ADDINGTON MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1938, Page 4

ADDINGTON MARKET

KEEN SALE FOR FORWARD WETHERS (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 2. Entries were of exceptional size at the double market at Addington today, preceding carnival week, when cattle numbered 720 head and fat sheep about 9000. Store sheep came forward in larger numbers and there was a keen sale for forward 'wethers, which made for best sorts from 20s to 21s lOd. Ewes and lambs, for best sorts made to 15s Id; woolly ewe hoggets, to 27s 7d; and shorn wether hoggets, to 14s 7d. Adult wethers were in firm demand. The spring lambs’ penning of more than 700 caused a sharp relapse in values, which ranged from B£d to 9jd a lb. The fat cattle entry included a fair yarding of good-quality cattle and the sales showed little change, in spite of the large entry, on values of a week ago. There was slight easing later on, however, by about 15s to 20s for heavy cattle, and about 10s for prime medium weights, and heifers. ..’Best beef made 44s to 46s a 1001 b; heavyweight, 41s to 435; and secondary down to 355. Several truck lots of steers averaged £l9 to £2O; and heifers £l5 6d. /' The fat sheep entry of 9000 head was far in excess' of the trade’s requirements for a fortnight, and the sale opened easier by about Is 6d for best wethers, with medium to 2s 6d lower. These values were a little changed during the sale of ewes, which showed only minor change. Wethers, shorn', made to 33s Id; and ewes, 25s 7d. Vealers met with a keen sale at values about 4s a head better than a week ago. Fat pigs showed little change in the porker section. Baconers were a shade firmer, but choppers were weaker, making from £1 18s 6d to £5 10s. Other values were: —Porkers, £2 6s 6d to £3 9s 6d; average price a lb, 7fd to B|d; baconers, £3 10s 6d to £5 16s 6d; average price a lb 7£d to Bd.