ADDINGTON MARKET.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 18, 29 August 1905, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET.

Chbistchurch, Aug. 23.

There was an .improved demand for beef and prices were firmer ; fat hoggets sold well, fat sheep were somewhat irregular, but prime were very firm. Store sheep met with brisk sale. Store Sheep— Ewes 23s 7d to 265, soundmouthed 198 Id, aged 14s, hoggets 17s lid to 17s Id, shorn 18s sd, mixed sexes 17s 8d t • 15s 9d. Fat hoggets ranged from 17s to 19s 7d. Fat Sheep —Prime wethers 24s to 27s 6d, medium 20s to 235, prime ewes 21s to 23s lid, medium 18s to 20s, aged 15s to 17s 6d. Fat Cattle — Steers brought £7 15s to £10 2s 6d, heifers £5 2s 6d to £8 10s, cows £6 2s 6d to £6 to £9, equal to 22s to 24s for prime, 19s 6d to 21s for medium and 18s to 19s for cow and inferior beef per 1001 b. Store Cattle— Yearlings 23s to 295, fifteen to eighteen months 35s to 465, 2-year-old steers £3 3s, do heifers £3 Is, dry cows 20s to £3 ss, dairy do £4 to £8 10s. .Pigs — Fats were easier. * . Light' baconers 35s to 40b," heavier 4ls to 455,' equal to 3|d to 3|d per lb, porkers 25s to 355, equal to Id to 4 jd, medium to large stores 15s to 245, weaners 6s to 10s.