ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 17, 20 July 1905, Page 4

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

[BT TELEGRAPH. — PKBSS ASSOCIATION.] CHBISTCH.UB.aH, 19Ui July. At Addington . yards to-day there were moderate entries of stock in all departments except fat cattle and pigs, ami tkero was a good attendance. Tbvre was again a good demand for store sheep. Fat lambs sold at the proviouf rates and fat sheep recovered from flio decline of the previous week. Beef was irregular, but on the wholo there was no change in values. Pigs, with tho exception of porkers, were chill of sale. TJiere was unproved demand for dairy cow.3. Store Sheep— A sinaH oniry was made up of wethers and ewos, whtoh mot with a good sale, especially young owes in lamb. The principal lots sold were— 2oo iawr, as and eight-tooth orossbrsd ewes, 265; 4-32 four and fire-year-old do., 21s 8d; and 100 two and four-tootfi half-tireds, 16s 4d; 60 wethers at ISs, 146 at 28s Bd, 92 at 18s, anM 261 at I7s 6d. Fat Lambs. — A small yarding contained only a small proportion of heavy weights. There was fair competition, but pVaofcicaDy no change in values. Tegs mado 19s to 20s Bd, standard weights 16s 4d to 18s 9d. Fat Sheep — There was a moderate yarding 1 , mostly wethers, including a few lots of merinos. Competition was much keener all through the sole than it was last week, butchers being the principal buyers. Prime wethers and ewes solu fully up # > rates realised a fortnight ago, but aged and inferior ewes and those suspected of being in lamb were generally neglected and were only saleable at low rates. Extra prime wethers, 28s 3d to 33 s od; prime, 23s to 275; others, 20s to 22s 6d ; prime ewes, 20s to 22s 10d; medium, 17s to 19s 6d ; nged and light, 13s to 16s ; merino wethers, 14s 6d to I6s 9d. Fat Cattle— The entry totalled 2*7 h«ad, of which only a small proportion was reaHy prune. The bidding was slack at the opening, but afterwards improved, and though the sale was somewhat irregular the previous week's rates were maintained: A line of 12 sfceers from Mr W. F. M. BncHey (Hoo Hay) mads £7 10s to £11 17s 6d; 10 steers from Mr. G. 6 Holmes (Halswell), £9 15s to £11 10s ; and 7 heifers from Mt. J. Deans (Homebush), £5 17s 6d to £7 10s; other steers brought £6 5s to £11 17s 6d ; heifers, £4 17s od to £7 15s (extra to £9) ; cows, £4 10s to £7 10s (extra to £8 15s)— equal to 21s to 23s for prime, 19s to 20s for medium, and 17s to 18s 6d for cow and inferior, per 1001b. A fair yarding of veal calves sold at 7s 6d to^s. Store and Dairy Cattle— Only a few odd lots of store cattle were yarded, and there was_very little demand. There was much better enquiry for dairy cows, and the moderate_yarding met with a good sale. Best sorts mado £7 to £8 15s; others, £* 10s to £6 10s.