ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LXXI, Issue 4273, 24 January 1913, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Mch'ak H. Matson & Co. leport:Wednesday The entries of stock were hut elightis latuer than last wetk, tha trouble with th<>. filftutthiemien ft. th« freezing wo.kn aßiiin prevention the Bending of more fat Hhuep \m I IttmlH than <vare nqmrnd for local on sumption. Store cheep showed praouoilly no ouange h> prices, Hit oattle were o»Bier, fat Urulm sold almost equal to lust week's rates, the easier tone being due to a larger iupply. The fat sbnep sale opened at rather easier rates and beoarae very dragging towarde the oloeo. Store cattle were nol in very keen demand end pjge were also rather dull of sale. There wae a good y&rdinfi o£ store sheep, wethers of various «rades and lamba forminx the bulk ol the yarding, the former predominating, in addition to n fair sprinkling of owes, 'itio attendance waa about up to the average of rooent sales. Alt forward lots of ripe Iftmbe and Wethers changed bauds at prices about on a par with late rates, bu* other descriptions of lambs were ellghtly easier, and purchasers were less readily found than nl recent pales, and the came remarks apply, although in a le«ser degree, to wethers of a medium class, though Home lots found purchasers at prices quite equal to those ruling a week earlier. Fair danoriptlonu of young ewea of a good class, though not many were on offer, sold At satisfactory priaes, although as the breedIng season imi not yet opened tho values ruling can scarcely bo taken as a orlterion. Deipl c the frao competition for nenrly all Hues offered, a fair proportion of the yard. ing tailed to realise owner*' reeo vee, •ml were p»9ned. Prices were;— Ewes: T-vi> tooth to 16a 2il, a better class making to Mj (id, four and six tooth 16s to fou , -x, liod lSa to 14< Gil, and fun ant failing mouth sheep 10a to lln CJ. Wetlioro: Four and six tooth, forward, Ig.-i Hil to \li 7<J, twortootlt, fair, 12* Hi i> 13.s id, Btnull sorts 11s 10d, an.l a few wuully wethers 149 9d. Lambs: Forward rape sorts, IHj to I3j 7d, fair I2r to 12e od, ordinary to fait 10s fid to lie C:l, and medium to inferior Ga Qd. lhere were 1100 fat lambs penned, double the number that on me forward Inst week, a Urge proportion being light weights. The export buyers were not operating, but the butohera were able to take the whole of the Offerings at prices about the same, or in Home oitfiau, it little under last week's prices. Beet lanitin made 10s (id to l!)a, and lighter IBs (id to ]!!•», The yatdint; of fat aheep was somewhat larger than lattt wark, nnd totalled about 4000, including a good proportion of prime wethera. The bidding was confined to the butchers, and the market opened somewhat easier than last week, As the sale progressed And butchers filled their requirements, busi , ness beaaoie very dragging, and a number of lines of good wethers were passed in. The range of prices was:—Prime wethera 19a to 323 4(1, lighter 10e 10d to 18) Gd, prime ewoa 15» to 20s Od, others 10< Gd to I.lβ Gd, mfljrlno wethers 10s 6d to 17a 3d. Two hundred and aeventy-sevon brnid of fat oattle came forward, ngaiast 148 on January 16th, all descriptions being represented, The demand showed unmintakeablo weakness, and beef Buffered a further, decline of about Iβ per 1001b, the current price being 28lto80s, whilst a fair proportion of the yarding failed to find puroeasere nt auction. Steere realised £8 Sβ to £(2 15s, heifers £5 17e «d to £9 17a 9d, and cows £5 5s to £10 \.">H. A fair yarding of fat cnlvea included *oni« pxoellent Biii-kerM, and these met with »n unchanged demand, prices ranging from Si to 5*K A fair nuinlirr of «tore cuttle were penned, including eouin lint-ti from from tho South, the mnjority being of a useful class. A good number of lines, including some of those from outside the province, changed hands privately before tho pale. Notwithstanding ton übundanoo of feed and tho nice linen offend, prices were rather easier than on January 13th. Yearlings made 17a, fifteen to eighteen raoutbs sorts £2 2n 6d to £3 17a, two>year heifers £4 Sβ to £4 17* fid, two and ft ball year steers £6 2s Gd, three year ateara £7 2s 6d, three year heifers £5 4s to £5 7b, and cows £2 to £5 8* Gd. The yarding of dairy cows was smeller than at tbn previous Halo, end the class of oattle compared unfavourably with those •fferad at sales during the current year. Bepreeentative prices ranged from £4 10a to £0, according to quality. Only a medium number of fat pigs were penned, and the market showed lack of briskness, especially for porkers, which cold at a siighll.v lower rate, Choppers made fiOa to 70s, heavy baoonere 62s to 60s, and lighter sorte 42s 6d to 60s, oqunl to 4Jd per Ibi Heavy porkeru brought 38a to 88a, and smaller torts 29s to 82a, equivalent to Cd to 6|d per Ib. The yarding of ntore pigs was a small orle, and the demand was comparatively weak. Large sorts realised 28s to 3Bs, and email descriptions 17s to 275. Weanere, of whioh few were offered, realised 11» to IGb. The Mental Hospital ■ent rorwurd n consignment of 47 purebred Berkehire end Yorkshire boara and eowa, varying in age from fourmonthsto two years. Competition waa sleek, and the prices obtained were low oonaidering the quality of the animals. Berkehlie boars mad" £1 Is to £& ss, Berkshire sows £3 Bs to £0 to, York ■hire boars £2 12s Cd to £4 4s, and Yorkshire rows £3 8s to £4 4a.