Commercial.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2804, 11 September 1903, Page 2

Commercial.

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK. MARKETS . Wednesday

Messrs Matson and Co report :— In the Btore sheep pens there were only 1414 offered, mostly ewes and wethers Thore was a better enquiry for forward wether* B"d good hreedins eweß. but backward end inferior sorts sold at about Inst week's rates. The principal sale* were :- -I°2 fur 1 -Vr* r*y ♦""t-.ri eweo 20s H9 B, "< n,ld ek-ht tooth 17s 51, 200 two and four tooth 16- ltd, 40 weth— 19«. 4d. 87 «U9«.. 66 at 18s lOd. 91 at 18s 60 at 16s Bd, 40 at 15. and 164 at 14s. and 112 hnroets at 14s 51. werp only three or four lot" of fat hoeaetß offered, which brought from 15s lid to 18s 2d. ~ . . , , was a email yarding of fat nheep, but the quality was better than last week, there not being such a large proportion of unfinished lots: The market opened at an advance-on last week's rates for all really prime lines, and though it eafed somewhat latnr on. value" were nearly on a par with thr.Pe ruling before the.recent decline. Unfinished sheep, however. cold at about las. week's rate?, prim* h*avy crossbred WP tbere made 26= to 30a 6d, prime 21si to 25?. litfbt and unfinished M>'f 17s 3dUo 20s, primp merino wethers 20s to 25i on, others 15s 7-1 to 18s 61, prime cro.s bred ewp» 22- 6d to 26<. medium 19s t.i ,_"?, prime merino ewes 19s 61 _ . Tho supply of beef comprise!. 248 head, wl.'ch were mostly steers of good to prime quality "> he bidding was not so brisk as of latp, and price* were easier. There were several consignments from the North Island one from the? South. A line of 22 steers from the North Wand made£ll to £13 5, and eieht heifers £8 5s to £917s 6d, 4 cows and heifers from the Canterbury AfriniUur.il College £12 7s 6d to _14, and 3 7 bfii>rs f>om Mr J. Deans, Homebrßh, £9 10* ■ other steers brought £7 to £12, and 313 to £13 7«, heifers £6 to £11 5s and PI 3 17s, cows £6 to £10 15^—equal to 28< and 35i per 1001b. There was a large entry of. calves, and they made 10s to £3 2= 6d, acoording to size and quality. There was a fair mixed yarding of store cattle and keen competition for almost all clasfip?." but especially for ynung eorte, prices if anything, showing a further advance. Yearlings made £2i 6s.to £2 12s, fifteen to eighteen months £2 10* to _6 Is, two vfar steers £5 3s 6d to £5 17s 6d, two yearheifers £4 to £4 ss, three yea-steers £7 to £7 17a 6d, three year heifers £5 10s, drvcows-2 to £4 10b. Dairy cows were dull of sale, being mostly of moderate and poor sorts. They made £4 10s to £9 15s, and one extra good £12. Tde yarding of pigs was a fairly larce one, and bnconerß and weaners sold well, but rork-r« and large stores were rather easier. B'aebpeM made 45b to 55s for light, and

57s 6d to 78? 6d for heavy -rqnal to 5d per lb ; porkers 35s to 43i-equal to si'l p<>r lb ; ] B rae stores 22? 6d to 20., and wcaiurs 12s to 20i A line of 13 prime baomcrs, from the Canterbury Agricultural Collec'- farm, made 66s to 68s 6:1, and 11 slo.-e, 16a 6ti to 22s 6d.

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