ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2086, 11 September 1896, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Wednesday.

,F«t Cattle—There was an entry of 130 "head of fat Battle, and for prime beef there was iv fair demand but there wa» more second n-ti qu .li'y in than was required. Brut b*ef made 19-i t> 21s and second rate 16s t 0 18* 61 per 100'b. Steers sold fit £5 15s to £8 61; beiferu £3 15s to £6 12s 61 and cows £4 to £9 7s 6 J.

Dairy nnd Stare Cittle—There was an average en'ry of dairy uatde, but th-y were dull of "qlp. A few changed hands at £2 to £7, according ty age and quality. There waa » good entry of steer*: un t'y from a your to two years old. Thore was a good demand for looee-coeted wellbred yearling t-tiers, and for forward eon« ditioned three and four year-old srer>rß, but other descriptions were very diffiult to Hft'i. Year'mgs brought 32s t<> 40* and three and four-year old eteera £5 to £6 5«.

Pigf—An average yarding of pigs wbh quitted at price* a lilt'e io advance of last week B-UK-rrnrs made 3£ 1 t'r per lb and porkers 3id and in watt caso* a nhnde over.

Store Sheep—There was not a large ent-y of store cheep, but fair pricee wpre ol't inpd for various clrrsses yaioAd. Smull ero.-mbrfid weathHr-r m*ds 11a 4d to 12s lid. and forward-conditioned wr-tiorn 14-' 4i t) 15i sd, wft'rore) and maiden ewes 13n 101. hogget* 10* lo lis 7'l. ewes in lamb 11* lid to 13s 6i5 and merino wethers 5* id.

Fat Lsmba—Between 40 and 50 fit lamha were penned and these cold at 10s to 14s 6J.

Fit SLeep—There was a fairly large yarding of fat sheep of mixed qna'i y. Beet quality fretz-srH nude 17' to 19-> 91. an line of crossbred hoggtt* 19-r 9 I 21a 5d ; light freeze 15" 61 to 16* 91, maiden ewea fit for freezing \sh to 17b ; maidfin eweß (flusbed) IBs 91 to 15* 3d ; beat butchers' cioobbred ewss 16' to 58a31, medi'im do 13s 31 to 14a 9d, inferior do 10i to 12s 9d, meiino wethers 10b to Ui Id.