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Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1918, Page 2

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-■ *» ••■ ADDINGTON MARKET. Chrlstchurcu, October 30. For a double market, there being no sale next week on account of the carnival holidays, the entry was a very moderate one at Addlngton yards to-day. The yarding of fat cattle was not more than ono week's supply, there were only 411 fat lambs as against 363 at the corresponding sale last year; and fat sheep occupied eight races, an average weekly yarding. There 'was. consequently a very Arm tone in the market, and all classes of fats showed in advance on the previous week, beef and mutton being especially dear. The few store sheep offered met with limited demand, and there was a,dull sale in store cattle, of which there was an unusually' good yarding. Store sheep: Souud-mouth ewes and lambs, 19s Id to 21s 9d, all counted; two and fourtooth 27s 4d to 33s lOd; four and six-tooth wethers, 42s;' merino wethers, ' 23s Id to 27s 6d; ewo hoggets, 3Gs; wether hoggets, 26s Id to 395. Fat. lambs: Extra prime lambs, to 355; prime lambs, 2'Js to 335; medium lambs, 25s to 28s 6d; lighter lambs, 20s to 24s Gd. Fat sheep: Extra prime woolly wethers, to C4s; prime woolly wethers, 45s to 555; lighter woolly wethers, 40s to 44s 6d; prime shorn wethers, 40s to 45s lOd; medium shorn wethers, 35s to 39s 6d; lighter shorn wethers, 31s to 44s Gd; woolly merino wethers, 25s 7d to 373 3d; extra prime woolly ewes, 53s 6d; prime woolly ewes, 503 to 44s 6d; other woolly ewes, 2Gs to 343; prime shorn ewes, 30s to 35s 6d; other shorn ewes, 25s to 29s 6d; woolly hoggets, 30s 5d to 40s. Fat cattle: Extra prime steers, to £37 15s; prime steers, £2l 10s to £2O 10s; ordinary steers, £ll to £2l; prima heifers, £6 to £18; ordinary heifers, £9 7s 6d to £ls 10s: extra prime cows, to £24; prime cows, £ls to £18; ordinary- cows, £9 to £l4 10s. Store cattle: Four-year steers, to £l4 15s; three-year steers, £l2 10s; two-year steers, £8 10s to £9 10s; eightoen-month steers, £7 to £8 4s; yearlings, £3 10s to £5 2s 6d; dry cows, £4 to £8 10s. Pigs: Choppers, £5. to £ll 7s; baconers, £5 to £8 13s, ecjual to 91/ id to lOd per lb; porkers, £2 15s (o £4 10s, equal to lOd to 10% d per lb; large stores, 55s to 58s; medium 40s to 545; smaller,. 32s to 38s; largo vreaners, to .-355; small weaners, to 20s to 245. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE* Dunedln, .• October' , 3o. At Burnsido yards 188 fat cattle were penned. Tho- nuality on the whole was good. Competition was keen, and prices were oqual to late rates. Extra jjrime heavy bullocks, £26 to £29 15s; prime, £23 10s to £25 10s; medium, £2tt"to £"22 10s; light and unfinished, .£lB 10s. to £l9; prime heifers, £l3 to £l9 10s; Jnedium, £l6 to £l7 10s; light and aged, £ll 10s- to- *l4. The yarding of sheep numbered 2635. Tho quality in most cases I was yery goody but tho entry .exxreeded the! demand, and the sale dragged throughout,■! prices declining 2s to 2a fid per head for prime, and .more for light and unfinished.; Seevrai lines were passed in. Thcro were 33 lambs, penned,, and they xealised. 23s- to* 35a i 3ot