, to lfbjd; superior, 13d to 17d: Corriedale sillier. lOjil to 2ld : medium 17Jd to llld; interior, 13.fd to 16Jd; line halfbred, super lOd to 23d: medium, IGJd to 18i{(l; inferior 13‘,d; to IG.ld ; medium half-bred, super. 18d to 2nd; medium, l-bld to 17’d; inferior 121 d to bid; coarse lmif-bred, super 1 7d to I9d; medium, ll'.d to 10’d; inferior. lOtd to Ihi ; lliroe-qiiaiTerhred. super 15’,d to 18',d; medium. 13?,d ;to 15(1: inferior. 10? d to 13d; medium cross-bred, super 13;ld to lGd ; medium, 12.',d; to 13.',d; inferior. 10]d to 12d ; coarse crossbred. super, 13(1 to 1 ltd; medium. llld to 12 Ml; superior, fi.Jd to lid: first pieces. 13d to lOd : second pieces. 8d to 12(1; locks. 5d to 9!<1; bellies, 8d to lGd: erutchings, 5d to 10Id.