THE MEAT MARKET.

Shannon News, 31 October 1924, Page 2

THE MEAT MARKET.

* LAMBS AND SHEEP ADVANCE. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. , The Addington sale to-day was very irregular both in the mutton and beef sections. The former opened briskly, ■but sagged in the later stages, with occasional pens making lop prices whilst beef also receded in value. - Store Sheep.—A very snu«'i yarding mostly ewes and lambs. TlTere -w-ts s iiltie more freedom in che sale than in Inst week's. A good line of ewe? find lambs (all counted) made 29/. Forward sound ancr failing-mouthed shorn wethers sold for 29/3; sound, arid failing-mouthed shorn wethers' 24/8; small two and four-toothed shorn wethers, 25/2; .shorn wether lioggrts, 24/3 to 24/4; threequarterhred woolly wether hoggets, 34/: sound-mouthed crossbred ewes and Down lambs, 29/; good aged throequarterbred ewes and lambs, 23/2; as d crossbred ewes and lauibs, 19/3 to 21/6. . .__„ Fat lambs. —A smaller yarding, of 191 head, oempared with 330 last a spirited sato and an advance of 2/6 a head. Piices ranged from 30/- to 40/-. Fat sheep.—A small yarding, with a sharp advance from the outset, but in the later stages the sale was irregular. Generally, however, values were up on last week by 1/6 a head. Extra prime woolly wethers sold to 62/6; shorn, 47/3; prime, woolly wethers, 54/ to 58/; shorn, 42/ to 47/3; medium woolly wethers, 49/G to 53/6; shorn, 37/6 to 41/; light woolly, 47/ to 4S/6; extra prime woolly ewes, 60/; prime, 48/ to 53/; shorn, 36/ to 4G/; medium woolly, 42/6 to 47/6; shorn, 38/6 to 35/. Fat Cattle. —A heavy yarding of about 500 head, with an advance in value in the earlier stages, but a later easing, prices being most irregular. Best beef averaged from 43/6 to 47/6; medium, from 38/ to 43/; extra prime heavy weight steers, £23 5/; prime medium, £lB 10/ to £2l; medium, £l6 to £18; light, £l2 10/ to £ls 10/; rough, £9 to £l2; extra prime heifers, £l6 to £l7 12/6; prime £l2 15/ to £ls; medium, £9 10/ to £l2 10/; light, £6 to £9; extra prime cows, £l6; prime £l2 to £l4; ordinary £9 to £ll 15/; aged, £4 to £8 10/. Vealers.—Good stuff ' sold well. Runners made to £7 15/-; good vealers, £6 5/-; and calves, £4 15/-.

Store Cattle. Scarcely so good a sale as that of last week. Three and four-year-old steers made up to £7. Dairy cows were a better-condi-tioned lot, but had a weak sale. Best springers made £6 to £B. Fat pigs flooded the market, entries being forward from" Darga/ille, Kaikoura and Murcln&nn (Nelson). It was the largest yarding for the past twc years and prices receded. CHoppers sold at £2 10/ to £b 10/; light haconers, £3 7/ to £4; heavy, £4 5/ to £4 10/; extra heavy, £4 19/ (average price per lb. 7d to 7£d); light porkers, £2 7/ to £2 13/; .heavy, £2 15/ to £3 (average price per lb. 7hd to 8d). ■ Store pigs had a keen sale. Small weaners, 20/ to 27/; good, 29/ to 33/; small stores 35/- to 40/-; medium 43/- to 48/-; targe 55/-.