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Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1933, Page 2

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ADDINGTON STOCK SALE.

PRICES AT YESTERDAY’S SALE.

(Per Pi ess Association — Copyright

CHRISTCHURCH, October IS

In almost every section prices wen-to-day rather lower than before. ]) the store sheep section there were smal entries, under a thousand liead beinj.yarded. The quality was mediocre. VaJ ues were slightly easier. • There were thirty-five hundred fa' sheep yarded. In all grades the markei was irregular. There was an easing tendency, especially for medium and unfinished lots.

Five hundred and eighty head of fat lambs were offered, creating a surplus. There were many unfinished lots. The market eased. Light lambs were hard to quit. Rest heavy lambs sold up to 26s 4d, light from. 15s. There were three hundred head 01 beef on offer. The quality was not so good as usual. The market was irregular. Best medium weight cattle were in steady demand. Very heavy and unattractive lots were harder to dispose. The majority of the prime heavy beef made from 2l® to 25s per hundred; choice handy sorts from 25s to 30s per hundred. The host price for bullocks mas £l3 17s Cd, heifers to £9 17s 6d, cows to £9 7s 6d, down to 50s,

Thei‘o was a medium yarding of fat pigs, with a steady demand at values a shade easier on the light weights. Attractive sorts maintained. the previous . values. ,Store pigs mere firm;