ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 8443, 10 August 1911, Page 8

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Per Preas Association

. OHRISTCHIIRCH, August-. 9. There were only small entries of £tock, and a fair attendance. .Beef sold even more briskly than last week. Fat. sheep showed a rise of 2s to 8s per head, though show sheep did not realise prices equal to those > of the previous week. The few fat- hoggets in also sold c well. Store hoggeits recovered from the 'decline of fast week, and other classes sold well. Pigs showed some improvement, but there was not much demand for. cattle. The yarding of store sheep was much smaller than last week and comprised mixed lines of ewes and' hoggets and a few pens of wethers. There was a good demand for all classes, and hoggets, which showed a falling off in values last week, sold up to the prices previously ruling", the finer weather no doubt improving the demand. ,-Severel lots cf ewes failed to find buyers at the prices masked.i Wethers if anything were firmer.l ' ■ ;Sheep.—-T'Ke range of ( prices wasl —.' iiwe'■ hoggets,- 12s to ISs; smair haifi>reds, •. 14s 2d ; average lines of 'mix-; ■<nd v'Sexes, lls to , lls 6d; smaller, 8/s; to :10s; 3d; wether hoggets, to 12s 4d;; four six and eight-tooth crossbred &wes, 17s;''"half-bred same ages, r 15s M ti6 17s; sound mouth, 10s 6dto'l3s; two-tooth halfbreds,' to 17s;' - good eight-tooth, 15s ;■ medium quality wethers, 13s; lOd to 14s sd. . There were i^nly some 130 fat hoggets penned, a«d these sold well, especially wellfinished lots. Prices ranged from 13s to 16s 3d, and up to 26s for extra. I'nere was a' very small entry of fat sheep including a few lots of show wethers. ! There was a keen demand on the part of butchers, and -prices advanced 2s to 3s per head on the last week's rat^s. The show sheep, however,' did not sell so well as last week, as the high prices then paid •were to meet the special demand for the Grand National' week's trade. Prime wethers made 23s to 29s 6d; extra,-to 455; others, 17s to 22s 7d; prime ewes, 20s to 26s 9d; others,* 18s 6d to 19s 6d; extra prime merino wethers, 26s to 31s 6d. Cattle.—There were 237 head of fat cattle penned, chiefly of good quality, though a few lots were passed at the opening of the sale. The biddings became brisk when values had been established, and the sale had a firmer tone than the .week before though at 'times it was"., irregular. Steers made £7 7s 6d to £11 ■; extra, to £16 10s ;. heifers, £5 17s 6d to £9 ; extra-, to £12 15s'; and cows^ £5 to £8; and extra to £10 12s 6d;-equal to 27S 6d to 32s for prime to 35s for ioxtra, 25s to 27s for medium, arid 23s fid- to 24s 6d for cow and inferior per lOOib. Veal calves made 4s 6d to 455, and extra to 655. " Very few. stor© cattle; were .yarded.,; and mostly of indifferent quality several classes feeing presented. ' The demand ivas not keen, feed being still scarce. Fiffeen to eigliteen months sorts made £2 14s 6d to £3; two-year steers, £3 1.7s 6(|- to £4 2s 6d; two-year heifers, £3 10s to £3 lfe 6d; and dry cows, 30s to £4; milch cows were represented; .by between 40 and 50 head, but 'the' quality was on the whole poor, prices ranged from £3 10s to £8 Id*. Pigs.— There was an exceptionally small yarding of pigs and the sale concluded before noon. Owing. to the shortage, there was a very keen demand for *fates, and all sorts sold readily, prices allowing a slight advance. Large baconers realised 58-> to 645, and smaller sorts 44s to 565, these* prices being equivalent to 4-Jd to 4|d, and in some cases 5d per lb. The best-porkers made 38s to 43s and smaller sorts 26s to 355, equal -to 5d and shd per lb. Stores were in very short supply. Medium sorts made 16s to 21s Bd, and smaller 6s to 12s. No v.ean«n» were offered.