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ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. . Telegraph- -Per Press Assor.atiop-Jj CHRISTCHURCH, August 27L ir , At to-day’s live stock sale at dington, prices were better. Reel': The yarding was* - 400 ‘ head some very choice sorts oeiug included. Prices were firm at 20s to 30s. increase on last week. Competition for inferior cow beef was irregular. /Steers, sold: Extra heavy to £‘23 7s (id, prime£l7 to £2l 'los, medium £ls to ,£l7; light £ll Los to £l4 10s; cows and: heifers, extra £lO 17s 6d to £lB, prime £io to £l.O ills, medium £lO 10s . to £l2 10s; light £7 to £9 15s. Spring lambs: There were .fifteen yarded. The best, sold up'to 39s 3d, others 20s to 375.
Mutton: There, were 360.0 fat sheep.; yarded, chiefly, medium and light sorts. Prices were better by Is. (id to 3s per-/ head.for both ewes and wethers. Show wethers sold to 5Js lOd, extra prime, to 38s, prime 3Us. to 33s -fid. medium :26s to 38s (id, light 21s 0d to 2os • ewes; extra to 31s 7d, prime 23s to 26s ,6.d;: medium 18s (id to 225,- light Tss: fid to 17s (id; hoggets, extra to 32s 7di'prime--27s to 29s,•medium 2-2 s to 2-'sy’,light-, 17s to 20s 6d. - - hr;
Store sheep:-There were 1300 yarded'. There was a .fair attendance, but: competition was dragging. Four tooth-half-bred ewes in lamb sold 27,s tb’29?' : 2d, two tooth 21s (id ; four, six, andeight tooth 15s (id to 18s 2d; six and' eight tooth crossbreds 19s fid, two’ tooths 19s 9d; full and sound month’ 18s 3d : aged ewes 12s to 15s; ewes! with lambs at l'o'ot 11s 2d, all count-1 ed; tlnee-quarterbred hoggets 12s fid. ; Pigs: There was a fair yarding # pork, and a small one of bacon. PoflO prices were on a par with last wee to 1 Bacon was easier. Choppers sold' £# to £6 3s 6, porkers £2 0s fid to : -£\T heavy £3 Is fid, to £3 12s fid,' average' 9d per lb. Beaon sold £3 15s fid ' : to ; £5 8s fid, heavy to £5 ITS fid; average 7d per lb. ■> Store pigs: There was a medium yarding. Prices were good, and competition keen. Large stores sold 38s to 50s, medium 35s' to 275. 6(l 4 .'<7 i smaPi 18s to 31s, weatiers 20s to 27s fid.- m-:
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1930, Page 6
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