ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2125, 5 February 1897, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Wednesday.

Fat Cattle—About 165 head of fat cattle were yarded. Prices remained at about tlie eamo Ibvp) aa lunt week, steers Belling; at £4 12i 6J t > £7 s*, heifers £3 15s t) £5 10j, ar>d cows £3 10s to £5 15s, Dairy Bnd St>re Ott'e—There was only a eiify.of dairy cow?, the best of which cold -t £4 10a to £6, an*! the others at £2 15a to £4. Stores wera represenied by a few dry cows and two or three lot 4 of mixed young stork. Ptgd—There wsb a small entry of pigs raid fata recovered in price t> 3£<) and 3£' l, while ftores were ea»-inr. buconere made 27s 6 I to 43-i 01, porlws 16s to 25s and Bioros 9< 61 to 15?. Store ijb'eap—There was a fair entry of tt'jit) sheep, pi i« ipa'dy crossbred lambs and w-tberr*. Tneie w*s a good demand and bbljs were effect *d as under :—Mixed 'two and four-iootii crossbred wethers 7a 9,1 lo B*. two-tooth do 8t to 8* 6d, four and nix fcjottj do 9* ; lambs 5* 6d to 6s 11.1 for madJucu and 7i Gi to 8* 4d for hfter quality. c'rosßbre<i owes 3j Id to 5--7 J.

Pat Lambs—There was a very hrge entry of fat lambs* and good com petit ion for freeing sorts. A trie of (Xira prime • liimbn sf>l I■ ct 12a 9.1 to 13a 2d, piime [renins 30-» 61 tc lis 6<l, beet bctchers 1 : tote 8) to 10% inferior qumi'y 6a to 7* fr. Ft Shpep—There waa !.n improved yarding of fat -sheep, both in numbers and quality, freezers being represented by some good lines, and butchers' sheep by heavy urosihred ewes and fair quality merino*. Freezing sheep told well throughout, and during the half of the mls trade lines were well competed for »ml then there whh a oollipae ii Ibe market Heavy weiglt crossbred wethers fold at lis 61 to 12« I<', prime freezing wotijeirM,, Mini uii&ed nexes 9i 91 to 11b, inferior. r wethers, and niixod sexes 7s 6 I to 8-t Gd ~«n .Men ..ewes 7* 6d to 9»' 6d, heavy rro'vhred e'wea Hi 61 lo 101 Id medium 7a t> Bs, inferioi b-t to 6s Gl, inni'io wethers 3« 61 to 5a merino ewe 2i ;J-I io 4. 6J. Moaer<* H> Matson & Co. report Peninsula soles hi* under : — Danoati Buchanan, btcre Umbj 5a and o* to Si ; eronebred ewes 5< ,7d. ri. W. 'Pipor, lamb» 6*'l'ld to W. Craw, jamb's iCn 31 to lis 2*. Shadbolt Bros., hrabs 9i 3d' Mclnt.eh, lambs 9* 91. Shadbolt, store wether, and ewes 8i 6d.