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Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1932, Page 2

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ADDINGTON STOCK SALE.

BEEF AND XAfMB CHEAPEN,

CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 3,

The November double market was held at Addington yesterday, when heavy offerings were forward in the fat stock sections. >

Beef wars cheaper, owing mainly to the large entry. Lines were forward from the North Island! and from other • ■utside sources.

Eat lambs, of which there was a huge yarding, were cliea,p. The .eintry of fat cattle was about 550 head, and included large consignments from outside the province. From the North Island there were about 70 cows and heifers, and from Otago, Southland and South Canterbury large lines cf steers were penned. From the outset values were easier, and with half the sale gone the decline amounted to 10s to 15s a head for all classes. The range of prices was : —Extra heavy steers £0 10s to £lO, heavy £8 15s to £9 10s, medium £8 7s 6d to £9 2s 6d, light £5 to £6 12s 6d. Heifers sold Prime £6 lCg to £6 15s, medium £4 15s to £5 15s, light and unfinished to £3 2s 6d‘. Coivs sold: Extra prime to £8 2s 6d, prime heavy £6 15s to £7 5, medium £5 5s to £5 17s 6d, plain £4 to £4 15s. -

There was ft, very large yarding of fat laxilbs, the total being somewhere in the vicinity of 3000. From the outset of the sale it wais apparent that the entry was much too big for the requirements, and the price slumped shanply. Small lambs suffered most, but the best were to be bought cheaply. Prices declined 3s per Fend, to 3d and 4d! per lb. Though considerably bigger than last week’s, entries of store sheep were by no means as big as. they usually are -at this time, and they consisted for the most part of odd small lines. A fair amount of interest was shown in the isale,. particularly in ■ the sale of ewe hoggets, which were in, keen demand at prices that were Is 6d and in some cases 2s . above recent rttes. One line brought 16s 4d, the 'bestfigure this season. Even with the shortage of this class of sheep, it appears to be on the dear side, as the hoggets were.nothing out of the way. Ewes and lambs did not vary much in value, and wethers were much > the same. There were,one or two passings among the wethers. . , ■ . . Fat pigs constituted a medium' entry.! Bacon prices were easier. There wa,s a heavy supply of pork. Prices were : Croppers 25s to £4 13s 6d ; baconers 38s 6d to 47,s 6d, heavy 50s to 59s 6d, extra to £3.9s 6d';‘ pork 25s 6d to 31s 63, heavy 325, 6d to 37s 6,d.