ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2149, 7 May 1897, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STO CK MARKET.

V Pkiwesday. Me°sre H. Matson & C' ;>. report that Wednesday's sa i e at Ad-lin £ton vivs m.iat irres«liir. B'',i 3 i n ess ended c- , . tlier thin usuali Entries fa r the day compr; ,s:-d 17.612 shesp and lambs. 453 h-ad of cafctl c and 358 pig?.. Fat C»r tie—Tbia cl'isa wi> jb in over-supply, iniretfv/ u - 260 he >d being yarded, of which 60 wet' ■in deakfa' hands- As tht eitry coumostly of light weights and young rulinc were Very and this r<? alfc was helped c losid.frably by the lack of '& .rapetition. Piime b?,-ief brought from 15a '/ier lOOlb, and o"j»cr co fts fro-n 12s 'o 14s. the rprices per head beiu/j—£4 to £7 15* {the "letter price being obtained fir s >m* exe>-p----tionally goo d eteers(, £2 5s 6d to £5 2a 6d for heif-re, and £2 1.7s 6d to £4 15s , for

Dairy Ca'tle—The yarding of cows ani'f springers coniaiiied. very little of good quality and the sale for tbia class was a very dull one and lower v ilue> ruled. A few really good springers, however, met excellent competition, realising from £6 10s to £8 10*) oth-srs bringing from £3 to £6. St)'« Cattle—lt spitf of the f jcc that then • was a krte <-nt?y of go ;d use'ul cattle, them j was very littli done at auction, there hela r little or no demand. Eat Sheep— Soras good freszsre- w« c enierad, -nd thoai fit f.r export made goi id priC'B. Freezing wethers a l ]! at 12s to 14 a, do mixed sex 8 10s 6d to 13s, prime yo« ng twos 8-to 11s 9d, goid trade ewes 6s to.| 7 fi g<l. A Pminauld line of crossbr-'d wetJaj _-rs sold at 10s to 13* 3d JTat liitnbs—A medium entry of this d acs couiaiai'fi a larger proportion than usual of lines -which should have be:n in fche s.t .orepensi Re <l'y gt-od freezeie alone held x! ncir own, fl.»l!ing at from lOVto 14s 10d. 11 iere waaal'Clt of corapetitioa for trade gptts and. vi r'ur which brought from 5» 6k' I to 8s 6 1. Mrii. of ■ R i.bbib. sold at 103 to lOi'Sd. Sto'e sheep— \ very heavy yardimj» of store sheep w8 jnad? up mostly of f>r waixi crossbred we hers »nd lambs with a lines of croTsbrecl β-vcs in 1 imb; Owq jg fo the d r y wejther and bact*ardoe«sof aiti Lficial green feed, th>re was very little comj> J fcitioii for ebeep and lambs except for those iq very forward c->riditi"n, which sold at quite- up b» iat.ee ; but anything that was at all baclkward safldred a decline and a greit rniiiy ware not s Hi. ; iße*ny good tu'nip wethers,,) threequartors fat, brought lOi to lls 6dLib*y kward sof* 7s t - ' 6d ; fo'warrl limbs' 63 to. 9a 5d,, bickv/'i'd and amaH 3a to sa, eroaabred ewes ia la(nb69 'o 8- lid. Amongst this principal lines-offered were 314 crossbred wethers from the Peninsula at 10s, 787 h!att-bred Diwni at the same place at 93 lid. a line of 1540 very good lambs from the south was withdrawn -at 7s sd; 900 crosebired do from Lyndon sta'ion sold at 6<; 10d, and 330 half-bred Down lambi from the same- phce at 6a 6<l, 135 crossbred lamb* at 5i Gd, 319 do from Ka'tuna at 6s Gd, 100 do at 4s 6d, and 0 her Binall lines at from 3* to SSI Pjcrs A firmer 'one prevailed, from to per lb about rapreseating ttue piices ruling, , .:____ ;