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Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1931, Page 3

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ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. CHRISTCHURCH, Match 12. Beef and lamb values fell at the Metropolitan Market at Addington' yesterday. The offering of fat cattle was of lower quality than lias been the ease at recent., markets,.-, A large proportion was made up of plain and unfinished steer heel'. ‘Hie wale dragged from the outset, and values were down all over by from ,L 4to LI os a load. Fat lambs were eißei'etl, in huge numbers, and formed the most attractive offering seen this season. 'I here were only odd pew< of small lambs in the sale-, fhe largest part of the offering being made up of veilgrown and attractive animals. The freezing buyers’ schedule was down by J ( d to 4.Ml j and this infimmeed prices. However, there were plenty of lambs for till r quire-ment-s, and butchers paid high prieen for special lines. Fat sheep) met a. very irregular sale. The entry was jratehy, and contained a good deal of an unattractive class. Values were about oil a par with those of last week, but were inclined to weaken, especially for lighter ewes. The entry of vea lei's was nimill and of mixed quality. Prices were about, mi a par with those ruling at the previous market. There was a good entry of fat pigs, but except for light-wcigat porkers, the demand was weak. Beef values were :

-Extra prime heavy steers, to £4-1 17<s fid.

Prime heavy steers, £ll to Ll 3 .Ids. Prime medium-weight steers L 7 15-s lo Lib lf-s.

•Medium quality steel's, Lfi 5s to L 7

I IK Light steers, t.o £,~ t 15s. Extra prime In-iters, to LI 217 s fid. Prime lioiiers. £7 IDs to £]o. -Medium boil'./s, £-1 Ills to 17. Light In-iters, to LI. Extra prime cows to LIU 2s fid. Prime cows, ,L 7 5s to .Lit 1 (fis. Medium cows, ,L-I to £7. Light cows to L 3 10s. V EALFILS. The entry oi vealei's was a vei'v small one, and the ipalily generally was very mixed. Prices remained on a par with those ruling at, the last sale. Th. Lop price lor the market was L 5 Ns fid. STORK CATTLE. The outstanding feature of the .-aoie cattle market was Rie sa.e of a straight station line oi 233 Uoi'elord and Shorthorn .sieers and heilers, varying in ages from eighteen months to three years. Tlie bulk of them were lterefunC, and they met with a keen demand up ty_ will-defined limits. A line of !Tj eighteen months to tlii'eeye.ir Heivlorri steers made Iron) L 3 ills to L-l 12s fid, and a line of 72 Hereford bailers, twelve to fifteen months, sold at -ii'A losto L2 18s fid. Two-year Hereford stem's made to £4 7s fid, and two-year heifers L 3 to L 3 'Us. A pettjof Ifi tuo-ycar Shorthorns sieers made £4 ,12s fid. Apart from these cattle there was not a great many worth-while sorts in, except a Lite oi lour purebred Shorthorn isteet's, i ighte.cn months old which sold at to. Fresh cows made L2 17s fid, and potting hulls brought late rates. ■ -Dairy Cattle.—Ther ( . was an entry of fil head of dairy cattle—an increase on the last, market. Quality was mediocre. There wa s a general decline in valuciS of up to £1 a head. Values were:— j Gcpd second and third culvers, L 9 to £lO. Medium third culvers. Lfi 10s to L 8 Aged and inferior, £2 10s to L 5. Good heifers, L 8 to £lO. Medium heifers, £fi to L 7 10s. Others, £4 Tis to .to os. Fat sheep.—Pi'inu.; heavy wethers los to I (is lOd. Medium wethers 13s to 1 Is fid. Second-quality wethers 9s to 12s fid Light, wethers (is to 8s fid. Prime ewes 9s fid to I<ys 4d. Medium ewes 7s fid to 9s. Light ewes os to 7s. Aged ewes 2s fid to 4s fid. Lambs.— Extra- prime [anus, to 27s fid. Prime lambs, 15s to 17s. Medium lambs, Pis 3d to I. Is. Light lambs, ids to 425.

Store lambs, 7s 3d to Ls fid. Tin* principal ,stilus were;--Eat Pigs.--Tite entry ol lat lugs aas a good one, but the demand was, weak except lor light-weight pursers \a,m.-, were:—

Choppers, .LI 10s to £7> .lfis. Baconers, £2 4s to £2 8s fid. Heavy baconers, 50s to sfis fid. Extra heavy baconers, to L 3 4s fid. Average price per pound. Id to 4RL Porkers, 34s to 455. Heavy 44s to 48s fid. Average price per pound, fid to 7d. Store Pigs.—The entry of store- pigs was considerably larger than has been the ease for some weeks. The sale was a good one, and was especially good when compared with rates ruling in the fat pens. Values were; Weaners, 14s fid to 20s. Slips, 18s to 2fis. Small stores, 27s fid to 30s. Large stores to 30s.