ADDINGTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1941, Page 9

ADDINGTON

OVERSUPPLIES CAUSES EASING IN VALUES. r • EFFECT OF DRY WEATHER. : . 'By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 8. ?! The Addington market resumed to- ! 5 i day after three weeks' holiday. -Most i sections were heavily oversupplied as ■ a result of an unbroken spell ci dry I ■ weather, and practically every section (■eased in value, a light ewe market \ • practically collapsing. tj The store lamb entry numbered j j i about 2700. Wether lambs sold at | |' decline of 2s to 2s 6d on the last De- | i eember sale. Best rape lambs made to ! 17s, medium 12? to 15s. and small to ! 10s. i Because of works being full, exportt ers bought few fat lambs, and an en- ■ try of 3600 met with a drop in market | ; to under export schedule, except for j i butchers' primest quality. The best I sold for 23s to 265. medium to 225. and ;a large number of light sorts at less) ; .han 21s. I A fat sheep entry of 6500 was praci tically all ewes. For few butchers' . j wethers there was a small easing to ‘ below export values. No competition I was forthcoming for export ewes, and * good sorts sold from 12s to 15s. With • heavy passings, best wethers made 28s ’ to 325, medium weights 24s to 275. and i Slight to 21s: best ewes 22s to 245, mej dium 17s to 21s. light and ordinary 7s I 6d to 15s. [ A heavy entry of 712 fat cattle inI eluded some good quality. They sold 1 from 30s to 40s cheaper for heavy [ weights, from 25s to 30s for quality i medium weights, and as much as 25s , less for cows. .All the entry could not be sold. Best beef made up io 37s 6d ia hundred pounds. Vealers were also i cheaper by 6s to 8s a head. | An oversupply of pork caused an ! casing of 3s to 4s a head, and baconj ers were also easier at from Gid to 7d l a pound.