ADDINGTON SALE.

Shannon News, 4 May 1923, Page 4

ADDINGTON SALE.

SHARP RISE IN FATS. PORK A. GLUT ON MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. At the Addington yards there were generally smaller yardings to-day, and a sharp. rise in both fat, fat sheep.; Fat lambs sold at about :the, same rates. , Store sheep hadr a medium ’ entry and met with an excellent sale; Lambs * were?about 1/6 to 2/- a head; better than last week;, wethers;-from to 3/-, and good class ewes-also met with better sale. Forward four’ and;-six-tooth : half-bred wethers realised 27/10;. four, six and eight-tooth halfbred wethers, 23/- to 25/-; inferior four, isix and eight-tooth wethers'l9/3 to 21/9; good two, four, six and eighttooth'Romney crossewes ,30/6; fairly’ good four, six and eight-tooth halfbred ewes, 28/9'to 30/-; sound and r failing-mouth half-bred ewes, 25/- to 27/3; failing-mouthed ewes/ -12/6 to 21/6;: fairly • good half-bred laihbr 25/8 to 26/2; three-quarter-bred ewe lambs, 21/1 to 23/4; good half-bred wether lambs, 20/- to 21/-; mixed-sex lambs, 13/6 to 15/I.' Fat Lambs. —A yarding of nearly 3000 head. Values were from9d. to 9id. per lb. Extra prime lambs soui for 31/6 to’3B/-; prime, 28/- to 31/.-: medium, 25/- to 27/9; inferior, 20/to 24/6. Fdt! shoep had a light yarding ana. a shaVp rise of from 2/6 to 4/- per head. ; Prices were too high for exporters. Wether mutton fetched 6!d, to'63d. per lb, and ewe 4Jd. to 5Jd; . Extra l , prime wethers reached 35/- to 38/-; and a few special, 40/-; prime,. 30/6 to 34/6; medium, 29/3 to 31/3; light, 26/- to 29/-; extra prime ewes, 31/- to 34/-; prime, 27/6 to 30/0;. medium, 24/6 to 27/3; light, 20/- to 23/6; iold, 16/- to 19/-. Fati Cattle. —A yarding of 420 head, mostly medium to good. Station beef had a 1 sharp rise..of 25/- per head and - the primest beef to 30/- per 1001 b.; good to prime, 27/- to 28/6; medium, 24/- to 26/-; rough, . 10/- to 15/-.’. Extrat prime steers, £ls 7/6;. prime.. £lO 10/- to £l3 10/-; medium/;. £7* 15/- to £lO 5/-; light, £4 10/- t0..£7 5/-; extra prime heifers, £lO -2/6; prime,; £6 5/- to £9; ordinary,. £4/to£s 15/-; prime cows,- £5 10/- to £8 7/6; medium,.£3 15/-to £5 5/-, Vealers. —The. offering was insufH-/ cient to meet the demand. - Priceswere better than at recent sales. Good runners sold to £5 15/-; ordinary heavy: vealers, £3 5/- to £4; medium, £1 to £2 10/-. Store Cattle. —A large yarding , of. , nondescript : sorts; Three-year •’steers,’" fetched £4 5/- to £4 17/6; two-year, £2 10/- to £2 17/6; yearliiigs/ •£1 J to 1 -• £1 6/-; two; and; two;and'a-half-year - heifers, £ 2 15 / - to 1 £ 3 ■5/ -; ’ £1 15/1 to £2; fresh-cows, ■£l's/-U ; to < - £1 14/6; pobr, 15/- to £l* 2/6;-bulls/ £2 to £4 10/-

Dairy Cattle. —Prices ; were 1 slightly;-'' easier all round: Good' second; third 1 - and fourth, just calved; er : -close', to J calving, made £6 10/- to £ll 10/-; ex*" tra good, £ls; good spring heifers, £7 ’ to £10; extra good, £l4; -backward • springers, £2 10/- to £3 10/-. Fat Pigs.—The demand- was Slack," . with a fall in price of both pork and bacon. ; Choppers -made £2 7/6 'to £4 ; L 8/-; light baconers, £3 to' £3 . 10/-;, heavy baconers, £S T2/6 to £4*s/i; extra heavy baconers; £4-12/-, average, price per lb., 43d,‘ to 5 Id; plight'porkers, £1 16/- to £2 2/6; heavy porkers, £2 S/- to £2 12/6, average'price per 1b.,’5 Jd. to 6Jd. ‘

Store: Pigs.—An exceptionally large, entry. Buyers were very scarce,' andsales were only made when vendors.-, accepted very low figures. Large .stores i realised' 30/-; medium stores, 20/- to 26/-; small stores, 10/- to 18/-; weaners, 2/6 to 8/-; for ordinary sorts. - specially good, to 10/-. WOOL MARKET FTRM. (Received Wednesday, 8.5 p.m.)

LONDON, May -1. At the wool sales there was a good offering of merinos and an- average selection of crossbreds. The market continues firm, with keen general com. petition.-