ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2768, 1 May 1903, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

WEDNEBDAY Messrs Mateon and Co report :— The entry of shore sheep totalled 5843, and weie mostly ewes. The beet olasses of breeding ewee and forward wethers sold Wf-U, and there was a better enquiry for lambs. The principal sales were :—133 two tontb ewes 14s 3d, 92 two and four tooth 12* 24b six and eight tooth 16s, 107 at 11- 91 71 ra : i»' app» 12s, 154 eoond mouth 9■ M. 452 »• 8* 87 RfH 6- 3-1. 250 at 5* H, 135 APthpr« 13s M. 152 at 13« 158 «t T2* 7*l. pniHl'er lots 11" 9d to 13 6d 300 iuPMnci wethers 3* 6*, 454 ew<"e and wethere T « Id to 11s Ud. 455 lumbe 9s 4d, 147 at 9*91. 173 at 8« 6a, 64 at Bs. Thprp were 2576 fat lambs penned, a large priMinr ion bpi"C in v' fin'shfid condition. (_- O 'nvf J* ion wee not very brisk, and prices vcpif. . .sif-r in the *»*rly part of the sale, but improved Bomewhat afterwards. TRβ 15:- Id bo 15s 2<i. freezers 12s to 14s 10.1, cud butchers' lots 9a 6d to 14s 3d. The ?nlry ff fit sheep was a very large one, tmd included some good lines of wether* and ewes. The quality of a considerable part of the yarding wae above the average ; but there were a trood many lines of old ewes that were- not more than half fat. There; was good competition for prime freezing wethers, but backward aorts and flashed maiden ewee were neglected by the exporters There was an irregular tale for aged ewes, and in many caeee of those bought for export a dpci'ne of Iβ to Is 6'l per head was shown.

H-avy weight .wethers made L9s 2d to 20e grt 17e8d to 19e Id, lights 16b 3d to l?\sd, welhfrsand maiden ewes 15s In 18s lliOretz'Dg ewes 11s 3d to 17s, best bulchers' ewes 16s fo 18e, medium 12i'6d to 15s 6d. othera 8s 3d to 12?, merino wethers 13b 3d to 15s, merino ewea»7e 9d. The principal lines sold were :—For Mesere Goodwin Bros., Pigeon Bay, 184 wethers 19* Id to 20a 4d ; Mr G. G. Holmes, Pigeon Bay, 361 wethera IBa 9d ; Mr G. R. Kay, Little River, 174 wethers 17s Bd. The supply of beef comprised 150 head, mostly cows and heifere. The quality wae only moderate, and prioes for good sorts showed an advance of 3<i per 1001b. A line of eight eteere from Mr A. F. Roberts, Wetteifield, made £8 17s 6d to £9 17s 6d ; other tteers, £8 10s to £10 16a; heifere, X' 6 7-i 6d to £8 10s, and cowb £4 17s 6d to £8 7e 6d, and two extra, £6 15s and £9 10e, equa' to 26a to 30s per 1001b. A email entry of veal calves sold at 10s to £3, according to weight and quality. There were only a few etore cattle entered, and the business transacted was not sufficient to record. There was a good demand for dairy cows, which sold at £4 10a to £11. Trera was a moderate entry of pigs, and all classes were dull of sale. Tbough the wholesale prices of bacon and hams is quoted at 9d to 10d, f.0.b., the rates given in the market for baconere are only equal to 4|d to 4|d per lb, and breeders of pigs are aekicg why there ehould be euch a maiked difference between the fresh and the cured article. Bacocers made 43s to 57s 6d, «qual to 4£d to 4jjd per lb ; porkers, 52s to 38% f qual to 5d to s£d per lb ; large stores, 18b to 255; medium, 12s to 16s; weaners, 5s to lOa.