ADDINGTON STOCK SALES.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 27, 31 October 1905, Page 3

ADDINGTON STOCK SALES.

••/•- Chribtchubch, Oct. 25 There were small entries of stock m all departments excepttat>catiie*nd pigs. Store Sheep— 6oo penned, mostly ewes and lambs, ani they met with rather better sale. Aged ewes and lambs made, lls to 9s 9d (all counted), wethera2os lid, hoggets 20s. Fat Lambs —loo penned the greater,proportion prime quality, and they sold under keen competition," best sorts making 19s to 225, and. others 14a to 18s. Fat Sheep— Prime, aorta sold well, especially shorn sheep. Prime woolly wethers 24s to 27s 6d, others 20s to 23s 6d, prime shorn'wethers 19s .to 21s lid. others 15s 7d to 18s, woolly ewes 20a, to 23s 6d, shorn ewes 15s 7d to 20s. Fat Cattle -223 head yarded. Bidding was slaok at opening but «be prices dosed rather fircu.r. Steers brought L 6 to Lll 17s 6d heifrrs L5 -lOs to L 9 ss, and cows L 5 5s to L 9 ss, equal to 24s to 2Ss for prime, and cow add inferior, beef 20s to 23s per 1001 b. Store Cattle-^ Yearlings brought 73s to 18s, 15 to 18monthB' 30s to 47a 6d, 2-year steers 62s 6d to 77s 6d, do heifers 55s to 565. forward 3-year steers , were passed at L 6, dry cows 30s to 408 6d. Pigs — A large yarding. L»rp;e bnooners made 45s to 483, lighter 3>s to 425, equal to 3Jd to 3^d per lb, porkers to 323. equal to 4d to 4Jd, large stores 153" to 203, medium 10s 6d to 14s 6d, 8s to 9s